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Next on New Hampshire Outlook. Our changing population. the new census numbers tell only part of the story. We share some personal perspectives - What is it like to be a minority in New Hampshire? AND.They come from all over Latin America. They live in Manchester. The Latino community comes together to celebrate their culture. |
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Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. I'm Allison McNair. |
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The legislature met in concord Wednesday for the first time in half a year. As producer Richard Ager tells us it was an occasion for catching up on much more than politics. |
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The Senate will also work on a bill next week that would permit the Segway scooters to drive on sidewalks. |
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State Officials aren't happy that the owner of the mills in Berlin and Gorham wants to sell off some of its inventory. American Tissue Incorporated has filed a request to sell off or abandon non essential assets - that includes personal property or inventory, so it can pay its creditors. According to the New Hampshire attorney general's office, the request is too broad and could jeopardize reopening the North country mills. |
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And even though the mill in Berlin remains closed, city officials are waiving off a two million dollar low interest loan from the state. At least for the time being. Mayor Robert Danderson says the city will wait to see what happens with the idle pulp mill. He says the city doesn't need the money right now, and he'd worry about how to pay it back. The city has made big budget cuts with more likely to follow. Berlin's largest taxpayer - the owner of the mill - is millions of dollars behind in tax payments. In Gorham it's a different story. Officials there say they'll will accept a loan. |
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New Hampshire is one of the whitest states in the nation. Our minority population - according to the latest census numbers, stands at 2 percent. Even so, the numbers of immigrants coming to New Hampshire is on the rise. Coming up in a bit we'll talk more about what we have learned from the recent census.But first, how has being a minority in New Hampshire changed? |
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track Thirty years ago, when people thought of the minority population in Manchester - Latin Americans weren't part of the equation. Eileen Phinney was part of that community and remembers what it was like. -- sot 01:24:00 I came at the very end of sixty nine, nineteen seventy. And, when I came, uh, the word minority didn't exist. There were Poles, and the Franco-Americans from way back, and uh, they were already integrated completely. And, I remember once I wanted to make a Chinese dish I like cooking and I couldn't find ginger root. There were no stores that sold anything like that. And now the stores have all sorts of things, hearts of palm, anything you want, uh, for Latin food and for other countries, other cultures I think too. 01:24:40 Out -- track Eileen helped start up the Latin American Center. She remembers how unaware people were of her community. ---- 01:26:27 Well one thing that will show you how different it was. Uh, when we got the first grant, for it to be approved, we had to go to Concord to pass through the Governor and the council. And uh, when we were saying this is for the Latin American, 'Latin Americans! We didn't know there were any Latin Americans here.' And already we had, in our census we had probably, yet definitely incomplete, we had a hundred or two hundred people. Uh, which grew to, now I feel we're pretty close to ten thousand. Yeah. -- track In 1985, the Latin American center moved to a Manchester neighborhood. The center was not welcome by all with open arms. -- sot 01:21:36 In the beginning, we realized that there was a little bit of hostility in the neighborhood. We made flyers and we passed them around. Then uh, after we moved uh, the back was a big garage door 'cause this was the fire station garage. And on that door they had written in black, big black letters, 'Spicks, go home.' So most of them considered this place home already so it was quite hurtful. But we realized that you know, a foreign language etcetera was something that they were not used to. And uh, the matter of fact we had a neighborhood watch here with the police so that, and we hosted it, and little by little I think we uh, made friends with the neighbors. 01:23:56 Out -- track Eva Castillo Turgeon also works at the Latin American Center. She was born in Venezuela and went to college in Michigan. Eva first came to NH in 1983. Because she didn't look different- people were surprised when they found out she was from another country. -- sot 01:03:08 They would say, 'Where are you from,' 'I'm from Venezuela,' 'Oh, where's that at?' 'The northern part of South America.' 'But you're white?' You know, that was, all the time that was a comment they used to make. 01:03:23 Out -- BUTT BITE 01:03:27 Yeah, I used to tell them we are all descendents from, mixed Euro, all races from Europeans, blacks, Indians, so you know, everybody has a different mixture, we don't come in one color. 01:03:41 Out -- track Even today - because she has an accent - people sometimes make incorrect assumptions. -- sot 01:06:35 A couple of months ago I took a cab, so he heard my accent and he said, 'Where are you from?' 'Venezuela.' 'Oh, you came here for a better living, huh? You live here much better?' I said, 'No, I have a huge house in Venezuela that I paid for, cash, I have three live-in maids. So, economically I don't live better here, I was much better off there, but I have all of my husbands family here, and I, I have strong ties to them, so. So, I don't have a better living here.' You know, I was living good there. 01:07:11 Out -- track And even though there has been an increase in the Latin American population in Manchester - some intolerence for those who are "different" still exists. -- SOT 01:18:47 I tried to make a doctor's appointment for one of our clients. And the lady that answered the phone, I told her, 'I'm calling to make an appointment for such and such.' 'Well, is he there?' I said 'Yes he is.' 'Well why doesn't he talk to me himself?' I said 'Well, cause he can't speak English, do you want to talk to him in Spanish?' 