December 12, 1999 -
December 13, 1999 - For patients sitting through hours of chemotherapy or family members waiting for a loved one to come out of radiation, there are the usual distractions - old magazines, the newspaper or television. But there isn't much to feed the soul, especially for those who haven't come to terms with the disease. Karin Miller is hoping to change that. Two years ago, her husband Thom was diagnosed with cancer. He was 36 and had a tumor the size of a football in his abdomen. Karen began writing poetry to get through the difficult months of his treatment. She suspected others touched by cancer might be doing the same thing, so she founded the Cancer Poetry Project. Through a Web site and other publicity, Miller is soliciting poetry for an anthology that she hopes will be published next year.
December 14, 1999 - The Hungry Mind, Saint Paul's nationally known bookseller, literary review, and press is looking for a new name. The Hungry Mind sold its name to a cyber-university earlier this fall, and needs a new one before April, 2000. In this age of branding, trademarks, and electronic commerce the task of coming up with something as potent as what it's had for the past 29 years is a challenge.
December 14, 1999 - Charles M. Schulz, the creator of the comic strip "Peanuts," announced today he will retire on Jan. 4th, after more than fifty years of drawing the cartoon. Schulz is quitting to concentrate on treating his newly-diagnosed case of colon cancer. Schulz was born and raised in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and drew inspiration from his life here.
December 14, 1999 - The Ventura administration is announcing plans to bring advanced telecommunications services to the state's rural areas and promote competition throughout Minnesota.
December 14, 1999 - Governor Ventura's office confirmed today that Ventura was never a member of the elite Navy "SEALs" -- but he says he did train to be a SEAL, and that his membership in the Navy's Underwater Demolition Teams was practically the same as being a SEAL. But a former SEAL and journalist in San Diego says the UDT's were NOT the same as SEALs during Vietnam, and he says Ventura is taking credit for the valor of others.
December 15, 1999 - It's been nearly a year and a half since nature photographer Nadine Blacklock and her dog Paddles were killed in a head-on car crash along the North Shore. Before she died, Nadine had been working with her husband Craig to re-issue their popular collection of photographs of the Quetico-Superior wilderness called, Border Country. The Blacklocks wanted to re-work their photos using new digital technology to make them sharper, brighter and more colorful. After Nadine's death, Craig took over the project and has just released the new, improved Border Country. He says looking over the old photos brought back many memories.
December 15, 1999 - On Sunday Russians go to to polls to decide roughly half the membership of the Duma, the Russian Parliament. It's been a contentious campaign so far, but there is a slight echo of Minnesota in one race: an internationally known wrestler who is running for elected office. From Moscow, Charles Maynes offers this profile of the man some are calling Russia's Jesse Ventura.
December 15, 1999 - The Jesse Ventura volunteer committee swung into action last night, holding its first public meeting to try to mobilize citizens to support a one-house legislature -- one of the governor's pet causes. The meeting took place in District 51, where all three legislators are undecided about the issue. Since Governor Ventura has no Reform Party allies in the legislature, his volunteer committee hopes Ventura supporters can sway legislators on unicameralism and other administration priorities.
December 16, 1999 - It's been nearly a year and a half since nature photographer Nadine Blacklock and her dog Paddles were killed in a head-on car crash along the North Shore. Before she died, Nadine had been working with her husband Craig to re-issue their popular collection of photographs of the Quetico-Superior wilderness called, Border Country. The Blacklocks wanted to re-work their photos using new digital technology to make them sharper, brighter and more colorful. After Nadine's death, Craig took over the project and has just released the new, improved Border Country. He says looking over the old photos brought back many memories.