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Next on New Hampshire Outlook. Meeting the challenge of the teacher shortage.we go inside the classroom to visit a teacher in training. as drought conditions prevail, the legislature debates protecting our groundwater AND. think gardening.on the first day of spring. |
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Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. I'm Allison McNair. |
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A federal appeals court has upheld the New Hampshire law that makes it easier for towns and school districts to approve major borrowing. The ruling upholds the 60 percent majority vote needed to pass bond items in so-called Senate Bill 2 towns and districts. The challenge left many projects in limbo because they were approved by margins between 60 and 66 percent. It's not clear if the ruling will be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. |
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A bill that would restrict large withdrawals of groundwater got a hearing before a House committee today. The bill, which has already passed the Senate, got a personal endorsement from the Governor. But as producer Richard Ager tells us, a number of water experts delivered strong arguments against the legislation. |
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Track: The governor opened the hearing with an illustration of how precious water has become, displaying a $1.29 gallon of gas beside a $1.49 bottle of water. She says the groundwater bill was provoked by the USA Springs water bottling plant proposed last year, but it looks beyond that. Bite: tape 1 10:15;00 It is about ensuring that we have adequate water resources for the future. Track: But Sen. Carl Johnson, originally a bill sponsor, now wants to delay it. Bite: tape 1 10:23:23 A more prudent way to go would be to put it to study and do a good job on it and then bring it back to the legislature. Track: James Griswold, a hydrogeologist, echoed that call for more study. Bite; tape 2 12:16:55 I would argue that what we have here is a renewable and not a finite resource. Track: Griswold, who also owns a small farm and raises Rocky Mountain elk, says the bill would likely generate more professional fees for his hydrology business, but would hurt small farmers like him. Bite: 14:31:10 If I'm in need of water that exceeds the 40 gallon a minute threshold that the bill talks about, then I'm required to get a permit. And as it stands now, I'm looking at perhaps $100,000 worth of expenses for a hydrogeologist such as myself to actually do the kind of work. Track: The bill's prime sponsor testified the bill isn't a big change. Bite: 11:22:11 I think what it really is is clarifying where we are, guaranteeing some protections for our communities, and saying commercial withdrawals need some additional criteria before they're approved. Track: The bill now goes to a House subcommitee. For NH Outlook I'm Richard Ager. |
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House Finance Chairman Neal Kurk says teaching kids to read is one of the best investments the state can make in its future. Kurk -- a fiscal conservative - told the Senate Education Committee Wednesday he supports spending 485-thousand dollars to establish an early literacy and reading improvement program. The money would be used to investigate which literacy programs are most effective at teaching children to read. |
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An important part of a teacher's training is the practice they get in a classroom, on the frontlines. At the University of New Hampshire this "on site" experience is built right into the end of their five year teacher education program. It's called an "internship" - one full school year in a classroom supervised by a veteran teacher. Recently University of New Hampshire President Joan Leitzel visited one of their most popular internship sites, the award winning Souhegan High School in Amherst. |
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This is a story about the value of internships in the education of a teacher. We followed University of New Hampshire President, Joan Leitzel, as she visited Souhegan High School, one of UNH's teacher internship sites. She watched Jon Cannon, a social studies intern. And he spoke about the value of the internship to him beyond what can be taught from books. We also spoke to President Leitzel about the five year program and the opportunities it gives education students to grow. Jessica Tremblay, a social studies teacher, shared her experience as a UNH intern at Souhegan a few years ago and explained why she stayed on to become a teacher at Souhegan. We also spoke with the principal, Tedd Hall, about the importance of internships to build new pools of qualified teachers especially during the teacher shortage which we now face. The supervisor of interns at Souhegan, Elanor Abrams, is also concerned about the shortage putting pressure on schools to fill openings with unqualified teachers. |
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The University of New Hampshire has 20 internship school sites around the state. They serve elementary, middle and high school levels with some 150 education students going through the program each year. |
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Just how serious is the teacher shortage? Earlier we got the details from Nick Donohue New Hampshire's Commissioner of Education, Dennis Murphy executive Director for the National Education Association of New Hampshire. And Dr. Michael Ananis the Superintendent of SAU 39 in Amherst. |
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For More Information\www.sprise.com www.ed.state.nh.us www.neanh.org\ |
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The government is ending a teacher's fellowship program named for New Hampshire's teacher in space, Christa McAuliffe. The program was created in 1996, ten years after the Concord teacher died in the space shuttle Challenger explosion. Last year, the program awarded nearly two million dollars in grants to teachers in 57 states and territories. A federal Education Department spokesman said the department is refocusing priorities, and the fellowship was not one of them. |
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It was a losing effort on Wall Street with stocks falling across the board. |
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The Dow was down 133 points. The Nasdaq sank 48 points. And the S and P 500 declined 18 points. Dow Jones\10501.57\-133.68\NYSE\602.37\-7.16\American Stock Exchange\896.92\-2.14\Nasdaq\1832.87\-48.00\S&P 500\1151.85\-18.44\Wall Street\ |
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Here's a look at stocks of interest to New Hampshire investors. Chubb lost a dollar twenty-three. GE was down by a dollar ten. Jefferson Pilot dropped almost ninety cents. State Street was down by nearly a dollar fifty and Sturm Ruger ended the day with a loss of seventy four cents. Chubb\70.75\-1.23\General Electric\38.80\-1.10\Jefferson Pilot\49.93\-0.87\State Street\56.10\-1.49\Sturm Ruger\12.16\-0.74\NH Stocks\Source: yahoo.com |
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So much for the first day of Spring as snow falls across the Granite State. To see what we can expect overnight we checked in earlier with Katie Koster at the Mount Washington Observatory. |
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March 20th is the first day of spring and despite the snowfall, many gardners are starting to look ahead. Producer Ben French met up with garden Expert nancy Adams at the U-N-H Greenhouse this week for some preparation. |
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TRT: 2:54 OUTCUE:.Thank you nancy. Thank you. IN CUE: 44:52:16 Nancy it's the first day of spring where should we be as far as our garden goes? Most of us shouldn't be outside.we trample the soil it's not good it ruins and breaks down the structure of our soil let's concentrate indoors 3:02 3:06one question we get is how viable and alive are seeds from last year are 3:13 20:56 One of things of do this time of year test your seed and determine whether its still alive or not and GOOD START HEREwe talked about we go about doing that having a moist paper towel wetting putting it in a dark warm place checking after about seven days and counting how many seeds have germinated- SO NOT JUST ONE SEED? Prob five to ten and that will give you an indication of whether the seed is alive or not 21:24 6:22so we might need to plant twice as many as we thought we needed because half wont germinate. 6:28OUT 21:50IMPORTANH THINGS TO CHECK IN OUR SOIL? Spring is a great time to go in and test your soil especially acidity or soil PH levels. What you do is take a small amount and send it to the lab or get a test kit at a garden center and they range at fairly inexpensive to some that may cost 20 dollars DOES THE PRICE REALLY MAKE A DIFFF? 22:20 23:29 As the price goes up the level of sophistication goes up 23:34 **BUTT *** 7:21 there are some that give a general indication of where we're headed on the scale…. 24:25 our native NH soils are very acidic its not uncommon for anew home owner whose land has never had anything happen to except be taken out of opine trees for example to have a soil PH that is very acidic and in this case and in this case the soil….and spread it evenly around that area. 25:09 10:16 ONCE WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE HIGH ACIDIC OR SLIGHTLY ACIDIC SOIL WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT INFORMATION? THEN YOU LOOK AT THPLANTS AND DECIDE WHAT THEY ENJOY ACID OR NOT MOST OF OUR PLANTS DO NOT LIKE REALLY ACID SOIL. Bf so it DEPAENDS ONW HWTA WE'RE GROWING…that's right 10:36OUT 10:41 there are handy charts like this one that show how much lime we need to add, how many pounds per square feet. so you go down to the store and know how many bags to buy. 11:11 25':36 SO NANCY NOW THAT WE HAVE OUR SEEDS WE HAVE OUR SOIL we know they're' both ready how do we get started WE"RE READDY TO PLANT? No its time to plant and so you would get a container and in this case we have a six pack individual cells, we would add our soil as we've done with this one here. We look on back how deep seed make impression soak till wet fill tray then place in sunny spot. They will germinate without sun but after put in south window and they do make these nice covers like a greenhouse and it keeps the moisture in you'll see it come up usually on top of the container. 25:49 26:58 it will continue to thrive we'll give it a little plant food after about three weeks and if it outgrows this cell you'll want to take it out and put in a larger size container and in this case we have a peat pot as an example of that. 27:14 and that we can toss right in the ground? 27:49SO NANCY YOU'VE GIVEN US QUITE A SHOPPING LIST WHAT SHOULD WE BE LOOKING FOR IN THE STORES? SOIL TEST KIT. yes soil test kit and go buy your new seed that you'd like to experiment with this year. Containers- if you don't have any left from other years, you'll need potting soil and I suggest you label your plants so you know which plant is which particularly for us novices who might not remember what they planted OKAY, GOOD TO KNOW. And that should be it, you might need a little patience to get the plants off and running. AND A LITTLE BIT OF PATIENCE TILL WE GET THE SEEDLINGS and then its fun cause you really get to enjoy it WELL I'm SURE WE"LL BE TALKING WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THE SEASON TO GET SOME TIPS ON OUR GARDEN THANK YOU NANCY. Thank you! 28:31 TRT @ 5:30 |
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For More Information you can Contact UNH Cooperative Extension at 1-877-EXT-GROW. |
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On the next New Hampshire Outlook - we find out why a New Hampshire Company is considered one of the best in the business. At Hypertherm in the upper valley, it's all about the associates. |
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That's it for this edition of our program. Thanks for joining us. |
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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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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. we go inside the classroom to visit a teacher in training. Meeting the challenge of the teacher shortage. Tonight at 10pm on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook.we find out why a New Hampshire Company is considered one of the best in the business. Tonight at 10 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook, we find out why a New Hampshire Company is considered one of the best in the business. It's all about employees tonight at 10 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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AP-NH--Berlin Finances CORRECTION dewman Berlin expects to run out of money in May Restores dropped word "officials" in lead -- Berlin officials expect the city to run out of money in May. The city comptroller, Aline Boucher, says without some kind of subsidy, or payment of back taxes owed by the city's closed pulp mill, there will be no money in the budget. Pulp and Paper of America owes the city more than four million dollars in back taxes. To stay afloat, the city has cut spending as it waits to see if another company will buy the mill. The state has offered to loan the city two million dollars, some city officials don't want to take the money before they know what will happen with the mill. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time:3/20/02 / 2200 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 2:54 min In addition to a summary of the day's top New Hampshire stories, this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, included a discussion with garden expert Nancy Adams. Shje gave viewers some tips on spring garden preparation. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Ben French NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Nancy Adams; UNH Cooperative Ext. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time:3/20/02 / 2200 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 5:10 min In addition to a summary of the day's top New Hampshire stories, this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, included a report on internships. An important part of a teacher's training is the practice they get in a classroom, on the frontlines. At the University of New Hampshire this "on site" experience is built right into the end of their five year teacher education program. It's called an "internship" - one full school year in a classroom supervised by a veteran teacher. Recently University of New Hampshire President Joan Leitzel visited one of their most popular internship sites, the award winning Souhegan High School in Amherst. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Chip Neal NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Jon Cannon\Social Studies Intern \Pres. Joan Leitzel\University of New Hampshire Jessica Tremblay\Social Studies 10th grade Ted Hall\Principal Eleanor Abrams\UNH Intern Supervisor |
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