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Next on New Hampshire Outlook tonight. So you're not planning on retiring any time soon. or ever for that matter. We'll show you why it's still important to save for the future. We'll look at a program to help people make friends in Concord. And we'll meet a Keene man who claims to be "the Jumping Jacks Champion of the World'. |
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Good Evening. I'm Allison McNair. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. |
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The stage is set for a budget debate in the New Hampshire Senate. The Ways and Means Committee has released its version of the state spending plan. It includes a 315 million dollar increase in education funding, as well as a 226 million increase in spending for hospitals. The House and Senate will go to conference next week, in the hopes of coming to an agreement on the state's fiscal situation. |
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Meanwhile, the Senate Finance Committee today recommended a controversial change to the formula for distributing funds to New Hampshire schools. The plan was proposed by Republican Senator Ned Gordon of Bristol. The legislation would require the state to pay teacher salaries and other instructional costs. Transportation, building maintence and other operational expenses would be paid for by local taxpayers. The committee, however, did not offer a way to fund Gordon's plan. A vote is scheduled for tomorrow in the full Senate. |
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A Senate committee recommended against a bill already passed by the House that would raise the minimum wage to six dollars and fifteen cents. Supporters testified that the current minimum wage of five dollars and 15 cents is too little to live on. But some business owners said an increase would hurt them by driving up all hourly wages. A vote in the Senate is expected by the end of the month. |
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This week marks the 20th anniversary of the first diagnosis of AIDS. World-wide, an estimated 34 million people now have AIDS or the HIV virus that causes it. In New Hampshire, as throughout the developed world, new drugs have lowered the death rate from AIDS, and the reported number of new cases has dropped. Last year, 32 new cases were reported, a decline of over 2/3 since 1995. Two years ago, AIDS lost its place among the 15 leading causes of death in the United States. But mixed in with the good news is the danger that those most vulnerable to AIDS - gay men, intravenous drug users or anyone engaging in casual or unprotected sex - will not be so vigilant. |
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If you would like more information on dealing with HIV or AIDS including getting tested, here are a couple of phone numbers. New Hampshire's Dept. of Health and Human Services has a hotline that is staffed on weekdays from 8 to 4:30. Call 1-800-752-2437. There is also a national hotline that is staffed 24 hours a day. Call 1-800-342-2437. FOR MORE INFORMATION NH AIDS HOTLINE 800-752-2437 NATIONAL AIDS HOTLINE 800-342-2437 CG:BUMP2\FOR MORE INFORMATION\NH AIDS HOTLINE 800-752-2437 NATIONAL AIDS HOTLINE 800-342-2437 |
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Senate Republicans including New Hampshire's Bob Smith and Judd Gregg now have a different view of fellow Senator Jim Jeffords. Today, was the first day that Jeffords sat across the aisle from the Republicans - where he has spent the last 12 years in the Senate. Although Jeffords is officially an independent, he now sits with the Democrats. That shift in power means that Senator Bob Smith will no longer serve as chair of the Enviroment and Public Works Committee. |
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So you have a retirement plan at work, or you're thinking about starting an individual retirement account. As we continue a look at financial literacy this week ask yourself this -are you doing everything you can to maximize your savings for your future? Recently we spoke with financial planner, Brad French who's a Registered Representative of 1717 Capital Management about 401 k's and I-R-As. |
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CG:BUMP\For more information\New England Advisory Group www.neag.com |
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If you've been following the stock market lately, it's been a bit of a roller coaster ride. Depending on the earnings report of the day, investors are either buying or selling. Today they cashed in on the week's gains. |
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The Dow was down over one hundred and five points. The Nasdaq fell nearly sixteen. and the S&P 500 was down almost fourteen points. |
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Here's a look of stocks of interest to New Hampshire investors. Cabletron closed down 85 cents. Shares of Fleet Boston Financial dropped just over one dollar. Presstek ended the day up 87 cents. State Street was down 92 cents and Verizon was down a dollar ten. |
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A gorgeous day today.To find out if more of the same is in store for us tomorrow we checked in with Julia Heemstra at the Mount Washington Observatory. |
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CG:WEATHER\Mount Washington Observatory\Current Conditions\Temperature: 39 degrees\Foggy\Zero visibility\Winds: northwest at 37 mph CG:WEATHER\Tonight\North\Mostly clear\Low in the 40s\Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph\ CG:WEATHER\Tonight\South\Mostly clear\Low in the upper 40s\Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph\ CG:WEATHER\Tomorrow\North\Mostly sunny\High in the mid 70s\Northwest wind around 10 mph\ CG:WEATHER\Tomorrow\South\Mostly sunny\High in the mid 70s\Northwest wind around 10 mph\ Julia Heemstra, observer, reporting, one picture at www.mountwashington.org/download/nhptv entitled "Katie and Nin" Mount Washington, now 39 degrees F, in the fog, 0 visibility, winds are out of the northwest at 37 mph. UP NORTH TONIGHT Mostly clear. Low in the 40s. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. TOMORROW Mostly sunny. High in the mid 70s. Northwest wind around 10 mph DOWN SOUTH TONIGHT Mostly clear. Low in the upper 40s. Northwest wind around 5 to 10 mph TOMORROW Mostly sunny. High in the mid 70s. Northwest wind around 10 mph. |
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This week in Concord, a group of friends will gather together for a good cause. It's to support a program that promotes friendships among strangers. |
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"It was just me and my mom and then she kind of wanted me to have a role model. So then she heard of the FRIENDS program so she got me hooked up with that." Tape #2 In: 02:00:37 Out: 02:00:48 Meet Mike, a member of the FRIENDS program. Located in Concord, the FRIENDS program tries to foster positive relationships by pairing kids like Mike with older members of the community. "The FRIENDS program strengthens communities by building relationships that empower people, that encourage community support and restore faith in the human spirit. We try to accomplish that through an array of programs: youth mentoring program, shelter for homeless families, intergenerational programming and programming that works with home-bound isolated seniors by non-medical support services." Tape #1 In: 01:01:30 Out: 01:01:53 To raise money and awareness, the FRIENDS program will hold a benefit art auction. After the locally-created artwork is sold, local businesses will show their support for the FRIENDS program by displaying the 44 pieces throughout downtown Concord. "My friend, her name is April's Friend and she's like a clown or a mystical figure. It's basically to let children know that there are friends that they can make through the FRIENDS program, if they need a big brother type, a big sister type." Tape #1 In: 01:15:53 Out: 01:16:10 Kristin Mossman is one of the local high school art students who participated in the "Friends finding Friends" event. She sees the value of using her artistic abilities to help the FRIENDS program. "It helps people develop friendships and makes them feel loved." Tape #2 In: 02:07:11 Out: 02:07:17 Art teacher Deb Mahar was more than willing to help the FRIENDS program. She sees the process as something that will benefit not just her students, but the entire community as well. "I think it's very important. I think the fact that it's beginning to come out into the community and involve artists and other people and students is going to be very helpful for it. I think people will latch onto the idea and it's going to have some vision now. Tape #2 In: 02:13:02 Out: 02:13:17 "This is really something that embodies the mission and values of the entire organization. It's really about the relationships that we create. When you boil it down in any one of our programs is essentially what we do is create one-to-one relationships in different contexts. So this "Friends finding Friends" event, the auction, is all about that." Tape #1 in: 01:02:02 Out: 01:02:23 |
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The "Friends Finding Friends" auction will be held this Saturday, June 9th in Concord. If you'd like more information about the Friends program, call 603-228-1193. |
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Our next story is about a man in Keene who calls himself "Wild Bill - the Jumping Jacks Champion of the World'. He does thousands of jumping jacks every day as he works toward a jumping jack record. Chip Neal has the story. |
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This is a story about Bill Kathan, a resident in Keene area, who has become a fixture around town and in the schools. His car is covered with signs about his athletic accomplishments and his health messages. And he does jumping jacks. Millions of them. He says he has now established the world record for the most jumping jacks in one year. Some 2.5 million of them. All of which he claims are recorded on video tape which he will sumitt to Guiness World Records to claim the title. He also has taken a nutrition message into the schools. He calls it NEW START. But, problems developed for Bill Kathan when an article came out in the Keene Sentinal describing his chekered past. Arrests for criminal threatening and trespassing. He says he was a victim of circumstances and that he wants to move on from his past. Although he has managed an impressive athletic accomplishment, it remains to be seen if he can keep his past from overshadowing his present and his future. He says his next record attempt will be for the fastest mile - running backwards! |
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Bill Kathan says he has completed his year long jumping jacks goal with over 2 and a half million jumping jacks. We checked with the Guiness World Records folks in London. They said they have no current record for jumping jacks, nor have they been contacted yet by Bill Kathan about any of his record claims. Bill Kathan says he plans to submit his documentation soon. |
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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 Dr Wayne Dyer. We'll be back tomorrow at 7:30. Good night. |
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Tomorrow on New Hampshire Outlook - We round out our Financial Fitness week with a Stock Market Primer: How much do you really know about the stock market? Get the basics and some insight on investing for the long haul. USE CG TEMPLATE |
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New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg announced today a seven-and-a-half million dollar grant to study the fisheries of the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank. The money is to be used by the University of New Hampshire, University of Maine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The money will support research that combines the experience of fishermen into science for further cooperation between the industry and researchers. |
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The New England Wildflower Society will be extremely busy over the next three years. They'll be working on a survey of non-native invasive plants in the the White Mountain National Forest. Those plants can cause millions of dollars in damage.The survey will provide scientists with information on the location of 30 species of plants that may be growing in the 770-thousand-acre forest. Among the most important plants to be surveyed will be water chestnut, autumn olive, and oriental bittersweet. |
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Governor Jeanne Shaheen and the Executive Council today approved additional one-hundred-thousand dollars the attorney general says he needs to help prosecute the Vermont teen-agers charged with killing two Dartmouth College professors. The money will help prosecutors pay for experts in crime scene reconstruction, D-N-A evidence, computer forensics and psychiatry. Counsilor Ruth Griffin was the only dissenting vote. She said she wouldn't vote for the money unless the state makes a better effort to solve the 1991 Portsmouth murders of James Moore and Stella Bolton. |
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Police in Enfield are warning residents to watch out for unscrupulous driveway paving companies. Residents have filed a handful of complaints recently about companies who do less work than expected and charge much more than quoted. Police say it's a good idea to check out a paving company with past customers or with the state's Bureau of Consumer Affairs. |
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DATE: 6/6/01 TOPIC: This week marks the 20th anniversary of the first diagnosis of AIDS. World-wide, an estimated 34 million people now have AIDS or the HIV virus that causes it. In New Hampshire, as throughout the developed world, new drugs have lowered the death rate from AIDS, and the reported number of new cases has dropped. Last year, 32 new cases were reported, a decline of over 2/3 since 1995. Two years ago, AIDS lost its place among the 15 leading causes of death in the United States. But mixed in with the good news is the danger that those most vulnerable to AIDS - gay men, intravenous drug users or anyone engaging in casual or unprotected sex - will not be so vigilant. SEGMENT LENGTH: 2:00 NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Art Nicholson\AIDS patient Wendy Noyes\Director - AIDS Response Seacoast |
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DATE: 6/6/01 TOPIC:Our next story is about a man in Keene who calls himself "Wild Bill - the Jumping Jacks Champion of the World'. He does thousands of jumping jacks every day as he works toward a jumping jack record. SEGMENT LENGTH:5:33 NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Bill Kathan\Calisthenics Athlete |
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DATE: 6/6/01 TOPIC: This week in Concord, a group of friends will gather together for a good cause. It's to support a program that promotes friendships among strangers. SEGMENT LENGTH: 2:23 NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Mike\Friends Program James Doremus\Exec. Director, Friends Program Debbie Lindsay\April and Friends Deb Mahar\Kimball-Jenkins Community Art School |
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DATE:6/6/01 TOPIC:So you have a retirement plan at work, or you're thinking about starting an individual retirement account. As we continue a look at financial literacy this week ask yourself this -are you doing everything you can to maximize your savings for your future? Recently we spoke with financial planner, Brad French who's a Registered Representative of 1717 Capital Management about 401 k's and I-R-As. SEGMENT LENGTH: 9:45 NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Brad French\Financial Planner |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. How much do you really know about the stock market? Get the basics and some insight on investing for the long haul in our Stock Market Primer: Join us tonight at 7:30 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. How much do you really know about the stock market? Get the basics and some insight on investing for the long haul in our Stock Market Primer: Join us tonight at 11:30 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Releases for Jumping Jacks Champion Keene |