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IN AND THE SHOW WOULD NOT BE
POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE GENEROSITY
OF VIEWERS LIKE YOU, SO ON
BEHALF OF THE CAST AND CREW OF
"AROUND THE CORNER" WITH JOHN
MCGIVERN, THANK YOU.
KEEP WATCHING, OK?
>> "AROUND THE CORNER WITH JOHN
MCGIVERN" HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF HISTORIC
DOWNTOWN GREENDALE.
VISITORS KEEP SAYING GREENDALE
LOOKS LIKE A NORMAN ROCKWELL
TOWN AND SINCE IT WAS DESIGNED
BY A NEW ENGLAND TOWN PLANNER,
IT DOES.
AND NOW, THERE'S A LIFE SIZED
STATUE OF NORMAN ROCKWELL RIGHT
ALONG MAIN STREET.
YOU JUST GOT TO SEE GREENDALE.
>> THIS EPISODE OF "AROUND THE
CORNER" WITH JOHN MCGIVERN IS
MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH FUNDING
PROVIDED IN PART BY THE GREATER
MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION'S ERNEST C.
AND FLORENCE M. SHOCKE FUND.
>> THIS IS SHEBOYGAN COUNTY.
WE'RE ON THE CORNER OF BROADWAY
AND PINE IN SHEBOYGAN FALLS.
>>
>> WE ARE SUPPOSED TO MEET GURDA
HERE LIKE 15 MINUTES AGO, BUT
OBVIOUSLY HE'S ON HIS BIKE TO
SHEBOYGAN FALLS FROM MILWAUKEE
SO HE'S A LITTLE LATE.
I DON'T EVEN NEED HIM TODAY.
SHEBOYGAN FALLS, THERE'S THE
FALLS AND I'M SURE BEHIND THE
FALLS IS LIKE A RAILROAD, AND
BEHIND THE RAILROAD IS LIKE SOME
SORT OF MILL.
THAT'S THE STORY -- WE DON'T
EVEN NEED YOU.
I TOLD THEM, THERE IS THE FALLS,
AND THERE'S PROBABLY A RAILROAD
AND A MILL.
>> JOHN, 30 EPISODES, YOU'RE
FINALLY GETTING IT.
>> I'M GETTING IT.
THAT'S HOW EVERY ONE OF THESE
TOWNS STARTED.
>> THE STORY IS PRETTY MUCH THE
SAME IN EVERY ONE OF THEM, THEY
BECOME UNIQUE FROM SMALL STARTS
IN BEAUTIFUL TOWNS.
AS YOU MIGHT HAVE GUESSED THE
FALLS IS THE REASON THAT
SHEBOYGAN FALLS IS HERE AND BACK
IN 1835, A YANKEE NAMED STEADMAN
CAME HERE AND SAID THE WATER IS
DROPPING SO HE BUILT A DAM AND
THIS BECAME AN IMPORTANT
INDUSTRIAL CENTER.
STEADMAN CALLED IT THE TOWN MUCH
ROCHESTER AND THERE HAPPENED
THERE WAS ANOTHER ROCHESTER IN
WISCONSIN, SO THEY CHANGED THE
NAME TO SHEBOYGAN FALLS.
>> HOW DID IT DEVELOP?
>> AROUND THE FALLS AND THE
RABID BELOW, -- RAPIDS BELOW,
YOU HAD A MAJOR INDUSTRIAL
CONCENTRATION.
THE FALL POWERED EVERYTHING FROM
FLOUR MILLS TO FOUNDRIES, PLANTS
THAT MADE SHAWLS AND COASTER
WAGONS.
PEOPLE SETTLED HERE EARLY AND
YOU HAVE AS A RESULT ONE OF THE
FINEST CONCENTRATIONS OF
PRECIVIL WAR BUILDINGS IN ITS
ENTIRE STATE ESPECIALLY ON THE
EAST SIDE OF THE RIVER, SO IT'S
A WONDERFUL HISTORIC DISTRICT ON
BOTH SIDES AND A GREAT DOWNTOWN.
>> THIS IS SHEBOYGAN FALLS.
WHAT WAS GOING ON IN SHEBOYGAN?
>> SHEBOYGAN DEVELOPED LATER
THAN SHEBOYGAN FALLS.
THEY HAD THE HARBOR BUT THEY HAD
NO POWER, SO HERE'S WHERE THE
MANUFACTURING DEVELOPED, BUT
THEY DID INDUSTRIALIZE AND THERE
WAS A YOUNG AUSTRIAN NAME JOHN
MICHAEL KOHLER, WHO IN 1873
BEGINS A FOUNDRY, HE'S MAKING
PLOWS, HE'S MAKING WATERING
TROUGHING AND HE HAD THE
INSPIRED VISION TO TAKE A
WATERING TROUGH, ENAMEL IT AND
PUT FEET ON IT AND YOU HAVE A
PUTT TUB.
THAT'S KOHLER BECOMING A
PLUMBING ICON.
THEY MOVE WEST WITH ROOM TO GROW
RIGHT NEXT TO SHEBOYGAN FALLS.
SO THAT'S 1899.
IN 1912, IT INCORPORATES AS THE
VILLAGE OF KOHLER, SO THAT'S
WHERE KOHLER OF KOHLER COMES
FROM, SO WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS
THESE TWIN CITIES, INDUSTRY
MEETS INDUSTRY, AND BOTH DEPENDS
ON LOCAL MANUFACTURING, BUT THEY
COULDN'T BE MORE DIFFERENT IN
TERMS OF HOW THEY DEVELOPED.
SHEBOYGAN FALLS DEVELOPED
ORGANICALLY FROM THE 1830'S ON
AND KOHLER BECAME A NATIONAL
MODEL OF URBAN PLANNING.
WHAT THEY DEVELOPED WAS WHAT
THEY CALLED A GARDEN INDUSTRIAL
COMMUNITY, AND INCORPORATED
IDEAS FROM PEOPLE LIKE FREDERICK
HOMESTEAD AND FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
AND THOSE DIFFERENCES STILL
PERSIST.
THEY ARE JOINED AT THE HIP, BUT
VERY DIFFERENT, AND BOTH ARE
ALL-STARS IN THEIR OWN RIGHTS.
KOHLER IN TERMS OF PLANNING AND
SHEBOYGAN FALLS IN TERMS OF
PRESERVATION.
>> WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT
POPULATIONWISE?
>> SHEBOYGAN FALLS, ABOUT 7800
AND KOHLER, ABOUT 2100.
MOSTLY GERMAN BUT A MIX.
THEY HAVE 5 SQUARE MILES WEST OF
I-43 AND STRADDLE THE SHEBOYGAN
RIVER AS THEY HAVE FROM THE
BEGINNING.
>> THE NEXT EPISODE I MAY BE
ABLE TO HANDLE BY MYSELF.
>> JUST SAY DAMS, RAILROADS,
JUST SAY MILLS.
>> THANKS.
GREAT.
FROM HOG SCALDER TO TUB TO
COUCH.
KOHLER DOES IT ALL.
>> WE'RE IN KOHLER.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S CALLED?
THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN UP HERE,
SHAME ON YOU.
YOU SHOULD.
IT'S IN KOHLER AND THIS IS WHAT
PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT KOHLER.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS DESIGN
CENTER.
WE ARE 36,000 SQUARE FEET OF
DESIGN, HISTORY AND INSPIRATION.
>> THERE'S A MUSEUM IN THE
BASEMENT.
THE MAIN LEVEL IS ALL WORKING
PRODUCTS.
ONE HERE ON THE END HAS THE
WATER COMING RIGHT OUT OF THE
CEILING.
>> YOU WANTED TO WALK UP TO IT
IT, IT WILL SEE YOU.
>> PEOPLE CAN FLUSH THE TOILETS,
TURN ON THE FAUCET, FEEL HOW
POWERFUL THE SHOWERHEAD IS.
AND THE UPPER LEVEL IS OUR
DESIGNER MEZZANINE.
>> 15 PEOPLE WORK AT THE DESIGN
CENTER.
HOW MANY PEOPLE WORK AT KOHLER
WORLDWIDE.
>> KOHLER WORLDWIDE, WE'RE ABOUT
30,000.
>> AND WHAT'S COMING UP?
>> WE HAVE NEW PRODUCTS, WE HAVE
BEEN GETTING REALLY INVOLVED,
ESPECIALLY IN TECHNOLOGY IN THE
BATHROOM.
THIS PORTION OF THE MEDICINE
CABINET YOU'RE NEVER USING.
PUT A TV THERE AND DON'T WORRY
ABOUT IT.
WE HAVE A SHOWERHEAD WITH A
SPEAKER BUILT INTO IT.
>> SHOWER OUT LOUD.
DO YOU HEAR WHAT IT'S PLAYING?
>> SOUNDS FAMILIAR.
KOHLER IS A COMPANY AS OFTEN
REFERRED TO AS JUST PLUMBING.
AND IT'S MORE THAN PLUMBING.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE AMERICAN
CLUB.
>> OK.
>> CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE
HISTORY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IT WAS BUILT IN 1918 BY WALTER
KOHLER TO HOUSE IMMIGRANT
WORKERS WHO WERE COMING TO
AMERICA AND WERE STARTING A JOB
HERE AT THE KOHLER PLUMBING
FACTORY, WHICH IS RAY CROSS THE
STREET.
HE WASN'T INTERESTED IN EARNING
PROFIT OFF OF THERE.
THEY WERE INTERESTED IN GIVING
THEM A NICE, CLEAN, SAFE PLACE
TO LIVE WITH A HOT SHOWER.
>> AND A GREAT BEGINNING.
>> YOU GOT IT.
>> WHEN DID IT IT BECOME WHAT WE
KNOW IT TODAY?
>> WE CLOSED OUT IN 1978 AND
OPENED IN DECEMBER OF 1981 AS A
LUXURY HOTEL.
>> HOW MANY PEOPLE WORK AT THE
AMERICAN CLUB.
>> WE HAVE 400 AND 500 DEPENDING
ON SEASON.
DURING THIS GOLF SEASON, WE HAVE
MORE.
>> IT'S A LOT ABOUT GOLF.
>> DURING THE SUMMER, IT'S
ABSOLUTELY ABOUT GOLF AND IN THE
SUMMER, SPA, SO WE HAVE
SOMETHING FOR BOTH SEASONS.
WITHIN THE HOTEL, WE ACTUALLY
HAVE FOUR RESTAURANTS, STARTING
WITH OUR COFFEE SHOP WHICH IS A
GREENHOUSE.
THE SECOND IS A HORSE AND PLOW,
THAT'S OUR CASUAL PUB AND GRILL
AND THE WISCONSIN ROOM, THAT'S
OUR BREAKFAST AND DINNER MENU
AND THEN OUR CROWN JEWEL IN THE
HOE THEY WILL IS THE IMMIGRANTS,
THAT IS OUR FINE DINING
RESTAURANT.
THAT'S A FOUR DIAMOND, FOUR STAR
RESTAURANT.
>> HIT THEM LIKE THAT ALL DAY,
GUYS.
>> I'M THRILLED.
YOU'VE SEEN THIS PLACE ON TV.
IT'S CALLED WHISTLING STRAITS
AND WHEN YOU SEE IT ON TV, THEY
SAY WE'RE COMING FROM WHISTLING
STRAITS FROM KOHLER ARE WE IN
KOHLER?
>> NO.
THE MAIN PART OF THE RESORT IS
KOHLER.
THE ADDRESS IS ACTUALLY
SHEBOYGAN, BUT WE'RE IN THE TOWN
OF HAVEN.
IT'S A UNIQUE GOLF COURSE.
WHEN THE GOLF COURSE WAS BUILT,
MR. KOHLER SAID HEY, I WANT YOU
TO MAKE THIS LOOK LIKE IRELAND.
HE DID.
>> CAN ANYONE PLAY THIS COURSE?
>> OH, YEAH, WE'RE OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC, IT'S A RESORT COURSE,
WE'RE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
WE HAVE MEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE
THROUGH RIVER BEND.
MEMBERS AT RIVER BEND GAIN
CERTAIN RIGHTS TO BOOKING TEE
TIMES ON ALL FOUR GOLF COURSES,
NOT JUST THE STRAITS COURSE, BUT
BESIDES THAT, YEAH, WE'RE OPEN
TO THE PUBLIC AND EVERYONE CAN
PLAY.
>> THEY'RE THRILLED WITH YOUR
COURSE.
>> THEY LOVE THE GOLF COURSE.
I THINK THE EXPERIENCE THEY HAVE
HERE IS SECOND TO NONE.
REALLY, AND I HEAR THAT OFTEN
FROM OUR GUESTS, WITH THE
QUALITY OF THE GOLF COURSE, THE
QUALITY OF THE STAFF, THE
QUALITY OF THE FACILITIES, WE
HAVE EVERYTHING, SO WE'RE VERY
LUCKY.
>> WE'RE IN THE BACKYARD OF A
HOME IN THE CENTER, THIS IS THE
CENTER OF KOHLER, NOT THE EAST
SIDE, NOT THE WEST SIDE, NOT THE
NORTH SIDE.
CENTER.
>> THIS IS MY HOME, IT'S
WONDERFUL.
>> THIS IS REALLY NICE.
>> IT IS, A GREAT PLACE TO RAISE
A FAMILY, A GREAT PLACE TO GO
WALKING IN THE MORNING, AND I
LIVE FOUR BLOCKS FROM WHERE I
WORK.
SO I COME HOME AT NOON, MY
HUSBAND AND I HAVE A NICE LUNCH
TOGETHER, GO BACK TO WORK, MY
MIND IS CLEAR, I'M READY TO GO
FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.
IT'S REALLY NICE.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS CONCEPT
THAT THIS IS A COMPANY TOWN.
>> IT'S NOT A COMPANY TOWN.
I THINK THERE IS A MISCONCEPTION
OUT THERE THAT KOHLER COMPANY
OWNS YOUR HOUSING, AND ALL OF
THAT, AND THAT IS JUST NOT THE
CASE.
IT INFLUENCES THE TOWN,
OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE IT'S A BIG
PART OF OUR VILLAGE, BUT IT'S
NOT A COMPANY TOWN.
>> LOVE IT.
>> I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1989.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.
>> WHY WOULD IT HAVE BEEN
SHEBOYGAN FALLS BEFORE, IT'S
THREE MINUTES OFF 43, RIGHT DOWN
28 WEST.
SHOULD HAVE BEEN BEEN HERE
BEFORE.
>> THIS IS CALLED THE ROCHESTER
INN.
NOW, I WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS A
B & B OR AN INN, BUT I THINK IT
FEELS MORE LIKE AN INN.
BOSLEY AND HAWKINS A GREAT PLACE
YOU HAVE HERE -- WHAT A GREAT
PLACE YOU HAVE HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
BUILDING.
>> IT WAS BUILT IN 1848, SO IT'S
THE SECOND OLDEST BUILDING IN
SHEBOYGAN COUNTY.
IT WAS THE FIRST GENERAL STORE,
OF COURSE, THE POST OFFICE, THE
FAMILY THAT BUILT IT, BY THE
LAST NAME OF COLES BUILT IT AND
THE THIRD FLOOR WHERE THERE ARE
GUEST ROOMS WAS THE FIRST
TEMPERANCE HALL.
>> IN WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS,
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS WINDOW,
ORIGINAL TO THE BUILDING, 1848.
>> SO YOU HAVE SIX ROOMS.
TALK ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS.
>> WEEKDAYS, WE'VE GOT CORPORATE
CLIENTS THAT STAY WITH US AND
THE WEEKEND IS MORE THE VACATION
COUPLE, THE ANNIVERSARY COUPLE,
THE PEOPLE JUST WANTING TO GET
AWAY, AND YOU KNOW, SEE A CUTE
LITTLE TOWN.
>> THIS BUILDING WAS BUILT IN
1848 AND IT WAS A TIMBER
BUILDING.
SO THEY WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW
WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.
IT'S CALLED THE TRUTH WINDOW.
THERE'S THE TIMBER.
>> SO WE'VE BEEN IN TOWN FOR
FOUR DAYS AND EVERYWHERE WE GO,
PEOPLE ARE LIKE, HAVE YOU BEEN
TO EVANS.
>> BASICALLY, WE ARE 10 STORES
IN ONE.
WE ARE BOTH SPECIALTY AND WE ARE
COMPETITIVE PRICED.
>> I HAVE MY LIST.
>> YOU'RE KNOWN FOR YOUR TOYS.
>> YES.
SPECIAL EDITION VOLKSWAGEN.
>> WE HAVE OVER 5,000 TOYS.
>> AND YOU'RE CERTAINLY KNOWN
FOR YOUR TRAINS.
>> WE CARRY A HUGE SELECTION OF
LIONEL AND BACHMANN, BACHMANN
MAKES 70% OF ALL THE TRAINS IN
THE WORLD, INCLUDING MOST OF THE
TRAINS FOR LIONEL.
>> LIONEL, A WALL OF LIONEL
TRAINS.
YOU CAN FIND ALMOST ANYTHING.
>> YOU SAY IT'S 10 DEPARTMENTS
UNDER ONE ROOF HERE IN DOWNTOWN
SHEBOYGAN FALLS.
>> YES, AT COMPETITIVE PRICES.
>> AT COMPETITIVE PRICING.
>> THE THING YOU HAVE TO
REMEMBER ABOUT ANY SPECIALTY
STORE, ANY SMALL TOWN STORE, A
CUSTOMER WALKS IN THE STORE,
THEY'RE NOT A DOLLAR BILL LIKE
THEY ARE AT THE BIG BOX STORE.
THEY'RE A HUMAN BEING.
YOU TREAT THEM WITH RESPECT AND
PROVIDE SERVICE.
>> IS YOUR SLOGAN, IF YOU CAN'T
FIND IT, GO TO EVANS.
>> YOUR SANDALS FOR MY MOM.
>> OUR SLOGAN IS UNIQUELY EVANS,
BUT WE WISH IT WAS TRY EVANS
FIRST.
>> TRY HERE AND YOU'LL NEVER GO
ANYWHERE ELSE.
>> AND MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE
TRYING EVANS FIRST.
>> EVANS.
>> WHEN I GREW UP, FRIDAY NIGHT,
MY MOTHER WOULD MAKE POPCORN AND
WE'D EACH GET A BOTTLE OF PEP
SIEVE AND POPCORN WAS -- PEPSI
AND POPCORN.
SO COMING HERE IS LIKE COMING
HOME.
>> WHAT IS THE QUALITY?
>> WE DESCHNIBBLE.
>> I CAN'T EVEN SAY IT.
>> WE TAKE EXTRA CARE TO GET THE
SEEDS OUT.
WHEN YOU BUY POPCORN FROM US,
YOU GET POPCORN, NOT THE STUFF
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BAG THAT
NORMALLY COMES WITH IT.
TWO POUNDS OF POPCORN.
>> HOW MANY POUNDS OF POPCORN DO
YOU GO THROUGH LET'S SAY A YEAR?
>> WE GO THROUGH A LOT.
>> A LOT.
>> A WEEK?
>> DEPENDING ON THE SEASON --
>> DO YOU BUY IT BY THE PALLET?
WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR POPCORN.
>> IT'S A BIG NAME IN THE
INDUSTRY, WE'VE POP -- WEAVER
POPCORN.
ALL THE FLARES, EVERYTHING IS
DONE IN OUR STORE.
>> KETTLE.
THAT WAS GOOD.
THE BROADWAY MIX IS CLASSIC.
JALAPENO.
I LOVE YOUR SAMPLE WALL.
THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
>> HOT CHEDDAR.
IT'S CHEDDAR AND JALAPENO.
>> IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE YOU COME
IN AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR
CHOCOLATE CHEESE CAKE IS.
TRY IT, IF YOU LIKE IT, FINE.
>> CHERRY CHOCOLATE CHEESE CAKE.
THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
THAT'S SWEET AND SALTY AND
THAT'S GOOD.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS
IN THIS PLACE CALLED POLYVINYL.
>> WE MAKE CUSTOM EXTRUDED
PRODUCTS FOR COMPONENT
MANUFACTURING, APPLIANCES,
TRACTORS, MEDICAL PRODUCTS, BUT
IT'S ALL COMPONENTS.
WHEN YOU TAKE WATER OUT OF THE
DISPENSER ON YOUR REFRIGERATOR,
FOR ICE, THE TUBING WAS PROBABLY
MADE HERE AND THEN WE HAVE
ANOTHER BUSINESS WHERE WE MAKE
ALL VINYL PORCH AND DECK RAILING
THAT WE SELL UNDER THE COLOR
GUARD.
>> COLOR GUARD.
THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD KNOW AS
VIEWERS AND IT COMES RIGHT OUT
OF HERE, SHEBOYGAN FALLS.
THAT'S GOOD.
HOW BIG WAS THIS PLACE WHEN IT
STARTED?
>> ONE MACHINE AND A SMALL
STOREFRONT IN SHEBOYGAN.
>> IS THAT RIGHT?
>> ONE LINE LIKE THIS IS ALL WE
HAD.
1200 SQUARE FEET.
>> WHAT DO YOU HAVE NOW?
>> 110,000.
>> IT'S GROWING.
>> OH, YEAH.
>> I KNOW THIS ANSWER, BUT I
WANT TO ASK YOU GUYS, WHY NOT
WOOD?
>> ROAD IS GOOD.
-- WOOD IS GOOD, BUT VINYL IS
FINAL.
>> DID YOU HEAR THAT?
>> SHEBOYGAN FALLS HAS A
NATIONAL DESIGNATION, MAIN
STREET COMMUNITY AND THE STATE
OF WISCONSIN'S MAIN STREET
COMMUNITY HAS PICKED A LEG
GEORGE KENNAN.
IT'S THAT BUILDING.
IT'S THE BEMUS BATH SHOP
BUILDING.
>> BEMIS HAS MADE THOUSANDS OF
PRODUCTS OVER THE YEARS.
WICKER FURNITURE, NOVELTY
FURNITURE, MOSTLY WOODWORKING,
AND THEN WE CERTAINLY BRANCHED
OFF INTO ENGINEERING GREAT
PLASTICS AND THESE TOILET SEATS
ARE INJECTS MOLDED.
>> PEOPLE -- INJECTION MOLDED.
WE'RE THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF
TOILET SEATS AND HAVE BEEN FOR
WHITE A WHILE.
ORIGINAL TOILET SEATS WE STARTED
MAKING BACK IN THE 1930'S.
>> HAS THE TOILET SEAT CHANGED
MUCH SINCE YOU STARTED MAKING
THESE?
>> WELL, WE CERTAINLY ADDED A A
LOT OF INNOVATION TO MAKE OUR
PRODUCT EASIER TO USE, EASIER TO
INSTALL, EASIER TO CLEAN.
>> THIS IS CALLED OUR NEXT STEP,
ADULT CHILD COMBINATION TOILET
SEAT.
>> HOW DOES IT WORK?
>> WE HAVE THIS BUILT-IN CHILD
SEAT.
IT'S HELD IN PLACE WITH THE
MAGNETS SO WHEN THE TOILET SEAT
IS CLOSED, IT LOCKS LIKE ANY
OTHER -- IT IT LOOKS LIKE ANY
OTHER TOILET SEAT.
>> THAT'S SMART, SO WHEN IT
OPENS UP, YOU DON'T KNOW IT,
EXCEPT WHAT'S THE BLUE THING AND
THAT'S FOR YOUR 2-YEAR-OLD.
>> YES.
>> ONCE THEY'RE TRAINED, THEY
CAN STAY IN THERE UNTIL THEY
GROW ENOUGH TO BE ON THAT ONE.
>> YES.
>> IT'S BRILLIANT.
>> IT IS.
IT'S AWESOME.
>> IT'S CALLED SETTLER'S PARK,
IT USED TO BE THE SITE OF BEMIS'
PLANT A.
MAKES A BETTER PARK, I THINK.
>> USUALLY WE LOAF HISTORY TO
GURDA, BUT WE ARE IN SHEBOYGAN
FALLS ON THIS GREAT LITTLE
STREET CALLED WATER STREET AND
WE KNEW IT WAS HISTORICAL.
PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE SIGNS.
OTHERWISE, THIS IS A PLACE WHAT
WHAT -- PLACE THAT WE WANTED TO
CALM AND TALK TO BETH DIPPEL.
>> WE'RE THE LOCAL HISTORY
ARCHIVE, THE PLACE IN SHEBOYGAN
COUNTY THAT COLLECTS ALL THE
PAPER HISTORY.
WE HAVE A COUNTERPARK IN
SHEBOYGAN THAT COLLECTS
ARTIFACTS, IF YOU DUST IT, IT
GOES TO THEM.
IF YOU FILE IT, IT GOES TO US.
>> DO YOU HAVE A LOT OF STUFF IN
THERE?
>> WE DO.
WE ESTIMATED AT A MILLION
DOCUMENTS AND 600,000 PHOTOS.
>> LOOK AT THIS.
>> I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THAT WE
CAME TO THE BUILDING TODAY AND
SHE HAS MY HISTORY, ALL THE WAY
BACK TO ALMOST JESUS.
I WEAR.
>> THIS IS YOUR FAMILY.
>> AND SHEBOYGAN COUNTY HAS A
LOT TO DO WITH MY LIFE.
>> IT DOES, IT DOES VERY MUCH.
I WOULD SAY PROBABLY FOUR
GENERATIONS.
THEY THEN SORT OF PICKED UP AND
MOVED TO OTHER PLACES,
MILWAUKEE, WHERE OF COURSE OF
THE REST OF YOUR FAMILY IS FROM,
BUT WE WERE THE BEGINNING, IT'S
SORT OF THE HOLY LAND FOR THE
IRISH.
>> THIS IS WHERE ALL THE MAGIC
HAPPENS?
>> IT IS.
THAT'S AN APT WAY OF PUTTING IT,
THAT'S WHAT WE STRIVE FOR WITH
EVERYBODY.
SO MANY PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THAT,
FOLKS, YOU KNOW, FAMILIES DON'T
ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THEIR PEOPLE.
>> I AM A HALF A BLOCK FROM
DOWNTOWN SHEBOYGAN FALLS.
IT'S A METHODIST CHURCH, THE
PENTECOSTAL, THE BAPTIST CHURCH,
ITS NONDENOMINATIONAL AND
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
I HAVE A JOKE, THEY ALL LOOK IN
TO A BAR AND GUESS WHAT, THEY'RE
IN SHEBOYGAN FALLS.
