NH OUTLOOK ROUNDTABLE EDITION, Friday, 1/5/2001
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Return to index of stories... 		Next on New Hampshire Outlook
A one-on-one interview with Governor Jeanne Shaheen as she begins her third term in office. We'll talk about education funding judicial reform and more.
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Return to index of stories... 		Good Evening. I'm Allison McNair. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook.
We begin tonight with a summary of state news.
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Return to index of stories... 		New Hampshire will have one last official visit from President Clinton before he leaves office.
The White House has notified officials that Clinton will visit Manchester and Dover on Tuesday January 11th. That's just nine days before the president leaves office.
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Return to index of stories... 		President Clinton is declaring millions of acres of federal forests -- -- off limits to road building and most logging. That includes 235 thousand acres in New Hampshire.
But not everyone is applauding.
The Wilderness Society and New Hampshire Public Interest Research Group say the plan will preserve woodlands and the wildlife that live there.
The New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association says the move effectively halts logging on 44 thousand acres, hurting the livelihood and economy of northern New Hampshire.
Senator Bob Smith, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, calls it a one-size fits all approach that could destroy the forest's balance between economic activity, recreation and
environmental protection.
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Return to index of stories... 		Two New Hampshire school districts are getting federal money to help them provide programs to the community.
More than 668 thousand dollars is going to Pembroke. Dover is getting 229 thousand.
The grants will be used to establish after-school community learning centers. They're part of a national program designed to keep schools open longer so they can provide tutoring and homework help, college prep activities, drug and violence prevention, counseling and supervised recreation.
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Return to index of stories... 		Fish and Game officers plan to set up a sobriety checkpoint for snowmobilers this weekend. Lieutenant David Hewitt says it's part of a safety campaign to get drunk or impaired snowmobilers off the trails. Officers will be at work in the Lincoln-Woodstock area.
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Return to index of stories... 		Some of us may get a few inches of snow tonight and tomorrow. Katie Hess from the Mount Washington Observatory has details.
Good evening Katie:
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Return to index of stories... 		On Monday, a report will be released outlining the ways the state of New Hampshire might end the education funding crisis. The findings will be released by the Blue Ribbon Commission, which was set up by Governor Jeanne Shaheen. In her innaugural speech yesterday, the Governor said she's determined to find a permanent solution to funding education. We sat down with her earlier today to look at what lies ahead for this her third term in office.
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Return to index of stories... 		Monday on NH Outlook.
The Blue Ribbon Commission releases its long awaited report on funding education in New Hampshire.
And we'll have a one-on-one interview with documentary film maker Ken Burns to discuss the story of America's music - Jazz.
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Return to index of stories... 		That's all for this edition of Outlook tonight. Thanks for joining us.
For all of us here at New Hampshire Public Television, I'm Allison McNair. Thanks for joining us.
Stay tuned for UNH Wildcat Hockey.
We'll be back Monday at 7:30.
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Return to index of stories... 		Thanks to our founding sponsors who have provided major funding for the production of New Hampshire Outlook:
New Hampshire Charitable Foundadtion
Public Service of New Hampshire
Alice J. Reen Charitable Trust
Putnam Foundation
Stratford Foundation
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Sunapee looking to regulate cell towers
-- Sunapee doesn't have any cell
phone towers, but residents see them coming closer and will decide
at Town Meeting whether to erect some hurdles.
They will debate adding a zoning amendment to regulate the
height and placement of the towers.
The Planning Board is recommending the amendment as an attempt
to balance increasing demand for wireless phone services and
preserving the town's rural setting.
The amendment first would require wireless carriers to put their
equipment on existing towers or existing structures, such as bell
towers or barns. Sunapee currently has no towers, so wireless
companies would have to erect them, under tight guidelines, that
mean they could be camouflaged by trees.
Under federal law, communities must allow cell towers, as long
as they comply with town ordinances.
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Return to index of stories... 		Sears will close 89 of its specialty stores and four department stores - but that decision won't affect stores in Maine and New Hampshire. National Tire and Battery stores and hardware stores are among the specialty stores that will be closed.
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Great Bay land protected
-- Land in two special areas of New Hampshire is
being protected from development.
On the Seacoast, 699 acres that include nearly a mile of shore
frontage on Great Bay have been bought by the Nature Conservancy
for the Great Bay Resource Protection Partnership.
The land in Exeter, Newfields, Greenland, and Stratham contains
freshwater wetlands, fields, forests, marshland, tidal flats and
sweeping views of the Bay. It is home to many types of wildlife.
In the North Country, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has
bought 650 acres in Jefferson and Whitefield to expand the
Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge.
Senator Judd Gregg, who helped both projects, says the refuge is
a critical stopover for migrating birds and is home to many other
forms of wildlife.
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