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Next on New Hampshire Outlook tonight. Every business has a story to tell. We'll talk to the people promoting the Granite State in a whole new way. Plus. high technology meets with tradition in the North Country to make liquid gold. And it wouldn't be sugar season without a lesson in building a shack. |
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Good Evening. I'm Allison McNair. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Should physicians be able to report patients who are unfit to drive? That question is the focus of a bill passed by the Senate and now being taken up by the House. At a House committee hearing today, bill sponsors explained that under current law, physicians who are concerned about a patients' fitness to drive could be sued if they report them. The bill would allow that breach in doctor-patient confidentiality. |
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Hearing Tape 1 42:04 As it is now, doctors have a tough choice that we should make easier. If they don't report a driver who they feel is unfit to drive, they risk a tragedy. If they do, they fear being brought before the board of medicine or a court for violating the patient's confidentiality. That isn't right. |
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Under the terms of the bill, Physicians who conclude that a patient is unfit to drive would be able to report that patient to the Department of Safety without fear of being sued. The Department would then schedule a hearing for the patient before suspending or revoking the patient's licence. Today's hearing marked the first of a series on Senate crossover bills. |
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Three members of New Hampshire's congressional delegation visited the State House today. They were there to talk about what's going on in Washington. Representatives John E. Sununu, Charles Bass, and Senator Judd Gregg addressed members of the State/Federal relations committee. They discussed several issues including transportation, the federal budget, and the status of the surplus. Rep. Bass discussed a bill he introduced last year that would phase in full funding of 40% of the costs of special education as a required part of the federal budget. |
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Hearing tape 2 02:16:04 I'm glad to say that in the six years I've been in Congress, special education funding has gone from about 5% of the total cost to about 15%. It should be at 40%. Now were it to be increased to 40%, the state of New Hampshire would receive about $50 million more from the federal govt. for education services than it does today. And for all of you who are beginning the debate in the next few days over this state's budget, it's important to bear in mind that $50 million is real money. |
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The delegation will be attending hearings and public events around the state over the next few days. |
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People in several southern New Hampshire communities may end up with higher water bills. Pennichuck Water Works Incorporated plans on asking the Public Utilities Commission for a rate hike that would increase a family's water bill by about four dollars a month. The company says it needs the money for capital improvements. The increase would affect customers in Nashua, Amherst, Bedford and portions of Hollis, Derry, Epping, Milford, Plaistow and Salem. Pennichuck plans to file its request in June, and the company says the P-U-C could hold hearings later this year. |
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New Hampshire students rank seventh in academic achievement. That's according to the American Legislative Exchange Council which today released the eighth edition of its Report Card on American Education. The report analyzed student achievement in all 50 states. Besides its overall ranking, New Hampshire ranked fourth out of the states in which the S-A-T was the dominant college entrance exam. According to the group's report, Iowa had the top performing public elementary and secondary schools in the country. Mississippi, the District of Columbia and Louisiana ranked at the bottom of the scale. |
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Snow - say it isn't so. But we may be in for some - in parts of the state. Fot the weather details we checked in a few minutes ago with Katie Hess at the Mount Washington Observatory. |
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CG:WEATHER\Mount Washington Observatory\Current Conditions\Temperature: 25 Degrees\Winds: Calm \Thin Overcast with Visibility of 80 Miles\ CG:WEATHER\Tonight\Statewide\Light rain becoming snow\North: 1 Inch Accumulation\South: 3 Inches Accumulation\Lows near 30. WInds N to NE 5-15 MPH CG:WEATHER\Tomorrow\Statewide\Windy with Snow Tapering to Snow Showers\Highs in the 40s \Winds Becoming NW at 15 - 25 MPH\Showers Through Wednesday Night CG:WEATHER\Thursday\Statewide\Sun Returns!\\\ |
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In Business news, good economic news helped give Wall Street a boost today. The Federal Reserve reported that production at the nation's factories rose a solid four-tenths of a percent in March, exceeding expectations. |
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The Dow Jones industrial average ended up 58 points at ten-thousand-216 point 7-3. The Nasdaq composite gained 13 point six five to close at 19-hundred-23 point 22. The S-and-P 500 rose nearly 12 points to eleven ninety one point 53. CG:STOCKS\Dow Jones Industrials\10216.73\+58.17\NYSE\608.78\+6.46\American Stock Exchange\899.80\+10.11\Nasdaq\1923.22\+13.65\S&P 500\1191.53\+11.85 |
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Here's a look of stocks of interest to New Hampshire investors. Autodesk was up one- point two nine. New Hampshire Thrift was up half a point. Raytheon was up one- point oh five. State Street corporation was up six-point four-oh. And Texas Instruments finished the day up just under a point. CG:STOCKS\Autodesk\32.42\+1.29\New Hampshire Thrift\13.00\+0.50\Raytheon\31.90\+1.05\State Street Corp.\99.00\+6.40\Texas Instruments\34.00\+0.99 |
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We have a story to tell. That's the message of an organization designed to promote and support New Hampshire entrepreneurs. Other New England states have strong identities. Now, as I recently learned New Hampshire's image is getting a facelift. If it's made in New Hampshire, the word is getting out. |
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One of the businesses you can find in the New Hampshire Stories directory is Christies' Maple Farm. They've been making maple syrup in Lancaster for nearly twenty years. Over those years technology has changed the way they gather and turn sap into liquid gold. - upper right and no background web site: www.realmaple.com phone - 1-800-788-2118 |
