July 21, 1997 - Midday discusses urban sprawl. Is there a role for the government to conduct land use planning to control urban development? Should statewide land use plans be prepared? Guests are former Republican State Senator Fritz Knaak of White Bear Lake and Lee Ronning of the Land Stewardship Project. Listeners call in with questions.
July 21, 1997 - MPR's Mary Losure files this story about the North Shore's fishing families and the environmental catastrophes that destroyed their way of life. In the 1930's, Lake Superior supported a thriving commercial fishing industry. Now, on a lake holding one tenth of the world's fresh water, only a handful of commercial fishermen and women remain.
July 21, 1997 - More than 600 pre-school children are attending Learning Readiness classes this summer in St. Paul, twice the enrollment of last summer. Learning Readiness is a statewide initiative to help prepare four and five year old children for kindergarten. The St. Paul district expanded its program this summer, targeting low-income children who have not been in other early childhood programs and those with limited English skills. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports.
July 22, 1997 - Inflation? What Inflation? Midday features a special report by Senior Business and Economics Editor Chris Farrell, and a discussion about falling prices and possible deflation with Chris Farrell and Larry Wipf, Regional Economist at Norwest.
July 22, 1997 - A Midday broadcast of a speech by Terry Waite, hostage negotiator for the Anglican Church, and a Beirut, Lebanon hostage himself. Waite was guest at the Peace Prize Forum at Augustana College in Sioux Falls.
July 23, 1997 - Midday discusses the Twin Cities International Airport, including capacity, hubs, airport noise, parking, runways, air traffic control with guest Jeff Hamiel, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Airports Commission. Listeners call in with questions.
July 23, 1997 - Two food cooperatives in the Twin Cities are teaching young children healthy food choices and organic farming. The project includes classroom instruction about growing food and field trips to organic grain and vegetable farms near the metropolitan area. A group of homeless inner-city children recently toured a small farm in Wright County. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports... (Sound) About 30 children from the Learning Center school in Minneapolis explore the fields at River Bend Farm near Delano. They push single-file up and down the rows of radishes and wheat, trying hard to avoid ste
July 23, 1997 - The Minnesota Twins opened the door a crack to a multi-use stadium today after seeing plans for a next-generation baseball and football facility. But officials from the team -- who have asked the state to pay for a baseball-only park -- remain highly skeptical a dual purpose stadium could generate the revenue they say they need. The push for a multi-use facility is coming from the Minnesota Vikings...who say they can't survive financially as the sole tenant in the Metrodome. Minnesota Public Radio's Bill Wareham reports: Officials from the Twins...Vikings...and Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission met for over two hours behind closed doors with an architect from HOK...a firm that's designed several stadiums around the country. R
July 24, 1997 - The current and future condition of the real estate market is the focus of this Midday. Studio guests are Glenn Dorfman of the Minnesota Association of Realtors and Dean Flackey, President of the Builders Association of the Twin Cities and Owner of Life Style Homes.
July 24, 1997 - A new record label in Minneapolis is hoping to become the home of traditional Scandanavian music in North America. Founders of Northside records say the traditional folk music and fiddle tunes of Sweden, Norway and Finland are becoming the hottest thing going in world music circles. The resurgence is being fueled by young Scandanavian musicians. Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Roberts reports.