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Golf Course Birds
Thursday, May 13, 2010

From tee time to tweet time see how the Ozaukee County Land Trust is turning this par 70 golf course into a 116 acre migratory preserve. In Wisconsin reporter Jo Garrett takes a look at the transformation and how your tax dollars are helping to complete the project along one of the world's greatest migratory flyways.

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Parkour
Thursday, May 13, 2010

They're jumping, vaulting and flipping their way across the UW Madison campus. Watching Parkour enthusiasts leap over walls and flip over barricades may give the impression that they are reckless and out of control, but they would disagree. They say it's a discipline like martial arts that combines running and gymnastics. It is best mastered slowly and carefully.

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Music Makers
Thursday, May 13, 2010

Madison violin teacher Bonnie Greene wants to give the gift of music to kids who can't afford lessons. She created the Music Makers program in 2007 to help make their dreams come true. Music Makers takes the music right to the kids at 3 community centers and loans them an instrument.

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Rainbow Winner
Thursday, May 13, 2010

Wisconsin Public Television has aired the children's program "Reading Rainbow" since 1983. Last August, the series left the air, but not before inspiring lots of kids to read books and some to write. That's how In Wisconsin reporter Art Hackett found an award-winning author; she's Abigail Helser of Portage and she's caught the attention of the folks at Reading Rainbow.

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Your Sneak Peek At Next Week's In Wisconsin
Thursday, May 13, 2010

A court program just for veterans, bear hunters join forces with the DNR & take aim at wolves, & Damon Panek, a ranger at the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.

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On Wisconsin
Thursday, May 13, 2010

To mark the 100 year celebration of "On Wisconsin", the university held a competition to find the best performance of the song. In the end, an entry for Hip Hop.com won top honors for their remix version of the song.

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