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Hello. I'm Allison McNair. Welcome to NH Outlook. |
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New Hampshire's Roman Catholic bishop says he has no plans to resign. Bishop John McCormack addressed a meeting of more than 500 priests and lay church leaders Tuesday night. The meeting was held at St. John the Evangelist Church in Concord. Celene Ramadan has the story. |
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McCormack says the church is preparing a companion document and will release its own analysis of the state's report. |
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The question of whether employees have the right to decide whether to join a union is the subject of debate around the state. And a public hearing on proposed legislation brought hundreds of people to the state house last week. |
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Narr - The public hearings on House Bill 821 had to be moved to Representatives Hall in order to accommodate the large turn out. Narr - The bill sponsored by representative Maureen Mooney establishes a right to work act which provides a freedom of choice on whether to join a labor union. Sound of Maureen Narr - Berlin mayor Bob Danderson spoke in opposition of the bill. Sound of Bob Narr - The hearing continues at Representatives Hall on March 5th. |
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Joining me now. Paul Stokes, President of the State Employees Association of NH and a member of SEIU Local 1984 and Representative Fran Wendelboe, co-sponsor of House Bill 8-2-1 Right To Work. Thank you both for joining us. |
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Fran, in nutshell what does this bill do? Paul, why opposed In addition to workers being able to opt out of joining unions, they would no longer have to pay the what's known as their "fair share." or agency fee? Paul, fill us in on what fair share is? How impact employees? Are businesses in favor of this bill? What are the benefits of joining a union in today's economy? Are there similar laws in other states? Paul what impact have those laws had from your perspective? Who determines amount of fair share paid by employees who are not union members? What role do federal laws play in right to work What role does the legislature have in workers' rights? This bill has some history - been in committee before but never with recommendation by full house If bill were to pass what would happen to those in unions? |
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Since we're on the subject of working, we thought we'd take time out to bringyou this next story from the North Country. Long time newsman, Bob Barbin recently retired from WMOU in Berlin.. Barbin worked at the station for 38 years, and was often referred to as the news voice of the north Country. Theresa Kennett sat down with Barbin as he reflected on his career. |
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Nats - 1:09:57 - Barbin in studio Barbin at 00:32 I think I must of joined radio in "64 after I had been discharged from the radio. Jump cut to 9:03 - 9:10 I had never been in the business before. It was on the job training, learn on your own. Type of the thing so it took me a little while to get the hang of it. But once he got the hang of it, Bob Barbin worn a number of hats at WMOU. Barbin at 2:57 - 3:21 I was producing news programs in the morning. Four in the morning, one at 12 oclock, another one at 5 and going to meetings at night. And then as things progressed, I began to do other things, bookkeeping, disc jockey programs, producing payroll and checks between records late in the afternoon when I was doing my record show. Barbin has been credited with building up the local news program at WMOU. The biggest story he covered was the capture of Christopher Wilder in Colebrook in 1984. Wilder was a serial killer and one of the FBI's ten most wanted criminals. Barbin at 6:33 - 6:47 I called AP and they didn't believe it at first. They said are sure yes I'm sure. I started checking around and yes we got the bead on the story, I was the first to call AP on the story that Christopher Wilder had been apprehended in Colebrook during a shootout. In addition to local news Barbin hosted several call in shows and he did a live remote interview show at one of the local restaurants. Barbin at 14:54 We called it lunch at the Gypsy. He provided lunch for me and my guests. Barbin had