Around the Corner with John McGivern

(bright music) I am in Waukesha county in the corner of National and Moreland. This is New Berlin. (light, bouncy music) (live band music) (train humming) We are at the Historical Park of a community west of the city on National Avenue, you know where we're in. We are in New Berlin. (bell dings) And here's John. How are you? - Good. Good to see you. We're at the Historical Park. We are. How perfect that you're here. (John chuckles) So we're in a community called New Berlin,

so this is my presumption

a lot of Germans. It's true John, and there certainly were. But, that's not where the name came from. It's a really interesting chain of events here. The first white settlers here were pretty much Yankees from New York and New England. One of them named the place for his home-town which was New Berlin, a village in upstate New York. -

John

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Oh, there you go. Which was named for Berlin, Connecticut. Which was named for the German city. So, we are three steps removed from Europe. And this actually should be New, New Berlin. -

John

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Geez, what attracted the Yankees to this place? New Berlin is kind of unusual. It had no lake, no rivers, and no railroad until about 50 years after settlement began. But, what it did have was an old Indian trail that became National Avenue, and lots and lots of trees. I came across one old account that talked about the almost tropical growth that in some places excluded the sun. What that meant was fertile soil. So, it took a lot of work to clear it. This became very productive farm-land, and that was the attraction for the Yankee settlers. A lot of them settled right here in the southwest corner of the township around a little hamlet called Prospect Hill, right here. By 1880, Prospect Hill had one church, still standing across the street. As well as two stores and 20 homes. A lot of the original buildings in the whole area have been assembled here in the Historical Park. It's cool, yeah. Who followed the Yankees? The Irish were the first immigrants, pretty much in the southeast corner of the township. But, Germans outnumbered everybody. By 1900, they were 56% of New Berlin's population which was second only to Menomonee Falls in the entire county. And they farmed all over the township. -

John

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How long did that last, farming? There's still farms here. There's still farms in the area. But, suburban growth goes back more than one century, kind of surprising. The first sub-division was laid out back in 1912 up in the northeast corner. It was on the interurban railroad connecting to Berlin with West Allis and Milwaukee. Most of those first suburbanites were factory workers. So, the houses they built were a lot smaller than the ones you see today. -

John

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When did all the development happen? The big wave, John, was after World War II, when you had thousands of Milwaukeeans coming out here and building new homes. National Avenue was their pipeline and Interstate 43, just down the hill here helped things, considerably. So, between 1950 and 1960, the population nearly tripled. So, 1959, they incorporated as a city, and kept on growing. 1980, the population had doubled again. -

John

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Who were all those newcomers? Pretty much, Milwaukeeans, kind of moving up economically. They did not develop a downtown, but New Berlin did open a business park, industrial park back in 1965 that covered more than two square miles, so the biggest in Waukesha County, by far. So, you had jobs moving out here as well as people. Pretty soon you had Milwaukeeans leaving to New Berlin for work instead of vice versa. -

John

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Population here? -

John

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About 40,000, and nearly half still have some German roots. -

John

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Boundaries? Still pretty much the same as the first township. New Berlin's on the eastern edge of Waukesha county, covers 37 square miles, runs from 124th Street to Spingdale Road, and from Greenfield Avenue down to College Avenue, and do not dare call it New Ber-LIN. No, unless you want to be asked if you're new here. Exactly. And I love the fact that you live in Bayview and that you biked all the way out here. That's really, you need-- Ah. The last leg up Prospect Hill John, otherwise it was with four wheels. And that's how that works, yeah. Thanks, John. - See you, John. A large area in New Berlin is the New Berlin Industrial Park. There are 600 businesses and over 13,000 people who work here. I believe it's the most densely populated industrial park in the state of Wisconsin. I think that's true. I'm kind of excited about all of this because we walked in and the first thing you said was, "Ice cream." -

Neal

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Back in the 1980's, the company was founded on a brand of ice cream called Moose Tracks ice cream. -

John

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Everybody knows Moose Tracks, everybody does. -

Neal

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It's a top 10 flavor in the United States. -

John

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The ingredients come from this company. They do, they do. Actually, we make nine million pounds of Moose Tracks fudge annually, from here, that goes into Moose Tracks that's made all over North America, and probably 150 different packages throughout the country. -

