Digitization made possible by the State of Minnesota Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, approved by voters in 2008.
September 20, 2000 - Famed classical pianist Fou Ts'ong visits the Minnesota Public Radio studios to play and to talk to MPR Classical Music Host Tom Crann. Fou Ts'ong discusses his touring program, entitled "Chinese Poetry, Western Music," and the connection between music and words in his work.
September 20, 2000 - A new survey finds that manure pollution from the state's feedlots is killing hundreds of thousands of fish each year. The Isaak Walton League found that from 1995 to 1998, eight feedlot manure spills killed almost 900,000 fish. Surveys of state agency data from nine other midwestern states resulted in similar findings. Rachel Hopper is the fish kill network coordinator at the midwestern office of the Isaak Walton League. She says fishkills are a "canary in the mine" indicator of how feedlots affect water quality.
September 20, 2000 - The Minnesota Wild will go for their first preseason win tonight when the take on the Mighty Ducks in Anaheim. Last night, St. Paul's NHL expansion team held their own against the San Jose Sharks with a 3 all overtime tie. Editor of Minnesota Hockey Journal, Ross Bernstein listened to the game on the radio. He says the Wild were surprisingly good.
September 20, 2000 - At the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia swimming and gymnastics have been getting most of the headlines so far, but there's a lot more than that going on. MPR Sports Commentator Jay Weiner spent the day checking out some lower profile sports. In just a few hours he watched field hockey, table tennis, tennis, badmiton, team handball and volleyball. MPR Sports Commentator Jay Weiner has an update.
September 20, 2000 - Gretchen Sabel is the feedlot programs coordinator for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. She generally agrees with the report's conclusions.
September 21, 2000 - Governor Perpich died of cancer five years before. Former First Lady Lola Perpich and Rudy Perpich Jr. discuss the governor's legacy.
September 21, 2000 - Local governments in the Minnesota's seven-county metro region have worked together for years to plan for growth and coordinate transportation and other services. Now more and more communities in the rest of minnesota are dealing with issues that call for regional cooperation, but many local politicians are suspicious. A state law requiring regional cooperation in planning efforts is subject to a sunset clause, and will go off the books next summer. Planners are gathering in Duluth today to discuss regional issues and one of the items on the agenda is the effort to save the concept if not the law itself. Minnesota Public Radio's Stephanie Hemphill reports. { The 1995 Community-Based Planning law set aside money for pilot regional planning efforts, primarly along the booming Twin Cities-St. Cloud corridor. Minnesota Planning's Steve Reckers says the law's chief benefit was it's requirement that local governments work together to deal with growth.
September 21, 2000 - The University of Minnesota summit on Minnesota's economic future served up two dominant messages yesterday. There is peril in assuming Minnesota will remain competitive in a global, technology driven economy. And that state policies must look beyond the question of promoting HIGH TECH growth. Minnesota Pubilc Radio's Bill Catlin reports.
September 21, 2000 - Two hundred and fiftey people from across the country are in Minneapolis this week talking about the work of architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright fans, ranging from historic preservationists to scholars, are attending the annual conference of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy. Conference participants are discussing how to preserve Wright's buildings, right down to proper remodeling of bathrooms in vintage Wright homes. One of those homes is in Minneapolis, known as the Willey House. It's now empty, and in need of repair. Lynda Waggoner, the head of the Wright conservancy, says the house marks a transition period between Wright's early and later styles.
September 21, 2000 - An alternative to the FBI snooping system called Carnavore. Carnavore is taking a lot of heat because it could be used for all-purpose snooping on innocent people. Ultavore is a better solution than Carnavore because it's publicly controlled rather than federally controlled. It would only take the suspect's data, not somebody else's data.