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Show Summary – Western Skies #96– March 16, 2006
NEWSCAST
Lobbying for another Coloradoan to run the Interior Department, teacher
suspended for refusing to administer standardized tests, Roadless Task Force
meetings continue in Ft. Collins, and moving the Continental Divide Trail.
[LISTEN]
CAPITOL COVERAGE PT.1
Lawmakers vote on the "morning after pill," and threaten to kill funding
for office supplies in the name of campaign finance reform. [LISTEN]
ANNUAL ROCKY MOUNTAIN OYSTER FRY BENEFITS THE CUSTER COUNTY FFA
City kids might hold car washes or bake sales to fund student activities,
but in ranching country, they have their own traditions. Shanna Lewis takes
us to the annual Custer County FFA Rocky Mountain Oyster Fry and Auction
in Westcliffe. Everyone has a ball. [LISTEN]
CAPITOL COVERAGE PT.2
Efforts to mandate healthy snacks in school vending machines meet resistance
in the state legislature. [LISTEN]
BOOK REVIEW: THE WORST HARD TIME
Western Skies book reviewer Ed Quillen says a new history of the dustbowl,
"The Worst Hard Time," is an engaging, well-researched read. [LISTEN]
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