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Next on New Hampshire Outlook tonight. BROCK SOT After weeks of testimony, Chief Justice David Brock takes the stand It's a question of Scout's Honor. A gay troop leader from Keene loses his post and the Scouts lose some funding. And the state's longest running high school quiz show enters its 20th season. We'll take you behind the scenes of Granite State Challenge. |
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Good Evening. I'm Allison McNair. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. We begin tonight with a summary of today's news. |
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State Supreme Court Chief Justice David Brock took the stand today in day 11 of his impeachment trial. Justice Brock emphatically denied the charges against him. We'll hear excerpts of his testimony in just a few minutes. |
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A new poll gives George W. Bush a slight lead over Al Gore in New Hampshire. The poll for the Concord Monitor shows 45 percent of the voters currently favor Bush. 40 percent say they'll vote for Gore. Green Party nominee Ralph Nader has two percent and Pat Buchanan of the Reform Party has one percent. The poll's margin of error: four points. |
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Some electric customers may begin to notice a drop in their next electric bill. Under the state's energy deregulation plan, Public Service of New Hampshire, the state's largest energy provider, has dropped its rates by five percent. While those rates are inching downward, some school districts are worried about how they're going to pay for this winter's gas and oil bills. One district projects it'll be 65-thousand dollars over budget. Possible solutions include conservation measures and looking for money in other budgets. |
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Concord city planners are ready to fight a proposal to pave over some open space. The project would create a State Police Troop station and motorcycle area near Interstate 89. City planners object to the football field-sized lot. They say it would ruin the last rural entrance to Concord. The project has already been approved by the legislature, but the law allows for local input. Construction is on hold until the dispute is resolved. |
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That's the news summary. We'll be back with Day 11 of the Brock impeachment trial, a discussion about the Boy Scouts admission policy and more after the weather. |
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State Supreme Court Chief Justice David Brock is a family man who cares deeply about his profession. That was the picture painted in the first few minutes of testimony during Day 11 of his impeachment trial today. Brock took the stand mid-afternoon. Richard Ager and Tom Rath have the day's highlights. |
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Our coverage begins tomorrow at 9:30am. You can watch it here on New Hampshire Public Television and listen to it on New Hampshire Public radio. |
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The U.S. Supreme Court this summer ruled that the Boy Scouts of America can exclude gays from its oganization. Since that ruling, a lot has changed. Here in New Hampshire, the decision has hit home for one boy scout leader and his troop. |
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Mark Noel, Former Boy Scout Troop Leader: "This is the patch for the national camping school. I was certified as a shooting sports director. " Allison: Mark Noel has a room full of boy scout memorobelia. He joined the organzation when he was ten. At the age of 30, he has been told he's no longer wanted. Mark reading a letter: "Your registration with boy scouts has been terminated. We are therefore severing relations. A refund of your registration is enclosed. " Allison: For the past three years Mark Noel has been scout leader for troop 45 in Lebanon New Hampshire. When the U.S. Supreme Court heard arugments in a case that could result in the Boy Scouts of America being able to exclude gays - the boys in troop 45 asked what he thought about the ruling. Mark: "I just tried to dodge and get them to talk about it themselves." "Because of this position it's becoming more and more of an issue and I can't talk to the boys. I can't be honest with them. I can't perform a role supposed to someone talk to and trust. I obviously can't lie about it and I'm not going to lie about. It was sort of in an impossible position." Allison: After the Supreme Court decision sided with the Boy Scouts ability to ban gays, Mark wrote an editorial which appeared in the Sunday Valley News. He wrote about being gay and being a member of the Boy Scouts. Mark: "The policy puts me and people like me in an impossible situation.I can't live openly. I can't be truthful anywhere else in my life even outside of scouts. When I need to be trustworthy loyal and helpful and friendly all of the other parts scout law and scout oath.If I can't live by those I can't be an appropriate role model. But if I do live by those I'm going to be accused of not being an appropriate role model because of my sexual orientation." Judy Carmaison, Parent: "He's been an excellent role model. All