March 4, 2002 - On this Mainstreet Radio report, MPR’s Chris Julin looks into the Ely school district starting a "wilderness high school." School officials are trying to recruit a dozen students from cities around the state. The students will go to Ely High School, but they'll also spend lots of time traveling the Boundary Water wilderness in canoes and on snowshoes.
March 4, 2002 - The President will meet with a small group of Minnesota teachers before his speech at Eden Prairie High School. Joe Tretanier is one of those teachers. He teaches Social Studies at Harding High School in St. Paul, and is on the line now. That's Joe Tretanier (tree TAN ear), one of 15 Minnesota teachers who will meet with President Bush today. We will have live coverage of the President's speech at Eden Prairie High School this afternoon beginning at around 2:15.
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March 7, 2002 - Hotel workers in Duluth have been picketing for the last three months in front of five downtown hotels. Picketing is a standard strategy in labor disputes, but these workers are not on strike. They're demanding that their employers stay out of a union organizing effort. Minnesota Public Radio's Stephanie Hemphill reports its becoming an increasingly popular tool for unions.
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March 13, 2002 - A comprehensive study released today by the Mayo Clinic found Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, affects 7 and a half percent of school age children. Prior research has found widely varying percentages of students with ADHD, but Mayo researchers are confident they have an accurate number given the scope of the project. The research also found that ritalin and other stimulants used to treat ADHD were rarely prescribed to children without the disorder. Minnesota Public Radio's Laurel Druley has this report.
March 14, 2002 - Minnesota Public Radio presents "Voices of Minnesota." In this month's edition, we'll hear two accounts of American Indian children growing up under extraordinarily difficult circumstances. Later in the hour, a heartwarming account about Chisholm's eight Valentini brothers - the most members of a Minnesota family to serve in World War II.
March 15, 2002 - Researchers at the University of Minnesota have discovered that a special bile found in large quantities in the gall bladders of black bears can reduce damage caused by strokes and possibly other brain afflictions. Black bear gall bladder is enriched in urso-dioxy-cholic acid. Humans have the acid as well, although in very small quantities. Professor of Medicine, Dr. Clifford Steer, says the acid basically protects brain cells. He says the study confirmed what some ancient cultures already knew about black bear bile.
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