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Next on New Hampshire Outlook tonight. A new plan to preserve more than a hundred thousand acres of Granite State forest land. Plus we'll take you to the park where historic preservation is meeting the economic needs of the North Country. And the final salute of a seacoast man as he completes a year long comittment to surf every day for a year. |
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Good Evening. I'm Allison McNair. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. |
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The future of a large portion of forestland in the North Country is up for discussion at this hour. The meeting at the Pittsburg fire station is intended to give residents a chance to offer their ideas on what to do with the land --- which is expected to be bought by a conservation group. The Trust for Public Land says it will buy the 171 thousand acres of forest land near Pittsburg. and hold on to it until the government and private groups can come up with the money to manage it. Earlier tonight I spoke with Edith Tucker, reporter for the Coos County Democrat who's covering the story. |
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Also in the North Country today---more fallout from the financial problems of Pulp and Paper of America. The bills and back taxes owed by the Berlin Mill have caused Coos County officials to freeze their budget. They're uncertain as to how many tax dollars they'll see from the area's largest taxpayer and employer. And adding to the mill's money woes is a Superior Court judge's order granting a Maine construction company's petition to put a lien on Pulp and Paper for work it did at the mill. Court papers show the mill owes the construction company 108-thousand-dollars. |
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Just about everyone you talk to in the North Country agrees that it's important to look for new ways to revitalize the local economy. And that's exactly what is happening in the Androscoggin Valley, home of The Northern Forest Heritage Park. The Park is not only a historic preservation and educational outreach initiative, it's also an economic development strategy designed to help the region diversify a struggling economy. Outlook Corespondent Theresa Kennett has the story. |
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We were very pleased a couple of year's ago when we were able to convince Gov. Shahen to create an entire new tourism area called The Great North Woods region. And that has really drawn a lot of energy and interest to the North Country and we are hoping that the people within New Hampshire explore this whole third part of the state that they may not even realize exists. Cover with shots of Governor walking down to river bank with entourage for ceremony on 7/10/01 Joan Chamberlain is the Executive Director for The Northern Forest Heritage Park, a project that operates out of the Brown Company House Museum in Berlin and showcases the industrial and multicultural history of the region. What you see behind us is a to scale full reproduction of an 1890's logging camp. We will use that as a touchstone to help people really experience life at the turn of the century. It is positioned in the shadow of a still operating paper mill. Tom Bembridge is an artisan craftsman from Errol, NH. He's been our resident artisan for the last three years that we've been on full build out. He does it right on site so that people can watch the process, its really important. Joan and Stan pretty much have the plan laid out of just what types of buildings that they want erected. They are using old pictures, and photographs to get an idea of what an old log camp looked like. During the first year of operation, the Park built an amphitheater that is located right on the river. It's an outdoor stage. We just bring things front row center. This will be were Festival Du Bois happens, the lumberjack contests, etc. We look forward to welcoming people here. The Park also owns 10 acres of land along the banks of theAndroscoggin River that will be used to set the stage for a series of interpretive trails and boat rides The goal is to educated people as to the evolution of this forest based economy that to this day, plays an integral role in the region. The river was the reason that the mill came here… I look at as the connection between the past and what's taking place now. Stan Judge is the Chairman of the Board for Northern Forest Heritage Park and like the river is very much connected to the history of this area. As an engineer for Brown Company, his first assignment fifty years ago was to design the dam that is located only a few hundred feet from the park. So I sit here and feel like I've come back to my roots again. This is my first Museum project abutting my first engineering project. We feel we have unique job to do here because most perceptions of the Berlin area go back to a time when there were no controls when the smell was bad and the river was bad. I couldn't help noticing the other day as I walked off that this river is pretty clean, I can see down pretty well. I can remember when you could see nothing. The NH Department of Environmental Services confirm that the air quality in the Berlin Area and the water quality of the Androscoggin river have improved tremendously since the mid 70's. Cover with shot of Bob Varney from 7/10/01 of DES The improved air quality can be attributed to a major reduction in the Total Reduced Sulfur compound emissions, which create the odor that is that is synonymous with pulp mills. In 1990 TRS emissions measured 375 tons per year. In the year 2000, TRS emissions measured only 90 tons per year. Graphics: TRS Compounds = Total Reduced Sulfur