letters we 've recieved have used the word exemplary. I don't think it gets any better than that." Allison: Since the boy scouts organzation told Mark to sever ties with the organzation - some of the families from troop 45 have come forward to lend support. Judy Carmaison wants to try to make changes within the Boy Scouts of America. Judy Carmaison: "My real hope is they can find a way to deal with how they're feeling. Why they have this policy. Let our leaders chose their own leaders." Allison: Mark Noel plans to appeal the BSA's decision. In the meantime his website updates people on his progress. It contains letters of support and letters which he's passed on to local police. MarK reads another letter: "You don't need to be near any young boys especially in the scouts. Normal people don't want your kind around. Stay in the closet fag. Wear a dress to the dance tonight.Rest, but not in peace." Allison: In light of boy scouts decision to exclude gays,The Monadnock United Way has pulled its funding of the Daniel Webster Council of the Boy Scouts, which oversees troop 45. The Monadnock United way said the decision was based on the boy scouts policy of non-inclusion. Meanwhile, the scouts of troop 45 are watching. Judy Carmaison: "I think that as parents we owe that to our kids and to show them you can have a voice. I'm not trying to be antagonistic don't expect it from them either. Tolerance is the word that they've used and that we're using too and I'd like to see a change." |
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There are 22 thousand boy scouts in New Hampshire. And six million across the country. Joining me to talk more about this issue Al Lambert, the Chief Scout of the Daniel Webster Council - Boy Scouts of America. Al, thanks for joining me. First of all, I know you can't comment directly on what is happening with Mark Noel as the matter is going to be appealed with the Boy Scouts of America. |
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Thanks to my guest Al Lambert of the Daniel Webster Council of the Boy Scouts. |
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We've discussed here this evening the Boy Scouts and their admission policy. We called the Girl Scouts of America today to see where they stand. Here's what we received via email this afternoon: The Girl Scout organization does not discriminate, but we do not endorse any particular lifestyle and do not recruit lesbians as a group. We have firm standards relating to appropriate conduct. We do not permit sexual display of any sort by our members. We do not permit the advocacy or promotion of a personal lifestyle or sexual orientation. These are private matters for girls and their families to address. |
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It's not supposed to be a commuter rail, but the new Portland to Boston train service is expected to draw a lot of passengers. The trains are expected to start running for special events this winter. Regular service begins in April. The train will run four round-trips a day. It will stop in Wells and Biddeford/Saco, Main, Dover and Exeter New Hampshire and Haverhill, Massachusetts. The route will include additional stops at Old Orchard Beach, Maine, during the summer and Durham, New Hampshire, on weekends. The final fare schedule is still being worked out. |
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This year at New Hampshire Public Television, we are celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the popular high school quiz program, Granite State Challenge. Students from New Hampshire high schools compete against each other -- testing their knowledge and abilities of quick recall. We'd like you to meet some of the people who put the program together. |
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Since it began 19 years ago, more than 3600 NH high school students have participated in Granite State Challenge. |
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For information on tonight's program, and links to our guests and interviews, visit our web site at nhptv.o-r-g. You can give us your feedback, review program scripts and participate in our daily poll. |
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The threat of the West Nile Virus is fading with each frosty night. But is the West Nile Virus really fading? We'll take you to the State lab where detective work is still underway. Day 12 in the Brock Impeachment Trial And the frost is on the pumpkin. Is your backyard prepared for winter? |
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That's all for Outlook tonight. Thanks for joining us. Stay tuned for Granite State Challenge. We'll be back tomorrow at 7:30. Good night. |
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Thanks to our founding sponsors who have provided major funding for the production of New Hampshire Outlook: New Hampshire Charitable Foundadtion Public Service of New Hampshire Alice J. Reen Charitable Trust Putnam Foundation Stratford Foundation |
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Hello, I'm Allison McNair. Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. Cold weather may have silenced the insects that carry the West Nile Virus, but investigators are hot on the trail. Join us tonight at 7:30 for New Hampshire Outlook. |