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Next on New Hampshire Outlook. strong reaction to the court's ruling on the pledge of allegiance, plus. House Democrats walk out during the debate on redistricting AND author Laurie Morrow shares insight about NH's small towns in her "Hardscrabble Chronicles" |
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Hello. I'm Allison McNair. Welcome to NH Outlook. |
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The court decision that the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitional is on hold for now. The federal judge who wrote the opinion has now blocked it from being enforced -- at least until the full Ninth U-S Circuit Court of Appeals can review it. Judge Goodwin's earlier ruling drew strong reaction Thursday. In the nation's capital House members began the day by reciting the pledge. Both the House and the Senate passed resolutions condemning the court's decision. We spoke to Claire Ebel from the New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union and State Representative Frank Saperto about the court ruling. |
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or under Jesus if goes into effect - 9 western states banned from pldge being recited Claire from your perspective - what's your take on the ruling? Frank - you were sponsor of of house bill making pledge mandatory in NH schools. 40% of the schools in this state that do not say the Pledge of Allegiance. Some argue the ultimate patriot is one who doesn't have to go around wearing the flag although he certainly respects that flag. Who doesn't have to force others to wear that flag, or to salute that flag. 1943 ruling US Supreme Court children cannot be forced to recite the pledge,,,Dr. Newdow - first amendment rights of daughter harmed becuause she had tro watch and lsiten that there is one God. under god was added in 1954 1984 several members of supreme court Justice Marshall Blackmun John Paul Stevens and Brennan said references like In God We Trust which appears on US Currency and coins were protected freom the establishment claste beacuase religious significance had been lost through rote repition. Drug testing US SUppreme Court ruling. radom drug test okay interest of ridding campus of drugs outweighs individual's right to privacy. students competitive = - after school activities teams reasonable in preventing dering and detcting drug use.Justice Thomas former oklahoma h.s. honor student academic quiz team and choir Lindsay Earls now at Dartmouth. school system voted tot est extracurricular students because lower expectation of privacy Jusitvce Ginsburg saud it's not reasonable is perverse Justice O'Connor and Souter fild separate dissent better than 50 percent participate in after school Earls and American Civil Liberites Union argued suspisionless drug tests |
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If you'd like to join in on the discussion, Claire Ebel and Representative Sapareto will join host Laura Knoy on the Exchange tomorrow morning at 9 on New Hampshire Public Radio. |
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Some other major court rulings on Thursday from the U-S Supreme Court. The court ruled that random drug testing in public schools is okay. The court said the interest of ridding the campus of drugs outweighs an individual's right to privacy. Also on Thursday, a major church-and-state ruling. The Supreme Court has upheld school voucher programs. The court says they're allowed as long as they provide parents a wide choice of religious and secular schools. |
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Two House redistricting plans failed to win approval in the senate Thursday. It was a contentious day for Housemembers. Democrats and Republicans argued over the republicans introduction of House Concurrent Order One. Introducing the plan as an order rather than a bill, meant it could not be vetoed by the Governor - who has done so with earlier plans. If the order had passed in the Senate, it would then go directly to the Secretary of State for consideration. That did not sit well with House Democrats, who argued vehemently against it. |
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SOT 1:19:49 T1 Burling "The plan, whatever plan it is, now being brought forward is a violation of house rules, it is a subversion of house institutional process and I believe passionately that the speaker is wrong in what he is doing. I do not wish him ill. I care for him like I care for the institution of the house. But it is wrong to do as an order that which we have voted not to do as a bill." TRACK House Minority Leader Pete Burling expressed his concerns about the validity of HCO 1, questioning the use of an order as opposed to a bill. This redistricting plan had failed previously as a bill and was reintroduced in the session as an order. Representative Keith Herman argued that the order was within current rules and procedure. SOT 1:27:08 T1 Herman "According to all our house rules, our constitution, orders of parliamentary procedure as outlined in masons, which you have voted to accept, the speaker's ruling that an order is in motion at this time to be taken up for introduction is appropriate. I urge all of you to respect the rules that you have adopted and uphold the speakers decision to allow the order to be introduced." TRACK Both sides debated the issue for a good part of the morning. Neither side gave up any ground. Finally, expressing his frustration, Peter Burling asked all the Democrats to join him in his office and then left the House floor. 1:33:35 T2 Democrats all getting up and leaving NATS "The house will be in order" 1:36:46 T2 Jacobson "Speaker, I do not believe we have a quarum here." Speaker answers "There are 205 members here." Crowd applauds. TRACK With a quorum remaining the House Speaker moved quickly to vote on both the introduction and passage of HCO 1 and HB 2002, another redistricting plan. SOT 1:37:13 T2 Speaker "The question before the house is on the adoption on the motion on house concurrent order number one. All those in favor say ay 'lots of ayes'. All those against say nay 'a few nays'. The ayes have it by the necessary two thirds." |
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As we mentioned, the order failed in the Senate. Thirteen of the 24 Senators voted in favor of the order. Sixteen votes were needed to satisfy the 2/3rds majority vote requirement. The State Supreme Court is due to set the districts in a few weeks if a compromise isn't reached. |
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Summer weather has definitely arrived in the granite state as temperatures reached into the high eighties and even 90s. We checked in with Chris Perruzzi at the Mount Washington Observatory to see what's instore for the end of the week. |
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Mount Washington Observatory\Thursday on the Summit\In the fog then mostly cloudy\High: 55\Peak Gust: W 59 mph\Visibility: 70 Miles Friday\North\Partly sunny\Highs: 80 to 85\Winds: NW 5 to 10 mph\ Friday\South\Mostly cloudy early \Chance of a shower\Otherwise partly sunny\Highs: 80 to 85 |
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For many people, small town life is what draws them to New England. Whether it's the neighborly residents or the rural scenery, there is something that's unique. Here in New Hampshire, some of those idyllic towns still exist. Recently I had the chance to speak with one New Hampshire woman who turned her years in a small village into a new book called "The Hardscrabble Chronicles." |
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Author talks about the idea for the book 0224 "I'd lived in Hardscrabble all my adult life and I never said, gee I should write a book about Hardscrabble. What happened was, a neighbor down the road, an elderly lady had just lost her husband and I was outside working on the garden or something, and she came over and she was crying, and she said somebody should write our stories, and the only one who can is you. Now this isn't because I was the only one credentialed to write the stories of Hardscrabble. I had been the town columnist for years." 0302 In fact, Laurie Morrow - the author of several books - knows well that Hardscrabble can be an inspiration for writing. She learned that from long-time resident and author Corey Ford. Author talks about Corey Ford 0535 "He came to Hardscrabble and started writing stories about our village, and the eccentric people that lived there. Now his slant which was done in columns for Field and Stream between 1952 and his death in 1969 were under the title The Lower 40, and so most people will know him today as the author of The Lower 40 columns in Field and Stream, but if you look at his body of work, 33 novels, over a thousand short stories, the man was actually, I think, one of the unsung literary giants of our century." 0611 Where are towns like Hardscrabble? Laurie says they're everywhere. Author talks about Hardscrabbles in the city, country, and suburbs 1002 "I think you could go into, especially since 9-11, any neighborhood in New York City and find a Hardscrabble. I think that you can certainly go to any small New England town and find a Hardscrabble. I think you can go to any place in suburbia. Hardscrabble is as much a frame of mind as it is anything else. Oh it's real, and it does exist. I live there, I've lived there for 30 years. But the kindness of people, the comraderie of people, the laughter, the sorrow, the tears; if you stop and think about it, you probably have a Hardscrabble in your own hometown." 1044 The neighborly element of Hardscrabble is one of its most important qualities. Author talks about support of townspeople 1200 "Tuna casseroles it all really boils down to tuna casseroles. Whenever anything went wrong with anybody in the community, if there was a death or if there was a family in need and it was the winter and their larder wasn't quite full, you could count on tuna casseroles and then the men would come and the would cut your wood. Now does this exist today, yeah, as recently as last week when we buried a young man who I had known since he was an hour old who took his life. And it was mental illness, it was I think, beyond any of our comprehension and what did we all do in town, we cooked and baked, because that's how we do it. Maybe in the cities you'd send flowers. We have flowers in our garden, so we cook." 1248 Author talks about the people of Hardscrabble 1138 "It's the people that make a town and certainly the people of Hardscrabble made Hardscrabble, and made my life what it is today which is pretty rich." 1148 It's not just the people, though, that give Hardscrabble its unique charm, it's the wilderness and rural quality that Laurie, who hunts and fishes, says offers a window into the history of the town. Author talks about hunting and fishing in Hardscrabble 1738 "The hunting and fishing thing, today it's more sport but back when I came to town it wasn't that at all, it was sustinence If you didn't get a dear, for some families, you didn't have meat for the wintertime, and fish, well that was your supper. So hunting and fishing didn't have the connotation that it does today which is you get out in your four by four and get your license and sling a deer on top of your SUV and then drive home. It really was imperative for survival. And there are still some few families who need to have a deer in their freezer to get through the winter, and there are certainly others of us who, if we do take a deer, and I don't actually deer hunt, I bird hunt, it's in order to have a lovely dinner." 1833 Animals play an important role in Hardscrabble, but they're not always being hunted. Author talks about dogs in Hardscrabble 2626 "Dogs for some people are part of their family and in some cases, they're like their children. In Hardscrabble dogs have that kind of importance but a little more because when you live in a rural community where winter seems to be nine months long, and your neighbor is far away, then your dog is your companion, and your dog is the element of your life that keeps you alive." 2700 |
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Laurie is multi-talented. She did the drawings you just saw in the piece. And they're included in The Hardscrabble Chronicles. The Creative Artists Agency is looking into making the book into a television series. |
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Whether it's art, music or dance you're looking for, we have a little bit of everything in this week's arts calendar. |
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Lost Gardens of New England\through October\New Ipswich\603 878-2517 Percussive Dance Festival\June 24 - 29\Portsmouth\603 433-3100 Babes In Arms\June 25 - 30\New London\603 526-6710 Music of America\June 28\Concord\603 856-0608 Celebration of woodworking\June 29-30\Canterbury\603 783-9511 Fiddlers' Contest\June 30\Stark\603 636-1325 Craft Festival\June 29-30\Gilford\603 293-4341 Momix - Opus Cactus\June 29-30\Hanover\603 646-2422 |
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On the next New Hampshire Outlook - journalists from around the state help us put the week's top stories into perspective. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. Unconstitutional? The debate over the Pledge of Allegiance Tonight at 10 on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. journalists from around the stay weigh in on the weeks top stories from redistricting to the pledge of allegiance. Tonight at 10pm on New Hampshire Public Television. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. journalists from around the stay weigh in on the weeks top stories from redistricting to the pledge of allegiance. Tonight at 10pm on New Hampshire Public Television. |
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Monday on NH Outlook.politics and eggs with the US Senate Candidates.it's campaign 2002 monday at 10 only on NH Outlook. |
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Tonight on NH Outlook.politics and eggs with the US Senate Candidates.it's campaign 2002 tonight at 10 only on NH Outlook. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time:6/27/02 / 2200 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 12 min In addition to a summary of the day's top New Hampshire stories, this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, included a discussion on a pair of court decisions is stirring renewed debate about the separation of church and state. A Federal court in California prompted outrage when it ruled the phrase "under God" makes the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional. But the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 today that there was no constitutional problem with using public funds to pay for students to attend religious schools. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Allison McNair NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Claire Ebel\NH Civil Liberties Union Rep. Frank Sapareto\R - Derry |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time:6/27/02 / 2200 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 5:09 In addition to a summary of the day's top New Hampshire stories, this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, included a feature story on one New Hampshire woman who turned her years in a small village into a new book called "The Hardscrabble Chronicles." PRODUCER/REPORTER: Allison McNair NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Laurie Morrow/ Author, "The Hardscrabble Chronicles." |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time:6/27/02 / 2200 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 3:00 In addition to a summary of the day's top New Hampshire stories, this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, included a report on the NH House vote regarding redistricting of voting districts. PRODUCER/REPORTER: tai freligh NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Rep. Peter Burling\House Minority Leader Rep. Keith Herman\ Milford |
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A University of New Hampshire alumnus has given the school a two--million-dollar gift in honor of retiring college President Joan Leitzel and her late husband. The gift from Leslie Hubbard, a 1927 graduate, will establish the Joan and James Leitzel Center for Mathematics, Science and Engineering Education. Joan Leitzel is retiring at the end of the month. Her husband, James, was a renowned scholar and mathematics professor. |
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It was a contentious day in the House as Democrats and Republicans argued over the introduction of House Concurrent Order One, a redistricting plan. Because it is an order and not a bill, HCO 1 cannot be vetoed by the Governor, who has shot down several earlier plans. If it passes in the Senate, it goes directly to the Secretary of State for consideration. This plan did not sit well with House Democrats, who argued vehemently against it. |