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State lawmakers take action to help New Hampshire families keep warm this winter. Plus, advice on handling your investments amid the nation's financial meltdown. |
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Details of the state's plan to help residents pay for heating fuel this winter, next. |
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The desperate need for assistance to pay for heat this winter and what the state is doing to help. |
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Advice on handling your money amid the nation's financial turmoil. |
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Students teaching students about the state's primary process. |
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Hello, I'm Beth Carroll welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. Staying warm this winter will be an expensive proposition in New Hampshire and elsewhere in New England. Fuel prices have soared by 50-percent since last year, and the increased costs are forcing many residents to seek help. Federal funding for fuel assistance is still being worked out but state legislators say we can't wait. As Outlook's Richard Ager shows us, New Hampshire lawmakers have now stepped in to make sure the neediest can heat their homes. But some say it's too little, and they fear it could be too late. |
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Soundup: GIL VICKERY EX CHIP 8:46:00 In the winter, I come out here… Track: For Gil Vickery of Littleton, winter is a year-round concern. Even the beauty of fall can't hide what's to come. Bite: Vickery Interview XD Disk 9:56:50 Fall foliage is nice but with foliage you also get those 30 degree mornings - when you get up, you're going to need to put some heat on - you're going to need to stay warm - so we spend a lot of time from morning until it's time for bed - controlling - do we leave heat on? Do we not have it on at all? Track: Vickery, his wife and daughter face that dilemma because of the soaring cost of the propane and wood pellets they uses to heat their home. Soundup: GIL VICKERY EX CHIP 8:47:35 Gil brings pellets into living room - "and I only do that 9 more times to fill the box up." Track: Vickery lost his sight 20 years ago to eye disease. He has worked hard to establish a new career to support his family. Bite: Gil Vickery Interview XD Disk 10;08:20 I'm an assistive technology specialist and a consultant. I train people with disabilities specific to blindness how to use assistive technology at home, at work and out in the community so they can become more independent. Track: It's hard to be independent if you're cold - and so over the past two years, Vickery has applied for - and received - help from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program - or LIHEAP. Bite: Vickery Interview XD Disk 9:57:40 HOW BIG A HELP WAS THAT ASSISTANCE? 9:57:45 It sure helped as any assistance program should. For us, in budgeting ahead, with a few hundred dollars, it helped us get through the February and March months toward the end of winter. But now there's more people applying for it, more in need of it, and sometimes that pie gets cut pretty thin. Video: SOUTHERN NH SERVICES EX 8:09:40 Fuel Assistance sign Track: The LIHEAP funds are distributed through county agencies including Southern NH Services, which handles about a third of the state's fuel assistance applications. Bite: SOUTHERN NH SERVICES EX 7:53:30 IS THIS A GROWTH INDUSTRY? Without a doubt. When I started in 1994, Southern NH Services took in 4300 applications that first year. Last year, we took in over 13,000. AND THIS YEAR YOU'RE EXPECTING MORE? We are expecting more. Some of what we're seeing is people not waiting to send in their applications. But a large percentage of these are new to the program. Track: Across the state, applications are up more than 20%. To qualify, applicants must meet strict income guidelines - and all payments are made to the fuel supplier, whether it be an oil company or a utility. Bite: SOUTHERN NH SERVICES EX 8:00:52 People don't come here for fun. They don't say let's apply for fuel assistance or go to the movies. They come to us when they're in need. Bite: SOUTHERN NH SERVICES EX 7:56:00 Some people will stop taking medications, not get proper nutrition and bring their thermostats down so low that it's an unhealthy environment. And they may end up with pneumonia, end up in the hospital and we may never understand that the actual cause was that they couldn't afford their fuel. Bite: Gil Vickery Interview XD Disk 9:58:15 ANY NEWS ON WHETHER YOU WILL GET ASSISTANCE THIS YEAR? Unfortunately, when we first applied this summer, we were told that we were short a few hundred dollars to qualify. Bite: Vickery Interview XD Disk 9:56:10 WHAT IS THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW? We're down. We have to look ahead for the whole winter, month