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Next on New Hampshire Outlook tonight. OUT: what is philanthropy? I don't know The new campaign to get New Hampshire giving. AND the complex artistry of hand crafted music boxes |
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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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There are still no new winners in New Hampshire's election. The state elections office began recounting a record number of races this morning. 26 races are in dispute. The numbers in four Senate races are of particular interest to some because they'll determine which party has control of the state senate. Final results are at least two weeks away. |
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School construction projects worth over 60 million dollars are on hold - until a ruling comes down from the state's highest court. The New Hampshire Supreme Court is considering a challenge to a law that allows communities to approve borrowing for major projects by a three -fifths secret ballot vote - rather than a two thirds majority at annual town meetings. |
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There's a backlog of cases in the New Hampshire Superior Court. And it doesn't look like things will improve soon. Superior Courts in Rockingham, Merrimack and Hillsborough Counties each have one vacancy. A spokesperson for Governor Shaheen says the top priority is finding a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Sherman Horton. The judicial committee also will work on replacing six district court judges before turning to the Superior Court vacancies. |
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New Hampshire is making sure young people don't go hungry. A national survey is recognizing the state for increasing the number of chidren enrolled in its school breakfast program during the last school year. The Food Research and Action Center says just over 35 percent of low-income school children - who receive free or reduced priced lunches - also got breakfast. That's 16 thousand, 250 children - up from about 15 thousand from the previous year. |
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New Hampshire has been ranked as the healthiest state in the nation. The rankings by United Health Group are based on 17 federal statistics covering diseases, deaths, working conditions and health care. The Granite State also had the nation's best rankings for its violent crime rate, adequacy of prenatal care, infant mortality rate and support for public health care. |
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Politics is a family affair for one Exeter family. Fifty-three-year-old Marshall Quandt and his 21-year-old son, Matthew, will serve together in the state House of Representatives.They campaigned as a team. The younger Quandt said his father provided the political expertise and he supplied the muscle. Father and son will represent Exeter and Kensington. |
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That's the news summary. We'll be back with our focus on philanthropy and more after the weather. |
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TONIGHT MOSTLY CLEAR LOW AROUND 30 TOMORROW MOSTLY SUNNY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY MID AFTERNOON HIGH IN THE UPPER 40s FRIDAY PARTLY CLOUDY A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS LATE HIGH IN THE 40s |
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The holiday season is just around the corner. For some people, it's the time of year when we think about giving to others. In fact today is National Philanthropy Day. According to a recent survey we're not doing too well in the philanthropy department. Chip Neal shows us what philanthropy is and what it means to New Hampshire. |
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pkg: woman1: Philanthropy? Yes, it's like giving, sharing, helping other people out with money or with their time. man1: Well, it's giving some of what you got to other people. Chip: OK, and is that something that you do? man1: Sure. Yeah. Chip: In what ways? man1: Well mainly catholic charities. man2: When someone who has plenty of money gives it to someone who doesn't. Chip: What is philanthropy? woman2: I'm not so sure I know. Chip: Philanthropy as defined in the dictionary is love of mankind or concern with human welfare in the reduction of human suffering. woman3: I think it's a big a fancy word "philanthropy", and we think that the philanthropists are the rich people, but all of us who give a little bit of money, I think, particularly in philanthropy, but even as I said the dollar a week through United Way makes us philanthropists. Chip: This day care center survives in part because of contributions from the United Way and that scenario is repeated all over the state. In fact, giving or philanthropy is one of the state's most important revenue sources. woman4: In 1998, which is the last year of which we have data, New Hampshire citizens gave more than $380,000,000 for charitable purposes. That's based on IRS data. In fact, they probably gave more. Chip: But according to a recent survey of IRS tax returns, New Hampshire ranks 48th in the nation in itemized contributions to charity while we rank 9th in per capita income. Ross Gittel: So we're a wealthy state and on the other hand, we rank very poorly--relatively low in terms of charitable contributions so there's that sort of a disconnect between our ability to give and our actual giving. And that's disappointing to many in the state not only because we are not giving up to our capacity but people who live here like New Hampshire because of its sense of community and there is this high volunteerism, and the issue is why does that volunteerism and that high per capita income translate into higher charitable contributions. woman4: Philanthropy is critical for New Hampshire. New Hampshire has a tradition of deminimized government, and so, we really rely on our community organizations probably more than most states. Ross Gittel: Yes, what we find is that potential givers, the residents out there, do care about a range of issues like the environment, like education in the state, and they are willing to give if they have that connection to the giving, and they can see results. woman3: United Ways all over the state, 12 United Ways but specifically ours here in Merrimack County funds 39 different programs in this county, and they range from the prenatal programs that work with woman with high risk pregnancies, through programs for kids like we see here, programs for youths like the boys and girls club, programs for adults like the Red Cross--its blood drawings; its disaster reliefs--programs for seniors like the foster grandparents programs on up to programs up to the very end of life like the hospice programs that the VNA's run, so it's really philanthropy across the board. Ross Gittel: People really connect into philanthropy through their own civic engagements such as their involvement in their neighborhood, their involvement in local schools whether or not they have children, and it seems like the more and more residents are connected in a variety of ways to their community the more likely they are to contribute to a charitable organization. Chip: The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation's Giving New Hampshire Initiative is trying to strengthen philanthropy in New Hampshire by partnering with small working groups at the county level. woman4: The Strafford County group really feels that people learn to give, so they are examining different programs from across the country, which engage children or young people in philanthropy and teach them the value of getting involved in the community teaches them how good it feels to reach out to somebody else and lend a helping hand. Ross Gittel: But I think given our fiscal capacity, given our household income that we should start asking the next question not only to volunteer but also to give in terms of financial donations to non profits. Maybe it's not that we are terrible givers but maybe we are terrible askers. |
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With me now is Lew Feldstein, President of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation and Rev. Charles "Kelly" Clark, chair of their Task Force for Philanthropy. |
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Thanks to my guests Lou Feldstein and Rev. Charles Clark of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. All across the state there are organizations that could use your help. Here are a few places where you could lend a helping hand. At the end of the list, you'll see our email address. Let us know if we should add your neighborhood organization to our holiday wish list. |
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WISH LIST Strafford County Head Start: Seeking Book Buddies to donate books of their choice to children enrolled in Head Start Program. Contact 335-8633 _________________________________________________ Cocheco Valley Humane Society Needs small animal food, blankets, paper towels, anti-bacterial soap, cat litter, HEPA filter call 749-5322 _______________________________________ New Hampshire Reads Needs paper, crayons, markers, child-safe scissors, old greeting card fronts. To be sent to children in Nicaragua call 335-3611 _________________________ Youth for Youths Afterschool center needs: phone, waste baskets, folding chairs and tables, vacuum cleaner, craft materials, first aid kit call 692-0566 ____________________________________________ Send your organization's wish list to: nhoutlook@nhptv.unh.edu |
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Here's a look at some of the stories making headlines in New Hampshire business. If you're a customer of Granite State Electric Company, your next bill may be higher. The company says it's raising rates due to escalating oil and gas prices. The average rate hike - 18-point-four percent. The increase will remain in effect for six months. New England women enjoy greater economic, political and social status than those in other parts of the country. That's according to a new study released by the non-profit Institute for Women's Policy Research. But the news isn't all good. New Hampshire's Commission on the Status of Women says wages earned by women have declined in recent years when adjusted for inflation. Men, on the other hand are making more than the national average - and the gap between men and women's salaries has widened. For every dollar men earn - women earn 70 cents in comparable jobs. New Hampshire ranks 34th in the nation for pay equity. A Londonderry citizens group says it will go to court to try to block a gas line expansion for a new power plant. The Londonderry Neighborhood Coalition is challenging plans to replace pipelines that will service the AES plant. Plant construction is already underway. But the gasline work hasn't begun. The group says it wants the government to re-examine safety standards being used on the pipes that will run past town five schools. |
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Occasionally we like to slip across the border and visit with some of our neighbors. Such is the case tonight when we take you to Randolph, Vermont where history has never sounded so nice. OUT:type of framework. then:05 music |
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Tomorrow on New Hampshire Outlook - What use does the U.S. military have for investing in Non-lethal weapons? We'll see how rubber bullets, bean bags and more are being put to use by U.S. forces all over the world. And hunting season is here.we'll show you how to be safe in the woods. |
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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 NOVA. We'll be back tomorrow at 7:30. Good night. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. In the future, will we fight our wars with lazers, foam and fog? Those are just some of the visions unveiled at a confrence now going on in Portsmouth. Join us tonight at 7:30 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |