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May 16, 1997 - Better late than never...that's how some high school students in East Grand Forks are looking at their prom - which was postponed due to spring flooding but now will be held this weekend. Minnesota Public Radio's Hope Deutscher stopped into the East Grand Forks High School as students prepared the school for the annual dance. Not far from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's temporary center in the East Grand Forks High School....students are busily decorating the schools gym, cafeteria and auditorium. Organizers are expecting more than 100 couples to show up for prom...and hundreds of parents and friends to watch
May 16, 1997 - (For Friday Morning Ed) Legislative leaders have given up trying to reach a compromise with Governor Carlson over education tax credits. Senate negotiators last night (Thurs) abandoned a plan known as "Common Schools of Excellence," which they had hoped would satisfy the Governor's desire to let families spend public dollars on private education. Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste has the story: The DFL leaders of the House and Senate went into Governor Carlson's office on Thursday afternoon hoping to coax his signature for their school funding bill. By the time they came out, they's resigned themselves to a veto. Speaker Carruthers: ((Carruthers being gloomy))
May 16, 1997 - A bill passed by the Minnesota House, and expected to be voted on today in the Senate, will make it harder for under-age Minnesotans to buy cigarettes. Minnesota Public Radio's Karen-Louise Boothe reports.
May 16, 1997 - Talk therapy is the dominant treatment for alcoholics in most chemical dependency programs today. This approach suggests alcoholics use liquor to mask mental and emotional problems. Some so-called "alternative chemical dependency treatment programs" are challenging that notion. Instead, some believe alcoholism is a physical disease with intense physical cravings. At a relatively unknown treatment center in Minneapolis' Uptown district, one woman has carved out a loyal following among her now-sober patients by feeding them massive doses of vitamins and nutrients. As Minnesota Public Radio's Lorna Benson reports, the focus is on fixing the alcoholic's chemically battered body before treating their mind.
May 16, 1997 - Most alcoholics need treatment to kick their habit, and treatment eventually works for many. But conventional alcoholism treatment doesn't work well for about 4,000 Minnesota residents who are chronic drunks and also poor. A new approach gives the indigent chronic alcoholics a place to live with no requirement they quit drinking. Proponents say it saves taxpayers money and helps keep inebriates out of public places. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson has more.
May 19, 1997 - A Voices of Minnesota interview with retiring Augsburg College president, Charles Anderson. Also Israeli novelist Abraham B. Yehoshua is in the Twin Cities to speak on the topic of "Israeli Identity in a Time of Peace" and "Modern Democracy and the Novel". He has won numerous awards for his writing and is an activist in the Israeli Peace Movement, working for a compromise with the Palestinians.
May 20, 1997 - Midday discussion with the four legislative leaders from the State Capitol. Senate Majority Leader Roger Moe, Senate Minority Leader Dean Johnson, House Speaker Phil Carruthers, and House Minority Leader Steve Sviggum share their thoughts on the close of the regular legislative session and the chances of a special session due to potential governor veto on education bill. The guests also answer listener call-in questions.
May 22, 1997 - Midday discusses saving for retirement with guests Jean Johnson, senior vice president for Programs at Public Agenda, a research group in New York; and Chris Farrell, Minnesota Public Radio's senior business and economics editor. Listeners call in with questions for the guests.
May 22, 1997 - Governor Carlson and DFL legislative leaders turned a political stand-off into a dueling face-off today when they called back to back press conferences at the state capitol. (today-thurs) Minnesota Public Radio's Karen-Louise Boothe reports...BOTH sides are firm in their positions over whether 150-million dollars in tax credits and deductions ought to be attached to the K-12 Omnibus funding bill. In the closing days of the legislative session the Governor drew a clear line in the sand.....fail to pass a K-12 funding bill that includes his Tax credits for people who want to send their kids to private school, and seal its fate with a VETO. Well, that fate isn't SEALED because the governor hasn't vetoed it yet. He's hoping for some more GIVE by lawmakers, and to get
May 22, 1997 - It's been a hard winter...and for some an even harder spring. But while the media attention has focused on the drama of flooding in the Red River Valley...ranchers in the Dakotas are also counting the cost. Hundreds of thousands of head of livestock perished with the cold and blizzards and now many farmers are faced with a late start in the fields Minnesota Public Radio's Cara Hetland reports: It's estimated as many as 400-thousand cattle and calves died in North and South Dakota this winter. Of that - 77-thousand died during the early April blizzard. Another ten-thousand cattle, sheep and hogs died in Minnesota from winter storms. It's difficult for ranchers to put a price tag on their losses but many estimate a thousand dollars per lost adult cow and five-hundred