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April 25, 1997 - The 15th Annual Minneapolis-Saint Paul International film festival is in its final week. The out-of-the-mainstream movies at several theatres in the Twin Cities wrap-up May 1st. We're down to what's called "The Best of the Fest", when organizers Al Milgrom and Bob Strong and audiences build the final schedule. Milgrom and Strong joined me in the studio with their top couple of films.
April 25, 1997 - Mainstreet Radio’s Catherine Winter talks with northern Minnesota painter Liz Sivertson about her work and what forms her creative inspiration. They preview and exhibition of paintings by Sivertson: colorful, whimsical pictures she did for the children's book “North Country Spring.”
April 25, 1997 - (to run out of Koenig piece) I'm Laura McCallum in Moorhead. There's an on-going "reunion" of residents of Grand Forks and East Grand Forks taking place in the Moorhead State University ballroom. Evacuees can watch videos of their flooded town, have a cup of coffee, and check a wall covered by hand-written messages with people's whereabouts. A huge map of the community sits on an easel, and people who stop by mark the spot where their home is located. About thirty families from East Grand Forks, and nearly
April 25, 1997 - One of the biggest challenges for people who left the Red River Valley because of flooding has been getting information about their homes, towns and loved ones. Communication for evacuees who fled in every direction has been set up through the internet, ham radio, cellular phones, videos and teleconferences. We have two reports on communication efforts. In a moment we will hear from Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum about a grass roots communications center, but first Minnesota Public Radio's Christina Koenig looks at a high tech approach to disaster communications.
April 25, 1997 - A fundraiser organized by Twin Cities radio stations brought a flood of donations this morning in Minneapolis. More than 20 semi-trailer trucks filled with soap, towels and other goods are headed for people in the Red River Valley affected by floodwaters. Organizers estimate money raised from the event will top half a million dollars. The money will be split by the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson has more. tape . . . sfx 9:00 help you unload? With the sun just peeking over the Minneapolis skyline organizers of the fundraiser got a hint of what they had created. A stream of vehicles grew into two lanes of traffic with volunteers racing to un
April 28, 1997 - Last month archaeologists unearthed several foundations which were once part of St. Paul's red light district. In particular, excitement and controversy surrounded the revelation that the bordello of Nina Clifford, an infamous St. Paul madame, was among the findings. The excavation provides the oportunity for legends of hidden diamonds and rumors of a secret tunnel leading to the upper-crust Minnesota Club to finally be proven or put to rest. Charles Maynes has followed the dig and found that the dustbins of St. Paul history offer more treasured trash than trashy treasure.
April 28, 1997 - INTRO ON ITEM Baseball analyst Kevin Hennessy follows the Twins for All THings Considered and The Baseball Workshop, which you can find on the world wide web. Sun 28-MAY 19:44:59 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001
April 28, 1997 - The Minnesota Senate Taxes Committee considers a bill this week to increase the state's gas tax. Supporters says the increase is necessary to finance road repairs and upgrades. Many of the state's residents agree the roads need fixing but their reaction to paying for it is mixed. Minnesota Public Radio's Holly Nelson reports.
April 28, 1997 - (Grand Forks) -- U-S House Majority Leader Dick Armey paid his home state a visit today to view flood damage. Armey grew up in Cando and attended graduate school at University of North Dakota-Grand Forks. Armey says the flood damage tore him up. He recalled the days when he and his wife dreamed of living in the well-to-do Belmont Park section of the city. That part of town is still partially submerged. Armey says people in the Grand Forks area should stay and rebuild. Armey was to tour flooding around Devils Lake, also. We called political consultant DJ Leary for his take on yet another high-level political visit.
April 28, 1997 - Man does not live by bread alone, so as friends and neighbors reach out to flood victims with food and shelter, other folks are offering ... Grateful Dead tapes over the internet. I'll have an e-mail address for you in a few minutes. The group The Grateful Dead was known for letting fans make tapes of their shows, as long as they were never offered for sale, and these tapes can be as important to Deadheads as a book collection or a shelffull of Toby mugs might be to other people. And losing them to the floodwaters would be equally devastating. Steve Patterson of Corvallis, Oregon is a Deadhead with a lot of tapes -- he's been collecting for eleven years -- and he's been following the flood story on public radio. --------------------------------------------------------- | D-CART ITEM: 9291 | TIME: 2:31 | OUTCUE: "...FOR THE POSTAGE." ---------------------------------------------------------