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Next on New Hampshire Outlook tonight. A new organization for the New Economy is launched. Sit down with the founders of Network New Hampshire. |
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New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg also attended today's Supreme Court session. Gregg says he hopes the Court brings closure to the presidential election with a definitive decision about the legitimacy of further manual recounts in Florida. He says the justices focused on issues of equal protection and the conduct of the Florida Supreme Court in ordering more recounts. Gregg was Bush's New Hampshire campaign chairman. |
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Youth-service providers in the city of Keene will receive over one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars over the next four years as part of an after school grant program from the state and other foundations. The Keene Sentinel says the money will be used to implement a series of after-school activities available to children -- at no cost to their families. The project was inspired by a 1998 University of New Hampshire study that revealed Keene has a higher delinquency rate than the rest of the state. |
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Police in several eastern New Hampshire communities were busy following up reports of gunfire Friday and Saturday night. Residents thought a drive-by shooter might have been riding through their towns. It turns out the noise was coming from the exhaust system of a car driven by a pizza delivery boy. An officer stopped 17-year-old Adam Berrini on Saturday, after he made a pizza delivery in Sandown. Berrini says his car backfires loudly sometimes. The police suggested he get it fixed. |
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That's the news summary. We'll be back with our focus on Network New Hampshire and more after the weather. |
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TONIGHT DRIZZLE EARLY RAIN SHOWERS LATE LOW IN THE 30s TOMORROW MOSTLY CLOUDY MID 40s.THEN UPPER 20s LATE WEDNESDAY SUNNY MID 20s |
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A new organzation focused on the new economy has been created here in New Hampshire. Members of the group - known as Network New Hampshire- sometimes meet at Breaking New Grounds in Portsmouth to do some brainstorming. We joined them recently to learn who they are and what they hope to accomplish here in New Hampshire. OUT: |
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Here's a look at some of the stories making headlines in New Hampshire business. |
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A Claremont eye doctor says he's closing his practice. He says it because he spends more time seeing red tape than his patients. After twenty years, Ophthalmologist John Herpel has told patients he's closing at the end of next month. Herpel says he spends most of his time doing secretarial work and trying to deal with insurance companies and Medicaid. |
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Efforts to protect land from development in the Connecticut River Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont have gotten a big boost. An anonymous couple has given the Upper Valley Community Foundation more than six million dollars for a fund that focuses on land preservation. The Foundation says the couple gave the money to protect quiet places where wildlife can flourish, especially along rivers, lakes and streams. |
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President Clinton today signed a bill into law designed to save Florida's Everglades. The bill also releases millions of dollars for projects affecting New Hampshire. A million and a half dollars will go to clean up water along the Pemigewasset River. And one-point-two million dollars will be added to an ecosystem restoration project in North Hampton. |
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Tomorrow on New Hampshire Outlook - A good percentage of people in New Hampshire rely on private wells for their drinking water. State health officials want to make sure people are testing their wells for safety. Chip Neal gets his well tested and gets the results on Outlook. And we venture outdoors with Naturalist Dave Erler to take a closer look at one of North America's largest woodpeckers, the Pileated Woodpecker. |
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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 Christmas Glory 2000 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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In other news. tonight. Former New Hampshire Senator Warren Rudman is in Jerusalem working with a U.S.-led commission looking into Israeli-Palestinian violence. Each side has blamed the other for nearly ten weeks of fighting in which over 300 people have been killed. Maine Senator George Mitchell is leading the five member commision which also includes members from Turkey, Norway and Spain. It's spending three days in the region. |
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Tenth-graders at Monadnock Regional High School in Swanzey scored among the highest in New Hampshire on state assessment tests, but in sending students on to college, Monadnock drops back into the pack. But other indicators of achievement, outlined by the N.H. Department of Education two weeks ago in its first-ever school profiles, show that Monadnock High students scored substantially lower last year on SAT tests than did some other students in the region, raising questions about what the various tests measure, and how useful the numbers are in indicating excellence. "I think the state really needs to look at the validity of the tests. I don't think the information the state is getting accurately reflects what students are learning," said Lawrence A. Murphy, assistant principal at Conant High School in Jaffrey. On the SAT, for example, Monadnock High students scored 17 points below than the state average on the verbal section, and 24 points lower in math. However, in the state's tests at 78 N.H. high schools, Monadnock 10th-graders ranked 10th in language, and 11th in math. While two different groups took those tests -- this year's 10th-graders and last year's seniors -- both scores can be seen as a measure of how the school is educating students. But good state test results do not necessarily translate into college attendance. Monadnock High sends far fewer students to four-year colleges than the state average. Across the state, 47.6 percent of male graduates and 60.3 percent of female graduates went on to four-year colleges in 1999. But at Monadnock, the numbers were 35.6 percent of males, and 50.7 percent of females. What lesson does that teach? "One would believe that success in one area would lead to success in the same area in the future," said Timothy Kurtz, math curriculum coordinator for the N.H. Department of Education. Other say the tests can't be compared. The SATs and the state assessment tests are designed to measure different educational standards, and much of the data in the school profiles can be interpreted in different ways, said David Hodgdon, director of curriculum and instruction for N.H. School Administrative Unit 38, which includes Monadnock. "You have to believe that the standards that the state sets are good standards," Hodgdon said. In that belief, schools across New Hampshire have focused on teaching students what the state says they should know, and at the grade level they should know it. However, some schools may be tailoring their teaching only so students do well on the tests, Murphy said. Scores on the state assessment tests don't exist in a vacuum, and other factors must be considered when reviewing them, Hodgdon said. For instance, a family's financial situation can impair a student's ability to do well in school and on standardized tests, and his or her ability to go to college. The state education department tried to take that into account when measuring scores on its assessment tests. Each school's scores were measured against other schools with similar percentages of students eligible for free or reduced-priced lunches. At Thayer High School in Winchester, 23.6 percent of students are eligible for free or reduced-priced lunches. Thayer 10th-graders scored substantially lower on the SATs and the state assessments tests than the state averages. Monadnock 10th-graders scored higher on the state tests than most schools with students in similar financial situations. The percentage of Monadnock students eligible for free or reduced-priced lunches, 9.7 percent, is considerably lower than the state average, 16.3 percent. At Keene High School, a higher percentage of students, 13.4 percent, are eligible for free or reduced-priced lunches than at Monadnock. Keene students scored two points above the state average on the verbal section of the SATs, and only one point lower on the math section. But Keene High graduates go to college at much higher rates than Monadnock's graduates. Of Keene High's 1999 graduates, 63 percent of male and 67 percent of female students went on to four-year colleges. One reason is that Keene is strong in teaching students to apply what they've learned, which is what colleges look for, said Thomas J. Kane, assistant superintendent for curriculum in N.H. School Administrative Unit 29, which includes Keene. Schools can't keep doing the same things forever, and Keene is working to align its curriculum with state standards, Kane said. At the same time, the state tests should not become all-engrossing. "We should not fall into the trap like other states and make the assessment tests the end-all of education," Kane said. "They're just one measure against many. In Keene, we keep our eye on many." At Fall Mountain Regional High School in Langdon, 7.8 percent of students were eligible for meal subsidies -- a bit fewer than at Monadnock High. But a far higher percentage of students at Fall Mountain -- 44.1 percent of males and 67.9 percent of females -- went to four-year colleges last year. One intention of the tests is to improve the state's educational system as a whole, Kurtz said. Students are taking the tests so that their younger brothers or sisters will get a better education in the future. The state's position is that the best comparison is how a particular school is performing over time -- not how one school compares to another. "It should be the case that, over time, schools will improve incrementally," Kurtz said. "There's always room for improvement." |
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Christmas trees top the list for families in need this holiday season. 25 families received their tree at the Portsmouth police station. Police hope it will become a new holiday tradition of bringing Christmas trees into the homes of local families. "Nobody gives trees and we always get phone calls. It means a lot to the kids," said Vicki Mello, director of RCA's work force development program. The firs, which cost between $25 and $30, were purchased through the Portsmouth Rotary Club. SOURCE: Portsmouth Herald |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. A lot of us rely on private wells for our drinking water. How often should you test your well water? How does well water differ from public systems? We'll find out tonight at 7:30 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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AP-NH--Gambling-Work Release dewman Bar owner works at his bar while serving sentence -- A restaurant owner convicted of illegal gambling in Manchester spent much of his jail sentence at the bar instead of behind bars. Under a work-release program, 40-year-old William Laberge was allowed to work at Billy's Sports Bar and Grill six nights a week. He was serving a sentence for illegal gambling at that bar. He also was allowed to work at The Derryfield restaurant, which he helps manage. Hillsborough County Jail Superintendent James O'Mara supported Laberge's request for work-release, saying that without a manager, restaurants might have closed, putting 70 people out of work. John O'Keefe, another restaurant owner serving a gambling sentence, said allowing Laberge to stay out of jail until three in the morning was a joke. He says for eight of the ten days he was in jail, he was locked in his cell 22 hours a day. AP-NY-12-11-00 0812EST |