April 10, 1998 - Traditional mainline churches have lost a quarter of their members in the last 25 years -- in part, due to the defection of baby boomers, a generation dissatified with organized religion. But for the first time in decades, officials with the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis say enrollment in Catholic schools is on the rise. All this month, in a series of reports and commentaries, Minnesota Public Radio will explore relgious issues in everyday life. Today, in the second report in our series, Tim Pugmire reports in the Twin Cities, a new Catholic high school and two elementary schools are planned in fast-growing suburban communities. But enrollment is also booming for a few inner-city parochial schools.
April 10, 1998 - Students and faculty from the University of Minnesota's Chinese Language Program will meet with President Mark Yudof this morning to discuss the program's future. More than 20 students are in the third day of a hunger strike to protest understaffing of the program. University officials say a new professor will be hired next fall... but so far, that assurance hasn't been enough to end the strike. Minnesota Public Radio's John Bischoff reports: Sun 28-MAY 11:38:42 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001
April 10, 1998 - It's been a quiet week for weather in Saint Peter as residents continue to clean up tornado debris and rebuild their flattened community. But spring in Minnesota means storm season...and that could be a frightening experience, especially for children who recently lived through a tornado. Saint Peter schools are trying to plan for the next severe weather and how to keep kids from panicking. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports... (Sound of kids running and screaming) In the gymnasium at South Elementary School in Saint Peter, kindergarten students chase each other in a wild game of tag. Teachers and counselors at the school are hoping to avoid chaos in the classrooms the next time the
April 10, 1998 - Governor Arne Carlson signed a bill this week to allow citizens, doctors, social workers, and law enforcement officials to report pregnant women who abuse alcohol. The purpose of the new law is to reduce the number of cases in which babies are born with brain damage or birth defects caused by excessive drinking of alcohol, a condition known as fetal alcohol syndrome. Minnesota Public Radio's Karen-Louise Boothe reports on the new law.
April 10, 1998 - State lawmakers refused to enact limits on bank service charges this legislative session. In the last several years, consumer groups have issued numerous reports blasting banks for increasing fees and adding new ones at a time of record industry profits. As Minnesota Public Radio's Bill Catlin reports, legislative proposals to reign in bank fees drew more attention and support this year than they have in the past, but none survived. Jordan Ash says he's actually encouraged. Ash is the banking organizer at the activist group ACORN. He's the point man in ACORN's campaign to force banks to reduce bounced check and other fees the group says unfairly hit low
April 10, 1998 - SEVERAL OF SAINT PAUL'S CITY OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE HAPPY TO HAVE FUNDING OF A NEW DOWNTOWN HOCKEY ARENA RESOLVED. MOST SAY THE DEAL MINIMIZES THE CITY'S FINANCIAL RISK IN THE 130 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT. MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO'S WILLIAM WILCOXEN REPORTS... IN THE WANING WEEKS OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION - WITH A REQUEST FOR HOCKEY ARENA FUNDING LANGUISHING BEFORE LAWMAKERS - SOME OF SAINT PAUL'S ELECTED OFFICIALS WERE SOBERED BY THE PROSPECT OF HAVING TO COME UP WITH NINETY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS TO PAY FOR THE RIVER CENTRE ARENA. BUT A LATE-NIGHT LEGISLATIVE BREAKTHROUGH AND A REVISED DEAL WITH THE MINNESOTA WILD HOCKEY TEAM NOW HAVE CITY HALL DENIZENS CELEBRATING. CONGRATULATORY REMARKS AND BACK-PATTING MAR
April 10, 1998 - At first glance, many of the photographs in the new Suburban Landscapes exhibit at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis have the same mundane quality as an urban commute. For example, curator Colleen Sheehy points to a picture of a huge banner hanging across the back of a new home in a metro area subdivsion which reads, "model home." Seen from the highway says Sheehy, it's another banal image flashing by. On the wall in a museum the layers of meaning behind the words "model home," reveal themselves.
April 13, 1998 - A special Talk of Minnesota call-in related to the Minnesota Citizens’ Forum on public financing of sports. Program begins with a report summary of forum; then MPR listener’s views are presented.
April 13, 1998 - MPR political commentators Bob Meek and Tom Horner will be in the studio to assess the Wellstone Presidential bid, the governor's race and other political issues. Program begins with report from Mark Moran in Iowa.
April 13, 1998 - Farmers around Comfrey and LeCenter are asking for volunteers to help clear their fields of tornado debris so they can begin their spring planting. Bill Free-DELL of Lutheran Social Service says the weather delayed an immediate clean-up: Bill Fredell is with Lutheran Social Services. There are buses providing round-trips from the Twin Cities. Sun 28-MAY 11:37:29 MPR NewsPro Archive - Wed 04/11/2001