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Next on New Hampshire Outlook tonight. Waiting for the North Country's largest employer to pay its bills. Plus, As women wage a very personal war with breast cancer they do not battle alone. "If I can help them and make any of it easier for them then I am truly grateful to be able to do it." We look at the healing power of the patient/surgeon relationship. |
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Good Evening. I'm Allison McNair. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. |
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People in the North Country are waiting for a few phones calls. One from the area's largest employer, Pulp and Paper of America. It owes several communities millions in back taxes and other bills. The other anticipated call is from the buyer or buyers of land near Pittsburg. Yesterday International Paper announced it was selling 171 thousand acres of forest land. Correspondent Theresa Kennett was in the North Country as the Governor toured the area, signed some bills and addressed concerns about Pulp and Paper, the Forest sale and more. |
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Berlin officils say they may have to lay off workers because of the tax shortfall. In Gorham, a freeze is on the budget pending news from Pulp and Paper. |
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Nashua homeowners may end up seeing a 20-percent hike in their water bills. Pennichuck Water Works says it needs to increase rates due to changes in water and sewer lines planned by the city, federal drinking water requirements and higher operating costs. The Public Utilities Commission will hold a hearing tomorrow on the matter. Pennichuck says its rates are below those of similar water companies in New Hampshire. The company has bought 38 independent, community water systems since its last rate increase in 1998. |
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With blood supplies running dangerously low, the Red Cross is looking for more donors. Tomorrow, the organization is planning the state's biggest blood drive with a goal of more than 400 pints. Earlier I spoke to Bob Carter, an account executive with the American Red Cross Blood Services. He is running tomorrow's drive which will be in Nashua. |
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CG:FS_CG\Where to Donate Blood\Thursday, July 12 \Noon - 7pm\National Guard Armory\154 DW Highway\Nashua\ CG:Bump2\American Red Cross\1-800-262-2660 www.newenglandblood.org/nh/ The Red Cross says the shortage is being caused by advances in medicine, including more organ transplants, and new restrictions on who can donate blood. To donate blood you must: be at least 17 years old weigh at least 110 pounds be in good health |
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It was Team Nutrition day at the University of New Hampshire this afternoon. The event is part of a two week conference for teachers and food service professionals. The conference is designed to share ideas on how to reach students with messages of positive self-image, fitness, character building and proper nutrition. Miss America Angela Perez Baraquio , a physical fitness teacher in her native Hawaii, gave the keynote address. Baraquio stressed that since 1980, the percentage of overweight children has doubled, and this isn't a short-term problem. Valerie Long, Director of the Team Nutrition Summer institute stressed the need for more awareness. |
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For information on The Team Nutrition Summer Institute, you can call 862-3653. |
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This year 800 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in New Hampshire. One hundred women will die from it. As women wage a very personal war with this disease they do not go into battle alone. Tonight we conclude our series on breast cancer with a look at the healing power of the patient/surgeon relationship. |
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JOURNEY TOWARD HEALING PART THREE Breast cancer can strike at the very heart of a woman's sense of self. Because of this, the surgeon leads a medical team that is as concerned with her psychological needs as her physical. It all begins with understanding what the patient is going through and lowering her anxiety level. coppola 44:18:31 there's lots of studies data to support that. Relieving anxiety and healing faster - they are soft studies but they are there.--cover of curtain opening hospital coverjust preparing for your surgery and being as relaxed and informed as you can be and trying to think positively on the whole process has been shown to have beneficial effects on pain control and post op. The battle against breast cancer affects not only the patient but it also takes its toll on those closest to her. 2:27:13 Certainly my job is to take care of the problem and be a part of the cure for that person but you can't get away from the emotional side that it takes on the patient and her whole family. Robin #29:29:04 I think it has been hardest for our older daughter - Lauren because she is away at KSC this year. But the others have really steppe up and helped. You have a different perspective on life. Your family and your friends are very important to you. WILLIAMS 37:00:52++ My mom was very moved - it pulled us closer. She came up to help me out and I remember her saying "I wish it were me". And it was the kind of thing that really touches you. Robin Drown and Linda Williams were both treated for breast cancer by Dr. David Coppola. He made their treatment a family affair. 