>> THE OLDEST BUCK AND BEAR TEST
CHURCH THAT -- BAPTIST CHURCH
THAT STILL EXISTS IN WISCONSIN.
IT WAS FOUNDED BY YANKEE
PIONEERS FROM NEW YORK STATE AND
MOVED OUT HERE FOR LAND
DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT THEY
CONSIDERED TO BE A WILDERNESS.
>> A LONG TIME IT'S BEEN HERE?
>> 1838.
175 YEARS.
>> EVER SINCE.
>> YES.
THAT'S RIGHT.
>> SO IT'S A CONGREGATION OF 60
FAMILIES,.
>> 60 PEOPLE.
60 PEOPLE.
>> THERE ARE A VARIETY OF
BAPTISTS AND WE'RE SORT OF
AMERICAN BAPTISTS.
>> CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT THAT
FOR A MOMENT.
>> WELL AT LEAST MY
INTERPRETATION OF IT THAT WE'RE
A BIT MORE FREE SPIRITED AND
REALLY THE YANKEE PIONEERS THAT
CAME HERE WERE A BIT MORE FREE
SPIRITED.
>> THAT'S WHO BROUGHT THIS
CHURCH HERE, AN AMERICAN BAPTIST
IN 1838.
>> I KNOW.
>> I AM SO LUCKY BECAUSE I GET A
CHANCE TO CHECK OUT THESE TOWNS
AND WE WALKED AROUND SHEBOYGAN
FALLS AND FOUND THE PRETTIEST
HOUSE IN TOWN AND I KNOCKED ON
THE DOOR AND ASKED THE OWNERS IF
YOU WOULD TALK TO ME.
YOU'RE IN THE PRETTIEST HOUSE IN
TOWN.
DO YOU HEAR THAT FROM EVERYBODY?
>> YES.
>> HOW GREAT IS THAT THAT I
PICKED IT OUT.
>> IT'S ON THIS GREAT CORNER,
WITH THIS HUGE BEAUTIFUL LOT.
AND A FRONT YARD THAT NEEDS TO
BE ADMIRED.
>> RIGHT.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR CORNER
GARDEN.
>> THAT WAS PUT IN MANY YEARS
AGO, BY THE CHAMBER OF MAIN
STREET.
AND THEY DESIGNED A GARDEN WITH
THE PLANTS THAT WERE AVAILABLE
IN 1850.
>> OH, THAT'S GREAT.
>> AND IT'S -- IT'S FOR THE
ENJOYMENT OF ALL.
>> OH, YES.
YES.
>> ARE PEOPLE STOPPING AND LOOK
AT THAT?
>> SURE YOU HAVE PEOPLE SITTING
ON THE BENCH AND JUST WATCHING
THE TRAFFIC GO BY AND ENJOY IT.
>> RIGHT ON YOUR FRONT LAWN.
>> RIGHT ON OUR FRONT LAWN.
>> WE GET THE BEAUTY OF IT, AND
THE CHAMBER MAIN STREET
COMMITTEE DOES THE WORK.
>> AND IT'S A WIN-WIN.
>> THAT'S A WIN-WIN SITUATION.
>> WE'RE ON A BUSY STREET IN
SHEBOYGAN FALLS, WE'RE HERE WITH
PEOPLE WHO ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR
WAVING.
YOU WAVE TO EVERYBODY.
>> WE WAVE TO ANYBODY AND
EVERYBODY, YEP.
>> AND PEOPLE USUALLY WAVE BACK,
DON'T THEY?
>> NOT HALLS, NO.
NO -- NOT ALWAYS, NO.
>> THEY DON'T?
>> NO.
>> WHY WOULDN'T THEY WAVE TO
YOU?
>> BECAUSE THEY DON'T SEE US.
>> OH, YEAH, THIS IS A FUN
THING.
WE GET A DOUBLE --
>> HOW MANY OF THESE PEOPLE THAT
YOU WAVE TO DO YOU KNOW?
>> ABOUT HALF OR A LITTLE MORE.
>> HALF OF THEM.
AND DO A LOT OF THEM YOU KNOW
THROUGH WAVING?
>> YEAH.
PROBABLY.
YEAH.
>> THEY BRING US COOKIES,
BOUQUET OF FLOWERS.
>> THERE WE GO.
>> THIS IS ONE FRIENDLY
COMMUNITY.
>> WHAT TIME ARE WE GOING?
5:00 P.M. TO EAT AND 5:30 P.M.
WATCH THE NEWS AND THEN AT
6:00 P.M., YOU HAVE TO WATCH
JEOPARDY, 6:30 P.M. WE'RE OUT
HERE UNTIL 9:00 P.M.
>> 9?
>> QUARTER TO MAYBE.
>> THERE GOES -- THAT'S MY RIDE.
HEY.
>> WE HAVE AN EXTRA PAD.
>> THANKS.
>> MIKE, WE'RE AT THE BOWL, THIS
IS THE HOME OF SHEBOYGAN FALLS
HIGH SCHOOL, THIS IS THEIR
COURSE.
>> THIS IS THEIR COURSE, WHICH
IS INCREDIBLE TO ME.
SHEBOYGAN FALLS, THEIR GOLF TEAM
HAS GOTTEN REALLY GOOD.