'No, why doesn't he speak English if he's here?' 'I said listen he just moved here, he doesn't speak well.' So she treated me very badly over the phone. I was offended, I ended up telling her 'Don't worry, never mind, I'll make an appointment with somebody else.' And I hung up on her. You know, it offends me sometimes, the way people react with us. Then on the other hand we have people that are very helpful and they go the extra mile to understand us or understand the people that don't speak correctly. 1:19:47 -- track Eva feels learning English is essential to success in New Hampshire and the United States. She teaches English at the Center. -- sot 01:11:17 there's a lot of professional people in our country that cannot speak English. And they come here and they have to take a factory job or a janitorial job, uh, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that type of job but those people have college degrees. But until they learn to speak English correctly there's no way they can get a professional job. BUTT BITE 01:11:52 we have quite a few cases of people that have really made an effort to learn, you know, within a year or so they have a good job. The sky is the limit. But the base for everybody, and that is something I want to stress to the Latin Americans that are here, is we must learn English. You know, if we want to have a better life, you know, we're in an English speaking country and we, we have to learn English if we want to be accepted by society. 01:12:32 Out -- track The challenge is to maintain a link to cultural heritage while becoming part of the "mainstream". -- sot sot 01:27:15 Well, I think it's important because, the important thing is that a lot of people have been here now for a long time. And they have grown up kids who have been brought up here. And that's also a very interesting new angle because the kids often are, they might not speak, or they speak not very good Spanish. And they might feel much more Anglo. So, the parents, and I think it's important for the parents to, to feel that they can pass on their culture. Their food, uh, the parents have been Americanized too, they own homes, maybe, etcetera. But it's important to feel that what you had what you brought to this country you still have because it's valuable. 01:28:02 Out -- sot 01:14:13 Well we're, just think of the people as ice cream. They come in all sorts of different flavors but it's still ice cream. So, you know, the core of it is we're all people, all different colors, different accents and nationalities, but we're just the same. So don't be intimidated, you know, it can be wonderful to learn about different countries, to learn how people do different things to learn about other people. And other ways of doing things. There's not one way to do everything, you know. 01:14:51 Out |
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The Dow Industrials wavered for a fifth straight session on Wednesday, saddled by profit warnings from American Express and Merck. The Nasdaq followed suit after a short lived gain earlier in the day. |
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The Dow Jones industrial average ended up six points. The Nasdaq rose nine points. The S and P 500 was almost unchanged, up three-tenths of a point. Dow Jones Industrials\9894.81\+6.44\NYSE\575.39\-0.72\AMSE\816.58\- 1.53\Nasdaq\2011.38\+ 9.45\S&P 500\1137.07\+0.31\Wall Street\ |
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Here's a look at stocks of interest to New Hampshire investors. Lockheed Martin rose 82 cents today. Pennichuck Corporation went up 75 cents. Sanmina-Sci Corporation slid 70 cents whileTexas instruments gained a dollar 15 cents. And Timberland Corporation finished the day down one dollar and 29 cents. |
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A bit of messy weather may be in store for us. To get details we checked in with Katie Koster at the Mount Washington Observatory and also found out what is was like on top of the rock pile |
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Mount Washington Observatory\Wednesday On The Summit\Mostly sunny, overcast \High: 42 degrees\Peak gust: SW 26 mph\Visibility: 80 miles Overnight\North\Cloudy \Chance of rain showers \or freezing rain\Lows: lower 30s Overnight\South\Cloudy \Chance of rain showers or drizzle\Patchy fog\Lows: Upper 20s into the mid 30s Thursday\North\Rain showers or freezing rain\Rain by late morning\Areas of fog\Highs: 40 to 45 Thursday\South\Occasional rain showers \or drizzle\Fog\Highs: 45 to 50 |
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Earlier we talked about the changing face of New Hampshire's population. Just last weekend the Latin American community celebrated a traditional festival in Manchester. Tim Estiloz was there. |
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On the next New Hampshire Outlook - We travel to Hanover for the annual Christmas celebration of music. Let the Revels begin. |
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That's it for this edition of our program. Thanks for joining us. We'll see you next time on New Hampshire Outlook. We leave you with more highlights from last weekend's festival in Manchester. |
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Massport has selected a Bedford company's product to help improve security at Logan Airport. Imaging Automation says its document authentication technology is being tested at Logan. The system uses pattern and facial recognition to verify documents and individuals, speeding passenger check-in. |
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When you fill up your gas tank in the future - you may be using fuel without the additive M-t-b-e. New Hampshire has formally asked the federal government to allow it to stop using M-t-b-e. The additive cleans the air, but pollutes water. The state has implemented a new regulation that calls for a different kind of reformulated gasoline that burns cleanly without M-t-B-E. Before any change is made - the state must show that a change in the reformulated gas would meet national air pollution limits. |
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Joining me to talk about the numbers is Ross Gittell, professor with the UNH Whittemore School of Buisiness and Economics. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. We travel to Hanover for the annual Christmas celebration of music. The Revels begin at 10 only on NH Outlook |