September 18, 1997 - Just a few months after flooding irreversibly changed thousands of peoples' lives in the Red River Valley...some are telling their stories for posterity. MPR's Hope Deutscher spoke with two people who are gathering individual stories of struggle, despair and recovery...for very different reasons.
September 18, 1997 - Jane Kenyon was an essayist and poet who published several collections of work and contributed to the New Yorker and Atlantic magazines. Kenyon wrote about many things including her own battle with depression. MPR's Steven Smith talked with Kenyon in 1994 for his documentary "A Suffering Mind". During that interview, she read poem "Woodthrush."
September 18, 1997 - MPR’s Greta Cunningham talks with poet Donald Hall about his wife and fellow poet Jane Kenyon, who passed away in 1995. Hall reads Kenyon’s poem “The Needle.”
September 19, 1997 - A new non profit organization has been formed to promote conservation on Minnesota’s rivers and streams. The Rivers Council of Minnesota meets this weekend at the Moorhead State University Regional Science Center to plot strategy. The goals of the organization include more water quality monitoring, and a stronger voice for rivers in environmental policy discussions. Minnesota Public Radio’s Dan Gunderson reports.
September 19, 1997 - capitol for Morning Edition/ATC Friday Die Hard Republican party activists will gather in Bemidji tomorrow (saturday) for an off-year state convention. few voters are as interested in the gubernatorial campaign as THESE delegates are, but their straw poll on the race CAN either add some energy to, OR deflate a candidate's campaign. Minnesota Public Radio's Karen-Louise Boothe reports: Party leaders project a low turnout even among the most fervent party loyalists. Among some 21-hundred republican delegates statewide...between 700 and 800 are expected. And if the old adage "politics belongs to those who show up" is TRUE, which candidate belongs to the delegates? Republican political analyist, Tom Horner says among the FOUR candidates in the race so far...Alan Quist could very well have his day in the sun again. Somethi
September 22, 1997 - It's yellow, has a hole punched in the upper left hand corner, and has been in continuous publication for more than two-hundred years. It's the Old Farmer's Almanac. The hole was for the nail in the outhouse wall, and a brief unscientific office poll discovered that the modern inside bathroom might be a frequent resting place for the modern Almanac.
September 22, 1997 - Next time you drive over a bridge, say a word of thanks to underwater welders. They are the hardy souls who brave the cold and muck of lakes and rivers to build bridges, repair dams and all other manner of wet construction work. In this week's Odd Jobs segment, Minnesota Public Radio's Gretchen Lehmann uncovers the world below with Minnesota School of Diving instructor Mark Owens and his student Garrett Silvernail as they practice underwater welding in a water tank in Brainerd.
September 22, 1997 - bemidji for monday m.e. State Republican delegates gathered for their state convention in Bemidji over the weekend. Their straw polls on candidates for Governor and Attorney General resulted in a surprise upset by ONE candidate...and a predictable victory for another. Minnesota Public Radio's Karen-Louise Boothe was there, and has this report: Lieutenant Governor Joanne Benson beat former state Representative Allen Quist in the straw poll for gubernatorial candidates. Benson garnered 37 percent of the votes compared with Quist's 30-percent. Benson says the results should discourage OTHERS, such as St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman, from entering the field. She ALSO believes she;s the most ELECTABLE: BITE:ever since i've been in politics when people have needed an urban vote or rural
September 23, 1997 - No representation of England would be complete without The Union Jack, horse racing, and soccer. And, fittingly, British artist Mark Wallinger's exhibit at the Fiterman Gallery in Minneapolis includes these symbols, but not exactly like you'd expect. The jockeys are faceless, the Union Jack has "Mum" scrawled across it, and a model soccer field sits atop a tomb. Another prominent symbol: a pantomime horse, which Wallinger says has its origins in children's holiday plays.
September 23, 1997 - There are conflicting versions of events that led to gunfire after a Minneapolis mayoral debate this morning. Minneapolis police say an officer who is the mayor's body guard was hit by a car and fired at the driver after the candidate debate. The driver was arrested later at his home. The driver's wife says her husband was trying to save her from a beating. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson has more.