John

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So, they can't call it Moose Tracks unless it's the fudge that comes-- It's the trademark. - This is Moose Tracks fudge. -

John

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Well, that looks good. You want to try some? - Can I? -

John

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You have three facilities here in New Berlin. We do. - About how many employees? -

Neal

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135. Now, Imagine that in ice cream. We're growing every year. -

John

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What's your job here. I'm one of the R and D food scientists. My master's degree was in caramel, so, researching caramel. -

John

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You have a master's in caramel? Yes, uh huh. -

Neal

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They make things like cookie doughs, they make flake items, chocolate and a variety of flakes. -

John

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What are you doin'? Making a lime variegate. It's like a ripple that's in the ice cream. What we're doing to day is we're freezing some ice cream with one of our flavor bases in it. -

Neal

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Caramel, strawberry, chocolate items. We make a lot of eggnog base, we make cheesecake pieces and brownie pieces for ice cream as well. -

Woman

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We'll make small batches, send 'em out to customers, get feedback, and we can fine tune it here before we commercialize it. So, this is a baked chocolate chip cheesecake. -

John

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Then, do you have customers come in and sit around a table and they say, "Oh, this is what we want to order from you"? -

Neal

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In some cases. In some cases we take it and show it to them. In other cases, we actually bring them in here and work on products they want to work on, so they work side by side with our R and D folks. Then, we actually put it into ice cream so they can taste it. And this is created right here? Exactly, these are created here by our food scientists. Oh, great! So, you're the first, probably the first consumer, non-customer, to try this. Non-scientist? - Yeah, exactly. (light music) -

Woman

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This is our design department. -

John

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What exactly does Conrad Schmitt Studios do? -

Man

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This is their church, as it exists right now. The proposed decoration looks like this. -

John

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Wow! -

Heidi

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We restore churches, theaters, other historic buildings. We do stained glass design. Do you put the lead on? - Yeah. Can I bend it? - Sure. It's like putty, almost. - Yeah. What are you doing? Restoring, re-glazing a panel from Mobile, Alabama. Stipple it on, here, once we've applied the paint we take it to the kiln, we fire it in. So, it actually becomes a part of the piece. -

John

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How old is this? -

Man

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It's a guess, but I would say early 1900's. -

Heidi

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Sculptures, statuary, mosaic. So, anything really involved with historic buildings and churches. A lot of the murals that we do are on canvas and then, shipped to the job-site, and applied like wallpaper. Locally, we've worked in the Pabst Theater, the Basilica, St. Stanislaus. We've been fortunate to do a lot in our backyard, but, we go all over the country. You do? - Yes. Home is here? - Home is here. -

John

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So, Conrad Schmitt has been here for how long? -

Heidi

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We've been in business since 1889. 1889? - 1889. When my grandfather purchased the business in the '50s, he wanted to retain the name and keep the reputation, keep maintaining all the good work that he's done. We've been here in this building since the '70s. So, you're the third generation of your family that has been with Conrad Schmitt Studios. Correct, yes. -

John

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Do you work at these tables here? I did. - You did? -

Heidi

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Growing up in the summers, I worked out here. So, now I work mostly with the artists and go out to the different projects around the country. -

Man

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It's quite a treat to really see what can happen from the beginning stage and be a part of it all the way through the end. -

John

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How many on your force here in New Berlin? -

Officer

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Average, 70 officers. -

John

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And out of those 70, it's just the two of you on K-9? -

Officer

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Yeah, we've been fortunate enough with the community support that our K-9 unit has continued strong since the '80s. All our dogs are funded solely based on community donations. -

John

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And is that how most departments work when they come to a K-9 unit? Yeah, I would say that's usually par for the course, K-9s are considered an extra. They're very important, but they're considered an extra, so, a lot of departments have to fundraise to support their K-9 unit. -

Officer

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All you do is hold it out. -

John

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Hold it out? What do these dogs do that you as an officer without a dog, couldn't do? It's really their nose. Holy, oh my god, he's strong as heck. Good boy. They're just doin' what they're trained to do. These are just spent shell casings in here. So, if I toss one of these out, he'll find it. And, that's to keep us and the community safe, by finding any of their drugs, guns, or suspects who run from us. Want to go find it? (dog barking) Condor is one of the few K-9s in the state that's trained and certified to detect fire-arms. Quick and easy, that would take a normal officer pretty long to sit there and try to search the whole area. He had no idea in this whole area where it might be, and he was able to pretty much, go right to it. And hard workers. - Very. Probably the hardest working employee on the department. (dog whimpers) - And the lowest paid. He gets food. - And some belly rubs. (dog barks) Did you know this is one of the oldest golf courses in the state of Wisconsin? New Berlin Hills, built in 1907. 1978, the city of New Berlin bought it. This is a public course, a beautiful course, in the city of New Berlin. Where are we Joe? We are in the city of New Berlin, west of Calhoun Road. My thought was, if you wanna build a house, you have to find a subdivision that's currently being built. I think that's what most people think. Right. - Yeah. So, I told my wife, I'm just gonna start asking people if there's any land for sale, and there was. So, you are on what used to be land that was farmed. -

Joe

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Yep, I don't farm it. -

John

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So you lease it out to somebody? -

Joe

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Yeah, yep. -

John

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And what are they growin' out there? Soybeans. - Soybeans? It's kind of beautiful. -

Joe

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It's very beautiful. It's odd because you can be at Qdoba, and two minutes later you can be in the middle of-- -

John

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In the middle of it. Right. - Now, I want one of these. I know. (engine revving) -

John

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We should take a little break for-- That's exactly what they're for. -

John

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This is great. And it's still kind of a work in progress. -

John

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How big is the house? -

Joe

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So, our portion is about 3500 square feet. -

John

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It's like a cathedral. I kind of like a Scandinavian, BoHo-ey feel, so-- -

Joe

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In-laws portion is around 1500 square feet. This is the in-law suite where my parents come and they stay here for periods of time, it might be a weekend, it might be a month. -

Joe

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I put a little dutch door. -

Bri

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I wanted a dutch door somewhere. -

Joe

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So that when they're accepting children, the top is open. When, they do not want children, the top is closed. (Bri giggles) How smart is that? - It's like a system. It works good. -

John

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Do your kids like the land. -

Joe

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Yeah, they like to be outside, they like to go wild and do their own thing, ride their ATVs around the property, run with the dogs, and catch frogs, and all that. -

John

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Is it quiet out here? -

Joe

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It's very quiet. There's all sorts of animals runnin' around. -

John

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There are, like what? -

Joe

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Deer, coyotes. So, behind us is actually-- Coyotes?? Oh, (giggles). -

Joe

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No, conservancy for about half a mile. -

John

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Oh that's great. So, it's just-- - It's never gonna change. -

Joe

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Nope. Okay, if you're from New Berlin, you know this place. It's called the Rainbow Restaurant, right? -

All

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Right! Talk just a little bit about this restaurant. How long's it been here? Since forty, Nancy, '48? Yep. - '48. Built in '48, it's always been a restaurant. It's always been called the Rainbow, through every owner. -

John

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It's a great place. People come here to eat what? -

Carolyn

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This is definitely the place to eat an omelet. -

John

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Eat an omelet. -

Carolyn

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We're famous for homemade turkey dinner, our homemade lasagna, our spaghetti. Our soups are fresh everyday, everything's homemade here, we're a dying breed. It's a great place. And, do you know many of these people? A lot of repeat customers? Every one of 'em that's here right now. Is a repeat customer? Every one of 'em, yes. So, we're talking to you because you're Mr. New Berlin. I guess that's what some people say. Well, I was on the Fourth of July commission, I ran the parades in this city for 49 years. For 49 years. (music whistling) I also ran all the Christmas parades. I think it's a very nice city. I love New Berlin. I think it's got a lot to offer. In fact, things that people don't even know that we have here. We have probably one of the best historic parks in the country. We have a place called Lily Lac Dam, very beautiful spot. We have a great farmer's market. We have a good chamber of commerce. -

John

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Good schools. Good school system. In fact, the schools are going green. They put solar panels on the roofs. -

