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Hello. I'm Allison McNair. Welcome to NH Outlook. |
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There's a new methadone clinic in New Hampshire. We'll learn how the drug works in treating heroin addiction - and we'll find out why some community members were opposed to the facility being located in their backyard. |
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Ken Burns latest film debuts this week in Keene. We'll talk to him about working and living here in New Hampshire. |
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And - how the visual arts inspire writing. We'll meet an artist in residence at the MacDowell Colony. |
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Two months ago, Somersworth became home to the third methadone clinic in New Hampshire. At the time, there was some disagreement over whether the clinic should be located there. Used to treat heroin addiction, methadone can be a life saver for many people who are opiate dependant. The clinic currently treats 34 patients and expects the number to rise to more than 225. Producer Phil Vaughn takes us to the facility to show us how the program works. |
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Narr - This is how heroin is sold in towns and cities throughout NH. These bags were confiscated during an arrest in Newport earlier this year. Newport police - "Dealers have their own logos and names on the bags." Narr - Heroin is cheaper and more potent than it was five years ago. Woman addict - "You can start out using a half bag a day but it's easy to get up to 50 a day or more." Narr - Which has resulted in more addicts needing more treatment. Doctor - "Addiction treatment involves the physiological, societial." Narr - Dr Steve Kassels treats addicts. He's the Medical Director for Community Substance Abuse Centers. They recently opened a for-profit, methadone clinic in Somersworth - the third of its kind in the state. Doctor - "Methadone is an opiate like heroin, morphine…" Narr - And for the past 40 years, it's been used, successfully, to treat heroin addiction. Jeff andJack "I've been in and out of rehab… this is the only thing that has worked." Narr - Jeff and Jack, who asked not to be identified, come to the Somersworth clinic seven days a week - every week. They're charged just under fifteen dollars per visit. Counseling is provided. Jeff and Jack "It's a lifestyle change. I'm coming here instead of out looking for drugs… not getting into drugs." Narr - Prior to it opening two months ago, some members of Somersworth City Council and the police chief aired their concerns about the clinic. Police - "We can't prevent them from being here but I'm concerned about the drug being resold on the street…" Matt - "We monitor how it's administered very closely." Narr - Matt Davis is the clinic's program director. Matt - "It's taken here in front of a nurse…we keep close track." Jeff/Jack - "People who come here are not out committing crimes. Many of us have jobs and are able to work and lead normal lives…" Narr - Other critics of methadone say that it's simply replacing one drug with another. Narr - Dr. Kassel compares it to diabetes needing insulin. Some people require treatment for a lifetime to survive, others do not. Doctor - "One of the people you saw today has been here for 9 months. He owns a business and funstions quite well day to day…he may need the treatment for awhile." Narr - What methadone does is take away the craving for heroin. It also reduces the anxiety and pain of withdrawl. Jeff/Jack - "It was painful…I wanted to kill myself. That was my biggest fear in leaving heroin was the withdrawl." Narr - Which could happen with methadone as well, if not administered properly. Doctor "The side effects of methadone are minimal when taken under supervision" Narr - 10 to 15 % of Dr. Kassel's patients no longer require methadone after one year of treatment. The rest either leave the program or continue on. Jeff/Jack - "It's been 17 days without use. I'm very proud of that." |
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For information on heroin addiction treatment and support go to our web site at www.nhptv.org |
