Mental health services

Troops Briefing Package (Kimball); Mary Ellen Brown Commentary (Shapiro). Segments on a status report regarding Arizona's involvement in the Persian Gulf War, and Mary Ellen Brown's guest commentary (Arizona's failure to provide services for the mentally ill). There is a pre-show take for the first 1:12; the title card is then shown and the episode continues normally.

Mental Health Package, Thomas E. Bittker In-Studio (Shelton); Voter Apathy Package, Bruce Merrill In-Studio (Palacio); Metro Youth Symphony Package (Britton). Segments on the lack of funding for mental health services, several major elections (recall and general), voting trends and apathy in Arizona, and the Metropolitan Youth Symphony.

Trial Set-Up Package, Paul Bender In-Studio (Shelton); Mental Health Package, Maria Hoffman In-Studio (Palacio). Segments on the third day of the Mecham brothers' criminal trial and efforts to provide mental health care for children and teens. There is a pre-show take for the first 20 seconds; the title card is then shown and the episode continues normally.

Senator Carl J. Kunasek Remote Interview (Corso); Bommersbach Byline #5: Phoenix Skyline Package (Bommersbach); Wildlife Rehabilitation Package (Cavanary). Segments on a local failure to care for the chronically mentally ill, Bommersbach's Byline (the Phoenix skyline), and the need for wildlife rehabilitation programs due to wildlife injuries caused by urban development. There is a pre-show take for the first 50 seconds; the title card is then shown and the episode continues normally.

Maria Hoffman In-Studio Interview; Darwin Cox In-Studio Interview; Cox and Hoffman In-Studio Interview (Cavanary); November Water Package (Taylor). Segments on mental health services for children and the monthly water report (contaminated wells and restrictions on the construction of artificial lakes).

Mental Health Package, Cheryl Collier Interview, Boyd Dover Interview, Rep. Bart Baker Interview (Bloom); Anne Bendheim Commentary (Bendheim). Segments on the mental health care crisis in Arizona, how Governor Mofford might tackle the budget crisis, and Anne Bendheim's commentary (the best and worst local theater productions of 1988).

Pre-recorded Veteran's Day Special. Veterans' Issues Package, Robert McGowan and Alan Sinclair In-Studio Interview (Cavanary); MIA Package, Col. Earl Hopper In-Studio Interview (Cavanary). Segments on daily issues that concern war veterans (finding jobs, counseling and psychiatric services, and controversy over Agent Orange) and MIA Arizona residents.

Mental Health Funding Package, Bill Griffor and Tom Bittker In-Studio Interview (Palacio); Bommersbach's Byline #78: Merry X-Mas Package (Durrenberger); Jack Tobin In-Studio Interview (Wong). Segments on behavioral health services in Arizona, Bommersbach's Byline (thoughts about this holiday season), and the media's handling of the Phoenix Jaycees telephone solicitation controversy.

Bruce Babbitt In-Studio Interview (Corso); Susan Wyckoff Interview Package (D'Alli). Segments on a presentation of images of Halley's Comet taken at the Mount Hopkins Observatory and a detailed look at Governor Bruce Babbitt's budget proposal for 1986.

Friday Edition live from the Arizona Capitol. Panelists discuss Arizona Legislature issues (air and water quality, care for chronic mental illness, liability insurance, artificial lakes, speed limits, family planning, and seatbelt laws). Panelists include Keven Ann Willey, Legislative Reporter, Arizona Republic; Jack Lavelle, Legislative Reporter, Phoenix Gazette; Howard Fischer, Phoenix Bureau Chief, Arizona Daily Star.