Around the Corner with John McGivern

>> I LOVE DOING THIS SHOW AND THIS SHOW WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE GENEROSITY OF VIEWERS LIKE YOU, SO ON BEHALF OF THE CAST AND THE CREW OF "AROUND THE CORNER" WITH JOHN McGIVERN, THANK YOU, KEEP WATCHING, OK? >> THE W.E. ENERGIES FOUNDATION, CREATING BRIGHTER FUTURES FOR COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE REGION. >> WHAT GOODWILL CAN DO WITH YOUR DONATIONS IS PRETTY AMAZING. >> AMERICAN TRANSMISSION COMPANY, HELPING TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON, BUSINESSES RUNNING, AND COMMUNITIES STRONG. >> THIS EPISODE OF "AROUND THE CORNER" WITH JOHN McGIVERN IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH FUNDING OF MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION'S EARNEST C. AND FLORENCE SHOCKE FUND. >> THIS IS THE GATEWAY OF DOOR COUNTY. WE ARE ON THE CORNER OF 3rd AND MICHIGAN. WE ARE IN STURGEON BAY. >> >> OK. WE'RE MEETING GURDA BETWEEN THE BAY BRIDGE AND OREGON STREET BRIDGE. I SAW YOU COMING OVER THE OREGON STREET BRIDGE. YOU SHOULD HAVE TRIED THE STEEL BRIDGE. >> NEXT TIME. >> HERE WE ARE IN STURGEON BAY. >> WE'RE ON STURGEON BAY AS WELL. >> WHAT CAME FIRST, YOU STURGEON BAY OR THE BAY? >> THE BAY. THIS IS ONE-OF-A-KIND IN WISCONSIN. THIS IS A LONG NARROW INLAND THAT GOES ALMOST SIX MILES IN FROM GREEN BAY AND ALMOST ALL THE WAY TO LAKE MICHIGAN, WITH NO NATURAL OUTLET. AND THE BEST GUESS THAT THIS IS THE CHANNEL OF AN ANCIENT RIVER THAT DRAINED THE LAST GLACIER THAT COVERED THIS REGION AND WHEN THE ICE MELTED IT LEFT BEHIND THIS IDEAL HARBOR, IT WAS PROTECTED WATER FILLED WITH FISH, INCLUDING STURGEON, AND FOR THE WHITES, IT WAS PROTECTED WATER SURROUNDED BY FOREST AND THE LUMBER WAS THE FIRST ATTRACTION. THERE WERE BY 1855, THREE SAW MILLS RIGHT HERE AROUND WHAT'S NOW GRANT PARK, AND TURNING ALL OF THIS PINE AND HEMLOCK AND CEDAR INTO LUMBER. >> DID THE BAY END RIGHT HERE? >> A LITTLE WAYS UP, AND THAT WAS A DEFINITE DRAW BACK BACK IN THE EARLY YEARS BECAUSE IT WAS A DEAD END, YOU COULDN'T GO ANY FURTHER. AND THERE WAS A MILE LONG PORTAGE TO LAKE MICHIGAN THAT WAS USEFUL DURING THE CANOE DAYS, BUT IT WAS COMPLETELY POINTLESS WHEN THE SHIPS GOT BIGGER, SO THE OBVIOUS SOLUTION WAS TO FINISH NATURE'S WORK BY CREATING A CANAL. >> FINISH NATURE'S WORK. MIGHT AS WELL. >> TONS OF DYNAMITE, LOTS OF PICK AND SHOVEL WORK. THEY FINISHED THE CANAL IN 1882 AND THAT WAS THE TURNING POINT. THAT REALLY PUT STURGEON BAY ON THE MAP. WHAT IT DID WAS CUT 150 MILES OFF THE ROUTE AROUND NORTHERN DOOR, SO OVERNIGHT, STURGEON BAY BECOMES NOT JUST THE SLEEPY LUMBER PORT, BUT A MAJOR SHIPPING POINT AND A MAJOR SHIP BUILDING CENTER. >> THAT DID THEY SHIP FROM HERE? >> ALL KINDS OF THING. EARLY ON, LUMBER, FROM GREEN BAY AND UPPER MICHIGAN. LATER ON STONE FROM QUARRY USE IN THE AREA TO HELP BUILD HARBORS AND THE REST OF THE GREAT LAKES AND LATER ON CHERRIES, THE FIRST COMMERCIAL FRUIT GROWING BEGAN IN THE 1860'S AND IT YOU WONDER THAT DOOR COUNTY HAD THE BEST SOIL AND CLIMATE FOR GROWING TART CHERRIES. AND LATER ON, IT WAS TOURISTS AND KIND OF THROUGHOUT THAT PERIOD, EARLY ON, GOT HERE BY WATER, GOT HERE BY LAND AND IF THEY GOT HERE BY LAND, THEY HAD TO TAKE A FERRY ACROSS TO GET TO THE REST OF DOOR COUNTY UNTIL 1887 WHEN THE FIRST STEEL BRIDGE WAS BUILT AND THAT WAS REPLACED BY IN 1931 THE FAMOUS STEEL BRIDGE ON MICHIGAN STREET AND BY THAT TIME, DOOR COUNTY IS ADVERTISING ITSELF AS WISCONSIN'S AIR CONDITIONED PLAYGROUND AND STURGEON BAY WAS UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCE UNDISPUTED CAPITAL. >> IT STILL IS. >> IT STILL IS, BUT SHIP BUILDING IS GOING ON, CHERRIES ARE IMPORTANT AND PEOPLE HAVE SETTLED HERE PERMANENTLY, RETIREES WHO LIKE THE SMALL TOWN TASTE AND ACCESS TO WATER, WHICH IS EVERYWHERE. >> POPULATION? >> ABOUT 9,000. AND A LITTLE UNDER HALF GERMAN, 15% BELGIAN, WHICH IS A DISTINCTIVE DOOR GROUP AND LATINOS. >> IT'S GREAT TO BE IN THE GREATWAY TO DOOR COUNTY, BUT CERTAINLY, SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF DOOR COUNTY AS WELL. >> CERTAINLY IS, ON THE BAY AND IN THE BAY. >> SEE YOU INSPECTION TIME, JOHN. >> SEE YOU AROUND THE CORNER. >> WOULDN'T YOU THINK IT WOULD JUST BE ONE UP AND DOWN. LOOK AT THIS. >> THAT'S THE BRIDGE. THIS IS THE BRIDGE TENDER, STEVE, HOW ARE YOU? >> OPERATOR. >> IS THAT THE SAME THING AS A BRIDGE TENDER. >> YES. >> THERE ARE THREE BRIDGES, BECAUSE YEAR IN STURGEON BAY, STEEL BRIDGE, THERE IS. >> MAPLE OREGON. >> AND THE BIG BAY VIEW BRIDGE. >> THOSE ARE THE THREE THAT NEED TO BE OPERATED AND THEY'RE ALL OPERATED FROM THAT BRIDGE RIGHT THERE. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> HOW OFTEN DO THESE THINGS OPEN? >> WITH THE SUMMER, IT CAN OPEN UP IN EIGHT HOURS, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE OPEN UP 30 TIMES IN EIGHT HOURS. >> IS THAT RIGHT? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> IT'S THE RED FIREBOAT. FRED BUSY AND WHERE IS HE GOING? >> HE'S GOING TO SHERWOOD POINT. >> HOW LONG DOES THAT PROCESS TAKE? >> DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE VESSEL, ANYWHERE FROM TWO MINUTES UP TO 25 MINUTES. >> OH, REALLY. >> 25 MINUTES IS NORMALLY IN THE WINTERTIME, WHERE WE HAVE ICE IN THE BAY, AND THE BIG FREIGHTERS, 1,000 FOOTERS, 700 FOOTERS. >> I BET PEOPLE ARE IN THE CAR GOING WHAT. YOU'RE IN DOOR COUNTY. NOW I KNOW. THAT'S HOW IT WORKS. >> YES. >> THOSE ARE WHAT WE CALL SECTIONS, THERE WILL BE SOMEWHERE'S NORTH OF ABOUT 40 SOME SECTIONS LIKE THIS THAT WILL MAKE UP A BOAT THAT IS ABOUT 400 FEET LONG, THAT VESSEL WILL CARRY 150,000 PLUS BARRELS OF PRODUCT. >> WHAT DO YOU GUYS BUILD IN STURGEON BAY? >> OUR BUSINESS REALLY HAS THREE LEGS TO IT. NEW CONSTRUCTION OF COURSE. WE BUILD TUGS AND BARGES AND REALLY THE FULL REPERTOIRE OF MARY TIME VESSELS, 90-FOOT CRUISE VESSELS, CEMENT CARRIERS, WE HAVE THE LIGHT SUSTAINMENT OR THE CONTINUING LIFE PORTION OF OUR BUSINESS, AS WE CHOOSE TO CALL IT, WHEREBY WE CONVERT OLDER VESSELS AND GIVE THEM RENEWED LIFE AND PUTTING NEW ENGINES IN THEM, MAYBE NEW GENERATOR PACKAGES, CHANGE THEM FROM A STEAM-POWERED TO DIESEL POWERED. >> I'M WAITING FOR TODD TO GET ME A BUNGEE CORD. >> THE THIRD SECTOR, WHICH IS A STAPLE IS REPAIR. IN WINTER, WE STACK ANYWHERE'S FROM 15 TO 18 OF THE GREAT LAKES FREIGHTERS, SEVERAL OF THEM, THOUSAND FOOTER, IN OUR YARD AND THEY ALL RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT MAINTENANCE OVER THAT TIME PERIOD. >> SO IT'S DRY NOW, SO THIS WILL BE BUILT AND YOU'LL OPEN THAT UP? >> AND WHEN THE WATER LEVEL INSIDE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE WATER LEVEL OUTSIDE, WE DROP THE GATE AT THE END AND WE THROW THE UNIT OUT AND BASICALLY, THE VESSEL IS -- >> IT'S A GREAT DAY. >> IT'S A GREAT DAY. >> JUST SO YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PIECE OF THAT. >> I HAD NO IDEA THE KIND OF SCALE OF WHAT GUESS RECOGNIZE -- WHAT GOES ON HERE. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT MARINE TRAVEL. >> WE MANUFACTURE HOISTS FROM 15 TONS TO 50 TONS. IN THE SMALLER END YOU'LL SEE A 35-TON MACHINE LIFTING OUT 40 TO 50-FOOT BOATS OUT OF PEOPLE'S LOCAL MARINAS, ALL THE WAY UP TO THOUSAND TONS, TO BARGES, NAVY BOATS AND TUG VESSELS. >> MANY OTHER COMPANIES IN THE WORLD THAT DO WHAT DO YOU? >> THERE'S NOT A LOT. THERE'S DEFINITELY A FEW. IN NORTH AMERICA, WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW. BUT MOST OF THE COMPETITION IS FROM OVERSEAS. >> THEY'RE ALL MANUFACTURED, ASSEMBLED HERE? >> YES, FROM FLAT STEEL TO THE PRODUCT YOU SEE HERE, TAKING FLAT STEEL TO FABRICATING THAT,0O ASSEMBLING ALL THE COMPONENTS HERE. WE DESIGN FOR SHIPPABILITY, SO NO PIECE CAN BE LONGER THAN 39 FEET. >> REALLY. >> IF IT NEEDS TO BE LONGER THAN THAT, WE PUT A BOLTING FLANGE ON@ THAT. >> AND AN ALLEN WRENCH IS IMPORTANT TOO. IS THIS A PHILLIPS OR A FLAT HEAD. >> WHAT'S YOUR JOB. >> I'M THE COMMANDING OFFICER. >> WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL. >> THE CUTTER MOBILE BAY HAS 140-FOOT ICE BREAKING TUGBOAT, SO IN THE WINTERTIME WHEN THE GREAT LAKES FREEZE OVER, WE KEEP THE SHIPPING LANES OPEN AND WE'RE BREAKING ICE, ASSISTING THESE VESSELS TO MAKE SURE THEY GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B, CARRYING COAL, FUEL OIL. THIS IS THE SHIP'S PILOTHOUSE, THE CONSUME, CANADIAN NEEDS TO LIVE. >> WE DEPEND ON THAT. >> YES, SIR. >> IT'S PRETTY HIGH UP. IT'S DESIGNED TO BE THAT HIGH UP SO I CAN SEE THE BUOY DECK. IN THE SPRINGTIME, WE COUPLE UP WITH A 120-FOOT NAVIGATION BARGE AND WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR SERVICING 113 BUOYS OR EIGHT NAVIGATIONS WE LIKE TO CALL THEM, THROUGHOUT GREEN BAY AND LAKE MICHIGAN. >> THESE ARE THE WINTER BUOYS. >> YOU KNOW WHERE THEY'RE ALL PLACED. LET'S SEE THE SUMMER ONES. >> THESE ARE THE SUMMER BUOYS OVER HERE. >> YOU KNOW YOUR BUOYS. >> I KNOW MY BUOYS. >> WHY THESE ARE GOOD BY KNOCK KNOCK -- BINOCULARS, THAT WOMAN NEEDS TO SEE A DENTIST. >> WE STARTED AT SNUG HARBOR INN 22 YEARS AGO, WE BOUGHT THIS ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, AND WE HAVE 35 ROOMS HERE, WE HAVE A BAR AND RESTAURANT AND WE ALSO JUST ACQUIRED ANOTHER PROPERTY, WHICH WAS KIND OF A FIXER UPPER ON THE HIGHWAY, THAT HAS BEEN ABANDONED FOR TEN YEARS, WHICH IS AN ABUNDANT DEAL. >> AND A LOT OF BOAT RENTALS. >> WE DO A LOT OF BOAT RENTALS, JET SKIS TO A 120-FOOT SAILBOAT. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE KIDS THAT WORK FOR YOU. IS IT SEASONAL. >> MOSTLY SEASONAL. WE EMPLOY RIGHT NOW 52 PEOPLE AND OF THOSE, 15 HIGH SCHOOL KIDS. >> YOU GUYS DO THE BOAT RENTALS, IS THAT RIGHT? >> YEP. YES, MA'AM. >> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THIS? >> THIS HAS BEEN MY SECOND YEAR, SECOND SUMMER. >> AND YOU? >> THIS IS MY FIRST SUMMER. >> THIS IS TOM. >> HE'S A 14-YEAR-OLD, AND HE'S A DISHWASHER, BUT SOON TO BE A DOCK HAND, IS THAT RIGHT? >> YES. >> THAT'S ONE THING I'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED IN MY WORKING LIFE IS DIVERSITY OF JOBS AND THESE KIDS ESPECIALLY THE BOYS, THEY NEVER KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT. >> THEY'LL BE DIGGING A DITCH ONE WAY AND RENTING A BOAT THE NEXT. >> YOU LIKE IT? >> I DIG THIS JOB. >> IF I NEED A BOAT LATER, I'LL STOP BY AND FIND ONE OF YOU, IS THAT RIGHT? >> YEAH. >> OVER YEAR. >> SO IN 1987, WERE YOU SITTING SOMEWHERE THINKING, OH, I WANT TO START A CHERRY DELIGHT BUSINESS, HOW DID YOU GET THE IDEA? >> WELL, IT CAME AS A WHIM. TALKING TO SOMEONE IN DOOR COUNTY AND I SAID WHY DOESN'T SOMEONE BUY FLEET IN DOOR COUNTY, SO I TOOK CHERRIES HOME, I BOUGHT A DRIER AND IT STARTED FROM THERE. >> HOW MANY TRAYS ARE IN THERE? >> 16 CARTS TOTAL. >> IT'S USUALLY AROUND 1,000 POUNDS, 100 POUNDS A DAY. >> WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THEM. >> THEY GET PACKAGED AND RETAIL FOR THE CONSUMER, WE SELL TO INSTITUTIONS TO BIG COMPANIES FOR INGREDIENTS IN THEIR PRODUCTS. >> A FEW YEARS AGO, WE PARTNERED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. THEY APPROACHED US FOR A CHERRY JUICE PRODUCT, BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO MIX OUR 100% CHERRY JUICE WITH A WHEY PROTEIN. IT'S GOOD FOR THE ATHLETES, BECAUSE CHERRY JUICE REDUCES THE INFLAMMATION IN YOUR MUSCLES NATURALLY AND IT HELPS BUILD THE MUSCLES BACK UP, SO IT'S A GREAT DRINK AND GREAT OPTION FOR THE ATHLETES. CHERRIES ARE VERY GOOD FOR YOU, THEY CARRY HIGH LEVELS OF ANTOXIDANTS AND BREAKS DOWN INFLAMMATION IN YOUR MUSCLES. >> IT IS DELICIOUS. >> IT IS DELICIOUS. >> COME ON. >> THAT'S THE TALE OF PUBLIC ART, STURGEON, 20 OF THEM, DIFFERENT ARTISTS CREATE THE STURGEONS AND THEY'RE ALL OVER THE CITY OF STURGEON BAY AND THEY'RE AUCTIONED OFF EVERY SEPTEMBER TO BENEFIT THE VISITORS CENTER. IT'S GREAT ART, STURGEON BAY, STURGEON, GET IT? >> SO WHAT DO YOU DO? >> MY DAY JOB IS THE PROMOTIONS COORDINATOR AT THE STURGEON BAY VISITORS CENTER. >> THAT'S FUN, ISN'T IT? >> YEAH, IT IS. >> PROMOTIONS. >> I HELP CREATE THE EVENTS THAT BRING TOURISTS AND BUSINESSES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. >> YEAH. >> THERE'S ALWAYS STUFF TO DO OUTSIDE. PEOPLE ARE FINDING OUT THAT WE'RE YEAR-ROUND DESTINATION. >> I BET IT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL FALL HERE, ISN'T IT? >> IT'S BEAUTIFUL. ABSOLUTELY. AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND GOING TO CAVE POINT, WHICH IS TECHNICALLY STURGEON BAY, BECAUSE IT HAS A 54235, SO WE'RE CLAIMING IT. >> 54235. >> YES, ZIP CODE. AND POTAWATOMI STATE PARK. IF YOU WANT TO SEE A FABULOUS SUNSET, IT'S GREAT, BECAUSE STURGEON BAY, YOU CAN WATCH THE SUNRISE ON LAKE MICHIGAN AND SUN SET ON THE BAY OF GREEN BAY. IT'S WONDERFUL. AND A TOWN OF 9400, WE HAVE THREE BRIDGES, SO YOU CAN'T GET TO NORTHERN DOOR WITHOUT COMING THROUGH US FIRST. >> CAN YOU? >> PEOPLE COME AND SAY, WELL, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET TO DOOR COUNTY, I'M LIKE, YOU'VE BEEN IF DOOR COUNTY FOR THE LAST 20 MINUTES. YOU'RE HERE, BABY. >> DID YOU SPEND YOUR WHOLE LIFE IN THIS AREA, DID YOU MOVE AWAY AT ALL? >> I MOVED AWAY IN MY EARLY MARRIED LIFE FOR A FEW YEARS AND THEN WE CAME BACK HERE ABOUT 27 YEARS AGO. >> AND YOU'RE HERE FOR A WHILE. >> I THINK SO. >> CUTE KIDS. >> WHENEVER I THINK ABOUT MOVING, I ALWAYS GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND SAY, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY IS A GOOD COMMUNITY. IT REALLY IS A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE. IT'S VERY SAFE AND -- I GUESS MY HEART REALLY IS HERE. >> YOU LOOK AT DOOR COUNTY AND PEOPLE I THINK SOMETIMES FORGET THAT THE INTEREST OF DOOR COUNTY IS THIS COMMUNITY, THAT HAS ALMOST EVERYTHING. >> YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY TRUE. WE HAVE A GREAT YMCA, A GREAT MOVIE THEATER THAT HAS SIX THEATERS AN OUR SHOPPING IS PRETTY DARN GOOD TOO. >> IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. WE ALSO HAVE A COMMUNITY CONCERTS IN THE SUMMER, LIKE TONIGHT, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THEY BRING US SOME GREAT BANDS AND GREAT MUSIC TALENT AND THAT'S REALLY A LOT OF FUN IN THE SUMMER. >> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT LIVING HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF MARCH? >> YEAH. THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT STORY. >> THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT STORY. >> GOOD MORNING, DOOR COUNTY, IT'S JOHN MCGOVERN, WDOR. YOUR DAD STARTED THIS RADIO STATION? >> HE STARTED IN CHICAGO. >> WHY DID HE DECIDE TO OPEN UP IN STURGEON BAY? >> ONE OF HIS CO-WORKERS WANTED TO GO TO DOOR COUNTY AND HE BROUGHT LIMB HERE FISHING. OUR MAIN FORMAT IS TO BE LOCAL, BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. WHEN WE PLAY MUSIC, WE TRY TO PLAY THINGS THAT ARE CONSIDERED POPULAR AND A LOT OF LOCAL NEWS. >> MIDNIGHT HOUR ON WDOR. IT'S SIMON AND GARFUNKLE. >> I THINK THE COMMUNITY FOCUS THAT GRANDPA WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD. THAT'S THE WAY HE WANTED TO OPERATE. RADIO WAS DIFFERENT. WHEN HE CAME, EVEN WHAT HE WAS DOING IN CHICAGO WAS SO COMMUNITY BASED AND HE WANTED TO BRING THAT HERE, BUT WITH A SMALL TOWN FEEL, AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE IN A SMALL COMMUNITY. >> AND SO THIS ISN'T PART OF A RADIO GROUP, THIS IS NOT CLEAR CHANNEL, THIS IS YOUR STATION. >> IT'S A MOM AND POP. >> MOM AND POP, FAMILY STATION. >> WHAT A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING THIS IS. >> THE BUILD WAS FIRST ERECTED IN THE 1800'S AND THE CHURCH HAS BEEN PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND A VIBRANT PART OF THE COMMUNITY SINCE THEN. WE'RE KNOWN ESPECIALLY FOR THE HYMN, THE CROSS. BACK IN 1913, THERE WERE REVIVAL MEETINGS BEING HELD HERE AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS CHURCH INVITED GEORGE BERNARD TO COME FROM MICHIGAN. ON THE WAY HE PENNED THE HYMN, THE OLD RUGGED CROSS. SO I'LL CHERISH THE OLD RUGGED CROSS >> WHICH WAS SUNG AND PERFORMED HERE FIRST AND HAS BECOME A NATIONAL TREASURE REALLY, SO WE'RE KNOWN AS THE CHURCH OF THE OLD RUGGED CROSS. >> HOW BIG OF A CONGREGATION IS THIS? >> UNDER 50 FOR SURE. THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 400,000 QUAKERS IN THE WORLD. WE JUST LOVE THIS LITTLE CONGREGATION, IT'S A VERY SWEET CHURCH. >> TALK ABOUT YOUR BAKERY FIRST. WAS THAT THE FIRST OPERATION YOU STARTED? >> NO. WELL, WE STARTED ALTOGETHER, WE SOLD EVERYTHING WE HAD, WE HAD $20,000, AND WE JUST OPENED UP. >> THAT'S A LEAP OF FAITH, ISN'T IT? ARE YOU SURPRISED BY THE SUCCESS OF THIS? >> NO. WE'RE JUST -- >> WE WORKED REALLY HARD. >> WE WORK TOGETHER. >> EVERY DAY. >> EVERYBODY WHO WORKS HERE IS LIKE PART OF OUR FAMILY, SO -- >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE YOUR HELP. >> WHO COMES IN, WHAT DOES MOST OF THE BUSINESS DEAL WITH? >> THESE ARE WHAT YOU CALL YOUNG CHERRY GRANOLA. >> WE OPEN UP EARLY IN THE

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00 A.M., WE HAVE A LOT OF SHIFT WORKERS, MARINE TRAVEL LIFTS, WE DO BREAKFAST AN LUNCH AND IN THE SEASON, WE DO OUR IT SHALL BOILS, WHICH IS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. >> RED POTATOES, BABY ONIONS AND CARROTS, YOU BOIL THEM IN SALT WATER, POUR A BUNCH OF BUTTER OVER THEM. WE SERVE THEM WITH OUR CHERRY PIE AND COLESLAW. >> WHAT ARE PEOPLE'S FAVORIT WHEN THEY COME TO THE BAKRI. >> CHERRY PIE. >> AND BREAD. >> TWO-FOR-ONE BREAD DAY. >> EVERY WEDNESDAY. >> WE STARTED THAT 16 YEARS AGO, BECAUSE WEDNESDAY HAS BEEN THE WORST DAY OF THE WEEK. >> SPORTS FOR A MINUTE WITH MY BROTHER MIKE. HOME OF THE CLIPPERS. STURGEON BAY. >> TALKING SPORTS IN STURGEON BAY, WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT SWIMMING, BUT I THINK FOOTBALL HAS SOME TRADITION TO IT. YOU KNOW WHAT, THREE GUYS RECENTLY PLAYED IN THE NFL, AND A SCHOOL THIS SIZE, TO HAVE THREE GUYS PLAY IN THE NFL, IT'S A BIG DEAL. CASEY ROBA, CHRIS AND NICK. >> I FED YOU THAT, THAT'S PERFECT. >> DID A GREAT JOB PLAYING IN THE NFL AND THEY'RE GREAT AMBASSADORS FOR STURGEON BAY FOOTBALL. >> HOW ARE THEY DOING NOW? >> DOWN TO 360 KIDS IN THE SCHOOL, AND THAT NUMBER, IT'S TOUGH TO FIELD AN 11-MAN TEAM. 2004, THEY WON A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. >> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FIELD. >> THEY PLAY BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL HERE. IN THE 1960'S, THEY DID A GREAT JOB, PUT TILES DOWN, THERE'S NEVER STANDING WATER. IT'S A PERFECT PLACE TO PLAY BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL. >> SO THEY JUST PUT A FENCE AROUND THIS. >> THEY TAKE THE FENCE OUT TO PLAY FOOTBALL. IT'S PERFECT. >> A GREAT -- IT'S -- >> YEAH. >> IT'S PERFECT. >> JERSEY, WHAT IS IT CALLED? >> IT IS A JERSEY. THEY GAVE ME THE CLEATS TO GO WITH IT. >> IS CALLED MISTY BOX. MISTY IS THE NORWEGIAN WORD FOR LUNCH. IT'S A FOOD TRUCK, DOWNTOWN STURGEON BAY, CHECK IT OUT, WHAT YOU NEED TO EAT, SWEET POTATO BURRITO. THINK ABOUT IT. >> HEY, THIS PLACE IS REALLY GREAT, JUST SO YOU KNOW. FROM A OH, THIS IS GOOD FOOD POINT OF VIEW. IT'S THE BEST. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR CUISINE. >> WE COOK WHAT WE LIKE, MORE IN THE ASIAN INFLUENCE. I REALLY LIKE MEXICAN FOOD. AND I USED TO GO TO MEXICO A LOT, AND THE FISH TACOS, IS SOMETHING THAT WE'D ALWAYS GO DOWN FOR. AND I JUST RAN A SPECIAL HERE, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO TAKE THEM OFF THE MENUS. >> OUR CUISINE IS ECLECTIC. I PUT A KIWAN SALAD ON AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WOULD SELL IN DOOR COUNTY, BUT PEOPLE ARE SURPRISING ME, THEY'RE MORE AND MORE WILLING TO TRY NEW THINGS. >> IT'S CONSISTENTLY AND QUALITY AND YOU BOTH HAVE YOUR HANDS IN EVERYTHING. >> SHOP OWNERS ARE KIND OF HARD TO FIND. >> AND YOU'RE BOTH TRAINED CHEFS. >> YES. JUST OUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND OUR ATTENTION TO MAKING SURE THAT WHEN CUSTOMERS COME IN, THEY HAVE A TRYING TO DO EXPERIENCE, JUST WHAT WE WOULD WANT WHEN WE GO TO A RESTAURANT. THAT'S WHAT WE STRIVE FOR. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR IN STURGEON BAY THAT ISN'T HERE THAT MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT ONE NICHE. >> CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF YOU GUYS BEING AT THIS MOTEL? >> THE HISTORY ACTUALLY STARTS WITH PAT. HE HAD RENTED THE MOTELS FOR A SONG WRITING EVENTS FOR BLUE RIDGE SONGFEST. DURING THAT WEEK, ONE OF THE WRITERS SAID PAT, HOW ABOUT WE BUY A MOTEL SO WE DO THIS ALL YEAR. >> ONE YEAR LATER, WE ACTUALLY SIGNED THE PAPERS. >> AND THIS IS KIND OF THE GROUND ZERO FOR THAT FESTIVAL. >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS WHERE ALL THE SONGWRITERS STAY AND WE HAD 65 WRITERS HERE. WE HAD THREE RECORDING STUDIOS IN HERE AND WE RECENTLY PURCHASED A BUILDING NEXT DOOR, SO WE HAD ANOTHER STUDIO OVER THERE AS WELL. >> WE THOUGHT THIS COULD BE KIND OF A PLACE WHERE MUSICIANS COULD COME AND STAY AND GET TO LOVE THE TOWN.a >> THEY KEEP COMING BACK AND COMING BACK, AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TOO. LIKE KIM AND ANNIE CAME AND STAYED WITH US FOR OVER A WEEK AND RECORDED A WHOLE ALBUM. LOTS OF PEOPLE. >> THIS IS REMINISCENT AND IT'S TO THE T OF WHAT IT WAS. >> THANK GOODNESS. THIS PLACE IS SO WELL KEPT FOR SO MANY YEARS, SO THAT WHEN THESE GUYS CAME IN -- >> EVEN THE FURNITURE. >> ALL OF THE ROOMS, WE HAVE THE ORIGINAL SIMMONS FURNITURE FROM 1962. >> KIND OF BROUGHT ME BACK. >> IT'S A LOT OF FUN. >> OUR STATE OF WISCONSIN IS FULL OF INCREDIBLE PARKS. POTAWATOMI, THIS IS THE ONLY ONE I THOUGHT I HOPE THERE'S A BUFFET AND SLOT MACHINE. POTAWATOMI TOWER, 75 FEET, 99 STEPS. TAKE A PICTURE WHEN YOU'RE UP THERE, OK. >> YOU'RE BOTH ARTISTS HERE. IT'S NOT SOMEBODY WHO RUNS THE BUSINESS, DOES ALL THE ARTWORK. YOU BOTH CONTRIBUTED TO WHAT COMES OUT OF HERE. >> BASICALLY, I SCULPT OUT OF GLASS, SO THAT'S SOLID GLASS, WE COVER IT WITH POWDER AND FRITZ AND KEEP IT HOT AND ENCASE IT IN MOLTEN GLASS. >> YOU DIP IT IN THE FURNACE AND ENCASE IT WITH 2,000-DEGREE GLASS AND BLOW IT OUT. ALL THE CRAFT AND THE TECHNIQUE AND THE PROCESS IS PART OF THE ALLURE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WORK IN GLASS AND THE FINAL PIECE BECOMES YOUR OWN SIGNATURE KIND OF WORK. >> LOOKS LIKE IT WANTS TO BE A MARTINI. >> YOUR TURN. >> AS FAR AS BUSINESS WALKING THROUGH THE DOOR, IT'S SEASONAL, BUT AS FAR AS WORK GOES, IT'S ALL YOU. >> IT'S VERY UNPREDICTABLE. >> THE CLASSES THAT WE DO ARE MORE POPULAR IN THE SUMMER. >> AND BLOW KIND OF HARD AND TURN WHILE YOU BLOW. >> AND THIS IS YOUR HOME BASE, TO STUFF THAT ENDS UP ALL OVER THE WORLD. >> SO NOW WE'RE READY TO STRETCH IT OUT. >> PRETTY MUCH. WE'VE BEEN HERE 17 YEARS, AND DOOR COUNTY IS INCREDIBLY CONDUCIVE FOR THE ARTS AND SUPPORTIVE. >> LOOK IT, I MADE THIS. >> WHAT? >> I'M WORKING. >> JOHN MCGIVERN. >> THIS IS THE STUDIO THEATER AT THE THIRD AVENUE PLAYHOUSE. THIS IS HOW MANY SEATS? >> 84 SEATS. >> THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS MISSING IN DOOR COUNTY THEATER, IT WAS A REALLY INTIMATE SPACE. IT WAS A BIT OF A RISK. WE DIDN'T KNOW IF DOOR COUNTY COULD SUPPORT ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL THEATER, BUT BEDO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND WE'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT'S YEAR-ROUND. >> IN THE SUMMER, FOR THE SHOWS WE DO IN SUMMER-FALL SEASON, LATE JUNE, MID-OCTOBER, WE HAVE A LOT OF MIX OF TOURISTS. A LOT OF LOCALS ARE BUSY WORKING AND THEN FROM NOVEMBER THROUGH MAY, WE HAVE A BIG LOCAL GROUP THAT COMES OUT AS WELL AND WE WEREN'T SURE HOW THAT WAS GOING TO WORK OUT, BUT THE LOCALS HAVE COME OUT IN DROVES. >> THEY HAVE. WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING FROM THE GLASS MENAGERIE TO THE 39 STEPS AND GREATER TUNA, WHICH WAS ZANY COMEDIES AND THE AUDIENCE SEEMS TO GO FOR EVERYTHING. >> PRETTY STEADILY, WE'RE GETTING PEOPLE NOT ONLY FROM FISH CREEK BUT OTHER AREAS, BUT THE OTHER DIRECTION, ALGOMA, APPLETON, GREEN BAY. >> WE DO SALES, I LIKE TO SAY THAT WAS THE MAJORITY OF OUR BILLS. MOST OF THE BUSINESS IS CANVAS WORK LIKE BOAT COVERS OF VARIOUS SORTS AND WE ALSO UPHOLSTERY WORK, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR WORK MOSTLY ON BOATS. >> HOW DO YOU KNOW THE BUSINESS? >> I BUILT MY FIRST BOAT WHEN I WAS 14, IT WAS MY FIRST SAIL MAKING PROJECT. I COMMANDEERED BY MOTHER MOTHER'S NICE SWISS SUHAING MACHINE, AGAINST HER -- SEWING MACHINE AGAINST HER BETTER JUDGMENT. >> YOU WOULD THINK IT'S A PRODUCT INDUSTRY, BUT REALLY, I CONSIDER IT A SERVICE INDUSTRY. IT'S REALLY ALL ABOUT GETTING OUR CUSTOMERS' BOATS READY FOR THE WATER FOR THE 12-WEEK SEASON. >> THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A BIG PLOTTER, BUT INSTEAD OF USING A PEN, IT HAS A ROTARY CUTTING WHEEL ON THERE. >> THE ROTARY CUTTING MACHINE IS THE CORE OF IT AND THE DIGITIZER IS THE FRONT END OF IT, IN TERMS OF ALLOWING US TO CREATE ALL OF THESE PATTERNS. WE ARE HERE ALL WINTER LONG, PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED AT A SAIL LOFT NORTH OF 45th PARALLEL CAN BE IN BUSINESS, BUT WE'RE UP HERE 40 HOURS A WEEK, ALL WINTER LONG. >> WORKING? >> YEP. >> TALK ABOUT THE SAIL TRAINING FOUNDATION, WHAT IS IT, WHO IS INVOLVED? >> SAIL TRAINING FOUNDATION IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S SET UP PRIMARILY TO OFFER AFFORDABLE SAILING LESSONS TO ANYONE WE CAN GET OUR HANDS ON, SO IF WE CAN HELP GET KIDS INTO SAILING, THAT'S WHAT WE DO, GET ADULTS INTO SAILING, THAT'S WHAT WE DO. >> IT'S WONDERFUL. ESPECIALLY BEING WITH KIDS, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM, THEIR SKILL LEVEL IS SO MUCH HIGHER THAN MINE, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN. >> YOU PUT THEM IN A BOAT BY THEMSELVES, IN A SAILBOAT BY THEMSELVES? >> YES. >> THAT BOAT IS -- >> THEY'RE SAFE. WE SAIL THEM IN AN OPTIMIST AND THOSE BOATS ARE UNTHINKABLE, STABLE AND IF YOU DO HAPPEN TO PUT ONE IN THE DRINK, IT'S PRETTY EASY TO GET IT BACK UP. >> I TOOK THIS CLASS WHEN I WAS JUST A KID, SO IT'S REALLY NICE TO FINALLY GET TO TEACH IT. >> AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN INSTRUCTING? >> THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR. >> HOW GREAT FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO COME HOME AND HAVE IT AS YOU ARE SUMMER GIG. >> I KNOW. IT'S FANTASTIC. >> YOU COULD HAVE TO LIKE WAIT ON TABLES. >> I GET TO BE OUT ON THE WATER ALL DAY. >> BUT YOU'RE NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S THIS FUN OF SAILING. >> THIS GATEWAY TO DOOR COUNTY IS A TRUE DESTINATION CITY. STURGEON BAY. YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS TO TELL US WHY STURGEON BAY, WISCONSIN IS THE BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY, AND MAYOR BIRMINGHAM, YOU CAN START NOW. >> WELL, JOHN, STURGEON BAY IS THE GATEWAY TO DOOR COUNTY. ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO IN DOOR COUNTY, YOU CAN DO RIGHT HERE IN STURGEON BAY AND STURGEON BAY IS OPEN YEAR-ROUND. WE HAVE A HUGE ARRAY OF DIFFERENT VESSELS THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT FROM 1,000-FOOT LAKE FREIGHTERS TO MULTIMILLION DOLLAR LUXURY YACHTS, WE HAVE THE BEST FISHING IN THE ENTIRE MIDWEST, BASS, WALLEYE, SALMON, IT'S NO BETTER THAN RIGHT HERE AND THE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE RECALL THE FRIENDLIEST IN THE MIDWEST. >> GOOD JOB. >> WHAT IS THIS? >> HUH? >> OK. GOOD. >> IT'S MY FIRST DAY ON THE JOB AT MARINE TRAVEL LIFT. I ASKED MY FIRST QUESTION. THIS IS A FLAT HEAD -- WHAT IS IT? OK. >> ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR "AROUND THE CORNER" WITH JOHN McGIVERN IS PROVIDED BY THE GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION'S EARNEST C. AND FLORENCE M. SHOCKE FUND. THE GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION IS HONORED TO BE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY FOR A SECOND CENTURY. >> THIS PROGRAM "AROUND THE CORNER" WITH JOHN McGIVERN IS BROUGHT TOY BY THE GENEROSITY OF ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE VISITED. >> AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU, ALL AROUND THE STATE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING MILWAUKEE PUBLIC TELEVISION. >> AND LOCAL PROGRAMMING.