June 1, 1999 - Pleasure travelers can expect to pay more for a plane ticket this summer. Continental raised its fares by 4 percent over memorial day weekend. Every major airline, including Twin Cities based Northwest, has followed suit. This is the third time U-S airlines have raised prices this year. Terry Trippler is an airline expert who runs the website onetravel-dot-com. He says that given the current market for airtravel, this latest fare increase is not surprising.
June 1, 1999 - Mainstreet Radio's Cara Hetland reports that creating a performance hall is not just design and construction...acoustical engineering has become a science all its own. With the opening of the Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science in Sioux Falls, the city's oldest high school is the shell of the country's newest and only multi-use center. It houses a children's science and discovery center, a visual arts center, and a performing arts center.
June 2, 1999 - With WCCO-TV celebrating its 50th anniversary, Don Shelby, longtime WCCO-TV news anchor, discusses the past present and future of TV news. He shares his thoughts of broadcasting’s potential in educating, rather than entertaining. Shelby also answers listener questions.
June 2, 1999 - MPR’s Lorna Benson interviews a local Hmong artist about his desire to protect and foster Hmong cultural arts as an avenue for next generation in the Hmong community, both abroad and in the United States.
June 2, 1999 - MPR’s Lorna Benson interviews writer Elva Trevino Hart, who recollects on the six years of her childhood in Minnesota watching her brothers, sisters, and parents work long days in the fields near Moorhead. In her new book "Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child", Trevino Hart details her family's annual journey north from a small town in Texas.
June 2, 1999 - Mainstreet Radio’s Marisa Helms reports on the Brainerd High School Choir and their year-end performance of Sarah Hopkin’s “Past Life Melodies.” All year long, the choir's been working on the unique piece featuring aboriginal sounds from Australia. The decidedly NOT-WESTERN music has been educational in all sorts of ways.
June 2, 1999 - The Saint Paul school board will consider 10-and-a-half million dollars in spending cuts to balance next year's budget. District administrators last night outlined a budget proposal that includes teacher layoffs and increased class sizes.
June 4, 1999 - St Paul Public Schools Superintendent Patricia Harvey talks about her plans to improve the schools.
June 4, 1999 - The first refugee family from Kosovo to resettle in Minnesota arrived last night in the Twin Cities. Refugee workers from the World Relief organization and a "host family" were there to greet them. Although there's talk of peace for Kosovo, there's no telling when, or even if, this family will go home.
June 7, 1999 - Mike Christensen, executive director of the Allina Foundation and vice-president for Community Investment for Allina Health System; Judith Borger, author of "Honeywell: The First 100 Years"; and Sharon Sayles Belton, mayor of Minneapolis, discuss the Honeywell merger's impact on the community.