>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO "IN
WISCONSIN."
I'M PATTY LOEW.
THIS WEEK, FIND OUT HOW PEOPLE
WITHOUT INSURANCE ARE GETTING
FREE MEDICAL CARE, NOT FROM A
GOVERNMENT PROGRAM, BUT AT THIS
CLINIC RUN BY VOLUNTEERS.
GO BACK TO A TIME WHEN STOCKING
UP ON ICE INVOLVED MORE THAN A
RUN TO THE CORNER STORE.
AND GET A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF AN
ENVIRONMENTAL SUCCESS STORY.
WE'LL ALSO TELL YOU ABOUT HOW
GOVERNOR JIM DOYLE IS CALLING
FOR ACTION ON INVASIVE SPECIES
IN THE GREAT LAKES AND TAKE YOU
TO A RESEARCH CENTER THAT'S
ALREADY WORKING ON THE PROBLEM
IN WISCONSIN.
MAJOR FUNDING FOR "IN WISCONSIN"
IS PROVIDED BY THE PEOPLE OF
ALLIANT ENERGY, WHO BRING SAFE,
RELIABLE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY
FRIENDLY ENERGY TO KEEP HOMES,
NEIGHBORHOODS AND LIFE IN
WISCONSIN RUNNING SMOOTHLY.
ALLIANT ENERGY, OFFERING
ENERGY-SAVING IDEAS ON THE WEB.
THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PAUL
P. CARBONE COMPREHENSIVE CANCER
CENTER, PROVIDING CANCER
RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND
TREATMENT.
U.W. PAUL P. CARBONE
COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER,
COMPREHENSIVE, AS DESIGNATED BY
THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE.
INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE
WEB.
AND BY THE DENTAL CENTER
OF MILWAUKEE OSHKOSH, A
VETERINARY SPECIALIST WORKING
WITH PET OWNERS FAMILY VET
NAIR RANSOUGHOUT WISCONSIN
PROVIDING DENTAL CARE FOR SMALL
COMPANION ANIMALS.
>> ONE OF THE BIG TOPICS IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IS
HEALTHCARE; NAMELY, THE LACK OF
COVERAGE FOR MANYIZENS.
BUT EVEN IF YOU LIKE THE SOUNDS
OF A PAR CANDIDATE'S
PLAN, IT WILL BE A YEAR BEFORE
HE OR SHE TAKES OFFICE AND
LONGER STILL BEFORE THEY CAN
BEGIN TO TAKE ACTION ONY NEW
PLANS.
MEANWHILE, PEOPLE WHO
MEDICAL CARET
REPORTER ART HACKETT IDUCES
US TOE PEOPLE IN THE GRANT
COUNTY COMMUNITY OF BOSCOBEL WHO
ARE WORKING ON A RES NOW
APPROACH TO HEALTHCARE.
>> ROBIN TRUNS SEW IS A RETIRED
ART TEACHER WHO NOW WORKS AT THE
CLINIC IN BOS
THROUGH TOB SHE MET THE
PEOPLE WHO CAME IN TO FITTED
FOR HEARING AIDS.
>> AND STARTEDNG A LOT OF
STORIES ABOUT HOW PEOPLE
COULDN'T AFFORD TO SEE A DOCTOR.
AND I GUESS I JUST STARTED
GETTINGRIER AND ANGRIER
ABOUT THE SITUATION AND FINALLY
GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I WENT TO
MY HUSBAND AND SAID WHAT ARE WE
GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS?
>> WHAT TRANSO DID BEGINNING IN
MAY 2007 WAS CONTACT P
ABOUT SETTING UREE CLINIC
IN BOSCOBEL.
>> THEY WERE TELLING US IT WOULD
TAKE A YEAR, YEARALF TO
DO THIS.
MY GOAL WAS TO OUR DOORS BY
FALL.
>> AND SHE MET THAT GOAL,
ASSEMBLING A BOARD,NG
$32,000 ANDNING NONPROFIT
STATUS.
THEY OPENED DOORS IN
OCTOBER 2007.
>> YOU WENT FROM NOTHING TO THE
DOORS OPENED IN --
>> ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
>> THAT'S FAST.
>> YEAH.
BUT I HAD THIS INCREDIBLE
OF PEOPLE HELPING ME.
>> WE HAVE TWO EXAM ROOMSE.
>> THE TEAM OOLUNTEERS
INCLUDES RETIRED DOCTORS LIKE
JAMES HEERS
HEERSMA KEEPS TRACK THE
CL SUPPLY OF MEDICINE AND
HELPS PHYSICIANS WHO ARE STILL
PRACTICING, LIKE SCOTT WALKER.
ALSO PITCHING IN ARELLE
FARRELL, THE OWNER OF A LOCAL
PHARMACY.
>> BEAUTIFUL.
>> AND A REGISTERED NURSE,
DYBOOTH.JU
>> WHAT'S THE REASON FOR YOUR
VISIT TONIGHT?
>> A SORE THROAT.
>> HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD A SORE
THROAT?
>> EIGHT DAYS.
>> 19-LD NICOLE NELSON WAS
ONE OF THE PATIENTS.
>> YOU USED TO BE COVERED BY
YOUR, WHAT, FATHER'S INSUR?
>> YEAH.
BUT THEN AFTER I GRADUATED,
YOU'RE NOT COVEREDRE, I
GUESS.
>>RLEY CORNELL IS NICOLE'S
GRANDMOTHER.
>> NICKY HASN'T GOT A JOB
AND TO HAVE TO GO THEULAR
CLINIC IS A REAL BIG -- A BIG
THING TO DO WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE
A JOB.
>> HI.
YOU'RE NICOLE?
>> YEAH.
>> DR. WALKER.
>> PHYSICIAN SCOTT WALKER SAYS
YOUNGER PATIENTS AREN'T THAT
COMMON AT THE CLINIC, BUT TWO
OTHER PATIENTS THAT NIGHT WERE
BOTH WOMEN IN LATE MIDDLE AGE.
>> ONE FACTORY WORKER FOR 22
YEARS GAID OFF, RAN OUT OF
HER BENEFITS.
NOW SHE'S BACK IN SCHOOL
LEARNING A NEW TRADE, BUT, YEAH,
SHE'S GOT NO WAY TO GET HEALTH
INSURANCE AND NO WAY TO PAY FOR
WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO HER.
>> DOES IT HURT WHEN I PRESS
THERE?
>> THE CLINIC SERVES A NARROW
RANGE OF PEOPLE, T NOT POOR
ENOUGH TO QUALIFY FOR MEDICAID,
BUT WHO STILL LACK THE TO
BE ABLEFFORD INSURANCE OR
MEDICAL CARE.
>> IT'S CHEAPER JUST TO GIVE YOU
PENICILLIN TO TREAT STREP THROAT
THAN TO TEST FOR IT.
>> YEAH.
>> SO WE'RE JUSTNG TO TREAT
IT.
>> SOME OF THE STORIES THEY
IN, IT'S JUST REALLY, YOU KNOW,
WE'VE GOT $50,000 IN MEDICAL
BILLS.
THAT'S NOT AN EXAGGERATED
FIGURE.
THAT'S ALMOST THE AVERAGE OF
WHAT PEOPLE OWE BEFORE THEY'LL
BE COMING IN HERE.
>> I GE GOT TO GO 500TID.
>> FOR HOW MANY DAYS?
>> TEN DAYS.
>> TEN DAYS?
>> WALKER WORKSH HEERSMA TO
ASSEMBLE THE PREION,
MAKING NICOLE NELSON'S VISIT, HE
HOPES, AN ONE CALL DOES ALL
VISIT.
WALKER SAYS THE FREE CLINIC IS
ULTIMATELY SAVING LOCAL
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERSEY.
>> SHE IS SOMEWHAT FORTUNATE IN
THAT SHE'S YOUNG AND REASONABLY
HEALTHY.
BUT EVEN SOMETHING LIKE WHAT
SHE'S GOT GOING ON NOW.
CHEAP TO FOW.
IF SHE DEVELOPEDPLICATIONS
OF A STREP INFECTION,
POTENTIALLY VERY EXPENSIVE TO
FIX LATER ON.
>> WALKER'OLUNTEER WORK IS
HIS SECOND ATTEMPT AT SOLVING
AMERICA'S HEALTHCARE DILEMMA.
>> I WORKED IAMPAIGNS FOR 15
YEARS.
I SAID I CAN EITHER BE CYNICAL
OR I CAN GET OUT AND CONE
TO THE SOLUTION HERE.
>> BUT WALKER AND TRANSO SEE THE
FREE CC AS A BAND-AID.
>> I'VE HADPLE COME UP TO ME
AND SAY WHAT ARE YOU DOINGOU
YOU KNOW?
IF YOU ENABLE POLITICIANS -- IF
YOU MAKE IT E FOR POLITICIANS
TO GET AWAH NOT DOING
SOMETHING ABOUT OUR HEALTHCARE
SYSTEM, THEN IT'S ENABLING THEM,
YOU KNOW.
AND MY ANSWER TO THAT IS, YOU
KNOW, YOU CAVE THE COAST
GUARD SITTING OUT, BUT I
SEE A CHILD DROWNINHAT DO
YOU DO?
I MEAN, GOING TO GO
THAT PERSON FIRST?
YOU JUMP IN AND YOU SAVE THE
SITUATION.
SEE WHAT THE POLITICIANS CAN DO
TO GET THE COAST GUARD HERE,
KNOW.
I WOULD LOVE TO BE PUT OUT OF
BUSINESS.
>> ROBINNSO TELLS US
WEEK THE IN HEALTH COMMUNITY
HEALTHCARE CLINIC RECEIVED AN
OFFER.
IF IT CAN RAISE $25,000, IT WILL
RECEIVE A MATCHING GRANT OF
ANOTHER $25,000.
IF THEY CAN PULL THAT MONEY
TOGETHER, THESE IT TON
A DEN OFFICE.
ACCESS TO DENTAL CARE IS A
PROBLEM FOR RESIDENTS ACROSS
WISCONSIN.
WE'RE WORKING ON A REPORT ABOUTE DIFFICU
PEOPLE HAVE FINDING DS
THAT WILLEPT MEDICAID.
WE'LL HAVEREPORT FOR YOU
IN THE COMING WEEKS.
>> NEXT REPORT TAKES US TO
LAKE SUPERIOR.
SCIENTISTS WIDELY B THAT
MOSTASIVE SPECIES HAVE
REACHED THE GREAT LAKES BY
HITCHIIDE IN BALLAST
WATER, WATER THAT'S DISCHARGED
INTO THE LAKES FROM THE HULLS OF
SHIPS.
A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THIS
PROBLEM IS ALREADY BEING TESTED
NEAR THE SUPERIOR HARBOR.
PRODUCER ANDY REPORTS THAT
SCIENTISTS HAVE DEVELOPED AN
ODD-LOOKING CON TRAP SHON AS A
WEAPON IN THE WATERY FIGHT
AGAINST IECIES.
>> IT'S A FOGGY DAY IN THE WILL
YOU LOOGHT SUPR HAR DOOR, --
HARBOR, BUT THAT DOESN'T BOTHER
DON REID.
THIS NETWORK OF TANKS AND PIPES
MAY HELP STISTS DEVISE NEW
WAYS TO KEEPASIVE SPECIES
OUT OF THE GREAT LAKES.
>> THE IMPACT ANY OF THESE
SPECIES CAN HCAN BE
DEVASTATING.
>> DEVASTATION BY INVASIVES BIKE
ZEBRA MUSSE
>> WHEN IT CAME INTO THE SYSTEM,
THERE WERE NO NATURAL PREDATORS,
A LOT OF FOOD AVAILABLE FOR IT,
SO IT BEGAN TO OUT-COMPETE THE
NATIVE SPECIES, CROWD THEM OUT
AND CHANGE THE HABITAT.
>> ZEBRA MUSSELS HAVE LIKELY
ENTERED THE GREAT LAKES IN THE
BALLAST WATER OF SHIPS.
TAKING ON BALLASTS IS A
NECESSARY WAY TO MANAGE A SHIP'S
WATER LEVEL AT SEA.
>> WHENEVER SHIPS ARE GOING BACK
AND FORTH, THEY ARE GOING TO
NEED TO HAVE SOME SYSTEM OF
BALLASTING THEM WHEN THEY'RE NOT
CARRYING ACTUAL CARGO.
THE GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO FIND
SOME WAY THEY CAN DO THIS
PROCESS SAFELY.
>> THAT'S THE BIG GOAL OF THE
NEW FACILITY.
IT IS A SHIP'S BALLAST SYSTEM
PUT ON LAND.
>> THE FACILITY IS KIND OF
DESIGNED TO MIMIC THE PLUMBING
AND THE PIPING ON SEAWAY SIZE
CARGO VESSELS.ATE
THE PUMPS WE HAVE ARE SIMILAR,
THE DISTANCE THE WATER TRAVELS
IS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT ALSO.
>> THE IDEA IS TO GIVE
RESEARCHERS A REALISTIC
SIMULATION OF SHIP CONDITI
>> SO SOMETIMES A TEST IN A
LABORATORY MIGHT SHOW THAT A
SYSTEM HAS POTENTIAL FOR BEING
EFFECTIVE, BUT WHEN YOU TAKE IT
OUT IN THE REAL WORLD SITUATION,
WE FIND OUT THAT IT DOESN'T WORK
QUITE AS WELL.
>> IN LABORATORIES A NUMBER OF
POTENTIAL APPS HAVE BEEN
EXPLORED, METHODS SUCH AS
FILTERING BALLAST WO GET
IN OUT, DESTRG THEM
WITH ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT AND USING
CHEMICAL BY OWE SIDES TO KILL
THEM.
THE NEW FACILITY WILL BE A
PROVING FOR RESEARCHERS
TO COME IN AND PER LARGE
SCALE TESTS TO DETERMINE IF
THOSEHODS ARE SAFE AND
EFFECTIVE.
>> WHEN IT ARRIVES TO BED,
THIS S OF PIPE YOU SEE
HERE WOULD BEED AND THE
TREATMENT SYSTEM ARRIVING ON A
PALLET OR SOME KIND OF A
STRUCTURE AS A BASE WOULD BE
RIGHT IN THIS SPOT.
>> SOURCE WATER FOR TESTING
POTENTIAL TREATMENTS WILL BE
TAKEN RIGHT OUT LAKE
SUPERIOR.
>> IN THE HARBOR WE HAVE A
VARIETY OFISMS, NOT ALL
THE SAME SPEOU WOULD FIND
IN A SALT SYSTEM, BUT OR
NISMSOF MANY OF THE SAME TYPES.
IF YOU FIND A CHEMICAL THAT WILL
KILL ONE TYPE OF THEM, IT WILL
HAVE THE PTIAL TO KILL THE
SAME TYPE ORGANISM ELSEWHE
>> BEFORE ANY SYS BROUGHT
IN FOR TRIAL, THE FACILITY
SCIENTISTS NEED TO ESTABLISH A
BASELINE OF HOW MANYING
ORGANISMS ARE IN UNTREATED
WATER.
A SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT WOULD
KILL NEARLY ALL OF THEM.
>> SO WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR
THAT NEEDLE IN THE HAYSTACK OF A
LIVE ORGANISM.
>> IF THIS TREATMENT PROOFS
EFFECTIVE, THE NEXT STEP IS TO
TRY IT OCTUAL SHIP.
THE TESTING NEEDS TO BE DONE
THE LABORATORY WILL HIT THE
ROADLOWING SHIPS FROM PORT
TO PORT.
>> OUR MOBILE LAB IS DESIGNED TO
MEET THOSE VESSELS A THOSE
PORTS OF CALL AND WE CAN DO THE
SAMPLING THERE.
>> THE CUSTOM R.V. IS PLASTERED
LIKE A RACE CAR WITH DECALS.
GROUPS COME TOGETHER UNDER
THE GREAT SHIPS INITIATIVE TO
FIND A TECHNOLOG SOLUTION TO
INVASIVE SPECIES.
THE WORK INVOLVED WILL BE
AND PAINS, BUT THE REWARDS
COULD BE GREAT.
>> THE SOONER WE CAN SLOW OR
HOPEFULLY STOP THAT INFLUX
OF THE ALIEN ORGANISMS, THE
BETTER OFF THE GREAT LAKES WILL
BE.
>> THE RESEARCH FACILITY'S
PROJECT DIRECTOR TELLS US THAT
TESTING IS ON HOLD RIGHT NOW DUE
TO THE COLD WHE IN SUPERIOR,
BUT THEY EXPECTTART UP
AGAIN IN MAY.
WE MOVE FROM THE SHORES OF LAKE
SUPERIOR, WHERE SCIENTISTS ARE
STRUGGLING TO ELIMINATE E
SPECIES, TO THE BLUFFS
OVERLOOKING THE MISSISS
RIVER, WHERE RESEA ARE
WORKING TO REINTRODUCE A NATIVE
SPECIES.
PRODUCER LIZ KOERNER TRAVELED UP
TO THE HIGHEST POINT IN PEPIN
COUNTY LAST SUMMER, WHERE AN
ENDANGERED BIRD IS NESTING ONCE
AGAIN WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM
SOME FRIENDS.
>> IT'S A SUMMER DAY ON TOP OF
MAIDEN ROCK, A BLUFF OVERLOOKING
LAKE PEPIN ON THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER.
>> WE'VE GOTER 300 FOOT OF
ROPE IN MY CAR.
YOURS IS ONLY TWO.
>> THIS ISTARTING POINT FOR
SCIENTISTS WHO ARE ROPING UP TO
RAPPEL DOWN TO A BIRD'S NEST.
THAT'S WHERE THEY HOPE TO FIND
SOME VERY YOUNG PEREGRINE
FALCONS.
>> HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOIO FIND
THREE OR FOUR BABIES.
I'LL BE IF WE FIND TWO
BABIES OR EVEN
>> BOB ANDERSON IS THE DIRECTOR
OF THE PROJECT.
HE'S WORKING TONG PEREGRINE
FALCONS BACK TO THE BLUFFS OF
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
HERE COMES.
WHEN HE COMES OVER
THE, GIVE DIRECTIONS
UPSTREAM OR DOWNSTREAM.
>> P FALCONS WERE
ENTIRELY WIPED OUT EAST OF THE
ISSISSIPPI BY THE LATE 196
WISCONSIN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
STATES TO BAN DDT IN 1970.
AND WHILE PEREGRI ARE STILL
ON THE STATE'S ENDANGERED AND
THREATENED SPECIES LIST, DNR
OFFICIALS SAY THEIR NUMBERS ARE
NOW AT A HEALTHYEL.
MANY PEOPLE HAD A HAND IN THE
RETURN OF PEREGRINES.
BOB ANDERSON BREAD THE W
BIRDS IN CAPTIVITY IN THE MID
1970s.
>> I'M PROUD TO HAVE M THE
FIRST B BREED IN MINNESOTA
AND WISCONSIN AFTER THEY WERE
WIPED OUT.
>> THROUGH THE YEARS VOLUNTEERS
HAVE SUPPLIED SOME 250
BIRDS TO RERY EFFORTS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
THESE BIRDS BREAD IEST
BOXES PLACED HIGH UP ON
BUILDINGS, ESPECIALLY THOSE
ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
NEST BOXES ARE SUCCESSFUL
PART BEC PREDATORS C GET
TO THEM.
>> AND USUALLY THE PREDATOR
WE'RE DEALIITH IN THE
MIDWEST IS THE RACCOON.
BY BUILDING THE NEST ON A
BUILDING THEY CET, THEY'RE
GOING TO HAVE A HIGHER SUCCESS
RATIO THAN THEY ARE IN THE WILD
WHERE THEY JUST PICK UP A LEDGE
THAT'S AVAILABLE.
>> BUT GETTING THE PEREGRINES
BACK TO LEDGES IN THE WILD IS
JUST WHAT ANDERSON WAS
ULTIMATELY DETERMINED TO DO.
>> I FELT THEYLLY WEREN'T
SAVED UNTIL WEHEM BACK ON
THEIR HISTORIC HAWNTS.
I KEPT GOING AND DID RELEASES
HERE AND ACTUALLY WE BREAD THE
FIRST PEREGRINE TO BREED ON THIS
CLIP.
>> THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT
EVEN MORE IF YOU KNOW A LITTLE
HISTORY.
DAN BERGER REMEMBERS.
>> WE FOUND THE LAST ACTIVE SITE
WAS RIGHT H 1962 AND THEY
HAD FOURNG.
>> BERGER WORKED HANDS-ON WITH
THE BIRDS.
TODAY HE'S HERE TO WITNESS THE
WORK OF ANDERSON AND THE PROJECT
VOLUNTEERS AND HE'S NOT ALONE.
ANDERSON WELCOMES INTERESTED
BIRDERS OF ALL AGES.
>> GUESS WHAT?
THIS IS A BOY FALCON.
WE'RE GOING TO NAME IT GRIFFIN.
>> TAKE A LOO THIS.
LET IT STA ALL RIGHT?
>> TWO YEARS AGO WHEN I GOT TO
HOLD ONE WAS THET EXCIT
BECAUSE I COULDN'T TELL IF MY
HEART OR ITS HEART WAS BEATING
FASTER.
>> OKAY.
IT'S 2206.
>> THEY BAN THE PEREGRINE CHICKS
IN ORDER TOLOW THEIR
PROGRESS.
ANDERSON SAYS THE CHICKS TO
TOLERATE THIS STRANGE EXPERIENCE
AND LIFE GETACK TO NORMAL
SOON AFTER THEIR RETURN TO THE
NEST.
BANDING HAS TAUGHT SCIENTISTS A
LOT ABOUT HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY
REINTRODUCE THEM TO THE WILD.
>> WE'RE REA LEARNING EAT
DEAL.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE WORD PEREGRINE
MEANS WAND DERER.
FOR MANY YEARS WE THOUGHT IF YOU
RELEASED A PEREGRINE ANYWHERE,
IT COULD INDEED START A
POPULATION ANYWHERE.
THAT'S NOT QUITE TRUE.
BY FOLLOWING THE BIRDS WE'VE
DISCOVERED THAT THE M STAY
WITHIN MILES.
THE FEMALES STAY WITHIN 200
MILES.
>> IT'S BEEN 30 YEARS SINCE
ANDERSON BEGAN HIS WITH
PEREGRINES AND HE CAN PROUDABLY
CLAIM THAT HIS EFFORTS HAVAID
OFF.
ON THIS DAY THEY FOUND THREE
CHICKS IN THE MAIDEN ROCK NEST
AND PEREGRINES NOW NEST IN 12
NATURAL PLACES.
HE'D LIKE TO GET A FEW PAIR
TO USE THESE NATURAL SITES, BUT
THE EFFORT HERE CAN BE CALLED A
CONSERVATION SUCCESS STORY.
>> I REALLY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
THAT YOU LOOK AT THESE
ENVIRONMENTAL SUCCESS STORIES
WITH THE SAME AMOUNT OF
ATTENTION THAT YOU DO WITH
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS.
WHAT I MEAN BY ENVIRAL
SUCCESS STORIES IS WE OUTLAWED
DDT.
A LOT OF SPECIES STARTED COMING
BACK.
WE BREAD SOME STOCK, RELEASED
THEM AND THEY'RE COMING BACK.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THESE SUCCESS
STORIES TO GIVE US AMMUNITION,
WHATEVER IT TAKES TO TAKE ON
ANOTHER PARTICULAR PROBLEM.
>> BOB ANDERSON TELLS US THAT
LAST SUMMER THEY HAD PAIRS
OF FALCONS OONSIN CLIFFS
THAT PRODUCED YOUNG CHICKS.
ANDERSON AND HIS ALSO
OBSERVED FALCON AY ON
SEVE OTHER WISCONSIN CLIFFS
BESIDES MAIDEN ROCK BLUFF,
RESULTS ANDERSON CALLS A
SUCCESS.
>> IN THE MIDDLE OF A WINTER
THAT'S BROUGHT US MANY DAYS OF
SHOVELING AND LOTS OF RNG
PROBLEMS DUE TO ICE DAMS, MOST
OF US HAVE PROBABLY HAD OUR FILL
OF SNOW AND ICE.
BUT YEARS AGO, THE COLD SUB-ZERO
DAYS OF WINTER WERE COUNTED ON
TO CREATE A VERY VALUABLE AND
HARD TO COME BY COMMODITY: ICE.
PRODUCER ANDY SOTH RECALLS THE
DAYS WHEN WINTER ICE HAD A
YEARLONG IMPORTANCE.
>> TODAY IF YOU WANT SOMETHING
COLD, JUST OPEN THE FRIDGE.
IF YOU WANT ICE, YOU MIGHT NOT
NEED TO DO EVEN THAT MUCH.
PLANNING A PICNIC?
ICE IN A BAG IS AT ANY
CONVENIENCE STORE.
>> BUT BEFORE WE HAD ICE ON
DEMAND, IT HAD TO BE HARVESTED.
IN WISCONSIN, WITH ITS AMPLE
FRESH WATER, WAS A GREAT PLACE
TO DO IT.
BEFORE THE FRIDGE, PEOPLE USED A
LITERAL ICE BOX.
THEY WOULD SET THIS SIGN IN THE
WINDOW TO INDICATE HOW MUCH WAS
NEEDED AND THE ICE MAN COMETH.
BUT THAT ERA HAS MEL AWAY.
EXCEPT FOR HERE IN JUNCTION
CITY.
FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS, THE
JUNCTION CITY ICEPANY HAS
AN BROKEN THE ICE ON A
LOCAL SPRING FED P AND SOLD
IT IN THE SUMMER FOR COMMUNITY
AND CHURCH PICNICS.
>> AND USE IT TO C THEIR
BEER OR WHATEVER.
>> IT'S A NOT FOR PROFIT TYPE
ORGANIZATION AND ALL THIS MONEY
GETS PUT BACK IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE BUY THINGS THE PARK.
SUPPORT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
LOCALLY.
>> IT STARTED WHEN THE LOCAL
RAILROAD CLOSED ITSHOUSE AND
THE VOLUNTEER FIRE RTMENT
NE NEW ICE SOURCE FOR ITS
ANNUAL PICNIC.
>> THEY JUST DID IT BECAUSE THEY
NEEDED ICE.
THEN IT PROGRESSED.
AS THEY SAW ALL THE GOOD THINGS
THEY COULD BUY WITH THAT MONEY
FOR THE COMMUNITY, THAT'S HOW IT
ALL GREW.
THAT'S WHY A LOT OF US'T
WANT TO LET IT DIE.
>> IT'S STILL DONE THE WAY IT
WAS YEARS AGO.
AFTER THE SNOW IS CLEARED OFF, A
FOUR-FOOT SAW BLADE IS PULLED
ACROSS THE LAKE.
IN JUNCTION CITY THEY'RE STILL
USING A BLADE DRIVEN
ENGINE OF A FORWARD MODEL A.
>> THE HUGE ICEES ARE
CHANNELED THROUGH A CONVE AND
OADED ON A TRAILER, DRIVEN
THE COMMUNITY STORAGE S
WHERE THEY'RE STACKED AND
INSULATED WITH SAW DUST.
THE ICE STAYS INTACT THROUGH THE
HOT SUMMER.
>> IT ACTUALLY LASTS LIKE THREE
TIMES LR THAN MANMADE
YOU LOSE A BLOCK OF MANMADE ICE
PROBABLY WITHIN A H DAY.
WHERE THIS TWO DAYSER IN 90
DEGREE HEA'LL STILL SEE A
PIECE OF HEAT. IF THE NATURCE LASTS
LONGER, SALES H DECLINED.
AS MORE PICNICS RENT
REFRIG TAPS AND BEER
TRAILERS, THERE ARE FEWER CANS
AND BOTTLES TO KEEP ON ICE.
THEY'VE TURNED TO OTHER
FUNDRAISERS.
>> WE GET A BIG TURNOUT FOR THE
GOLF OUTING.
PEOPLE WANT TO KEEP THAT WHOLE
TRADITION GOING.
SO HOPEFULLY I'M TO THAT
AGE, SOMEBODY ELSE WILL TAKE
OVER AND KEEP THE ICE COMPANY
GOING.
* *
>> TO INSPIRE THAT NEXT
GENERATION, FORMER ART TEACHER
AND NOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PRINCIPAL PETE WERNER, THESE
KIDS AND THEIR PARENTS IN ICE
SCULPTING.
>> I WAS SURPRISED DURING THE
SCHOOL WEEK.
I STARTED TALKING TO KIDS.
SOME OF THEM DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
ABOUT IT.
WHEN THEY GET A LITTLE BIGGER,
MAYBE THEY'LL BE OUT ON THE LAKE
HELPING WITH THE ACTUAL HARVEST.
>> EVEN IF NO ICE IS S
GATHERING FOR HARVEST HAS
ITS OWN
>> IT R BRINGS ALINDS OF
PEOPLE TOGETHER.
IT'S JUST A GOOD THING.
GOOD PEOPLE DOING A GOOD THING.
AND THAT'S HOW WE WANT TO KEEP
ITNG.
* *
>> THE JUNCTION CITY ICE COMPANY
SAYS THIS WINTER WEATHER HAS
BEEN GREAT FOR THEIR PURPOSES.
THEIR ANNUAL IARVEST IS
SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 9.
THAT'S OUR PROGRAM FOR THIS
WEEK.
JOIN US NEXT TIME WHEN WE'LL
TELL YOU WHY A MILWAUKEE POLICE
CAPTAIN CALLS THIS UNIT THE BEST
CRIME FIGHTING INNOVATION HE'S
EVER SEEN AND WHY THAT
INNO PROGRAM MAY GET CUT.
JOIN THISISON ARTIST AS HE
SEARCHES FOR CHILDREN HE FIRST
PHOTOGRAPHED IN WAR TORN IRELAND
MORE THAN 25 YEARS AGO.
AND HIT THE ROAD WITH VETERAN
REPORTER ART HACKETT AS HE
CONTEMPLATES A CAREER CHANGE.
>> MAY BE TIME TO THIS JOB
AND SHOVE IT, GET A REAL JOB,
DRIVING TRUCK.
>> THAT'S NEXT T
FOR NOW, WE LEAVE YOU WITH A
TRIP TO DOOR COUNTY, WHERE WE
TAKE YOU TO THE REMOTE TOFT
POINT STATE NATURAL AREA.
ENJOY.
AND FOR "IN WIS," I'M
PATTY LOEW.
SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
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