12 YEAR COACH, TAKEN THIS
PROGRAM TO DIFFERENT LEVELS THAN
THEY WERE BEFORE HE GOT HERE.
BACK-TO-BACK CONFERENCE
CHAMPIONS, GOT A GREAT STAFF,
AND JUST A GROUP OF KIDS THAT
REALLY BELIEVE?
SWEAT EQUITY AND GETTING TO BE
GOOD GOLFERS.
THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE THIS AS
THEIR HOME COURSE IS WHAT'S
REALLY INTERESTING TO ME.
SHEBOYGAN FALLS HIGH SCHOOL, A
LOT OF SUCCESS IN BOYS BASEBALL,
GIRLS SOCCER, GIRLS TRACK AND
KNEELED, BOYS SOCCER, BUT THE
GOLF TEAM IS JUST REALLY
SOMETHING SPECIAL BECAUSE.
>> I BET THOSE WHO HAVE TO PLAY
AGAINST THE FALCONS LIKE TO DO
AN AWAY GAME.
>> AN AWAY MATCH BUT THEY REALLY
DO BECAUSE THEY GET A CHANCE TO
PLAY ONE OF THE TOP 10 COURSES
IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN AND
THE FACT THIS THEY GET TO PLAY
HERE AND NOT ONLY DOES THE --
THEY HOLD TOURNAMENTS HERE, THEY
HAVE A THING CALLED THE BOWL
KIDS CLUB WHERE THEY BRING IN
KIDS FROM THE AREA AND TEACH
THEM THE GAME OF GOLF, AND SHOW
THEM HOW TO LOVE THIS GAME AND
GET BETTER AT IT.
>> HE KNOWS HIS STUFF.
I LIKE YOUR OUTFIT.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> THERE YOU HAVE IT.
>> WHAT THE HELL.
>> DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THE
SPORT HAS BEEN -- IS IT A NEW
SPORT?
DO YOU KNOW WHERE IT STARTED?
>> I THINK THE 1960'S ACTUALLY,
WASN'T IT?
SOMEBODY IN WASHINGTON, THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON, THEY
INVENTED IT AND NAMED IT AFTER
THEIR DOG.
AND THEIR DOG WAS NAMED PICKLE.
>> THEY CALLED IT PICKLE BALL.
>> IT'S LIKE A HYBRID OF TABLE
TENNIS AND TENNIS?
>> AND TENNIS.
>> IS IT HALL THE EQUIPMENT YOU
NEED?
>> AND A GOOD PAIR OF SHOES.
>> AND A GOOD PAIR OF SHOES.
>> AND YOU KNOW, IT'S EASIER ON
SENIORS, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT
COVERING AS MUCH TERRITORY.
>> RIGHT.
>> IT GOT PROEHL POPULAR IN
ARIZONA -- REAL POPULAR IN
FLORIDA AND ARIZONA AND THE
RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES AND GOT
BROUGHT UP HERE BY THOSE PEOPLE
WHO SPEND THE WINTERS DOWN
THERE.
>> IF PEOPLE WANT TO PLAY WITH
YOU, WHAT DO THEY DO?
JUST SHOW UP AND SAY CAN WE
PLAY?
>> YES.
>> AND WHERE DO THEY GET THEIR
EQUIPMENT.
>> WE SHARE OR WE HAVE EXTRAS.
>> OK.
I LOVE MY JOB.
WHY DO I LOVE MY JOB?
TAKE A LOOK.
WE'RE CATALUNYA RESTAURANT WITH
THE OWNER, LILY KLAUBER.
TALK ABOUT YOUR PAIEA,.
>> IT'S THE ONE AUTHENTIC DISH
THAT WE TOOK FROM THE THREE
COUNTRIES THAT ARE INFLUENCED IN
THIS RESTAURANT.
>> THOSE THREE COUNTRIES ARE.
>> PORTUGAL, SPAIN AND FRANCE.
>> WHY THAT?
>> IT'S NOT WELL KNOWN HERE, AND
THEY USE A LOT OF FRESH AND
CLEAN FOOD.
WITH SEAFOOD AND VEGETABLES.
>> WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR
VEGETABLES, YOUR MEAT.
>> WE DO ALL OUR LOCAL
VEGETABLES, THEY'RE ALL FROM
LOCAL FARMERS, WE DO ALL
GRASS-FED ANIMALS, NO HORMONE,
WE STRIVE FOR ETHYLENE DIET.
>> WHAT I WANT TO DO IS TAKE A
CUT INTO THIS, BECAUSE I WANT
COMING TO THE TABLE TO SIT WITH
YOU, I WALK BY ANOTHER TABLE WHO
HAD A BURGER.
AND THIS WOMAN LOOKED LIKE SHE
WAS HAVING THE BEST TIME.
>> I THINK SO.
>> THESE ARE DELICIOUS.
AND WE MAKE OUR BUNS IN HOUSE,
SO WE DO -- WE MAKE ALL OUR
BREAD IN HOUSE, SAME WITH OUR
FRIES.
>> THAT'S SO GOOD.
BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE?
>> 26 YEARS.
>> 26 YEARS.
WAS IT A FIRE HOUSE WHEN YOU GOT
IT?
>> NO.
IT HAD BEEN -- IT WAS A FIRE
HOUSE UNTIL THE 1950'S, AND WE
PURCHASED IT IN 1986, SO IT HAS
SOME OTHER USES AFTER THAT.
>> SO THE FIRE HOUSE IS THE
PLACE, RIGHT NEXT DOOR HERE, AND
WHAT IS THIS BUILDING?
>> THIS WAS THE SECOND
SCHOOLHOUSE IN SHEBOYGAN FALLS.
>> IS THAT RIGHT?
TALK ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF PIZZA
IN SHEBOYGAN FALLS.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO
MAKE THE BEST, WE HAVE THE BEST
INGREDIENTS WE CAN FIND.
>> IS THERE A PIZZA THAT SELLS
THE MOST?
>> THE APPETITE EXTINGUISHER.
>> STAY IT AGAIN.
>> APPETITE EXTINGUISHER.
>> WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT?
>> IT'S A SAUSAGE, PEPPERONI,
MUSHROOM, ONION, BLACK OLIVE AND
GREEN PEPPER AND REALLY THIN
CRUST.
>> BY THE LOOK OF THE BUSINESS,
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE DONE WELL.
>> WE'RE DOING FINE.
>> SO I WAS GOING TO ASK DOROTHY
IF I COULD WORK HERE.
WHY?
I'M JUST GOING TO EAT HERE.
>> AND YOU HAVE THE RIGHT IDEA
THEN.
SO -- OK, LIKE THE FIFTH -- THAT
WOULD BE YOUR C CHORD.
WE PRIMARILY TEACH MUSIC LESSONS
AN WE HAVE ABOUT 60 STUDENTS OR
SO.
>> AND WHAT DO PEOPLE COME HERE
TO LEARN ALSO SONWISE?
>> WELL -- LEARN, LESSONWISE?
>> PRETTY MUCH ALL STRING
INSTRUMENTS, LESSONS, HE DOES
MANDOLIN, GUITAR PRIMARILY.
>> DO YOU LOVE PLAYING THESE?
>> I DO AND THERE AREN'T MANY
PEOPLE THAT DO IT ANYMORE, SO
I'M TRYING TO BRING IT BACK.
WE MRS. DO STRING INSTRUMENT
REPAIR.
THAT'S BY WORD-OF-MOUTH.
ALL OF OUR BUSINESS IS BY
WORD-OF-MOUTH.
WE'RE AT WHERE WE WANT TO BE.
I GUESS THE INSTRUMENT BUILDING
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OFF A
LITTLE MORE.
>> THERE'S NOTHING BAD ABOUT IT
AT ALL.
WE LOVE IT IT.
IT'S GREAT OF TO YOUR OWN PLACE
AND MEET SO MANY PEOPLE.
OUR STUDENTS ARE JUST WONDERFUL
AND THE FAMILIES TOO, AND IT'S
REALLY FUN.
I DON'T THINK IT'S CALLED WORK.
>> IT'S FUN.
>> KOHLER, SHEBOYGAN FALLS, THIS
LITTLE POCKET OF THE STATE HAS
EVERYTHING A MAIN STREET
COMMUNITY OUGHT TO BE.
WE'RE HERE WITH THE MAYOR, MAYOR
RANDY MEYER AND HIS DOG, DEACON.
TAKES FOR HAVING US IN.
WHAT A GREAT TOWN YOU HAVE.
THIS IS THE DRILL MAYOR.
YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS TO TELL US
WHY SHEBOYGAN FALLS IS THE BEST
PLACE IN THE WORLD TO LIVE,
WORK, AND PLAY AND MAYOR, YOU
CAN START NOW.
>> I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER
PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY, WE HAVE
JOBS, SAFE COMMUNITY, THERE'S A
LOT TO DO WITH OUR PARK SYSTEM
AND RIVERS AND EVERYTHING WE'VE
GOT GOING ON THERE, YOU'RE RIGHT
BETWEEN GREEN BAY AND MILWAUKEE,
SO IF YOU WANT TO SEE ANY OF
THOSE THINGS, RIGHT THERE, AND
REALLY, THE COMMUNICATION,
COORDINATION, COOPERATION, AND
WE HONOR OUR PAST BUT PLAN FOR
THE FUTURE.
SO THIS IS JUST A GREAT PLACE TO
LIVE AND THERE'S NO --
>> 3, 2, 1.
WHAT A GREAT BUILDING.
THIS BUILDING HOUSES SALON 511.
>> LOOK.
IT LOOKS GOOD.
SALON 511.
VOTED BEST IN SHEBOYGAN COUNTY.
THAT WAS THE BEST.
THAT WILL MAKE IT.
>> ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR
"AROUND THE CORNER" WITH JOHN
MCGIVERN IS PROVIDED BY THE
GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION'S
ERNEST C. AND FLORENCE M. SHOCKE
FUND.
"AROUND THE CORNER" WITH JOHN
MCGIVERN HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF HISTORIC
DOWNTOWN GREENDALE.
IT'S THE NORMAL NORMAN
ROCKWELL-LIKE VILLAGE.
IT SHARES THE TOWN'S UNIQUE
HISTORY ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND
BARGAINS GALORE ON THE LOWER
LEVEL, INCLUDING KITCHEN GADGETS
AND SO MUCH MORE.
YOU JUST GOT TO SEE GREENDALE.
>> IT'S OUR PLEASURE TO BRING
YOU "AROUND THE CORNER" WITH
JOHN MCGIVERN.
>> THE SHOW WOULD NOT BE
POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE GENEROUS
SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITIES WE
VISIT.
>> AND YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
SO THANK YOU.