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1999 Stories by MP Staff

• Free Resource Guide from The Minneapolis Foundation

  published March 1, 1999

  Twin Cities' parents and child-care providers can call The Minneapolis Foundation for a free Kids Kit resource guide. This useful... More >>

• Tick,Tock, Tick, Tock

  published March 1, 1999

  Hypnosis in the Modern Age: could it work for you? More >>

• Poetry

  published March 1, 1999

  MARCH, 1992 City lights in pollution and fog cast a mutant glow on my... More >>

• Poetry

  published February 1, 1999

  Baby Clothes We look at pictures of him when he was an infant More >>

• Many Working Mothers Take Home $1 An Hour or Less

  published February 1, 1999

  According to a recent article in At-Home Mother magazine, when true job costs are tallied, many families with working mothers would... More >>

• Lead, Cadmium & DEHP Still Found in Children's Vinyl Products Despite Industry Promises

  published February 1, 1999

  A Greenpeace investigation has found toxic additives such as lead, cadmium, and the phthalate plasticizer DEHP in a variety of vinyl... More >>

• Parents Influence Children's Activity Levels

  published February 1, 1999

  When adults are involved in children's play, young girls are more likely to join in vigorous outdoor activity, and kids are more likely to... More >>

• Applicants Sought for 1999 Yamaha Young Performance Artists Program

  published February 1, 1999

  Yamaha Young Performing Artist (YYPA) Program, The Band and Orchestral Division, is currently seeking audition applicants from performers... More >>

• MOMS Club Member in Need of Help for Child with Leukemia

  published February 1, 1999

  One of the MOMS Club of Maple Grove members has a three-year-old daughter, Kylie Rosset, who has been diagnosed with juvenile chronic myeloid... More >>

• Poems

  published January 1, 1999

  Waiting   It's 3:32-- I made it through another... More >>

• 'Tis the Season to Treecycle

  published January 1, 1999

  To locate the nearest Christmas tree drop-off site just call 800-CLEANUP or go to www.1800cleanup.com and enter your zip code. More >>

• New Campaign Gets Library Books Back to the Stacks

  published January 1, 1999

  For the first time in its fifty-year history, The Friends of the Minneapolis Public Library is offering a book amnesty coupon to new and... More >>

• New Scholarship Program Offers College Funds and International Travel to High School Seniors

  published January 1, 1999

  Nominations are now being accepted for the EF Global Citizen Awards--a new scholarship program offered by student travel operator EF... More >>

• Half Price Books Creates Children's Libraries

  published January 1, 1999

  Half Price Books, a Texas-based chain of new and used bookstores, is establishing a chain of "Half Pint Libraries" to open in the Spring of... More >>

• Washington Urged By Cornell Nutritionist to Curb "Aggressive" Marketing of "Harmful" Infant Formula

  published January 1, 1999

  Federal legislation to curb industry-marketing practices in the sale of infant formula and to enforce a World Health Assembly code banning the... More >>