John

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Nice. -

John

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We have an observatory. -

John

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Built in 1932, just so you know. Did you know that? The same year I was born. The year you were born? Wow, you're old! (laughs) You're an older guy, aren't you, with all of that energy. I'm like whisky, you get better with age. You get better with age. Talk about off the beaten path. You will not believe what's behind this door. (train music) No, really. (train whirring) People should come here and just walk around, because it's really amazing. And it brings you back. This really brings me back to Bobby Wasaluski across the street from me had a train-set in his basement that was remarkable. This is a hundred times all of that. -

John

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How long ago did you start this club, Jerry? About 73 years ago. This is my first train set. -

John

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You started the club 73 years ago? Right. - How old were you? Six. - You were six years old. Right, and that's me, eight years old or so. -

John

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Are there a lot of Lionel train clubs all over the country? There are many train clubs, but we're actually one of the only clubs that have family programs. Well, if people are members here, they don't have their own trains, there are train shelves. -

John

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And they're able to run them on these lines? Right, if you're a member, you can run your train on the train layout. If you're a member who doesn't have a train yet, but is interested in the hobby, then you can take trains off the shelf and run the trains while you're here. -

John

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That's fantastic, how many members in the club? -

Jerry

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About 250. We take this out to the public as well. We have three portable layouts we take out into the community. We have one to two events a month. A lot of people don't know about us here, so we've been at this location about 20 years now. But, we're almost 75 years old. So, it's a cool organization we're part of. -

John

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That's great. So, you're in charge of everything besides the train, right? Scenery work is-- My specialty. - That's your specialty. -

Jerry

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Yes, learning about scenery, running your train on a big layout that you can't do at home, to instill that appreciation, that people enjoy the hobby. Because you build the bridge, didn't you? A good portion of it, yes. It took 13 months. It took 13 months? -

Steve

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It's a sharing of all the values and quality time. It's a family operation all the way around. -

John

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We are at Weston's Antique Apple Orchards in New Berlin. It's a long lineage of apple growers? Absolutely, yes. - How did it start? -

Genevieve

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Well, great depression, late 1920's, early 1930's, my great-grandfather lost his job in Milwaukee. In 1937, we planted over 100 trees. In 1938, we planted another 100. -

John

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Now, were those antique apple trees? Yes. - So, they were. We're not talking about antique apples because the trees were planted in '37 and are old. -

Genevieve

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Correct. You planted antique apples then. Anything that was produced, that generates before 1936, actually MacIntosh is an antique. It is an antique. - It is an antique. Should I try it? It's called Burford Red, it has almost no flavor. It's like lemonade. That's cider. These are not just apples. Some of them are fossils. One goes back 2.5 million years. Now this is what we would call apple juice sweet. It's not candy sweet like a red-delicious. It's apple juice, more like the Mac. And you don't mind them having a taste? No, no, that's part of what we are. How can you grow this many varieties and tell people either guess, or only buy what they want to buy? No, they have to taste, they have to know. So, all together, how many varieties do you have? We have over 150. Today, he's making cider. We try to make a good blend, try to add in some more tart apples so it's a real good quality hard cider. Every apple tastes different. These apples are all distinctive. The best apple is when you pick it right off the tree and eat it like that. This is a Zabergau Reinette. This is from the 1800's. These are old apples and they're very good eating. Now, this would be a dessert apple that you eat at the end of the meal to cleanse your palate.

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Strawberry Chenango's, 1850. -

John

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This is amazing. I live downtown Milwaukee, I would drive for these. This is really delicious. (John sighs) (whistle blows) Michael, we're in New Berlin, and it says N-buffs. All I have to say is that these are not high school kids. They aren't. - No. And there's two high schools here in New Berlin, New Berlin West and New Berlin Eisenhower, and I'm not picking either. New Berlin United flag football program. These kids are third and fourth graders. Two years ago they stopped playing tackle football at this age. They went to flag football, and said, let's just bring everybody together. What they're trying to do is teach kids the game of football and have them fall in love with it so they'll continue through the program. -

John

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How many kids are doin' this? Last year, the first year they did it, they had 44. They were encouraged by that. This year, they're up to 75. But, everybody plays, not only that, every kid plays every position. So, the biggest kid's gonna get some snaps at quarterback, the littlest kid's gonna have to play the line. And, they're gonna decide then, okay, I really like this position, or I really like that position. -

John

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They'll get a taste of it in third and fourth grade. -

Mike

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They'll get a taste of it. They then bring them to a varsity game, both Eisenhower and West, and they hang out with the kids that are a couple years older that play tackle football. Good job. - Thanks. Okay, I found a new favorite place in New Berlin. It's Twins Flowers gifts and home decor. And, why is it called Twins? Come here, you guys. Hello! Look at the twins! - Hello! Liz and Theresa. Yes, you got it. You're the righty, you're the-- Lefty! Hello. - Hello! Twins. Is that your name? No, that's the name of my car. That's the name of your car. Good, what's your name? Gwendolyn. -

John

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How did it start and how did this place happen? -

Chris

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It started over 50 years ago on the streets of New Berlin. This is my daughter Elaina, this is her car. -

Chris

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Kids would build their cars, race on the streets. How long you been racing in this thing? Since 2015. My older daughter Katelyn was a finalist last year. Oh, you were. In the early '70s, New Berlin let us pave a hill in Valley View Park, where we are today. And, we've been racing there ever since. It's used every year, just for this. Is it exciting? Yes, very exciting! - It is? Good. How could it not be exciting? -

John

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How fast do they usually go? -

Chris

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They get going over 20 miles an hour, at the bottom. We'll have over 70 kids this year. Some years we've had upwards of over 100. -

John

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So each car is to get a sponsor? Is that usually a local business? -

Chris

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Yes. -

John

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Why do you think this is important? -

Man

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It's an opportunity for the kids and the family to work on something together. The kids learn mechanical skills. They're learning while they're having fun. This is Kathleen, she's the chairman of the special race. Oh, you are? Cars specially fabricated with dual steering, dual breaking, the special needs racer can race or go along for the ride. Have you taken it down the hill? I have, yeah. - She's won. -

John

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Oh, you've won? -

Man

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She was our champion last year. -

John

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And you've won twice? Yep. -

Chris

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From ages six to 16. -

John

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Six to 16. Three, two, one, go. -

John

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And, when is derby day? -

Chris

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First Sunday after Labor day. -

John

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Is derby day just the most fun? -

Chris

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Oh my gosh, is it. It's a big event. - It's a big event. And not just the people involved come to watch. -

John

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This is so fun! (flags rustling) (racer shouts) So, my idea was to drive one of the soap-box cars home, but look who's here. Hey, John! - Todd, how are you? What are you doing in New Berlin? I'm going to your place, can we do that? Get in, let's go. - Exciting events. Todd. Look at this thing! (exhaust spraying) -

Todd

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We call that our USV, ultimate souvenir vehicle. (horn honking) -

John

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We heard that you invented the cannon that will shoot t-shirts. -

Todd

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Hit the button! Officially, we've invented the t-shirt Gatling gun. Different than a single-shot t-shirt gun. This is the jig for the carousels, to shoot your balls, t-shirts. Each gun's got about 60 man-hours in each one. We actually have a Brat-zooka-- Two, one, go. (cannon hisses) We wanted the spectacle of giving the t-shirt away to be as big, or cooler, than actually getting the t-shirt. We have over 100 out there right now. Whether it's a single barrel, double barrel, triple barrel, or the quad, which is actually that big boy right there. That can deliver, I believe 200 plus t-shirts in 20 seconds. We have four unique products that we design, manufacture, and market right here, exclusively to sporting teams around the world. Right over here, we call 'em our big, backyard games, and we just want to put everything on steroids, and over-size it. (guys laughing) This is the graphics department. Some of the stuff that happens in the sporting world goes into corporate stuff. We're just really big into props. Some of this stuff we do in corporate inspires stuff in the sporting world. These are stage props, these are 10 feet tall. You put four or five of those behind you and you light those up, that's a pretty powerful statement. These don't go to corporate events? Oh yeah, oh yeah. Anything you want. Try this bad boy out. -

John

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You can go to a residential backyard. -

Todd

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Absolutely, you can put it in your living room if you just want to have a party Friday night. That's great fun. - Great fun. (game board buzzes) (men laughing) -

John

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When did you open up? -

Matt

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We opened up in 1997, it was a little run-down tavern called the College Pub. Is there a college close to here? No, College Avenue that we're on right here. Oh, okay. (laughing) I was like, what? I don't know what I was thinking back then, but we got involved and we remodeled it. Then we've been remodeling and adding on, it's got a lot of land so it's more than meets the eye when you see the front facade. There's a four-seasons room, there's an outdoor patio space, there's an outdoor tented area with a rustic bar that we do events back, we got an event back there tonight. -

John

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We're here on a Thursday, what is this called, Thursday night? -

Matt

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Thursday we have Smokin' Live and Local. We have this huge smoker that's doin' brisket, and chicken wings, and smoked mac-and-cheese, and just all kinds of great stuff. It's heaven! It's a vending opportunity, so we have a local band, we got a local craft brewery back there, local charity, every time there's a local charity that gets a percentage of the proceeds. That is one of our main core values and that's community. -

John

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Can we talk staff? How many work here? In our peak season with the restaurant and catering we get over 100, 100 people workin' here. When we opened, we had a staff of four. Including myself. - You're the fourth. The Bloody Mary, it comes out of the tap. Yep, we always serve it with the hot sauce caddy. -

John

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What do people come in here for if they want to eat? Big burger joint, some great pizza, salads, wraps, this is the original Muskego Restaurant pizza-burger. The restaurant's been gone forever. But, the DeAngelo's family keeps it alive and sells the seasoning for the Italian sausage and the sauce. -

John

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So, are you the only guys making this thing? -

Matt

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We are, we are exclusive in New Berlin. -

John

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See, people come back for that, don't they? -

Matt

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Oh, yeah. This is Martin's Tap, but it shouldn't be called Martin's Tap, it should be called Martin's Bar, because there's no tap beer in there. It's all canned beer, which is really something. And, if you love polka, and you can't wait to polka, twice a month you can come out here. (chuckles) Only in New Berlin. (band playing polka music) I gotta tell you this. - Yeah. This is the only bar in Waukesha County that the original family owns. -

John

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Your family? Yes. - The Martins. Right, it was a restaurant here until 1932. Then, my dad made a bar our of it. -

John

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Is that right? (polka music) You love coming here? -

Lisa

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Oh my god, we absolutely love, this is "Cheers." This is the "Cheers" bar for everyone in the community, in the polka community. It's not limited to any kind of background. Everyone's out there havin' a great time. And the more, the merrier. Right. - Yeah, it's awesome. (light music) City living and a touch of country. That's New Berlin. (engine revving) Mayor Dave Ament, you've got a job to do. You have 30 seconds to tell us why New Berlin, Wisconsin is the best place in the world to live, work, and play. And Mayor Dave, you can start now. (bell rings) -

Dave

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Well, primarily, it's the great people who live and work in our community that make it so special. We have a diverse community with urban, suburban, rural areas to fit anyone's lifestyle and income level. And we have a rich history that's brought to life by our fabulous Historic Park. We enjoy every piece-- -

John

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That's about it, Mayor. You are done, very good. -

Dave

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...that brings everybody together. We are at, Oh. Sorry. -

Woman

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John forgot where we're at. (John laughs) This is the winner's circle, why? I won. This over here is the loser's circle. (John laughing) (light music) We couldn't have enjoyed New Berlin without our underwriters. Thank you for your generous support, underwriters. Thanks. (mellow music) -

Narrator

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The Greater Milwaukee Foundation's Ernest C. and Florence M. Schocke Fund, and by the David A. and Nancy E. Putz Fund. The Greater Milwaukee Foundation, inspiring philanthropy, serving donors, and strengthening communities now and for the future. -

Announcer

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Michels Corporation serving the energy, transportation, telecommunications, and utility industries. Michels, constructing North America's infrastructure for our future. (intense music) - We Energies Foundation at Wisconsin Public Service Foundation are proud to support public television. Together we create a brighter future for the communities we serve. (upbeat music) ATC moves electricity from where it's generated to communities where it's needed. American Transmission Company, helping to keep the lights on, businesses running, and communities strong. (air blowing) (crickets chirping)