Compounds Emissions in 1990 = 375 tons per year Emissions in 2000 = 90 tons per year The improved water quality of Androscoggin River can be attributed to the Clean Water Act of 1972, legislation that transformed the waterways in this entire country by regulating the discharge of chemicals into bodies of water. It was sponsored by Senator Ed Muskie, who at the time, was living on the Androscoggin River in Maine. Graphics: Clean Water Act of 1972 Sponsored by Senator Ed Muskie. The river is really under used and has great potential for recreational kinds of uses. Our plan is to run three trips a day….Its main purpose is to bring focus on the river and the Androscoggin Valley because we're really here as a regional project. Go to Governor speaking Well It's wonderful to see this vision be realized with all of the work that everyone has done, its been a real cooperative effort. I can't wait to visit again in a year, and five years and ten years and watch it be completed because it is wonderful attraction for the north country and for the entire state of NH. Go to Governor christening the boat and men clapping. But also the bigger mission is to help preserve what the industry was and meant here and to a smaller degree, still is and hopefully, continues to be. What is most impressive is the new partnerships and collaborations that a project like this inspires. We have economic groups working with industry, working with, artisans, conservation, and recreation groups. And the mix is fabulous. We always say what is really wonderful about heritage based development is that it cast the largest possible umbrella over initiatives within a community that create really wonderful things. So a lot of new things have sprung up just getting new people around the table thinking new possibilities. Check out footage that we got on Tuesday. Cover first with footage from bill signing, then with everyone around the dock listening, then with posed picture in the boat. If you would like a list of events or more information about the Park; click onto their website at www.northernheritageforest.org For NH Outlook, I'm Theresa Kennett |
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Despite Hewlett Packard's revenue warning and plans to cut jobs, stocks came back from early losses today and ended higher. |
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The Dow ended up almost 50 points. The Nasdaq gained 38 points today. And the S-and-P 500 was up 12 points at the end of trading. |
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Here's a look of stocks of interest to New Hampshire investors. Shares of Autodesk were up 55 cents. Fisher Scientific was up a-dollar-and-25-cents a share. New Hampshire Thrift stock was up a-dollar-and-12-cents. Pennichuck Corporation was down a-dollar-and-fifty-cents a share. And State Street Corporation stock was down a-dollar-and-four-cents. |
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There were more lay-offs in the headlines today. The Sweetheart Cup Company, makers of plasticware, will close its plant in Manchester next year and lay off up to half of its 170 employees. The company will move part of the operation to North Andover, Massachusetts, and hopes to employ about half of its Manchester workers there. And Sanmina Corporation, a Nashua technology firm is closing its plant and laying off 230 workers. Sanmina builds circuit boards for other companies and makes custom-designed electronic assemblies. One company official said employees will continue to receive their salaries and benefits for the next two months. He said the board business has dropped significantly with the downward trend in the world economy. And the company had to make some touch decisions. Sanmina has two other area plants - in Hudson and in Derry -they'll remain open as well as a third in New York. |
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Over the past two years, exports from New Hampshire to Latin American countries have increased over 100%. And with free trade already established with Mexico and pending with Chile, exports that region are predicted to grow even more. But trying to get into those markets for the first time can be challenging for small or medium size companies. So the New Hampshire Office of International Commerce held a Latin American Business Festival today. 150 participants heard from experts in economics, international politics and business. |
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One key to success for anyone wanting to do business in other countries is to become familiar with that country's customs. In Latin America, business dress and protocols are more formal than in the United States, and it can be easy to give offense. One small example - how to handle business cards. In Latin America, never take a person's business card, put it in your wallet, and then put your wallet in your back pocket. |
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One last business card rule in Latin America - don't print it with red ink - that signifies rejection. |
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If you get a call from someone claiming to be a Nigerian cabinet member in need of money - you won't be the first person who's heard that story. State Attorney General Philip McLaughlin warns of that in last two weeks alone, his office has heard from more than 20 people who have been contacted by a scam artist claiming to be a cabinet member who needs to transfer millions of dollars into an American account. The person asks for the consumer's bank account information on the pretext of transferring the money in. So far, no one who has contacted The A-G's office has fallen for the scam. |