some very interesting guests, including an owl, a snake and a hypnotist. Barbin at 15:39 -:53 I got hypnotized for the fun of it in front of everyone, just a little bit. For the first two years, the dining room was packed with people because of the novelty of the station doing a live remote with guests. When one program ran its course, Barbin started a new program with a different twist. Barbin at 13:36 -:39 I had an astrologer on the radio. Jump cut to 13:54 - 14:06 She was doing a little mini astrology readings for people on love money and travel. The three basic things that people want to listen to. So they would call up by the hundreds so we would extend the show for a couple of hours. That program lasted 10 years…. 17:39 - 17:53 How many hours a day were you working? Never the counted the hours, if I had. No, you get engrossed in the job and day after day it becomes a routine, plus it becomes a way of life. 01:18:57 - tlk asking Rod Ross How would you think this community would judge Bob Barbin's 38 years of service. 01:19:00 Rod Ross, Production Manager, Program Director at WMOU Oh boy that's a wonderful question. I would say dedicated, hard working colorful, that words been used a lot to describe Bob and a real advocate of the French community here in the area. Nats - Barbin on Radio at 1:06:50 -:54 The French Show has been a long standing tradition at WMOU. When the previous host retired 25 years ago, Barbin was th eonly person at the station who could speak French. Barbin at 21:10 So guess what, I was volunteered, I was volunteered to do the French show, it was difficult at first. Its hard to speak the language but one on one its not as bad as being out there in the public and your stumbling and your not quite sure what to say. Over the years Barbins French improved and his program featuring folk and country music became extremely popular. Barbin at 24:06 I started asking for requests from people for weddings and anniversaries and different things, wish somebody happy birthday. Jump Cut to 24:51 -:56 It got people involved in the program and I did it in such a way that it was a personal thing. Rod Ross at 01:17:54 Everybody loves it even it you don't understand French you like to listen to Bob do his French show and it's the culture, part of the culture here. Nats Barbin talking French on radio at 1:12:02 Barbin will continue to do his French show every Sunday and he will work for the news department on a part time basis. He says at 67 he is too young to retire. Barbin at 36:54 I figure life is too short to get old too quickly, the time to get old is when you pass on to another dimension, now we're getting into Barbinisms. Barbinisms are proverbs that Barbin started writing in 1996. He said it was his work in radio that prompted him to philosophize about life in this abridged fashion 46:53 You go to a public hearing that lasts two or three hours and then condense it in such a way that people will understand what happened. Barbinisms gained popularity with listeners in the late '90's. Now they appear daily on North Country Internet Access's web page and occasionally in local newspapers. Barbin - 45:01 Don't rue the day after you have enjoyed the night. So far Barbin has authored over 21,000 of these condensed little sayings. 44:38 Passing the buck is one way to do business. Don't try to out think yourself, you can't fool your own brain Stepping down as news director will give Barbin more time to compile his barbinisms and get them ready for publication. While it is a tremendous amount of work, Barbin says it's the positive feedback from the community that keeps him motivated. 48:34 In fact one woman told me a couple of years ago that her husband used to cut those individual ones and put them in his wallet to read from time to time. Just that response made it worth while for me to do this. From WMOU in Berlin, I'm Theresa Kennett for NH Outlook |
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Finally, if you have a son or daughter - who's out, driving at night during the winter months, you've probably felt more than just a little relief when you hear the sound of that car pulling up to your home. Almost two years ago, there were two friends, travelling on a dark, icy, New Hampshire road. But they never made it back home. The car they were in - skidded off the road, killing the passenger. Dozens of lives were shattered. But in an unusual case, the young man behind the wheel didn't spend a lot of time in jail. Instead, he's told his story to young men and women all over the Granite State. It's a story about love, loss, grief, forgiveness and "Joshua Moments." |
