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March 28, 1997 - The Pope called for a worldwide end to child prostitution and the growing sex tourism industry. Thailand is among the Asian countries where both problems pose excessive risk to HIV. While HIV infection rates are dropping in Europe and the U.S., health experts warn that HIV is escalating in Asia. Minnesota Public Radio's Karen-Louise Boothe reports on some efforts underway in Thailand to help educate people about the disease.
March 28, 1997 - The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources says an increase in fishing license fees is critical to maintaining quality fishing in the state. The DNR wants to add three dollars to the cost of a fishing license. Frank Snyder is co-founder of the Minnesota Sport Fishing Congress. He says anglers will support higher fees..if the DNR uses the money more efficiently.
March 28, 1997 - Three Native American police officers from Minneapolis are visiting the White Earth Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota this week to teach residents about street gangs. The officers say Native American gang members move back and forth between the Cities and reservations, so parents and teachers need to know a gang symbol when they see one. Catherine Winter of Mainstreet Radio reports.
March 31, 1997 - Midday discusses basketball and baseball with Minnesota Public Radio's sports commentator Howard Sinker and reporter Bill Wareham. The focus is on on the Minnesota Golden Gophers men’s basketball season and the upcoming season for the Minnesota Twins.
March 31, 1997 - As farmers in Minnesota deal with the potential of flooding, they're also starting the spring planting process. But Minnesota News Network Farm Director Tom Rothman says it's too early to be making a lot of guesses about what the spring will bring. Tom Rothman of the Minnesota News Network. Sun 28-MAY 20:11:58 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001
March 31, 1997 - While most of us are glad to see the return of warmer weather... there are the downsides of the thaw to consider.... On the larger scale there is the potential for huge floods.... but on the smaller scale there are the piles of detritus left behind as the snow fades away.... particularly if you own a dog. But don't despair.... there IS help available.... Today in our Odd Jobs report we meet Todd Johnson, of Minneapolis, who makes a living picking up the small piles left by dogs in backyards throughout the Twin Cities. Spring is a busy time of the year for Johnson...who handles as many as 20 assignments a day. He told Minnesota Public Radio's Todd Moe the idea for Doggie-Doo Yard Cleaning came to him while cleaning up after his own black Lab... | D-CART ITEM: 4220 | TIME: 2:58 (outcue comes at 2:53...sfx wi
March 31, 1997 - The San Diego County coroner's office has released the identity of the Minnesota man who died in the Heaven's Gate mass suicide. He is Alphonzo Ricardo Foster, and he reportedly lived in the Twin Cities for about twenty years before joining the group in 1994. Foster was 45 when he died, was born in Detroit, and had three sisters and a brother. Officials are still looking his Foster's next-of-kin. Since they couldn't find relatives, they notified a Minneapolis man who says he was friends with Foster for twenty years. James Hannon says he met Foster October 7, 1974, the day they began training to drive bus for the MTC. It took a while, Hannon says, to get to know Foster, but once he did they were fast friends.
March 31, 1997 - Edgar Stark is a murderer. Convinced that his wife was betraying him,and had been since the beginning of their marriage, he killed her in a brutal act of violence. The courts found him insane and he was confined in one of England's most secure mental institutions. Edgar Stark is a fictious character at the center of Patrick McGrath's new novel "Asylum." Kirkus Reviews calls McGrath a worthy descendant of Edgar Allan Poe, a contemporary master of highbrow Gothic fiction. His previous novels have all been optioned for films. "Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets" based on his book "The Grotesque" opens this month. In "Asylum" McGrath explores the fine line between love and obsession. While Edgar Stark could well be portrayed as a monster, McGrath only lightly touches on his brutal crime...instead introducing the reader to a man of culture and charm.
April 1, 1997 - Peter Hutchinson from the Minneapolis School District says a systematic community effort is needed to help students be successful. Hutchinson outlined his challenge for increased community involvement in public education in his annual "State of the Schools" speech this morning. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports.
April 1, 1997 - Ten thousand delegates are arriving in Minneapolis for National Catholic Education Conference. The event runs tomorrow through Friday at the Minneapolis Convention Center. In Minnesota after twenty five years of declining enrollments, Catholic schools in the state are enjoying modest growth. School officials are scrambling to find enough classroom space and a handful of new schools are under construction. Parental demand is apparently driving the renewed interest in Catholic schools as they search for a spiritual component to their children's education. Rachel Reabe of our Mainstreet Radio team has the story.