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Legend has it that tapping trees for sap began quite by accident. It was a well placed tomahawk into a maple tree that started things moving. It quickly evolved into something slightly more sophisticated and stayed that way for many years. "There are still people who use buckets. But if you want to make a business out of this, you have to use the latest technology." Colin Christie operates Christie's Maple Farm in Lancaster. "I remember when I was biten by the bug. I was a kid and we tapped trees in our backyard. It all started then. In 1982 is when I went commercial." Colin now taps 10,000 trees in the maple forests north of Mt. Washington. "Sap is the lifeblood of a tree." And in 10,000 trees, there happens to be a lot of sap - somewhere around 150,000 gallons. Colin and a few of his employees have only six weeks to collect it. So, they've taken advantage of technology. "I can take sap from this tree and turn it into syrup in just 3.5 hours." To do this, Colin has run more than 45 miles of tubing from the trees to a holding tank. But he's not relying on gravity alone to get it there. "This is a vacuum that allows us to draw the sap from the hills high on the hill in a much more effecient way." "We first drill a hole. Then we.. From the trees, the sap is brought here where it will be turned into syrup. "This is the reverse osmosis machine. What it does is remove about 75 percent of the water from the sap. That allows us to evaporate the remaining sap much faster." The traditional way of boiling sap is over an oil or wood fire. Colin uses steam. "With steam there is no chance of the sap burning, like there was the old way. Also is provides a much more even temperature throughout the process." "From when the sap arrives to when it's a finished product takes about an hour. Without the reverse osmosis and steaming process it would take about four times that - about 4 hours." In a typical season, the farm will produce more than 3,000 gallons of syrup. Technology has helped make that happen. The spirit of the maple sugaring however hasn't changed since Colin first witnessed it as a young boy growing up in the White Mountains. |
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For a group of fourth graders in Madbury, the maple sugar season has concluded with a school project that started last fall. It's been a lesson that has taken the students from a traditional classroom to a more natural setting. |
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After a long, cold winter, Spring time in New Hampshire offers some relief. Snow becomes streams and wildlife reappears. It's also a time for maple sugaring. "We've been making maple syrup here for seven years." Steve Tullar is a teacher at Merherimet School in Madbury. For seven years, they've been firing up the boiler in the school parking lot and turning sap into syrup. This year, however, things are going to be different. "We thought why not build a house to boil and it could be used as a classroom other parts of the year." The sugarhouse project started last fall in Steve Tullar's fourth grade classroom. He and his students invited in Don Black, a UNH Cooperative extension forestry specialist. "They really dive into this, they love it." "It's hands on and that's what I like about this." "The students are involved in every step of the process. They learn to measure board feet the environment the forestry industry" After teaching them about board feet in the classroom, Don and Steve turn the kids loose into the school woodlot. "When they are outside the kids are unpredictable with regards to what they learn. They see things that we don't they have questions" "We are learning all about trees" After measuring the trees, the students learn about harvesting them. Don Quigley loves to talk about trees. He's a professor of forest technology at UNH. "The goal for me is to open their minds." He's opening a few eyes as well. Don and some of his forestry students are giving a lesson that the students won't easily forget. "We want them to understand how the forest works, how to manage it, how to use it wisely…" "This is the type of education I wish I had." Parents have gotten involved as well. Jim Davis is this boy's dad. "He's excited about seeing the whole process. The whole class is. Very few of these kids have ever seen a tree being felled." Every step taken toward finishing the sugar house is a learning process. "I'm having a blast doing this. It is a lot of fun and the students are having fun. This is my job and I love sharing what I know." Once the logs are drawn, they're quartered. The students enjoy front row seats as they watch their trees being turned into milled timber. It's been five months since the student's first classroom lesson. It was anticipated that by this time the sugar house would be up and running. It has either snowed or rain everytime we went to work on it. We are hoping that we'll be able to build it in two weeks. It's too late to boil in it this season, but we'll be ready for next year." So, it's back to the parking lot for one more year. "One of the biggest lessons we get is problem solving that life gives us." In the end, the house did go up - by hand. In the process, the students learned some math, history and perhaps some carpentry skills. ".and team work. They all helped pull on ropes. They turned their lessons into practice." When asked what was the best part of this whole experience. This student answered the question like a true fourth grader. "The tasting" |
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Tomorrow on New Hampshire Outlook - With the warmer weather comes the renewed threat of West Nile Virus. State officials are mounting an aggressive campaign to combat it. |
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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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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. With spring weather comes the renewed threat of West Nile Virus. We'll talk to the people who are mounting an aggressive campaign to combat it. Join us tonight at 7:30 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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DATE: 4/17/01 TOPIC: One of the businesses you can find in the New Hampshire Stories directory is Christies' Maple Farm. They've been making maple syrup in Lancaster for nearly twenty years. Over those years technology has changed the way they gather and turn sap into liquid gold. SEGMENT LENGTH:4:35 NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: \Colin Christie\Christies' Maple Farm Roger Petit\Operations Co-manager |
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DATE:4/17/01 TOPIC: Three members of New Hampshire's congressional delegation visited the State House today. They were there to talk about what's going on in Washington. NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Representatives John E. Sununu, Charles Bass, and Senator Judd Gregg |
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DATE: 4/17/01 TOPIC: We have a story to tell. That's the message of an organization designed to promote and support New Hampshire entrepreneurs.Other New England states have strong identities. Now, as I recently learned New Hampshire's image is getting a facelift. If it's made in New Hampshire, the word is getting out. SEGMENT LENGTH:10:15 |
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AP-NH--Arena Football hrwman Civic center could become home for arena football league team xx edits to show that the Manchester team would play in league's minor league division xxx -- Manchester's downtown civic center could become home to an arena football league team starting next year. Officials say Manchester has been approved as a site for a team, which would play in the league's minor league, which is called arenafootballtwo. The league anticipates adding a Northeast division, in which teams from the region would be more likely to play one another. The minor league plans to add 12 to 18 teams next year to the 28 currently playing. Yesterday was the last day for people to submit applications for new teams. |