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SOT 4:11:22 My name is Jim Dozois. And I killed my best friend. … -- TRACK JIM DOZOIS HAS TOLD THIS STORY TO THOUSANDS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. TONIGHT, HE'S SPEAKING AT NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE. HE'S COME BACK TO THE VERY CAMPUS WHERE HE AND HIS BEST FRIEND, JOSH HALL, MET. -- transition nat go to nat of memorial place - doug and patty walking? -- TRACK SOMETIMES JOSH'S PARENTS - DOUG AND PATTY - COME HERE - TO THE AUDOBON SANCTUARY IN DEERING. JOSHUA LOVED NATURE. AND THIS IS A PLACE WHERE HE USED TO SPEND TIME. NEAR THE WATER'S EDGE, THERE'S A GRANITE BENCH - LEFT BY DOUG'S COWORKERS, IN MEMORY OF JOSH. -- sot Pattie: "It's…it's very peaceful. And we…we had brought his ashes out here. -We did that a year ago. -- TRACK JOSH LOVED THE OUTDOORS. HE'D GO HUNTING WITH HIS DAD, AND HE LOVED TO FISH TOO. AT AN EARLY AGE , JOSH BEGAN READING AND LEARNING ABOUT BIRDS. -- Doug 1:06:44if there was a flicker over there on that ree or a woodpecker he would go over…and pluck it from that tree and bring it to you. I don't know how he could do it but we were always amazed by it -- SOT Jim **4:12:00 :01 my best friend Joshua Hall is dead because I wasn't aware of the powers one has behind the wheel of the car… -- TRACK JIM WAS DRIVING THE NIGHT JOSH DIED. AFTER THE TWO VISITED A FRIEND THEY STOPPED TO HAVE A DRINK. THEN THEY HEADED HOME. JIM DOESN'T REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED, BUT HE'S BEEN TOLD THE CAR WENT OFF THE ROAD AND STRUCK A TELEPHONE POLL. ---- SOT JIM 4:19;50 it wasn't until I reached over and held him with my own hands that I could tell that he was already gone - crying 4:20:19 -- TRACK AFTER THE ACCIDENT, JIM WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND THEN TO THE MERRIMACK COUNTY JAIL. -- NAT FROM VIDEO HEARING -- TRACK THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, JIM AND PUBLIC DEFENDER JACKIE COLBURN WENT BEFORE THE CONCORD DISTRICT COURT VIA VIDEO HOOKUP. JACKIE SAYS JIM WAS BARELY ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE HEARING AND AT ONE POINT, HE COLLAPSED. -- MORE NAT FROM HEARING Track IN THE COURTROOM THAT DAY - DOUG AND PATTY HALL. -- SOT doug 3:07:44 we forgave Jim from the moment that the accident happened. BUTT BITE 3:07:55 patty and I had spoken and we had said that we would look through Josh's eyes that we were gonna try to base every decision that we made in the manner that we thought he would make that decision. BUTT BITE Jim was a person that Josh had loved and he was a friend he was a good person he didn't do this with malice, he didn't do this premeditatedly he made a tragic tragic error in judgment and that's all it was. And Josh would have forgiven him. Josh did forgive him. 3:0849 -- TRACK ALTHOUGH JIM'S BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS NOT OVER THE LEGAL LIMIT HE FACED SERIOUS CHARGES AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. -- sot Jackie Colburn 3;25:11 It's not unusual, in fact it's pretty commonplace for people in Jim's situation being charged and convicted of negligent homicide to spend years in prison. 3:25:21 -- BUT JIM'S SENTENCE WAS DIFFERENT. IN ADDITION TO PUTTING IN HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, JIM WAS REQUIRED TO VISIT 16 SCHOOLS. HE WOULD TELL STUDENTS HOW JOSH DIED - IN HOPES OF PREVENTING OTHER TRAGEDIES. -- NAT OF TALK -- DOUG AND PATTY HAVE BEEN IN THE AUDIENCE WHEN JIM GIVES HIS TALKS. DOUG SPEAKS TO THE STUDENTS TOO. BOTH HE AND PATTY HOPE IT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. -- SOT PATTY 2:06:43One of the things we want is kids to be aware that it can happen to anybody and if we can impact someone's life and just prevent another child from being killed then we've done something 2:07:00 -- TRACK THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT THE TELLING OF JIM AND JOSHUA'S STORY HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE. -- SOT -- TRACK IT'S BEEN A YEAR AND NINE MONTHS SINCE JOSH DIED. ON ANY GIVEN DAY, AT ANY TIME, THOUGHTS OF JOSH CAN OVERTAKE DOUG AND PATTY HALL. DOUG CALLS THEM HIS JOSHUA MOMENTS. -- SOT DOUG 2:18:37 A Joshua a moment most time tell you about Josh and celebrate his life no I think what you're seeing is a Joshua moment it's just most of the time you can celebrate his life and enjoy the memories you have but every now and them the pain is a hole in your heart it just opens up 2:19:you have no control over it it's a real pain in the butt 2:19:44 - -- TRACK DOUG AND PATTY SAY THEY'LL CONTINUE TO VISIT THE AUDOBON SANCTUARY FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. THERE'S A LARGE TREE THERE. AND DOUG AND PATTY HAVE NAMED IT THE JOSHUA TREE. -- SOT DOUG 2:16:24 I can't tell you where it came from - it is so representative of who he was, unique in a gorgeous setting stands out from any other tree in the area not because he was my on he was special 2:15:43 -- AND ON THE GRANITE BENCH - THERE ARE THE WORDS FROM AN ENTRANCE ESSAY THAT JOSH WROTE FOR NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE. -- NO VO JUST SHOW THE WORDS 'Who knows maybe I'll return to the place where I heard a thousand songbirds in one morning.' |
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This Saturday there will be a special event to celebrate the life of Joshua Hall. It's the second annual Josh Hall Memorial Boardercross. Proceeds will benefit the New Hampshire Audobon Society. You can find out more by calling Pat's Peak or logging on to patspeak-dot-com. |
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On the next New Hampshire Outlook - You may have heard that consumer confidence nationwide is at a 9-year low. But what are people in New Hampshire thinking and feeling about the economy? We'll have comment on the latest survey. Plus, visit Pleasantview Gardens. its owners are growing their business in the Granite state. |
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That's it for this edition of our program. For all of us here at New Hampshire Public Television, I'm Ally McNair. Thanks for joining us. We'll see you next time on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 2/26/03 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 2:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, we begin with the crisis in the church. New Hampshire's Roman Catholic bishop says he has no plans to resign. Bishop John McCormack addressed a meeting of more than 500 priests and lay church leaders Tuesday night. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Celene Ramadan NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Bishop John McCormack\Diocese of Manchester, Skip Harrinton\Protester |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 2/26/03 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 10:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, we moved on to politics in New Hampshire. The question of whether employees have the right to decide whether to join a union is the subject of debate around the state. And a public hearing on proposed legislation brought hundreds of people to the state house last week. Joining in a studio discussion Paul Stokes, President of the State Employees Association of NH and a member of SEIU Local 1984 and Representative Fran Wendelboe, co-sponsor of House Bill 8-2-1 Right To Work. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Rep. Maureen Mooney\R - Merrimack, Bob Danderson\Mayor, Berlin, Paul Stokes\State Employees Assoc of NH, SEIU Local 1984, Rep. Fran Wendelboe\Co-Sponsor of HB 821, R - District 29 |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 2/26/03 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 8:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, we close with Joshua Moments a story we brought to you around the holidays. two friends were driving on a dark, icy, New Hampshire road. When the car skidded off the road, killing the passenger, dozens of lives were shattered. But in an unusual case, the young man behind the wheel did not spend a lot of time in jail. Instead, he's telling his story to young men and women all over the Granite State. Following Joshua Moments we spoke with Merrimack County Superior Court Judge Edward Fitzgerald, Public Defender, Jackie Colburn, who represented Jim Dozois. And Assistant Merrimack County Attorney, Scott Jordan about the impact of alternative sentencing. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Allison McNair NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Patty Hall\Joshua's Mother,Doug Hall\Joshua's Father, Jim Dozois\Joshua's Friend, Jacalyn Colburn\NH Public Defender, Judge Edward Fitzgerald\Merrimack Co Superior Court, Scott Jordan\Asst Merrimack Co Atty |
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