2:27:13+++ lets make them a part of this whole discussion. I think it alleviates the mystery of what's happening to whomever it is if we have had lots of chances to talk about it first. It can all be done without delaying their treatment. You'd be surprised how much a half- hour chat just to visit will do. Those who work in cancer treatment are often very sensitive to the special emotional needs of their patients. 9:03:00 I was there for four chemo treatments three weeks apart. My last one was 3 days after Christmas. Dr. sonnoborg - he is always quite the character. I would go in there and I would be looking awful and he would say "Oh you're looking beautiful today. 5:20:25 I think sheila - we must have touched each other because she left me this beautiful letter beside my bed when I woke up from my surgery that stated how much she enjoyed having me under her care. And for a nurse who works long hours and rounds to take the time out of her busy schedule to do that - I know how overworked nurses are - and I just -= it touched me and I will never forget that. While many caring professionals touched their lives, the central person in both Linda and Robin's treatment continued to be their surgeon. 09:04:36 Dr. Coppola has always been there. I know one of the nights he spoke to us - it was actually 7 at night after he had been in surgery all day. He sat with my husband and I for like 2 hours and just talked. Williams 1 5:16:35+++ the day before my surgery he sat down with me and talked with me for over an hour about my family, about my children, about my husband. And he gave me stories about his sisters and brothers and his parents and nieces and it just made me feel so comfortable about him operating on me cause I felt he cared about me as a person. Dr. Coppola's approach of treating the whole person and not just the disease had a profound effect on Linda's healing process. Williams 1 5:15:26 I think - I have heard horror stories from people who had surgeons - and you see it on tv - who have no rapport - and no trust. My father still does not like to go to the doctors because he just doesn't trust them. I think had he run into someone like david coppola along the way he may have felt differently and he may have sought his health care sooner for health issues. 04:24:22 SURGEONS - and I can say it because I am one -the stereotype is not to be warm and friendly. The stereotype is to be cold. But it is a stereotype. Surgery 2 2:13:53 There's some sense of you can't get too close to patients because there's a fear that it would get in the way. But I think there's a long way to go before you have to worry about that. 2:13:53++++ If I ever thought that I was getting too close and it was going to cloud my judgment I would never do that. I am still very much able to make a strong clinical decision when I have to As patient and physician battle the cancer, their bond becomes like that of soldiers under fire against a deadly enemy. Coppola 5 5:11:20 linda is an interesting person. She brought me a present the day she came to surgery. She brought me a flower - a daffodil - the symbol of hope of the American cancer society and it is the flower of hope for a cure for cancer. So she brought me this flower the day of her surgery which was wonderfully touching - just what you want to do get emotional before you start an operation. Williams 1 5:22:11+++ I wrote a little note that said "Dear Dr Coppola, please take only the bad ones and asve me all the good ones and made a little smiley face - love Linda. 5:12:48 So we pinned it to the back of my gown so I could have it with me the whole time I was operating on her and she took a picture of me operating on her with the flower pinned to my back. To let them know the flower was with me the whole time I was operating. Williams 1 5:24:20 the post it note was just a way of me trying to control a little of what was to happen. I knew I would be out and I wouldn't be able to tell him so I think it made him think. Coppola 5 5:15:29 I think it is very important for a woman who has had a breast cancer to continue to have a relationship with their surgeon to help detect a recurrence. And it allows you to take good care of the patient but to maintain that continuity and the relationship you built up with them. I think as much as the patients like it I like it as well. It is very gratifying for me to have that kind of continuity. That continuity means everything to breast cancer patients like Linda who live with the reality that the cancer could return Williams 2 6:00:52 I don't want to fool myself. I know I have had cancer and I am lucky that it was caught fairly soon. But there is a chance it could have traveled and that is in the back of your mind. When you have had it touch other people's lives in your immediate family it makes you sit up and take notice and not take it for granted. 4:14:47+++ Every time they go to the doctor and hear the doctor say you're okay it is more positive reinforcement. Williams 2 6:01:42 ++ I want to be a realist about it. I want to teach my kids that. That you go on with your life. 9:07:58 We meet at UNH hockey games and he'll be sitting in one section and we'll be sitting one section over. most times we get up and get together in one period or another and give each other a hug, He says how are things going and it's just nice. Nice to know that he really cares." Breast cancer is a life altering experience - it changes the patient physically and emotionally. While fighting breast cancer is a very personal battle, Dr. Coppola's patients know they will not fight that battle alone. A very special bond is made. 5:07:59 it is like that with most of my breast cancer patients. You see them so often and you are helping them through something that is extremely difficult and if I can help them and help make any of it any easier then I am truly grateful and I will do more if they will let me do it - If they want me to be there for them. 5:18:02++ I feel lucky to have met these people. I wish it were under different circumstances but I feel really blessed and that is exactly how I felt… feeling that someone had touched my life that really meant something. audio coppola 4 4:15:33 I plan to see my breast cancer patients for life. |
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In business news - It was a mixed day on Wall Street following news of profit warnings from Newell Rubbermaid, Emerson Electric and Comverse Technology. |
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The dow jones industrial average ended the day up 65 points at 10 thousand-241.. The Nasdaq composite closed up 9 points to 19-hundred-72. And the S and P 500 was down one and a third. |
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Here's a look at stocks of interest to New Hampshire investors. Anheuser Busch was up a dollar thirty three. Chubb was down a dollar fifty-seven. General Electric was down a dollar fifteen. Timberland was up a dollar sixty-one. And Tyco International was down two dollars and seventy-six cents. |
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Some more bad news when it comes to losing jobs in New Hampshire. Troy Mills is cutting about 40 union jobs as well as some management positions. That will reduce the size of its workforce by about a third. The company has 126 employees, and says it is moving some of its operations out of state.According to a company spokesman, the move will save about one million dollars a year. |
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There may soon be a space center in Concord to honor Alan Shepard, america's first space traveler. A congressional subcommittee has approved two million dollars to help build the center at the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium. Alan Shepard was from Derry. The Alan B. Shepard Discovery Center will be next to the planetarium. |
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Another day with some showers in some parts of the state. We checked in with Chalie Lopresti at the Mount Washington Observatory to see what's in store for us weatherwise. |
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CG:WEATHER\Mount Washington Observatory\Today on the Summit\High: 41 degrees\Wind: West 24 mph \Mostly cloudy with partial undercast\Visibility: 65 miles CG:WEATHER\Tonight\North\Mostly cloudy\Chance of a shower or t-storms\Lows: 50 to 55 degrees\Winds: West 5 to 10 mph CG:WEATHER\Tonight\South\Mostly cloudy\Chance of shower or t-storms early\Then becoming partly cloudy\Lows: 50 to 55 degrees\Winds: West 5 to 10 mph CG:WEATHER\Tomorrow\Statewide\Mostly cloudy\Chance of showers and t-storms\Highs: 65 to 70 degrees\Winds: West 10 to 20 mph Charlie Lopresti- reporting - Meteorologist/Observer - no picture F |
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Finally, tonight a lesson in community spirit. More than 430 teen-age volunteers from all over the country are in the Concord area to fix up 70 homes for low-income, disabled and elderly residents. The teens and their chaperones are part of The Capital Area Group Workcamp. The volunteers are covering their own transportation costs and part of their expenses. They'll do everything from painting houses to fixing roofs to weatherizing windows. If you see them working, you might just want to honk your horn. |
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Tomorrow on New Hampshire Outlook - All over New England, east is meeting west in medicine. We'll look at ancient holistic therapies like acupuncture and reiki. |
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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 NOVA. We'll be back tomorrow at 7:30. Good night. |
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DATE:7/11/01 TOPIC:People in the North Country are waiting for a few phones calls. One from the area's largest employer, Pulp and Paper of America. It owes several communities millions in back taxes and other bills. The other anticipated call is from the buyer or buyers of land near Pittsburg. Yesterday International Paper announced it was selling 171 thousand acres of forest land. Correspondent Theresa Kennett was in the North Country as the Governor toured the area, signed some bills and addressed concerns about Pulp and Paper, the Forest sale and more. SEGMENT LENGTH:4:05 NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Jeanne Shaheen\NH Governor Theresa Kennett\Berlin |
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DATE:7/11/01 TOPIC:This year 800 new cases of breast cancer will be diagnosed in New Hampshire. One hundred women will die from it. As women wage a very personal war with this disease they do not go into battle alone. Tonight we conclude our series on breast cancer with a look at the healing power of the patient/surgeon relationship. SEGMENT LENGTH: 11:10 NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Dr. David Coppola, MD\Surgeon |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. All over New England, east is meeting west in medicine. We'll look at ancient holistic therapies like acupuncture and reiki. Join us tonight at 7:30 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. All over New England, east is meeting west in medicine. We'll look at ancient holistic therapies like acupuncture and reiki. Here at 11:30 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |