>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO "IN
WISCONSIN."
I'M KATHY BISSEN IN FOR PATTY
LOEW.
THIS WEEK WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW
THESE SKIERS ARE MAKING TRACKS
TODAY IN HOPES OF GLIDING
TOWARD A GOLD IMMEDIATE ALL AND
WHY IT'S DIFFICULT FOR
AFRICAN-AMERICAN TO MAP THEIR
FAMILY CHOICE AND HOW THE
CANDIDATE CHOICE YOU MAKE IN
THE PRIMARY ELECTION WILL
AFFECT THE ISSUES THAT MATTER
MOST TO YOU.
WE'LL HEAD TO DOOR COUNTY FOR A
WINTERTIME HIKE THROUGH ONE OF
OUR BEAUTIFUL STATE PARKS "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 WISCONSIN RUNNING
SMOOTHLY.
OFFERING ENERGY-SAVING IDEAS ON
THE WEB.
THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
PAUL B. CARBONE COMPREHENSIVE
CANCER CENTER PROVIDING CANCER
RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND
TREATMENT.
UW PAUL B. CARBONE
COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER,
COMPREHENSIVE AS DESIGNATED BY
THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE.
INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE
WEB.
AND BY THE ANIMAL DENTAL CENTER
OF MILWAUKEE AND OSHKOSH.
A VETERINARY SPECIALIST WORKING
WITH PET OWNERS AND FAMILY
VETERINARIANS THROUGHOUT
WISCONSIN PROVIDING CARE FOR
ORAL DISEASE AND DENTAL
PROBLEMS OF SMALL COMPANION
ANIMALS.
>> SUPER TUESDAY IS NOW BEHIND
US AND IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS
ON FEBRUARY 19th, WISCONSIN
WILL HAVE ITS DAY IN THE
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY SUN.
LEADING UP TO THAT DAY WE'LL
EXAMINE WHAT THE CANDIDATES
HAVE TO SAY ABOUT A SERIES OF
ISSUES IMPORTANT TO WISCONSIN
CITIZENS.
THIS WEEK WE'LL FOCUS ON THE
ECONOMY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
WITH REPORTS FROM FREDERICA
FREYBERG AND LIZ KOERNER BUT
FIRST ART HACKETT BRINGS US A
BACKGROUND REPORT ON HOW
WISCONSIN'S PRIMARY WORKS AND
WHAT IT COULD MEAN TO THE
CANDIDATES STILL IN THE RACE.
ART WILL ALSO EXPLAIN HOW YOUR
VOTE WILL DETERMINE HOW
WISCONSIN'S DELEGATES ARE
AWARDED.
>> SUPER DUPER TUESDAY WAS ALL
ABOUT DELEGATES.
DELEGATES ARE THE PEOPLE WHO
CAST VOTES AT EACH PARTY'S
NOMINATING CONVENTION IN LATE
SUMMER.
TO WIN THE PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINATION, THE DEMOCRAT HAS TO
WIN 2025 DELEGATES, THE
REPUBLICAN 1191.
WHEN THE CONFETTI SETTLED
TUESDAY HILLARY CLINTON AND
BARAK OBAMA WERE EQUALLY
DISTANT FROM THEIR MAGIC NUMBER.
JOHN MCCAIN NEEDS FEWER
DELEGATES TO WIN THAT HIS
CLOSEST CHALLENGER MIKE
HUCKABEE.
SIX DATES AND THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA WILL VOTE OR CAUCUS
BEFORE OUR STATE PRIMARY
FEBRUARY 19th.
BUT IF NONE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL
HOPEFULS HAVE LOCKED THINGS UP
BY THE TIME THEY REACH THE
BADGER STATE, WISCONSIN WITH
ITS YIELD OF 92 DEMOCRATIC
DELEGATES AND 40 REPUBLICAN
DELEGATES, JUST COULD BE THE
PLACE WHERE THE CANDIDATES ARE
PLAYING FOR ALL THE MARBLES.
WISCONSIN'S PRIMARY IS
ATTRACTIVE TO CANDIDATES FOR
SEVERAL REASONS.
VOTERS CAN REGISTER AT THE
POLLS.
THIS WOULD BENEFIT A CANDIDATE
SEEKING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A
LATE SURGE OF SUPPORT AND AN
OPEN PRIMARY.
IT WOULD HELP A CANDIDATE WITH
APPEAL TO INDEPENDENT VOTERS OR
CROSSOVERS FROM THE OTHER PARTY.
YOU KNOW HOW CNN HAS THEIR
VIDEO WALL?
WE HAVE THE VIDEO FLOOR.
WE'LL USE IT AND THESE MARBLES
TO SHOW HOW THE DELEGATES WILL
BE DIVIDED UP.
STARTING WITH THE DEMOCRATS,
WISCONSIN HAS A TOTAL OF 92
DELEGATES TO THE NATIONAL
CONVENTION.
26 OF THOSE ARE SPLIT
PROPORTIONATELY BASED ON THE
STATEWIDE VOTE.
ANY CANDIDATE GETTING 15% OF
THE VOTE GETS A HANDFUL OF
DELEGATES BUT MOST DEMOCRATIC
DELL EGATES ARE SPLIT AT THE
DISTRICT LEVEL.
A CANDIDATE WHO DID POORLY
STATEWIDE BUT WON IN A COUPLE
OF DISTRICTS COULD EVEN THE
SCORE.
THE REPUBLICANS HAVE FEWER
DELEGATES, 40, AND OPERATE ON A
WINNER TAKE ALL BASIS.
SO THE WINNER OF THE STATEWIDE
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY GETS ALL 13
AT-LARGE DELEGATES.
THE WINNER OF A CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT GETS ALL THREE
DISTRICT DELEGATES.
IF YOU'RE PLAYING ALONG AT HOME
YOU KNOW THERE ARE SOME MARBLES
LEFTOVER.
THAT WOULD BE 18 FOR THE
DEMOCRATS AND THREE FOR THE
REPUBLICANS.
THEY REPRESENT THE VOTES OF
PARTY LEADERS WHO CAN CHOOSE
WHOMEVER THEY WANT.
THEY COULD EVEN CHOOSE
REPUBLICAN RON PAUL OR DEMOCRAT
MIKE GRAVELLE WHO ARE STILL IN
THE RACE AND ON THE WISCONSIN
BALLOT.
BUT WHO TAKES MOST OF THE
MARBLES WILL DEPEND ON WHO YOU,
THE VOTERS, CHOOSE FEBRUARY
19th.
>> THE ECONOMY IS NOW THE BIG
ISSUE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT EXACTLY IN
A FREE-FALL, IT'S SOFTENING AT
BEST.
AND NOWHERE SOFTER PERHAPS THAN
IN THE HOUSING MARKET.
>> WE LAID ABOUT HALF OF OUR
STAFF OFF, YES.
THE HARDEST THING I'VE EVER
DONE AS THE OWNER OF A COMPANY
BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE.
>> DICK WASSERBURGER OWNS A
HOME BUILDING COMPANY IN
MIDDLETON.
HE THINKS THE RESIDENTIALALL
CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS IN
WISCONSIN HAS HIT BOTTOM.
ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS,
THE NUMBER OF NEW HOUSES BUILT
IN WISCONSIN IN 2007 WAS DOWN
ABOUT 25% FROM THE YEAR BEFORE.
WHICH WAS ALREADY DOWN.
THAT LEAVES NOT JUST BUILDERS
BUT EVERYONE WHO SUPPLIES THEM
LOOKING AT LOSSES.
>> THE MARKET IS VERY SOFT DUE
TO THE LOW INTEREST LOANS THAT
WERE PUT OUT THERE AND TOO MANY
HOUSES BACK ON THE MARKET.
>> SHERIFF'S FORECLOSURE SALES
ARE BUSY ACROSS WISCONSIN.
ACCORDING TO STATE NUMBERS HOME
FORECLOSURES ARE UP 75% SINCE
2005.
ECONOMISTS POINT IN STRENGTHS
IN WISCONSIN'S ECONOMY THAT
HELP OFFSET THE DOWNTURN IN THE
HOUSING SECTOR LIKE GOOD FARM
PRICES AND EXPORT MARKETS.
BUT THEY ACKNOWLEDGE CONSUMER
SPENDING IS OFF AND JOB GROWTH
HAS SLOWED.
>> THE HOUSING SECTOR AND WHAT
IT'S DONE TO CREDIT AND CASH
FLOWS IF YOU'RE ON AN
ADJUSTABLE MORTGAGE AND
TIGHTENING UP CREDIT FOR THOSE
THAT WANT TO BUY HOMES NOW AND
ALSO HIGHER GASOLINE PRICES
AFFECTING DAY-TO-DAY ON THE
AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT YOU HAVE.
>> CONSUMER SPENDING ACCOUNTS
FOR 70% OF THE ECONOMY.
PLANS OUT OF WASHINGTON TO JUMP
START THE ECONOMY INCLUDE
PUTTING MONEY IN PEOPLE'S
POCKETS.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE JOHN
MCCAIN SAYS HE SUPPORTS AN
ECONOMIC STIMULUS PLAN THAT
INCLUDES TAX REBATES AND ALSO
WANTS TAX CUTS.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE MIKE
HUCKABEE QUESTIONS DIRECT
REBATES CALLING FOR
INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDING AS A
WAY TO PUT PEOPLE TO WORK.
HE WOULD ALSO ELIMINATE THE
INCOME TAX IN FAVOR OF A FAIR
TAX BASED ON WEALTH.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE RON PAUL
FAVORS ONE-TIME REBATES AND
CALLS FOR DEEP TAX CUTS.
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE HILLARY
CLINTON SUPPORTS TAX REBATES
AND AN ENERGY HOUSING FUND.
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE BARAK
OBAMA SUPPORTS THE REBATE
PACKAGE AND WOULD ADDITIONALLY
GIVE A BONUS TO RETIREES.
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE MIKE
GRAVELLE IS SILENT ON ANY
ECONOMIC STIMULUS PLAN BUT
ELIMINATE THE IRS AND INCOME
TAX REPLACING IT WITH A
NATIONAL SALES TAX.
HOME BUILDERS, HOME SELLERS,
HOMEOWNERS AND JUST ABOUT
ANYONE IN BETWEEN JUST HOPES TO
BE ABLE TO RIDE OUT THIS MARKET
DOWNTURN.
BUT MANY OF THEM WOULDN'T MIND
ANY HELP THEY CAN GET FROM THE
TOP.
THIS IS LIZ KOERNER REPORTING
FROM FORT ATKINSON.
LAST YEAR DAN AND JANE BUILT
THEIR DREAM HOME.
A BIG PART OF IT REVOLVED
AROUND ARE RENEWABLE ENERGY.
THEY PUT ON SOLAR ELECTRIC
PANELS ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROOF
AND PANELS THAT HEAT WATER ON
THE OTHER SIDE.
EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO
SUNLIGHT AND SNOW ON THE SOLAR
PANELS THE HOME IS WARM BECAUSE
THEY ALSO INSTALLED A
GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM THAT SENDS
HEAT UP THROUGH THE FLOOR.
>> IT'S VERY GENTLE HEAT AND
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY BLASTS OF
HOT OR COLD AIR FROM THE AIR
CONDITIONING OR THE HEATING.
>> IT'S CALLED A NET ZERO
ENERGY HOME.
THAT MEANS THAT OVER THE COURSE
OF A YEAR, THEY CREATE AS MUCH
ENERGY AS THEY USE.
WHEN THEY FLIP ON A LIGHT
SWITCH OR TURN ON THE HOT WATER
TAP ON MOST DAYS THEY CAN COUNT
ON USING RENEWABLE ENERGY.
IT ALL FLOWS THROUGH A MYRIAD
OF CONNECTIONS AND CONVERSIONS
IN A SMALL ROOM IN THEIR
BASEMENT.
EVEN THOUGH THIS HOME COSTS 19%
MORE TO BUILD THAN A
CONVENTIONAL HOME, DAN SAYS
THEY CHOSE THIS COURSE BECAUSE
THEY HAVE SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS.
>> WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT
GLOBAL WARMING AND WE WOULD
LIKE TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN
FOR OUR OWN PART TO SEE THAT
STOPPED.
>> SOME OF THE COSTS RECOVERED
BY A CASH BACK PROGRAM OFFERED
BY FOCUS ON ENERGY, AN
INITIATIVE FUNDED BY WISCONSIN
UTILITIES.
KATHY KUNTZ WITH FOCUS ON
ENERGY SAYS THAT WHILE
WISCONSIN CITIZENS ARE BUYING
MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT
APPLIANCES IT ISN'T ENOUGH TO
OFFSET AN INCREASE IN DEMAND.
>> HOMES ARE 22% MORE EFFICIENT
THAN THEY WERE TWO DECADES AGO
AND 23% LARGER.
SO WHAT WE GAIN IN EFFICIENCY
IN SOME CASES WE'RE LOSING IN
OTHER WAYS.
>> KUNTZ SAYS THE STATE IS
WORKING TO ADDRESS ENERGY USE
AND HOW IT EFFECTS GLOBAL
WARMING BUT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO PLAY A
STRONGER ROLE WITH LEADERSHIP
FROM THE PRESIDENT.
>> WE NEED A LEADERSHIP WHO
SAYS THIS IS REAL, IT MATTERS,
IT IS GOING TO BE PART OF HOW
WE THRIVE IN THE NEXT CENTURY
AND WE NEED TO GET THERE.
>> THESE ARE SOME OF THE ENERGY
INITIATIVES OFFERED BY THE
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
DEMOCRAT HILLARY CLINTON SAYS
SHE'LL REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS 80% BY 2050.
DEMOCRAT MIKE GRAVEL SAYS HE'LL
CAP CARBON EMISSIONS AND BARAK
OBAMA PLANS TO REDUCE THEM 80%.
MIKE HUCKABEE -- MCCAIN WILL
LIMIT CARBON EMISSIONS.
RON PAUL PLANS TO REPEAL
REGULATIONS THAT IMPEDE THE
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ENERGY
SOURCES.
MEANWHILE, IN FORT ATKINSON
JANE HOPES THE NEXT PRESIDENT
TAKES GLOBAL WARMING SERIOUSLY.
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT TO REALIZE
IT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
>> WE'VE POSTED LINKS ON THE
WISCONSIN VOTE WEBSITE WHERE
YOU CAN READ THROUGH ALL THE
INITIATIVES THE CANDIDATES HAVE
OFFERED UP ON THE ENVIRONMENT
AND ECONOMY.
YOU CAN FIND THE WEBSITE BY
LOGGING ONTO THE ADDRESS ON
YOUR SCREEN.
NEXT WEEK WE'LL BRING YOU
REPORTS ON THE EDUCATION,
AGRICULTURE AND HEALTHCARE
INITIATIVES PUT FORTH BY THE
CANDIDATES.
AND YOU CAN WATCH STREAMING
VIDEO OF ALL OF OUR
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY REPORTS ON
THE WISCONSIN VOTE WEBSITE.
>> THIS WEEK A NEW SERIES
CALLED AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIVES 2
PREMIERED ON PBS TRACING THE
FAMILY HISTORY OF PROMINENT
BLACK AMERICANS INCLUDING TINA
TURNER AND MORGAN FREEMAN.
MORE BROADLY IT CONFRONTS THE
DIFFICULTIES AFRICAN-AMERICANS
HAVE IN SOUTHERN ROOTS.
THEY AREN'T WRITTEN ANCESTRY
RECORDS FOR MANY
AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
THE RECORDS YOU NEED FOR
GENEALOGY.
WE INTRODUCE YOU TO A WISCONSIN
WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN INSPIRED TO
TRACE HER ROOTS AND, IN TURN,
HAS INSPIRED HER FRIENDS.
>> KAY SIMMONS HAS SPENT YEARS
WORKING ON HER FAMILY WHEN IS
-- HISTORY.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF MY MOM
WHEN SHE WAS IN HER EARLY 20s.
>> HER RESEARCH HAS ADDED
ANOTHER DIMENSION TO THESE
FAMILY PHOTOS.
>> IT GIVES YOU MORE
INFORMATION AND FLUSHES IT OUT
FOR YOU.
PARENTS TEND TO SHELTER AND
PROTECT CHILDREN A LOT SO THEY
DON'T ALWAYS TELL YOU
EVERYTHING.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND
OUT, I HAVE AN UNCLE, WE CALLED
HIM UNCLE BABE.
WHEN HE WAS 14 OR 15 HE HAD
BEEN CLIMBING OVER A FENCE TO
GET INTO A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
GAME AND THE POLICE -- OFF DUTY
POLICEMAN HAD SHOT HIM AND HE
HAD BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED AND
THERE WAS ULTIMATELY A SUIT
BROUGHT BY THE NAACP AND THE
WHOLE BIT.
SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY GOT REALLY UPSET AND
THE KKK CAME TO THE HOUSE WHERE
THEY LIVED AND BURNED A CROSS.
>> THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN IN THE
DEEP SOUTH BUT IN SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN.
IT'S FORGOTTEN TODAY BUT THE
KLAN WAS ACTIVE IN WISCONSIN IN
THE 20s AND EARLY 30s.
>> MY UNCLE WHO IS STILL ALIVE
SAID YEAH, I KIND OF REMEMBER.
HE SAID, BUT PEOPLE, THEY DON'T
THINK OF IT AS BEING REALLY
IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT YOU
SHOULD RELAY TO OTHER PEOPLE.
>> THANKS TO HER RESEARCH
THROUGH OLD NEWSPAPERS AND
FAMILY STORIES IT CAN BE
RELAYED TO THE NEXT GENERATION.
>> IT HASN'T BEEN THAT LONG AGO.
IT HAPPENED.
YEAH.
>> AMERICA'S SAD LEGACY OF
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM MAKES IT
DIFFICULT YET TODAY FOR
AFRICAN-AMERICANS LIKE SIMMONS
TO TRACE THEIR ROOTS.
>> THE THING THAT'S BEEN REALLY
TROUBLING FOR ME IS THAT I
CANNOT GET PAST 1870 CENSUS.
>> AFRICAN-AMERICANS WHO LIVED
UNDER SLAVERY WEREN'T COUNTED
IN FEDERAL CENSUSS UNTIL 1870
AND OTHER RECORDS CAN BE HARDER
FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO TRACK
DOWN.
>> SEGREGATION AFFECTED THE
RECORDS.
EVEN WITH VITAL RECORDS YOU
HAVE THEM IN SEPARATE VOLUMES,
EVEN IN DIFFERENT OFFICES.
>> LORI BESSLER IS AN OUTREACH
COORDINATOR.
SIMMONS RECRUITED HER TO PUT ON
A WORKSHOP FOR OTHER
AFRICAN-AMERICANS INTERESTED IN
TRACING THEIR ROOTS.
>> WHEN YOU DO RESEARCH IT
MAKES YOUR RESEARCH MORE
SUCCESSFUL.
>> THE WISCONSIN HISTORICAL
SOCIETY LIBRARY IS ONE OF THE
TOP RESEARCH SITES IN THE
COUNTRY AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CAN BE USEFUL TO
AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
>> WE HAVE ANYTHING FROM
GENERAL GUIDES TO A BOOK "BLACK
ROOTS" WHICH IS A GREAT
RESOURCE FOR BEGINNERS TO USE
TO NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY THAT
HELPS PEOPLE FIND THE SPECIAL
NEWSPAPERS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH
AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUDIENCE.
WE OWN A LOT OF THE NEWSPAPERS
THAT ARE LISTED IN THIS.
THERE IS A LOT WIDER SCOPE TO
THEIR COMMUNITIES THAN YOU SEE
IN THE MORE MAINSTREAM WHITE
NEWSPAPERS.
>> FOR THOSE WHO WANT THE TRY
TO BREAK THE 1870 CENSUS
BARRIER THEY EVEN HAVE RECORDS
FROM MANY SOUTHERN PLANTATIONS.
>> THIS IS A COLLECTION THAT WE
HAVE, THE ANTEBELLUM PLANTATION
RECORDS.
THIS PAGE SPECIFICALLY IS FROM
A PLANTATION JUST INSIDE
GEORGIA AT BUTLER ISLAND FROM
1838.
THIS IS A HOSPITAL LIST SHOWING
THE NAMES SLAVES, WHICH
PLANTATION THEY'RE ASSOCIATED
WITH AND THE DISEASE THAT
THEY'RE SUFFERING.
>> KAY SIMMONS IS HAPPY TO SEE
INCREASED INTEREST IN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN GENEALOGY.
SHE'S TRYING TO INSPIRE IT.
>> COULD YOU DO AN ANCESTRY
SEARCH FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS NOT
BEGUN?
>> SURE.
SOMEONE THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE
LOOKING FOR.
>> ROBERT CHASTINE, 1876 TO
1965.
>> THIS IS A WORLD WAR I DRAFT
REGISTRATION.
IT'S A WONDERFUL RESOURCE TO GO
TO DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.
>> THAT'S IT.
SO EXCITING, YES.
>> THAT IS GOOD.
THAT'S WHY WE DO IT.
IT'S EXCITING.
>> YOU CAN FIND INFORMATION
ABOUT THE WISCONSIN HISTORICAL
SOCIETY'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN
GENEALOGY WORKSHOP ON OUR
WEBSITE AT wpt.org/"IN
WISCONSIN" AND FIND ANYTHING
ABOUT THE NEXT AIR DATE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIVE II.
IN JUST A FEW SHORT WEEKS, THE
35th RUNNING OF THE AMERICAN
BIRKEBEINER CROSS-COUNTRY SKI
RACE TAKES PLACE.
THE EVENT DRAWS SKIERS FROM
AROUND THE WORLD TO THE TINY
SAWYER COUNTY COMMUNITY OF
HAYWARD.
FOR SOME OF THE LOCAL
COMPETITORS THE RACE IS BUT A
WARM-UP.
THEY'RE SHOOTING FOR THE
OLYMPICS.
THE NEXT WINTER OLYMPICS WON'T
BE UNTIL 2010 IN VANCOUVER,
BRITISH COLUMBIA BUT ART
HACKETT FOUND OLYMPIC HOPEFULS
TRAINING IN HAYWARD FULL-TIME
EVEN THOUGH THEY WON'T MAKE THE
OLYMPICS UNTIL 2014 AND BEYOND.
>> FOR ATHLETES IN MOST
WISCONSIN SCHOOLS WINTER MEANS
BASKETBALL.
NOT IN HAYWARD.
>> THERE WAS NOT ONE OF YOU WHO
DIDN'T PUT YOUR ALL INTO
YESTERDAY.
I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT.
>> IN HAYWARD, HOME OF THE
BIRKEBEINER, MIDDLE SCHOOL
COACH DIANE TREMBLAY
CONGRATULATES HER TEAMS
PERFORMANCE IN A CROSS-COUNTRY
SKI RACE.
NEARLY 50 MIDDLE AND HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE GATHERED
FOR PRACTICE AT A SAWYER COUNTY
PARK.
HAYWARD IS WHERE SKIERS START
YOUNG.
>> PROBABLY AS YOUNG AS THREE.
>> THEY'RE CALLED IN ORDER I
-- NORDIC KIDS.
>> IT'S FUN.
>> CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING IS
GROWING AT THE HIGH SCHOOL
LEVEL.
HAYWARD'S HIGH SCHOOL COACH,
BILL PIERCE, SAYS MORE THAN 20
WISCONSIN SCHOOLS HAVE TEAMS.
AROUND 400 STUDENTS COMPETED IN
THE 2006 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
MATT AND SUZANNE SKI WELL PAST
DUSK ON THE LIGHTED TRAILS BUT
THEY'VE ALREADY LOGGED MANY
KILOMETERS THIS DAY AS MEMBERS
OF A DEVELOPMENT TEAM TO CREATE
A PIPELINE TO HIGHER LEVELS OF
THE SPORT SET UP IN 2000.
>> THE KIDS AT NORDIC KIDS
LEVEL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH
SCHOOL THEY HAVE THE IDEA, THEY
KNOW THEY CAN STAY IN THAT
PIPELINE AND HAVE PROGRESSION
THROUGH IT EVERY YEAR AND KNOW
THAT THERE IS, YOU KNOW, A GOAL
AT THE END AND THAT THEY'LL
HAVE TO STEP OFF THE LADDER
SOMEWHERE.
>> HANG ARM, I WANT IT HERE
LIKE YOU'RE MAKING A PHONE CALL
UP HIGH AND YOU CRUNCH ON IT.
>> THE JUNIOR DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM IS INTENDED FOR
STUDENTS WHO HAVE GOALS BEYOND
HIGH SCHOOL.
THE JUNIOR PROGRAM IS RUN BY
THE CENTRAL CROSS-COUNTRY SKI
ASSOCIATION.
>> IN THE JUNIOR PROGRAM AND AT
SOME LEVEL OF HIGH SCHOOL THE
IDEA IS TO PREPARE THEM FOR THE
NEXT STEP IN RACING AND FOR
THEM MOSTLY IT'S NCA LEVEL.
>> ONE OF THE SKI ASSOCIATION'S
CO-FOUNDERS SAYS OTHER WINTER
SPORTS HAVE LONG HAD PROGRAMS
SUCH AS THIS.
>> THE BETTER ORGANIZED THAT
THEY ARE, THE MORE OF THAT
PYRAMID OR PIPELINE OF
DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY HAVE,
WE'VE BEEN WEAK ON THAT IN THE
UNITED STATES FOR CROSS-COUNTRY
SKIING.
>> IN 2006, THE ASSOCIATION
STRETCHED THE PIPELINE A LITTLE
FARTHER.
THEY CREATED AN ELITE TEAM FOR
SKIERS WHO GRADUATED FROM
COLLEGE LEVEL PROGRAMS.
CHRISTINA AND ANDRE ARE AMONG
ITS NEWER MEMBERS.
WATT IS FROM DULUTH.
SAYS DREAMING OF THE OLYMPICS
RUNS IN THE FAMILY.
HIS FATHER SKIED AT GRENOBLE IN
1968.
>> FOR ME IT WAS THERE BECAUSE
MY DAD WAS IN THE OLYMPICS IN
SKI JUMPING.
I GREW UP WITH IT AROUND THE
HOUSE AND, YOU KNOW, HAD THOSE
AMBITIONS.
PROBABLY WASN'T UNTIL LATER IN
HIGH SCHOOL WHERE I REALLY
STARTED TRAINING AND FOCUSING
ON THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
>> WASHINGTON STATE NATIVE
KRISTINA OWEN, ON THE OTHER
HAND, WENT TO MICHIGAN TECH
EXPECTING TO COME OUT AS A
MECHANICAL ENGINEER.
>> THIS IS REALLY FUN AND I
DON'T THINK I REALLY WANT TO
HAVE A DESK JOB.
I WANT TO SEE HOW FAR I CAN
TAKE THIS.
>> KRISTINA, THIS IS ONE THING
YOU'VE DONE BETWEEN YELLOWSTONE
AND SOLDIER HOLLOW, JUST A HUGE
IMPROVEMENT ON.
THAT'S TRUE WEIGHT TRANSFERRING.
>> BRIAN FISH IS THE FORMER
COACH AT UW GREEN BAY.
HE NOW IS FULL-TIME COACH FOR
THE HAYWARD-BASED ELITE TEAM.
>> INSTEAD OF THINKING ABOUT
KEEPING YOUR BODY CENTERED AND
HAVING YOUR SKIS DO THE
TRANSFERRING, THINK ABOUT
GETTING YOUR HIP.
>> THE ELITE TEAM WAS FOUNDED
TO FILL A GAP.
>> THE GAP WAS THAT SKIERS
WOULD GO THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL,
THEY WOULD -- THE BETTER SKIERS
WOULD CONTINUE TO SKI IN
COLLEGE AND THEN WHEN THEY
GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE, THERE
WASN'T A SUPPORT NETWORK THAT
ALLOWED THEM TO BE FULL-TIME
SKIERS.
SOME OF THEM HAVE PART-TIME
JOBS THEY'RE ABLE TO MAKE
ENOUGH MONEY FOR THEIR PERSONAL
EXPENSES BUT WE COVER ALL THE
RACING EXPENSES AND TRAINING
EXPENSES.
>> IT'S EVERYTHING.
I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AN
ENGINEERING JOB AND SIT AT A
DESK ALL DAY AND TRAIN AFTER
WORK.
>> IT'S A FULL-TIME COMMITMENT.
AS FAR AS TRAINING HOURS
THEY'RE DOING 550 TO 800 HOURS
OF TRAINING.
>> THAT WOULD BE A YEAR.
>> THAT JUST MEANS THE ON TIME.
THERE IS ALSO THE RECOVERY
RESTORATION AND ALL THE TRAVEL
THAT IS ENTAILED.
SO WHAT WE DO WITH OUR ATHLETES
IS WE HAVE EVERY TWO WEEKS OF
EVERY MONTH IN THE OFF-SEASON
WE HAVE CAMPS TOGETHER.
IN THE SUMMER THERE IS A LOT OF
RUNNING, A LOT OF STRENGTH
TRAINING IN THE WEIGHT ROOM.
STUFF OUTSIDE.
A LOT OF ROLLERSKIING.
WE PROBABLY ROLLERSKI MORE THAN
WE SKI ON SNOW ALMOST.
SIX MONTHS, SEVEN MONTHS IN THE
SUMMER AND A LOT OF DAYS ON THE
ROLLER SKIS.
>> WE EXPECT TO HAVE ATHLETES
ON THE U.S. SKI TEAM.
OUR GOAL ISN'T JUST TO PLACE
ATHLETES ON THE U.S. SKI TEAM
BUT CREATE PODIUM OPPORTUNITIES.
>> HE MEANS MEDALING AT THE
OLYMPICS.
>> TARGETS DATES ARE 2010 AND
2014.
>> KIND OF HOPING THIS WEEKEND
WOULD BE FAST RACING AS LONG AS
THERE IS CONSISTENT DEVELOPMENT.
I HAVE PLENTY OF YEARS TO GO.
>> TYPICALLY WHEN YOU'RE 20, 30
IS YOUR PEEK PERFORMANCE.
>> IT'S REALLY ACROSS THE BOARD.
YOU HAVE GUYS WINNING WORLD
CUPS AT 20 AND GUYS AT 35.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU DEFINITELY
HAVE A LONG CAREER.
>> FOR THOSE FURTHER BACK IN
THE PIPELINE LIKE MATT AND
SUZANNE, THEY CAN TAKE SOLACE
IN KNOWING EVEN IF THEY DON'T
BECOME OLYMPIANS THEY'RE
GETTING IN SHAPE.
>> GET YOUR NOSE ON TOP OF YOUR
SKIS, THERE YOU GO.
MAKE THEM GLIDE.
>> WE'LL FOLLOW THE PROGRESS OF
THESE YOUNG SKIERS AND LET YOU
KNOW IF THEY MAKE IT TO THE
OLYMPICS WHETHER IT'S 2010 OR
2014 GAMES.
THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEEK.
JOIN US NEXT TIME WHEN WE'LL
WORK WITH THIS WILDLIFE
DETECTIVE TO INVESTIGATE
REPORTS OF BIG CATS STALKING
WISCONSIN'S WILDS.
WE'LL ASK, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE
TO GET YOU TO MAKE THIS PLUNGE?
HOW ABOUT A GOOD CAUSE?
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO EXAMINE
SOME OF THE TOP ISSUES IN THIS
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND
DISCOVER WHAT THE CANDIDATES
HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THEM.
THAT'S NEXT WEEK.
IN THE MEANTIME WE LEAVE YOU
WITH A TRIP TO DOOR COUNTY TO
ENJOY A GORGEOUS WINTER DAY AT
NEWPORT STATE PARK.
FOR "IN WISCONSIN" I'M KATHY
BISSEN, SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
>> 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.
OFFERING ENERGY SAVING IDEAS ON
THE WEB.
THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
PAUL B. CARBONE COMPREHENSIVE
CANCER CENTER, PROVIDING CANCER
RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND
TREATMENT.
UW PAUL B. CARBONE
COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER.
COMPREHENSIVE AS DESIGNATED BY
THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE.
INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE
WEB.
AND BY THE ANIMAL DENTAL CENTER
OF MILWAUKEE AND OSHKOSH.
A VETERINARY SPECIALIST WORKING
WITH PET OWNERS AND FAMILY
VETERINARIANS THROUGHOUT
WISCONSIN PROVIDING CARE FOR
ORAL DISEASE AND DENTAL
PROBLEMS OF SMALL COMPANION
ANIMALS.