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Twenty-years ago a new program for the blind and visually mpaired came out of Minneapolis. Olav Pedersen, the founder of "Ski for Light," evised a plan to teach the sight-impaired people to cross country ski, thereby trengthening their bodies along with their sense of independence. Marc Roberts eports from Colorado on last week's meeting of more than 100 skiers celebrating he organization's 20th anniversary.

It used to be that only the Tom Clancys and the Danielle Steeles could land million-dollar book deals. Now previously unknown authors are being offered astronomical sums for their first novels. NPR's Melissa Block looks at the publishing industry's efforts to snap up new voices.

NPR's Isabel Alegria reports on a growth industry in Southern California... the proliferation of fake citizenship documents. Illegal immigrants are finding that for a fee, they can have someone make a fake Social Security card or birth certificate that says they are a legal U.S. citizen.

Jacki talks with Rolling Stone magazine music critic Anthony DeCurtis about the value of Greatest Hits albums. Bruce Springsteen's greatest hits suceeded Garth Brooks greatest hits on the Album charts and DeCurtis talks of the merits of buying such collections.

NPR's Martha Guild reports on a rather sad story. Last September Ann Barrett overdosed on antidepressants. When the police found her they also discovered a 400-page diary which they took for a suicide note. They confiscated it and to the despair of the family .. lost it.

LIANE HANSEN EWSCASTERS: SHAY STEVENS & LAURA KNOY

NPR's John Burnett spends an evening with Dr. Marvin Tuttle - a man whose mission in life it is to protect and educate people about the misunderstood bat. Tuttle says bats are key to ecological balance not to mention they're great at keeping the mosquito population and other crop eating pests under control.

orld music critic MILO MILES remembers two musicians who were recently killed by violence: Rachid Baba Ahmed, a producer and musician of Algerian Rai Music, and Tejano music''s Selena.

WEEKEND EDITION'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR SPEAKS WITH DR. GARY MILHOLLIN (mil-HALL-en), DIRECTOR OF THE WISCONSIN PROJECT ON NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL, AND DR. PAULA NEWBERG, SENIOR ASSOCIATE SPECIALIZING IN SOUTH ASIAN POLITICS AT THE CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE, ABOUT THE MANY ISSUES RAISED BY PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER BENAZIR BHUTTO'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON THIS WEEK.

ENTERTAINMENT: SCOTT SIMON AND WEEKEND EDITION'S ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC ELVIS MITCHELL TALK ABOUT THE NEW FILM "MAJOR PAYNE," STARRING DAMON WAYANS AS MAJOR PAYNE.

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports that the Senate this week took up a 13 billion dollar spending recision bill. The House has passed a bill of 17 Billion. Arnold reports on the differences between the bills and that President Clinton says he will veto the House version.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from Tokyo the Japanese police continue to raid a religious cult and find evidence of the cult being involved in this past week's chemical gas attack on the Tokyo subway.