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Next on New Hampshire Outlook tonight. 90% of all business in the United States are family owned but only 3 in 10 survive to the 2nd generation. We'll meet the Makris family of Laconia, who is beating these odds. and we travel to Harrisville, a tiny mill town in south west New Hampshire that has been spinning woolen yarn since 1790. |
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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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If you thought the tally of votes for president in New Hampshire was final - think again. The secretary of state's office spent the day rechecking figures after finding errors in proofreading, recording and counting the initial vote in Nashua. So far corrections have given Al Gore about a thousand more votes than he was credited with last week. Bush is still the winner. But something even more unprecedented is going on at the Secretary of State's Office. Workers are busy recounting results from 22 State races. They include House and Senate Races. The requests are coming from candidates throughout the state. No word on when the recounts will be finished or if any of them have affected the outcome. |
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Gambling is risky business. That's the message of The Granite State Coalition Against the Expansion of Gambling. A spokesperson for the organization says New Hampshire has been targeted by the gambling industry because of a budget shortfall. Governor Jeanne Shaheen has said she wants fill the gap by allowing video gambling at the state's race tracks. The coalition argues that studies show - where gambling goes, so does crime. |
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Residents of Henniker and Weare are finding something new on the counter at three area stores -- free trigger locks. The Henniker Police Association and John Stark Regional School Board raised more than 25 hundred dollars to buy the locks. When the gun locks run out, the police association and school board plan to fundraise again. |
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Horace Greeley said "Go West, young man" and that is exactly what Belknap County is doing to find the best way to deal with young criminals. Law enforcement officials are working with counterparts in Oregon to explore ways to replace the punitive juvenile justice system with an approach called "community or restorative, justice." Community justice focuses on bringing the offender together with the victim, under the watchful eye of the community. Members of the Belknap Juvenile Justice Initiative have traveled to Oregon, to study its community justice department. Oregon officials will be in Laconia tomorrow to share more ideas. |
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That's the news summary. We'll be back with our focus on family business and more after the weather. |
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TONIGHT CLOUDY PATCHY FOG AND DRIZZLE LOW 35 TO 40 TOMORROW RAIN LIKELY HIGH IN THE UPPER 40s WEDNESDAY PARTLY CLOUDY CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS HIGH IN THE MID 40s |
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According to estimates by the University of New Hampshire's Center for Family Business, as many as 90% of all business in the United States are family owned. That number could be even higher here in New Hampshire, due to our entrepreneurial spirit. Interestingly, though, only 3 out of 10 manage to survive to the 2nd generation. And, only 1 out of 10 survive to the 3rd. Tonight we meet the Makris family of Laconia, who is beating these odds. |
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Joining me now is Andy Lee, one of the founders of the Center for Family Business. He is also a financial advisor. Welcome Andy. |
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Andy Lee of the Family Business center, thank you for being here tonight. |
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Here's a look at some of the stories making headlines in New Hampshire business. Could the booming seacoast real estate market mean trouble for the future economy? That's what some are warning as housing prices continue to skyrocket. Even California's Silicon Valley millionaires say they're stunned by some of the prices. The Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce plans to hold a summit on the area's affordable housing and labor supply this spring. Corning has officially started construction at its new site in Nashua. The plant will mean 850 new jobs by October of 2001. City officials estimate that workers at the new plant would spend at least $2 billion in the local economy over a 20-year period. The company’s annual payroll is expected to be $25 million once full production starts. New Flights are leaving from Pease International Airport. Today Pan Am began flights to Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allenstown, Pennsylvania, about 50 miles from Philadelphia. The airline also announced service will begin January eighth to Orlando, Florida, and Bangor, Maine. |
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Tonight's Outlook focused on the family business in the 21st century. Imagine keeping a family tradition alive for more than two hundred years. Chip Neal takes us to a tiny mill town in south west New Hampshire that has been doing just that. Meet the owner of Harrisville Designs who shows us products that are only Made in New Hampshire. |
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John: It's hard to imagine what life in a town like Harrisville is. It's a very quiet small place that is sort of tucked away, and when I was growing up here, I went to high school in Keene, and most of my friends never heard of Harrisville. The Harris family pretty much established the village, the upper part of the village as you see it now between 1815 and 1830. And woolen production has always been the production of choice here and in the second generation of the Harris family, Siras Harris built a large stone mill and he built that in the 1840s, and he died just as he was finished. And my family came from Keene and bought that mill empty and built another mill to the south of it and some other housing for workers around the village. VO: John Colony's family has been an integral part of the textile history of Harrisville. John: The Harris' lasted until the panics after the Civil War and they finally closed their production about 1885, and my family's company the Cheshire Mills absorbed their buildings and ran them until 1970. In 1970, the mill here closed. VO: So when the mill closed, a group of people including John Colony formed Historic Harrisville Incorporated. John: Early on we realized we wanted to preserve the essence of a village not just a collection of nice old buildings. We didn't want to become a museum. We wanted to become a real town with real jobs, real taxes, but also preserve the heritage that is here. So, I didn't really know what I was going to do with my life at that point, so I decided to start a business, which I call Harrisville Designs, whose soul purpose was to sustain the textile heritage of the town, so we still make yarn, woolen yarn, in this town, and it's been done every year since 1790, which is a long time. John: These are two sets of woolen cards. They were built by the Davis and Furber Machinery Company in North Andover, Massachusetts. My grandfather purchased them; they've run in Harrisville since 1925. They take the wool in its a rough state; it's been washed, blended, and then the card combs the wool out as it moves to the front. It's a process, a long involved process in which a number of machines got pushed together, but as the wool moves through the card, it gets finer and finer carding because the whole Industrial Revolution was really aimed at the one problem of trying to make hand-spun yarn smooth. VO: Joyce Davis has been working at Harrisville Designs for 16 years. Joyce: Yeah, I do like doing it. Chip: Can you tell me why you like this job? Joyce: I don't know; it's very active. You're constantly moving; it makes the day go by fast. Chip: So you are having to concentrate on making sure it is all running right? Joyce: Well you have to keep an eye on it. Chip: Kinda like the kids. Joyce: It runs good.yeah.It runs good as long as you are watching it. The minute you turn your back on it. Chip: What are the things that could go wrong? Joyce: Well mainly just a little breaking end, and I have to pick it back up, and I have to change the spools when they get small. VO: As well as spinning high-quality wool and yarn, Harrisville Design started making looms and weaving-based toys for children. John: This is a product that we make for children we call an Easy Weaver. It comes out of the box like that ready to weave. It has two and a half yards of a hundred percent wool wore, and it is a very primitive weaving system, but it is actually is a loom just like the large one. And the other types of looms that we make, are tapestry type looms. This is one called a lap loom, and you manipulate the warp with the wool yarn and you can make or weave a picture or whatever. John: Our plan is to try and develop the complex. It's 80,000 square feet with a wide range of manufacturing to office-type use. So that we can offer employment to people who live in the town. The whole essence of Harrisville is a place where people live and work. |
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Tomorrow on New Hampshire Outlook - We all know that fish is good for us and it is a great change from our usual routine. But what if you could no longer find it at your local store? With fishing restrictions increasing and supply decreasing, there is a solution. Aquaculture. AND a special bond between a North Country woman and her horse. |
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That's it for this edition of New Hampshire Outlook. For all of us here at New Hampshire Public Television, thanks for joining us. Stay tuned for our Winter Auction. We'll be back tomorrow at 7:30. Good night. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. What if you could no longer find fish at your local store? With fishing restrictions increasing and supply decreasing, there is a solution. Aquaculture. Find out all about it tonight at 7:30 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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wman Biologists search for cause of fish kill -- Officials still are trying to find out what caused a mysterious salmon kill on Squam Lake in September. Fish and Game says it looks like the kill may have been greater than initial reports of up to 100 dead fish. Testing at state labs didnt show any abnormalities, so samples are being tested at a more sophisticated lab in Maine. AP-NY-1 |