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Now as we turn to politics. it's finally official. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts has announced his candidacy for president. Although Kerry has been making his presence known in New Hampshire for a number of months, he officially joined the race Tuesday. The announcement was made against the backdrop of a U-S Navy Carrier, in South Carolina. On hand - were members of the gunboat crew Kerry commanded in Vietnam. |
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Earlier polls showed that Senator Kerry was the Democratic front-runner here in New Hampshire. But according to the latest Zogby Poll, he now trails former Vermont Governor Howard Dean. On Wednesday, producer Richard Ager profiles Kerry and takes a look at the senator's long career of service. |
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Here in New Hampshire Tuesday, another Democratic presidential hopeful took aim at President Bush's plans for the rebuilding of Iraq. Missouri congressman Dick Gephardt told the Politics and Eggs forum that he thinks more money is needed to aid U-S efforts there. The congressman also addressed healthcare. |
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I think we're all tied together - whether you know it or not - or whether even sometimes if we like it or not. Somebody doesn't have health insurance - they still get sick, they go to the emergency room - we're taking care of heart attacks instead of high blood pressure. Failed kidneys rather than the beginning of diabetes. Then we gotta take care of that and then that bill goes on your bill, if you have insurance - whether you know it or not and frankly whether you like it or not. If somebody's child doesn't end up getting educated properly - winds up in prison, winds up in jail, winds up on welfare. Winds up on drugs - we've all got to pay the bills every day and the bills are mounting by the day. If we don't have a proper energy and trade policy that brings up our ability to not be dependent on middle eastern oil - if we don't build consumers in other parts of the world, we are all paying the bills everyday and the bills are mounting by the day. |
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Certainly, New Hampshire is the place for people who love politics - after all we have the First in the Nation Primary and the campaigning that goes along with it. But New Hampshire is also fortunate to have something many artists crave - that's the time to create at the MacDowell Colony. Recently we had a chance to visit with some of the artists in residence. This is our second profile - of poet and visual artist, Shin Yu Pai. |
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Shin While I was here, I finished my first poetry manuscript and collection, it's a book called Equivilance, and will be out this fall from La Alamieda Press in New Mexico and it's a collection of poems that very much takes its inspiration from looking at the parallel between visual arts and language -- THIS SPRING, POET AND VISUAL ARTIST SHIN YU PAI WAS ONE OF THE ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE AT MACDOWELL COLONY. -- Shin "Poem" for Wolfgang Laib. A life of collecting pollen from hazelnut bushes. A life of gathering wordgrains to find all you have wanted, all you have waited to say. Mountains we cannot climb; hills we cannot touch. Perhaps we are only here to say, "house, bridge, or gate". A passage to somewhere else. Yellow molecules spooned and sifted from a jar filled with sunlight pouring milk over stone. You are the energy that breaks form, building wax houses from combs, a wax room set upon a mountain, and offering of rice, nowhere, everywhere the songs of shams.. -- SHIN IS THE CHILD OF FIRST GENERATION IMMIGRANTS FROM TAIWAN. -- Shin They came over in their late 20s, and I'm second generation American, and um, for me, it was always very important, the idea of language and meaning and also visual communication because there is a linguistic divide between my parents and I as well as a cultural gap that I had to find new ways to sort of explore and sort of a relationship between ourselves. My mother was a visual artist that's how she communicated with the world. -- SHIN SAYS HER FATHER HAS A LOVE FOR LITERATURE. Shin when I started out as a writer, we worked on translation projects together, actually translating poetry from ancient Chinese, Buddist poems, so that's part of our relationship progress that is really important to both of us. -- BUTT BITE Shin I've been thinking of doing a story about my family ancestry and the own stories of my family. So I want to do something that both incorporates image and text, so basically that means a hand bound book or something. And so what I'm thinking of doing is sowing these pieces of paper together in the pattern of what's an ox plow book and so the pattern, the way that the book would unfold would be kind of in zig zag lines, kind of like the way an ox would plow a field, basically. Sort of back and forth. And I want to use some of archival images of my grandparents and great grandparents and also put in these stories of their lives, when they came to Taiwan from China, and just what their experiences were. -- FOR INSPIRATION SHIN HAS LOOKED TO OTHER ARTISTS AND THEIR WORK. LIKE YOKO ONO'S TEXT INSTRUCTION WORK IN HER BOOK GRAPEFRUIT. -- Shin With this particular work I was taking the subjects from her poems and then writing these new instruction pieces. -- Shin: In Japanese culture they found that scrolls were kind of unwieldly and hard to handle when you wanted to read or look at information so the accordion book form developed so it was easier to handle, but it still had that experience of slowing down the process of something. -- SHIN ALSO SHARED ANOTHER POEM. Shin: This is the title poem, the title piece. It's called Equivilant, and it's based on the work by Felix Gonzalez Torez, who was a Cuban-American photographer and installation artist who worked a lot with every day material, and was very interested in the idea of democratization of art and the ide that everyone should be able to own art and experience art and take ownership of the experiences that they would have when going into a museum or gallery setting so many of the pieces that he did during his lifetime were pieces that people could go and take away with them so he had these posters stakced cubes which people could come and take a piece of paper or poster, usually a photographic image, take it home, pin it to your wall, and the other thing that he's well known for in contemporary art are these candy piles, and these candy piles were actually portraits of people that he knew, and the first one that he did was his lover who was dying of AIDS. This poem is called "Equiviliant." Poem At an exhibition of Felix Gonzalez Torez, black and white clouds on paper bleed to edge. The slow drift and pull of clouds soaring across the horizon. Weather forecast over Steeglitze's Lake George: overcast with breaking thundershowers. Postersheets stacked half a foot high, the removal of cloud layers from cube, reshaping the hole. What you touch take with you, a piece of hard green candy, gathered from the spill on the gallery floor. Portrait of a friend, the qualities he gave those he loved, transposed into sweet pile. Please keep with you this sweetness, passing.. -- Ally: If I say to you, you could only do one and not the other, which would be cruel, but let's just say you were born with only one talent, extremely good at visual arts or at writing, would you be able to pick one which one you'd go with? Shin: Uhhh! No one has ever asked me that question. Ally: If you woke up tomorrow and you only had extreme talent in one of the two? Shin: I might say that I'd go with photography, actually, versus language. Ally: Because? Shin: Because the visual arts, the visual world is something everyone can respond to in a very immediate way, have a heart connection with, whereas language you get caught up in words and meaning and context, and those are things that happen in the visual realm, too, I mean visual language, but I feel as if for me I've begun to intergrate the both in my work because it reaches a wider audience and right now at least I feel like more work is moving more towards the visual. So that's my answer right now, today, but it might be different tomorrow. - |
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We've been in touch with Shin Yu since that interview and she said her answer would be different today.The MacDowell Colony is the oldest artists residency program in the US. This Wednesday, Ken Burns, New Hampshire's premiere storyteller, will hold a benefit screening of his latest film - Horatio's Drive - at the Colonial Theatre in Keene. Proceeds from the event will help support the MacDowell colony. For more information, visit www.macdowellcolony.org. And speaking of Ken Burns, we had a chance to catch up with him earlier this year at The University of New Hampshire. He talked about his work and what goals he has in mind when making a film. |