by month, dialing down room by room, closing doors, putting on an extra sweater, those kinds of things that you used to hear years ago from some of our elderly folks but now, realistically, we are living it. And we are wondering how we're going to get through the winter. Track: But that may not be the last word on the subject. Bite: HEATING ASSISTANCE EX CHIP 6:17:10 As I travel across NH, the number one concern I hear from families is how they and their neighbors and parents will heat their homes this winter. They worry that they will need to go without food and other essentials and while we have been pushing the federal govt. to act, they have not come through. Track: In a span of just 10 days, the legislature and governor have pledged to step up and guarantee greater funding of home heating assistance. The plan: Graphic: Appropriate $10 million immediately -. Add that to the federal promise of $27 million to make $37 million available for fuel. Appropriate $2 million for weatherization of low-income homes. Bite: XD DISK # 3 10:28:30 The motion is adopted. Track: Voting by the 2/3 majority to suspend their rules, legislators debated the particulars. Bite: XD DISK # 3 10:42:27 I think it would be good if we knew how it would be distributed. Bite: XD DISK # 3 10;42:37 189 gallons of this oil would go to the average homeowner, and if they're using 800, they're still paying a lot of money for the remainder. It's a drop in the bucket but it helps. Track: But it was a foregone conclusion. soundup: XD DISK # 3 11:44:15 Vote 321-12. House Bill 1653 is adopted. Bite: XD DISK # 3 11:58:24 The federal money - our money - is a key to taking care of the citizens - not just of NH but of the U.S. That process is ongoing and we have strong commitments from our representatives to bring more money to the state of NH. Bite: XD DISK # 3 11:59:15 There are about 16,000 homes in the state of NH that have requested weatherization. This money will help to answering that need - not all but a portion of it. Track: The state action means applicants can now earn up to 60% of the state's median income. Graphic: For a family of 4, that would mean an income limited to $52, 438. A single person's maximum income would be $27,268. Track: There was little dissent, though Sen. Ted Gatsas wanted - but didn't get - an extra 9.7 million for those just above the income limit. Bite: XD DISK #4 12:49:00 This is not a difficult thing. And $10 million - that's the state truly stepping up and helping. Everything else today, there's no state dollars involved. We're just saying the federal dollars are coming and we're going to front it. The 9.7 million is truly going to help - the family of four - at $58,000 - definitely needs help. There's no question - we shouldn't abandon them, and that's what we did here today. We abandoned that family. Track: Still, with the new action taken by the state, Gil Vickery now hopes to requalify for assistance, For NH Outlook, I'm Richard Ager Soundup: Gilbert EX 8:47:08 ** Gil takes pellets into house |
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As of Friday, we were still awaiting word on the federal LIHEAP bill which passed the House and is moved to the Senate. If that comes through, the state hopes to get its 10 million dollars back. For information on how you can apply for fuel assitance or how to reduce heating costs go to our website nhptv.org/outlook for a link to the state's energy office. |
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A local expert weighs in with financial advice amid turbulent times on Wall Street. |
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With most of us bracing for higher fuel costs this winter - the US financial crisis could not have come at a worse time. On Thursday Senator Judd Gregg said we're already seeing a tightening of credit for homeowners and small businesses amid this turmoil. As congress works out the details of a multi-BILLION dollar bailout plan, investors are understandably anxious as they watch their hard-earned assets shrink. Many are fleeing stocks in droves rather than face further losses. But, is that wise? I checked in this week with Certified Financial Planner Faye Doria for her perspective on the crisis. |
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New Hamsphire's Insurance Commissioner last week urged AIG policy holders "not" to do anything rash. Roger Sevigny says New Hampshire policy holders are safe. Sevigny says AIG's insurance companies, which are state regulated, are financially sound and fully able to honor all claims. |
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A new media projects for students by students to teach about the state's Primary tradition. |