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A Manchester agency that provides services to low-income children is scrambling to replace 150-thousand-dollars in funding. Child Health Services says they lost the finanicial support of Catholic Medical Center because of programs that were in conflict with Catholic teachings on reproductive issues. Among the programs that Child Health Services provide are condom distribution and abortion referral. The C-M-C says the two organizations could not come to an agreement on ways to continue the funding. |
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Plans are well underway for New England's first, Speaking of Women's Health Conference to be held this fall in Manchester. Healthcare professionals and members of the New Hampshire Public Television Steering Committee gathered in Concord Last night to Outline the October event which will focus on the physical and emotional health issues facing all women around the state. Among the speakers was Doctor Jim Squires, of The Endowment for Health. Squires stressed the the importance of todays health issues, especially among single mothers and low wage workers. |
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Tickets are on sale now for the October twentieth conference. Six hundred tickets are available for twenty-five dollars each. One hundred tickets have also been set aside by The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation for those women who need financial assistance and would like to attend. For more information on the Speaking of Women's Health Conference you can call 868-4307. |
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You could almost hear a collective sigh of relief as we experienced a break in the heat wave today. To find out what's ahead for us weather wise we checkd in a few minutes ago with Katie Koster at the Mount Washington Observatory. |
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Katie Koster - Observer CG:WEATHER\Mount Washington Observatory\Today on the Summit\Temperature: 46 degrees\Wind: Northwest at 31 mph\WPartly sunny\Visibility: 90 miles CG:WEATHER\Tonight\North\Clear\\Winds: Northwest 5 to 10 mph\Lows: 35 to 45 CG:WEATHER\Tonight\South\Clear\Winds: Northwest 5 to 10 mph\Lows: 40 to 50 degrees CG:WEATHER\Tomorrow\Statewide\Mostly sunny\Highs: 65 to 75 degrees\Winds: Northwest 5 to 15 mph\ |
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Looking for something to do this weekend? Here's a sampling of calendar events happening all over the granite state. |
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Stratham Fair Stratham July 27 - 29 603-772-4977 North Haverhill Fair July 26-29 6-3-989-3305 Canterbury Fair July 28 603-783-0034 Phaedra Hanover July 26-Aug 12 603-646-2422 Peter & The Wolf Bethlehem July 27 603-444-0309 Keene Chautauqua Concert Keene July 27 603-224-4071 Unmatched Shoe Day Wakefield July 27 603-522-8073 48th Antiques Fair Wolfeboro July 27 - July 28 603-569-0000 6th Annual Daylily Extravaganza Hancock July 27-28 603-525-4728 Baroque Bash Bethlehem July 28 603-444-0309 |
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Finally tonight, you're going to meet a man who braved snowstorms, sleet, and freezing temperatures all in the name of love. It's was a year long quest that ended today. Ralph Fatello ended his year long vow to ride a wave every day for a year to honor his father Gus, and to create awareness for the American Diabetes Association. OUT: |
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If you'd like to make a contribution in Memory of Gus Fatello, send it to: "Catch a Wave for Gus" American Diabetes Association 249 Canal Street, Manchester, NH 03101 |
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Tomorrow on New Hampshire Outlook - Want the stories behind the headlines? Tune in for our weekly journalist roundtable. |
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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 Secrets of the Dead. We'll be back tomorrow at 7:30. Good night. |
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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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Monday on New Hampshire OUtlook. Ciao! It's Mary Anne Esposito. Meet the Granite State woman behind the popular PBS cooking show. Monday at 7:30 and 11:30 on NH Outlook. |
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DATE:7/26/01 TOPIC:Just about everyone you talk to in the North Country agrees that it's important to look for new ways to revitalize the local economy. And that's exactly what is happening in the Androscoggin Valley, home of The Northern Forest Heritage Park. The Park is not only a historic preservation and educational outreach initiative, it's also an economic development strategy designed to help the region diversify a struggling economy. SEGMENT LENGTH: 05:48 NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Joan Chamberlain\Executive Director Mark Bambridge\Errol Log Structures Theresa Kennett\NH Outlook Stan Judge\Board Chairman |
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DATE:7/26/01 TOPIC:Finally tonight, you're going to meet a man who braved snowstorms, sleet, and freezing temperatures all in the name of love. It's was a year long quest that ended today. Ralph Fatello ended his year long vow to ride a wave every day for a year to honor his father Gus, and to create awareness for the American Diabetes Association. SEGMENT LENGTH:4:05 NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Ralph Fatello\"Catch a Wave for Gus" |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. Want the stories behind the headlines? Tune in for our weekly journalist roundtable. tonight at 7:30 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. Here at 11:30 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |