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Next on New Hampshire Outlook tonight. It's that time of year when parents and high school seniors tackle the college application process. We'll show you how to navigate throught the maze of paperwork to get into the school of your choice and secure financial aid. bite "Look into college early and get it done quick, it's not a fun task." And we'll meet a young fiddler whose been making music since she learned to talk. |
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Good Evening. I'm Allison McNair. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. We begin tonight with a summary of state news. |
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Republican challenger Robert Flanders of Antrim has won his re-count against Democratic incumbent Rick Trombly of Boscawen for a state Senate seat. Originally, Flanders had beaten Trombly by 94 votes. In the re-count concluded yesterday he won by 89. Unless other recounts under way change the outcome, the Senate now returns to Republican control with a 13-to-eleven split. |
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The state says it has expanded its investigation of alleged abuse at the Youth Development Center in Manchester because more complaints have come in. Health and Human Services Commissioner Donald Shumway says he's received complaints from parents, juveniles being held at the facility and from staff members there. The Y-D-C houses young people ages 12 to 17 who have been found guilty of crimes that would be felonies or misdemeanors if committed by an adult. |
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Somersworth School officials may limit access to Internet sites on school computers. That's after death threats mentioning students by name were posted on an online message board last week. School Superintendent Charles Ott said the messages included life-threatening racist remarks signed with the initials KKK. School officials are looking into whether the messages came from a school computer. They say they're prepared to install filters and other safeguards to prevent students from using school computers to reach inappropriate websites. |
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As we approach the busiest shopping day of the year, consumer advocates are warning, there's trouble in toyland. At a news conference today, the New Hampshire Public Interest Research Group demonstrated a number of toys with safety issues, including this popular scooter. Its packaging shows a child riding it without any safety gear. Riders should wear helmets as well as knee and elbow pads. Another concern are toys which pose choking hazards. For example, NH-PIRG says balloons shouldn't be used by kids under eight. Thousands of children are seen in hospital emergency rooms every year from toy injuries. But there's a hidden hazard many people may not be aware of: For more information on the dangerous toys report, log on to toysafety-dot-net. |
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Many kids will be thinking about dalmations with the release of Disney's 102 Dalmations movie this week, but the New Hampshire Humane Society is urging parents to think twice before buying one as a pet. Unlike the loveable screen dogs, dalmations are prone to skin allergies and deafness, require lots of exercise and can tear a place apart if left alone for long periods. The Human Society says many people bought the dogs after Disney's 101 Dalmations was released in 1996. But soon afterward, kennels were flooded with dogs whose owners no longer wanted them. The group's Nashua chapter received ten dogs that year. |
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That's the news summary. We'll be back with our focus on the college application process and more after the weather. |
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TONIGHT MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW FLURRIES LOW IN THE LOWER 20s TOMORROW PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW FLURRIES COLD AND BLUSTERY HIGH IN THE LOWER 30s THURSDAY PARTLY CLOUDY WINDY AND CONTINUED COLD HIGH NEAR 30 |
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It's that time of year - high school seniors begin sending their applications to colleges. For many students and their families, the application process can be daunting. But we've found, with a little help, it doesn't have to be. |
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With me now in the studio are Tara Payne - Outreach Coordinator for New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation and Mark Rubinstein - Vice Provost at the University of New Hampshire and also Interim Director of Admissions. |
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Thanks to my guests, Tara Payne of the New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation and Mark Rubinstein from UNH for being here. |
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Here's a look at some of the stories making headlines in New Hampshire business. Laconia officials are holding department heads responsible for expenses incurred during motorcyle week. Last year the city spent over 30 thousand dollars more than it had taken in in permits and fees. Now department heads must decide how much they plan to spend and list that figure as a separate line item. If they spend beyond what they expected - they'll have to find the difference elsewhere in their budget- or come back to the council and ask for additional money. The chairman of the council's finance committee says the goal is to avoid ending up in the hole again by planning ahead. The Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact continues to show its worth to New England's dairy farmers. The compact yesterday released almost four -million dollars for about four-thousand dairy farmers across the region. The compact guarantees dairy farmers a minimum price for their milk and helps them bridge periods when the market price is low. So far this year the compact has paid about 52 -million dollars to New England farmers. New Hampshire may be losing some tattoo artists. Now that tattoing is legal in Massachusetts - some artists may be heading south of the border. One Lawrence Mass. native who runs a tattoo parlor in Pelham says he's ready to go back home. He adds that many Massachusetts underground tattoo artists chose a legitimate business in southern New Hampshire rather than operating an underground operation in Massachusetts, where the practice was banned 38 years ago. |
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A while back, New Hampshire Crossroads brought you the story of a young musician in Freedom, New Hampshire. Her name is Sarah Breslin and besides being an accomplished violinist and fiddler, Sarah is something of a musical ambassador. John Clayton filed this story. |
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Sarah is a freshman at Tufts University studying Child Psychology. She is still playing the violin and has taken up the harp. |
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Tomorrow on New Hampshire Outlook - A study by the New Hampshire Housing Forum shows a new class of people feeling the pinch of high housing prices and stagnant prices. The middle class is losing ground. We'll explore the options. and are you ready for this winter's predicted high energy costs? Home heating experts show us what we can do to save energy. |
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That's it for this edition of New Hampshire Outlook. For all of us here at New Hampshire Public Television, thanks for joining us. Stay tuned for Keeping Up Appearances. We'll be back tomorrow at 7:30. Good night. |
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Snow for sale For the right price, you can enjoy a Backyard Blizzard any time you want Tuesday, November 21, 2000 By JENNIFER DILLON Monitor staff Dreaming of a white Christmas? If the last few snowless Christmases have got you down, Snow Station, a subsidiary of Snow Economics, Inc. - a Natick, Mass based company that makes industrial snow makers for ski resorts - thinks it has just the thing to cheer you up: The Backyard Blizzard. The Blizzard is their latest invention, a snowmaking machine designed for home use. The Blizzard, which is about the size of a wheel barrow, consists of a water pump, an air compressor and a 10-foot tower. When the temperature drop to 25 degrees or lower, the Blizzard will work by screwing in a regular garden hose. With the two compressors plugged into separate regular household outlets combined with the 21/2 gallons of water pumping into the device per minute, a cloud of white fluffy snow will instantly shoot out of the tower all over the lawn. "It's really targeted at people who are just disappointed that they haven't had any snowfall," said Ryan Triffitt, advertising communications director for Glen Group, the North Conway public relations firm that's promoting the Backyard Blizzard. "That's what winter's all about, that sort of magical feeling of walking up in the morning and finding snow on the ground. That's what this is all about." The catch: The Backyard Blizzard costs $2,995. "Right now we're selling it through the Hammacher Schlemmer Catalog, which is designed for the person who has everything," Triffitt said. For many New Hampshire folks, spending that kind of money on a snowmaker is a luxury they can't afford. "It sounds like something I would like if it cost $100," Kris Burchell of Gilford said. "I've been disappointed at the lack of snow, and it would be nice if my yard could be full of snow, but I can't afford that." When first told about the Blizzard, Jean Faenza, also of Gilford, seemed excited. "The kids would love that," she said. "How much is it?" Once she was told, she let out an exaggerated breath. "I don't think so," she said. "That's way too expensive." But some people have bought the Blizzard already despite its price tag. According to Charles Santry, president of Snow Economics and inventor of the Backyard Blizzard, it's done quite well since going on sale Oct. 1 not only in the Hammacher Schlemmer Catalog, but on the company's Web site as well as in Ski Market stores throughout New England. Santry said he's sold a few in New Hampshire, and even some in Arkansas and North Carolina. "Our target market is more around the metropolitan areas, where there's more disposable income," he said. "It is a pricey toy." Santry said he and his father-in-law, Herman Dupre, co-founder of Snow Economics, came up with idea after the company got countless calls every year from people who wanted to use their industrial snowmakers for Christmas, birthday and sledding parties. "I've got four kids of my own, and I know that those cold winter days when you're looking out on your yard and it's brownish green aren't as fun as when you look out at snow," he said. "I want to change people's yards into nice winter playgrounds, instead of snow-less tundra." The Blizzard can turn a green Christmas white in just one hour. According to Triffitt, it produces one inch of snow an hour over a 1,000-square-foot area. Since it has to be 25 degrees or colder to work, Triffitt recommends turning it on at night for a few hours, or the whole night, and waking up to a winter wonderland. That's what happened to Nancy Clark's family a few weeks ago. As owner of Glen Group, Clark volunteered her house in North Conway as the test site for the Backyard Blizzard. "We had people coming by all morning, and drivers would slow way down," she said. "We even had one guy take out a video camera. The school bus drove by and the driver yelled out the window 'aren't you rushing the season a little bit?' " Her kids got up at 6 a.m. for the snow. "It was really cool," 8-year-old Andrew Clark said. "We went sledding and then had a snowball fight and used our snow tubes as shields." Andrew's 6-year-old brother, Reid, said he was worried the kids at school wouldn't believe him when he told them he was late to school because he'd been playing in the snow all morning. But his dad took pictures and the boys brought them to school for proof. "I wish I could have snow that lasted 'til summer," Reid said. Nancy Clark said her family had so much fun with the machine her husband said if they didn't live in an area that already gets a lot of snow he would buy one for the kids. But the fact is New Hampshire usually does have plenty of snow each winter. In fact, some people would rather see less snow, instead of more. "I wouldn't buy one of those," Philip Graham of Meredith said. "We get too much snow as it is. I go to Florida to escape it." But there are a few Bing Crosby sympathizers around who wouldn't mind coughing up the money for a guaranteed white Christmas. "If we had kids I'd definitely get one," Tom Wheeler of Meredith said. He doesn't balk at the price either. "I bought a stair master for $4,000," he said with a shrug. |