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This school year New Hampshire 8th graders are getting a lesson in politics from their peers. A recent change in the state's education policy requires them to study the state's First in the Nation Presidential primary. They'll learn all about it from a DVD produced by middle and high school students from Londonderry. We first checked in with the group last fall and have this update now that the project is completed. |
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Primary DVD Script FOOTAGE FROM THE MASTER DVD. …Made by students for students… T-1 These Londonderry students got an experience of a lifetime as they shot, wrote, and edited a DVD about the New Hampshire Primary. kids filming, 00:33:50 writing, 00:30:38 editing, 00:31:50 Dixville Notch screen- "And Barack Obama got seven votes" Old Track T 2 - The DVD is to educate students around the state about NH's presidential primary. It was a collaborative effort between Londonderry School's "Political Action Club" and the NH Political Library. Bite: Lori "Our idea was to create a resource in the classroom with lesson plans for teachers so they could teach about the primary and let the students know why this is here and why its important to the national selection process." Nat. Soundup Bob: "This is the shirt that Tommy put together for us here…" Old track T 3 - The Video Project titled "The Primary Experience," was paid for by a grant from the History Channel's "Save Our History" initiative. Tape #3 Close up shot of the T-Shirt. Bite: Lori "The kids were really excited and into it. It's somewhat unusual to find so many kids in a particular group that are very into politics and into current events." T4 - Lori Fisher wrote the grant application on behalf of the NH Political Library. Fisher says the project was a way to teach students about NH's long running political traditions. Bite: Lori "I think they get to see how unique it is in NH to get this experience to meet candidates" Bite: Boy, "Its way better than TV because you don't get to see their personality's more…" Old Track T 5 - Middle School Teacher Bob Maclellan supervised the student's work. Bite: Bob "the idea is the 8th grade is at a benchmark where you literally have to study the NH primary." Bite: Lori "But there's no resources so what are the teachers gonna do?" Bite: Bob "-So the DVD will be used in the classroom, so that the 8th graders will watch the DVD and have worksheets that go along with it." Bite: Lori "The concept is we want to use the activities in the 2008 cycle to explain and illustrate what happens during the NH primary." Old Track T 6 - One of the candidates they met was Senator John McCain - after he filed for the state's primary in October 2007. Bite: Bob "He was very gracious, he joked with the kids that he was a little older than they were… Soundup: McCain "I am the only one who did the same thing 8 years ago, that's before you were born… haha" Bite: Bob continues "But he was very happy with the fact that they were out there." Bite: Boy, "We talked with him, we shook hands. He's a nice guy." Bite: Bob "We have meetings with the highschool and middle school kids and try and come up with appropriate questions to engage the candidates - though a lot of the questions are focusing on the NH Primary." Old Track T 7 - And the candidates were ready to answer. Sot: Barack "I'll get one of these young people here…" Kaffa "My question is do you believe that NH should be the first state to have a primary and when will you be visiting Londonderry Middle School?" Barack "Well I think I got setup here." Barack "I am strongly committed to NH being first, that's why I campaign here… It gives the entire country a chance to watch voters interact with candidates." Nat. going into track 9 Footage from the DVD Huckabee speaking Old Track T 8 - The students got a first hand look at Mike Huckabee's personality - at a Politics and Eggs Breakfast back in October 2007… Bite: Boy, "I didn't know who Mike Huckabee was before the event and now if I was five years older he is who I would vote for." Bite: Bob, "Driving back in a van from an event and I hear a bunch of 13, 14, 15 year olds discussing politics - to me that's kind of unusual." Lori: "This is a place as they grow up and vote they can have their voice heard. So hopefully that's gonna spur them to participate later in life and be an active participant in our political process whether its here in NH or elsewhere." T 9- After the students were done filming, it was time to put the DVD together. Mhmm. We broke it down into three different sections. Yeah, one was the history of before, now, and after. The history of the primary, we talked about at the beginning of the DVD, the second was now, what's going on now, and the end of the DVD was pretty much like where is the primary going from here. Bite Bob "OK, now if we were going to give it a grade, what kind of grade would we give ourselves on this project? Be honest. What kind of grade would you give yourselves on this project, you people who actually saw the DVD?" Bite I think it was a solid A. We did a lot of work and we made it all come together. I think it was a solid product. Kids would really get it. T 10 - After a year of work the DVD was done and ready to be sent to middle schools across the state. Bite: If you live in New Hampshire, you have to get involved. It's the first primary, so you can't just sit there and do nothing. You have to take advantage of it and go out there and - even if you're a kid. Just go out there and meet the candidates and it's not as bad as you think it is. T 11 - Maclellan hopes the DVD project will have lasting effect on the students. Bite: Bob "I wanna see. I wanna see kids turn 18 and go out and vote. I think its important in democracy and in the US to see more people involved." Bite: Bob "Raise your hand if you're going to vote when you're 18. Nice and high so I can see it." students raise their hands Bite: Bob "That was the whole goal here." Video Out |
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The DVD will be sent to 180 schools around New Hampshire in October. It will also be available for viewing at the New Hampshire Political Library in Concord. |
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That wraps up our program. Thanks for watching New Hampshire Outlook. I'm Beth Carroll, I'll see you next time. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 9/28/2008 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 9:06 We have to look ahead for the whole winter, month by month, dialing down room by room, closing doors, putting on an extra sweater, those kinds of things that you used to hear years ago from some of our elderly folks but now, realistically, we are living it. Advice on handling your money amid the nation's financial turmoil. Students teaching students about the state's primary process. Hello, I'm Beth Carroll welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. Staying warm this winter will be an expensive proposition in New Hampshire and elsewhere in New England. Fuel prices have soared by 50-percent since last year, and the increased costs are forcing many residents to seek help. Federal funding for fuel assistance is still being worked out but state legislators say we can't wait. As Outlook's Richard Ager shows us, New Hampshire lawmakers have now stepped in to make sure the neediest can heat their homes. But some say it's too little, and they fear it could be too late. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Gil Vickery\Littleton resident, Louise Bergeron\Energy Officer - Southern NH Services, Gov. John Lynch\ New Hampshire\Sept. 15, Rep. Lee Quandt\ Exeter\Sept. 24, Rep. Naida Kaen\ Strafford, Sen. Lou D'Allesandro\ District 20, Sen. Ted Gatsas\ District 16. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 9/28/2008 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 9:06 We have to look ahead for the whole winter, month by month, dialing down room by room, closing doors, putting on an extra sweater, those kinds of things that you used to hear years ago from some of our elderly folks but now, realistically, we are living it. Advice on handling your money amid the nation's financial turmoil. Students teaching students about the state's primary process. Hello, I'm Beth Carroll welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. Staying warm this winter will be an expensive proposition in New Hampshire and elsewhere in New England. Fuel prices have soared by 50-percent since last year, and the increased costs are forcing many residents to seek help. Federal funding for fuel assistance is still being worked out but state legislators say we can't wait. As Outlook's Richard Ager shows us, New Hampshire lawmakers have now stepped in to make sure the neediest can heat their homes. But some say it's too little, and they fear it could be too late. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Gil Vickery\Littleton resident, Louise Bergeron\Energy Officer - Southern NH Services, Gov. John Lynch\ New Hampshire\Sept. 15, Rep. Lee Quandt\ Exeter\Sept. 24, Rep. Naida Kaen\ Strafford, Sen. Lou D'Allesandro\ District 20, Sen. Ted Gatsas\ District 16. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 9/28/2008 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 7:59 We have to look ahead for the whole winter, month by month, dialing down room by room, closing doors, putting on an extra sweater, those kinds of things that you used to hear years ago from some of our elderly folks but now, realistically, we are living it. Advice on handling your money amid the nation's financial turmoil. Students teaching students about the state's primary process. Hello, I'm Beth Carroll welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. With most of us bracing for higher fuel costs this winter - the US financial crisis could not have come at a worse time. On Thursday Senator Judd Gregg said we're already seeing a tightening of credit for homeowners and small businesses amid this turmoil. As congress works out the details of a multi-BILLION dollar bailout plan, investors are understandably anxious as they watch their hard-earned assets shrink. Many are fleeing stocks in droves rather than face further losses. But, is that wise? I checked in this week with Certified Financial Planner Faye Doria for her perspective on the crisis. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Faye Doria\Certified Financial Planner, Faye Doria\Financial Guidance Associates. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 9/28/2008 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 7:59 We have to look ahead for the whole winter, month by month, dialing down room by room, closing doors, putting on an extra sweater, those kinds of things that you used to hear years ago from some of our elderly folks but now, realistically, we are living it. Advice on handling your money amid the nation's financial turmoil. Students teaching students about the state's primary process. Hello, I'm Beth Carroll welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. With most of us bracing for higher fuel costs this winter - the US financial crisis could not have come at a worse time. On Thursday Senator Judd Gregg said we're already seeing a tightening of credit for homeowners and small businesses amid this turmoil. As congress works out the details of a multi-BILLION dollar bailout plan, investors are understandably anxious as they watch their hard-earned assets shrink. Many are fleeing stocks in droves rather than face further losses. But, is that wise? I checked in this week with Certified Financial Planner Faye Doria for her perspective on the crisis. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Faye Doria\Certified Financial Planner, Faye Doria\Financial Guidance Associates. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 9/28/2008 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 6:18 We have to look ahead for the whole winter, month by month, dialing down room by room, closing doors, putting on an extra sweater, those kinds of things that you used to hear years ago from some of our elderly folks but now, realistically, we are living it. Advice on handling your money amid the nation's financial turmoil. Students teaching students about the state's primary process. Hello, I'm Beth Carroll welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. This school year New Hampshire 8th graders are getting a lesson in politics from their peers. A recent change in the state's education policy requires them to study the state's First in the Nation Presidential primary. They'll learn all about it from a DVD produced by middle and high school students from Londonderry. We first checked in with the group last fall and have this update now that the project is completed. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Kim Piela and Lauren Foxall NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Bob Maclellan\Londonderry Middle School Teacher, Bill Gardner\NH Secretary of State, Lori Fisher\NH Political Library, Kaffa Cote\Londonderry Student, Greg Bohlig\Londonderry Student, Scott Murphy\Londonderry Student, Derek Burns\Londonderry Student, Samuel Breslow\Londonderry Student, Sean Jaillet\Londonderry Student, Zachary Capobianco\Londonderry Student. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 9/28/2008 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 6:18 We have to look ahead for the whole winter, month by month, dialing down room by room, closing doors, putting on an extra sweater, those kinds of things that you used to hear years ago from some of our elderly folks but now, realistically, we are living it. Advice on handling your money amid the nation's financial turmoil. Students teaching students about the state's primary process. Hello, I'm Beth Carroll welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. This school year New Hampshire 8th graders are getting a lesson in politics from their peers. A recent change in the state's education policy requires them to study the state's First in the Nation Presidential primary. They'll learn all about it from a DVD produced by middle and high school students from Londonderry. We first checked in with the group last fall and have this update now that the project is completed. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Kim Piela and Lauren Foxall NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Bob Maclellan\Londonderry Middle School Teacher, Bill Gardner\NH Secretary of State, Lori Fisher\NH Political Library, Kaffa Cote\Londonderry Student, Greg Bohlig\Londonderry Student, Scott Murphy\Londonderry Student, Derek Burns\Londonderry Student, Samuel Breslow\Londonderry Student, Sean Jaillet\Londonderry Student, Zachary Capobianco\Londonderry Student. |
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Have release forms -- Student DVD- Tamarah Brousseau, Meghan Rimol, Andrew Brown, Kelset Derhak, Tori Deyeso, and the other release forms from the november show. |