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FIRST OF ALL, I'M A FILMMAKER, I'M NOT A HISTORIAN. I'M AN AMATEUR HISTORIAN. SO THE FIRST THING I WANT TO DO IS MAKE A GOOD FILM. I'M INTERESTED IN THE ART OF FILMMAKING, SO I WANT TO BE GOOD STORYTELLER. I ALSO DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU ANYTHING THAT I ALREADY KNOW. I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR PROCESS OF DISCOVERY. I DO WANT TO EDUCATE, I DO WANT TO INFORM, I DO WANT TO ENTERTAIN, SO ALL OF THOSE COME ALONG AND THOSE ARE SOMETIMES CONFLICTING IMPULSES, YOU KNOW, ENTERTAINMENT AND EDUCATION SOMETIMES GET IN THE WAY, BUT I THINK WE'VE FOUND A MODEL. WE'VE FOUND NOT A FORMULA BUT A RELATIONSHIP TO THE MATERIAL AND IT GOES BACK TO THE ORIGINAL THING, THIS IDEA OF SHARING, THAT IS CRITICAL. I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU WHAT I ALREADY KNOW, YOU KNOW? DOCUMENTARIES, PEOPLE'S EYES GLAZE OVER BECAUSE THEY THINK IT'S GOOD FOR YOU BUT NOT GOOD-TASTING, YOU KNOW? I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING THAT'S EXCITING. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE CIVIL WAR. LET ME LEARN AND SHARE WITH YOU: HEY, THE LITTLE TOWN OF WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA, CHANGED HANDS 72 TIMES. THAT'S AN\AMAZING\THING IN AMERICA, A TOWN, YOU KNOW UNDERWENT THAT. THAT'S THE SORT OF THING WE WANT TO DO AND I THINK THE REASON WHY THE FILMS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IS THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN A LESSON. IT'S NOT HOMEWORK, YOU KNOW? THIS IS THE SHARING. THE SHARED EXPERIENCE OF AMERICA. Allison: WHY DO YOU STAY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE? REALLY? I MEAN, YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE, ESPECIALLY AFTER LAST WINTER. Allison: IF I WERE KEN BURNS, I WOULD SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M GOING TO GO TO A LITTLE ISLAND AND BRING ALL MY EQUIPMENT WITH ME AND BE IN THE WARMTH." YOU KNOW, THE ANSWER IS TWOFOLD AND THEY SOUND SO CLICHED. ONE, IT'S JUST SO BEAUTIFUL, AND TWO, IT BUILDS CHARACTER. AND I MEAN THAT IN A. YOU'VE GOT TO WITHSTAND THESE WINTERS. BUT MORE TO THE POINT, I THINK THAT THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE WATER, SOMETHING IN THE PEOPLE THAT INSISTS THAT IT NOT BE ABOUT SUPERFICIAL THINGS, THAT INSISTS THAT IT NOT BE GLITZ AND GLAMOUR, THAT INSISTS THAT IT BE WHO YOU ARE. I CAN'T PRESENT MYSELF TO THE TOWNSPEOPLE OF WALPOLE ANYTHING BUT WHO I AM, AND IF THAT'S HONEST AND DIRECT, IF I'M WILLING TO LEND A HAND TO A NEIGHBOR, IF I CAN DO THAT, THEN I'M A GOOD CITIZEN. IT'S NOT THAT I'VE BEEN NOMINATED FOR AN ACADEMY AWARD AND WON ALL THESE EMMYS AND GRAMMYS. AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU TAKE ANYWHERE, YOU KNOW? YOU TAKE THE EFFECT YOU'VE HAD ON OTHER PEOPLE, BOTH NEAR AND FAR. AND THAT'S THE THING YOU LOOK AT, AND I THINK THAT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, EVERY DAY REMINDS ME OF THAT, AND I'M VERY FORTUNATE THAT I HAVE THESE NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS WHO KEEP ME HONEST AND THAT'S A HUGE, IMPORTANT PART, I THINK, OF EVEN THE SUCCESS OF THE FILMS. I DON'T THINK THAT IF I WERE IN NEW YORK OR LOS ANGELES, THE FILMS THAT I MAKE WOULD LOOK THE WAY THEY DO. I THINK IT'S VERY MUCH BEING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. Allison: NOW, MY IMPRESSION-- I COULD BE RIGHT OR WRONG-- IS THAT YOU ARE VERY DRIVEN. BY WHAT, I'M NOT NECESSARILY SURE. Allison: BUT DO YOU EVER TAKE VACATIONS. I TRIED TO. Allison:.AND IF YOU DO, WHAT DO YOU DO? I TRIED TO TAKE A SABBATICAL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND IT KIND OF DIDN'T WORK. Allison: HOW LONG DID IT LAST? I NEEDED TO TAKE A SABBATICAL BECAUSE I WANTED TO DO SOME THINGS, BECAUSE I WANTED TO READ MORE FOR PLEASURE AND I WANTED TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH MY KIDS. I WANTED TO JUST SEE IF I COULD TAKE TIME OFF. IT DIDN'T REALLY WORK. I'D TAKE A FEW DAYS OFF EACH MONTH AND THEN FINALLY I WOULD SPEND TIME RELAXING IN THE SUMMER FOR A COUPLE MONTHS. I THINK THAT REALLY I GOT TWO MONTHS OUT OF A YEAR, WHICH FOR ALL OF MY FRIENDS, THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS GREAT. THEY DIDN'T EVEN THINK THAT WOULD HAPPEN. BUT I TEND TO BE A LITTLE O.C.D. AND OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE AND. YOU KNOW, I'M DRIVEN. Allison: YOU KIND OF WERE WORKING WHEN YOU WERE ON SABBATICAL. YES. Allison: YOU WERE DOING A LOT OF READING AND EVERYTHING ELSE. IT JUST DOESN'T STOP. YEAH, IT DOESN'T. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT LIFETIME WE CAN TAKE A BREAK, BUT THERE'S JUST TOO MANY STORIES TO TELL AND TOO MANY PLACES TO GO AND PEOPLE TO MEET. Allison: SO WHAT'S COMING UP? WE HAVE A TEN-YEAR PLAN. DAYTON DUNCAN AND I HAVE JUST FINISHED A FILM CALLED "HORATIO'S DRIVE," ON THE FIRST CROSS-COUNTRY AUTOMOBILE TRIP. TOM HANKS IS THE VOICE OF THE MAN WHO TOOK THIS IMPROBABLE TRIP. IT'S THIS WONDERFUL STORY ABOUT. LIKE LEWIS AND CLARK, AN EXPLORATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY. UNLIKE LEWIS AND CLARK, DONE COMPLETELY ON A WHIM. IT'S FUNNY. NO BIG, HEAVY SCENES. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A FILM WITH BIG, HEAVY SCENES ON THE LIFE OF THE BOXER, JACK JOHNSON-- THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. AND THE PERSON FOR WHOM THE PHRASE, "GREAT, WHITE HOPE" WAS INVENTED. BECAUSE OF A WHITE RACE INSECURE ENOUGH TO FEEL THAT A BLACK MAN SHOULDN'T BE THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. WE'RE DOING TWO LARGE SERIES: ONE ON THE NATIONAL PARKS, AND A BIOGRAPHY OF LAND. ;;;WHO??? WALLACE STEGNER, THE WRITER, CALLED THE PARKS, "AMERICA'S BEST IDEA." THIS SEEMS OBVIOUS TO US NOW, BUT SETTING ASIDE LAND FOR PERPETUITY, FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY, NOT JUST FOR PRIVILEGE OF NOBLEMEN AND KINGS. AND WE'RE ALSO. FURIOUSLY INTERVIEWING VETERANS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, WHO ARE DYING OFF AT ABOUT A CLICK OF 4,500 A WEEK. TRYING TO TELL A STORY ABOUT THE SECOND WORLD WAR, AND WHERE WE WERE. KIND OF BOTTOM UP FEELING OF. OF THIS. WE'RE FOLLOWING THE FORTUNES WITH SEVERAL GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRIBUTED TOWNS, AND FINDING OUT THE MEN WHO THIS WILL EFFECT. THE EUROPEAN THEATER, THE WOMEN THAT WENT INTO OUR WORKFORCE, THE AFRICAN AMERICANS THAT WENT TO A STILL SEGREGATED ARMY, THE ASIAN AMERICANS THAT WERE INTERNED, AND THEN LATER VOLUNTEERED FOR THE COMBAT REGIMENTS THAT SAW THE MOST DISTINGUISHED SOLDIERS FROM THE WAR. IT'S AN AMAZING, COMPLICATED STORY WHICH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WITH ALL THIS STUFF HASN'T REALLY BEEN TOLD FROM THIS WAY. WITH "SAVING PRIVATE RYAN" AND "BAND OF BROTHERS," AND "PEARL HARBOR" AND ALL THAT INTEREST. Allison: WELL, I THINK TOO. I'VE FOUND THIS WITH MY OWN DAD, IS THAT A LOT OF THESE GUYS JUST DIDN'T COME HOME AND TALK ABOUT IT. AND THEY STILL DON'T. THEY DIDN'T, THEY DON'T. THAT'S EXACTLY WHY. YOU KNOW, THE GREAT SERVICE THAT TOM BROKAW HAS DONE WITH HIS "GREATEST GENERATION." I MEAN, HE'S BEEN AN ADVISOR ON THIS SERIES, IS THAT HE GAVE PERMISSION TO A GENERATION THAT WAS RETICENT ABOUT TELLING THEIR EXPERIENCES. THE PERMISSION TO TELL THOSE THINGS. AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN AN AMAZING THING. AND WHAT WE'RE. WE'RE THE BENEFICIARIES OF IT. WE'RE GOING NOW INTO THESE SMALL TOWNS AND SAYING, "WHAT HAPPENED?" AND THESE GUYS ARE. ARE LETTING THEIR GUARD DOWN. THEY'RE SOMETIMES CRYING. THEY'RE COMMUNICATING WHAT WAS THEIR EXPERIENCE IN THE GREATEST CATACLYSMIC, YOU KNOW, IN HUMAN HISTORY WHICH WAS THE SECOND WORLD WAR. 55 MILLION PEOPLE KILLED. Allison: GREAT, WHEN CAN WE LOOK FOR THIS? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA YET? WELL, "HORATIO'S DRIVE" WILL BE OUT IN SEPTEMBER OF 2003. "JACK JOHNSON" WILL BE IN THE FALL OF 2004. ;;;;GUESSING THE NAME OF THIS FILM IS "THE SECOND WORLD WAR." WE HOPE TO HAVE "THE SECOND WORLD WAR" 2005, 2006. WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO LET IT GO UNTIL IT'S DONE. I MEAN, WHO KNOWS WHAT IT WILL MUSHROOM INTO. AND THEN "THE PARKS" WILL BE LATER, EIGHT OR NINE. SO WE'VE GOT A VERY FULL PLATE, AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY ANTHOLOGIZING THE EARLIER WORK. BECAUSE ON PBS, WE HAVE A GLUT OF PROGRAMMING, AND SO FILMS, UNLIKE CABLE, MIGHT BE SHOWN TEN TIMES A MONTH. HERE, YOU KNOW, I MAKE A FILM ON STANTON/ANTHONY AND IT GETS SHOWN ONCE, AND THEN IT ISN'T SHOWN FOR ANOTHER YEAR-AND-A-HALF. SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO GIVE PEOPLE WITH THEIR BUSY SCHEDULES WAYS TO SEE THESE FILMS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. AND WE'VE HAD SOME SUCCESS OVER THE LAST YEAR REBROADCASTING THE "CIVIL WAR," AND SOME OF MY EARLIER WORK LIKE "THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE" AND "THE SHAKERS." AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. Allison: IF I WAS TOLD YOU CAN SHOW ONE SCENE, ONE CLIP, ONE PORTION OF. I KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN ASKED THIS. NO. Allison:.OF KEN BURNS' WORK, AND YOU CAN ONLY SHOW ONE THING, THE DEFINING MOMENT OR HIS FAVORITE MOMENT-- MAYBE WE SHOULD PUT IT THAT WAY-- DO YOU KNOW WHAT I WOULD. WHAT I SHOULD PICK OR WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE ME PICK? NO. I MEAN, I THINK THAT THE SORT OF PREDICTABLE THING WOULD BE. TAKE THE SCENE OF THE SULLIVAN BALLOU LETTER FROM "THE CIVIL WAR," AT THE END OF THE FIRST EPISODE. AMONG THE THINGS I'M GOING TO SHOW WHEN I RECEIVE THIS AWARD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE IS THAT. BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A WATERSHED MOMENT, NOT ONLY FOR ME PERSONALLY, BUT I THINK FOR THE VIEWERS OF THE FILM, AND IN THE RETROSPECTIVE LOOK AT MY WHOLE PROFESSIONAL LIFE AND WHERE DOCUMENTARIES ARE GOING, A REALLY, YOU KNOW, TELLING MOMENT. BUT THERE'S SO MANY. IT'S LIKE SAYING, "WHAT ASPECT OF YOUR KID DO YOU LIKE MOST?" I MEAN, I GIVE THESE THINGS THE FULL LOVE AND ATTENTION I THINK THEY DESERVE. AND SO I REWARD THEM, THESE CHILDREN, BY NOT HAVING A FAVORITE THING. YOU KNOW, DUKE ELLINGTON WAS ASKED WHAT HIS MOST IMPORTANT COMPOSITION WAS. AND HE SAID, "THE ONE I'M WORKING ON NOW." AND SO I SORT OF FEEL IT'S LIKE THE SCENE IN "JACK JOHNSON," YOU HAVE TO SEE IT, "HORATIO'S DRIVE," YOU HAVE TO SEE IT. Allison: NOW HERE'S MY LAST QUESTION, WHICH MAY BE A LITTLE BIZARRE, BUT I HAVE TO ASK YOU. IF YOU HAD TO WAKE UP TOMORROW MORNING AND YOU COULD NOT BE KEN BURNS, BUT YOU COULD BE ANYONE THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO BE, DO YOU KNOW WHO IT WOULD BE? ANYONE. I HAVE TO BE REALLY HONEST, RIGHT? Allison: YES. THE THING THAT JUMPED INTO MY MIND WAS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Allison: YOU'RE KIDDING? BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE. Allison: ONE. ONE IN PARTICULAR? .TRYING. WANTING TO DO THAT. Allison: IF YOU COULD BE ANY PRESIDENT. PAST, PRESENT. OH, WELL, THEN. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, WITHOUT A DOUBT. HE'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON, HISTORICALLY, THAT I'VE COME ACROSS, ALONG WITH JACKIE ROBINSON AND LOUIS ARMSTRONG. THESE ARE THE TRIUMVIRATE OF MY LIFE. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK I HAVE THE BEST JOB IN AMERICA. AND I JUST WANT. PRESUMPTUOUS. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THE CIVIC LIFE OUR COUNTRY. AND SO I GUESS IF YOU WOULDN'T LET ME BE A SENATOR, I MIGHT HAVE TO TORTURE YOU BY RUNNING FOR OFFICE, AND ME BEING FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE THEN. GET A LITTLE BIT OF A HEAD START. Allison: I REALLY APPRECIATE IT, KEN. THANKS SO MUCH. MY PLEASURE. |
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On the next New Hampshire Outlook - A profile of democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. A profile of democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. We'll also see how the overall Democratic Presidential race is shaping up with our political experts. Join us tonight at 10:00. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 9/2/03 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 6:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, there's a new methadone clinic in New Hampshire. We'll learn how the drug works in treating heroin addiction - and we'll find out why some community members were opposed to the facility being located in their backyard. Ken Burns latest film debuts this week in Keene. We'll talk to him about working and living here in New Hampshire. And - how the visual arts inspire writing. We'll meet an artist in residence at the MacDowell Colony. Two months ago, Somersworth became home to the third methadone clinic in New Hampshire. At the time, there was some disagreement over whether the clinic should be located there. Used to treat heroin addiction, methadone can be a life saver for many people who are opiate dependant. The clinic currently treats 34 patients and expects the number to rise to more than 225. Producer Phil Vaughn takes us to the facility to show us how the program works. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Phil Vaughn NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: David Hoyt\Newport Chief of Police, Becky\Recovering Heroin Addict, Steven Kassels, MD\Medical Director, CSAC, Jeff\Recovering Heroin Addict, Dean Crombie\Somersworth Chief of Police, Matt Davis\Clinic Program Director, Jack\Recovering Heroin Addict |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 9/2/03 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 6:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, there's a new methadone clinic in New Hampshire. We'll learn how the drug works in treating heroin addiction - and we'll find out why some community members were opposed to the facility being located in their backyard. Ken Burns latest film debuts this week in Keene. We'll talk to him about working and living here in New Hampshire. And - how the visual arts inspire writing. We'll meet an artist in residence at the MacDowell Colony. Two months ago, Somersworth became home to the third methadone clinic in New Hampshire. At the time, there was some disagreement over whether the clinic should be located there. Used to treat heroin addiction, methadone can be a life saver for many people who are opiate dependant. The clinic currently treats 34 patients and expects the number to rise to more than 225. Producer Phil Vaughn takes us to the facility to show us how the program works. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Phil Vaughn NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: David Hoyt\Newport Chief of Police, Becky\Recovering Heroin Addict, Steven Kassels, MD\Medical Director, CSAC, Jeff\Recovering Heroin Addict, Dean Crombie\Somersworth Chief of Police, Matt Davis\Clinic Program Director, Jack\Recovering Heroin Addict |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 9/2/03 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 6:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, there's a new methadone clinic in New Hampshire. We'll learn how the drug works in treating heroin addiction - and we'll find out why some community members were opposed to the facility being located in their backyard. Ken Burns latest film debuts this week in Keene. We'll talk to him about working and living here in New Hampshire. And - how the visual arts inspire writing. We'll meet an artist in residence at the MacDowell Colony. Now as we turn to politics. it's finally official. Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts has announced his candidacy for president. Although Kerry has been making his presence known in New Hampshire for a number of months, he officially joined the race Tuesday. The announcement was made against the backdrop of a U-S Navy Carrier, in South Carolina. On hand - were members of the gunboat crew Kerry commanded in Vietnam. Here in New Hampshire Tuesday, another Democratic presidential hopeful took aim at President Bush's plans for the rebuilding of Iraq. Missouri congressman Dick Gephardt told the Politics and Eggs forum that he thinks more money is needed to aid U-S efforts there. The congressman also addressed healthcare. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Allison McNair, Jennifer Ellis NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Rep. Dick Gephardt\D - Missouri |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 9/2/03 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 6:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, there's a new methadone clinic in New Hampshire. We'll learn how the drug works in treating heroin addiction - and we'll find out why some community members were opposed to the facility being located in their backyard. Ken Burns latest film debuts this week in Keene. We'll talk to him about working and living here in New Hampshire. And - how the visual arts inspire writing. We'll meet an artist in residence at the MacDowell Colony. Certainly, New Hampshire is the place for people who love politics - after all we have the First in the Nation Primary and the campaigning that goes along with it. But New Hampshire is also fortunate to have something many artists crave - that's the time to create at the MacDowell Colony. Recently we had a chance to visit with some of the artists in residence. This is our second profile - of poet and visual artist, Shin Yu Pai. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Allison McNair, Jennifer Ellis NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Shin Yu Pai\Poet and Visual Artist |
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