Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
September 4, 2000 - Mainstreet Radio's Tim Post profiles The Minnesota Fishing Museum in Little Falls, Minnesota. In the land of 10,000 lakes, a few things are sacred. And here, where rods and reels can become almost a personal appendage, there's a shrine to the past time. The museum boasts antique rods, reels, lures and boats along with generations of fish stories. But the museum founders Al Baert and Morry Sauve say this is not a typical museum, it's focus is on the people.
September 4, 2000 - US Congressman Jim Oberstar met with residents and business leaders around the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness over the weekend, to discuss recovery efforts after last year's storm. Last July's windstorm known as the Blowdown toppled thousands of trees and caused flooding in several communitites. Congressman Oberstar is on the line now.
September 4, 2000 - St. Louis County Commissioners are being asked to reconsider their denial of support for a methadone clinic that's opening in Duluth. Clinic operators have the necessary permits to open, but would like a vote of support from the county. But county Commissioners say there's no need for the clinic in St. Louis County. Minnesota Public Radio's Bob Kelleher reports: {Colonial Management Group of Orlando, Florida, now operates two methadone clinics in the Twin Cities, and dozens in other states. They plan to open a third Minnesota clinic in Duluth.
September 4, 2000 - Americans buy nearly thirty million new computers a year. The arrival of the new often means pitching the old. In 1998, about 350,000 p.c.'s became obsolete in Minnesota alone There are a lot of old televisions heading to the landfill too. Both computers and tv's contain cathode ray tubes, the largest source of lead in the waste stream. Cities and states are beginning to worry about what will happen to all the plastic, steel, lead, and heavy metals in electronics products as they reach the end of their useful lives. An innovative Minnesota program is trying to deal with the issue by defining who's responsible for the products we use, even when we decide to throw them away. Minnesota Public Radio's Stephanie Hemphill reports.
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September 5, 2000 - After a nationwide search Saint Cloud State University has a new president, Roy Saigo. A career educator, Saigo is already a fixture on campus and has taken some unusual steps getting to know his new surroundings.
September 5, 2000 - The two major daily newspapers in the Twin Cities have issued their endorsements in the DFL US Senate race. The Star Tribune endorsed Democratic US Senate candidate Mike Ciresi as the best DFL candidate to run against incumbent Republican Senator Rod Grams. The St. Paul Pioneer Press endorsed Rebecca Yanish last month. Vaughn Ververs is managing editor of the Hotline, a daily news briefing on American politics. He says that in today's world of the internet, television and newstands full of magazines an endorsement is not as important as it was in the early days of print:
September 5, 2000 - An early start to the bear hunting season hasn't done much to thin the state's growing black bear population. A third year of bumper crops of the bear's natural food source of nuts and berries have kept the animals healthy and reproducing at record rates. The Department of Natural Resources was hoping this hunting season would reduce the population by about 6,000 bears, but early numbers suggest hunters will only bring in about two-thirds that number, mainly because the well fed bears are not enticed by hunters bait. David Garshelis is the DNR Bear Project leader based in Grand Rapids. He says bear mortality is also low because North Woods residents are giving pesky bears a little more leeway.
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September 5, 2000 - One of the Wild West's most famous sharpshooters takes the stage at the Orpheum in Minneapolis tonight. Irving Berlin's Broadway musical "Annie Get Your Gun", first staged in 1946, is loosely based on the life of frontier sure-shot Phoebe Anne Oakley Moses, who traveled with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show from 1885 to 1901. Actress Marilu Henner, who plays the title character, says it is the best role she's had since her days as Elaine on the T.V. series "Taxi". She admires Annie Oakleys spirited approach to life: