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NH OUTLOOK, Wednesday, 8/15/01
NH OUTLOOK, Wednesday, 8/15/01
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Good Evening. I'm Allison McNair. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook.
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Ship Arrests
Tonight three Russian crew members have been released on bail in St. John's Newfoundland after being charged in connection with the death of three U-S- fisherman. The U-S- Coast Guard says it believes the Russians' ship - a Cypriot owned tanker - collided with the Maine-based fishing trawler the Starbound on August 5th off the coast of Massachusetts. Only the captain of the Starbound survived.
The Russians have been ordered to surrender their passports
and remain in Newfoundland. A date for an extradition hearing will
be set next month.
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Border Crossing
A public hearing will be held this evening in Pittsburg on a plan to close the Canadian border
from midnight to eight a-m.
U-S and Canadian Customs officials and the Border Patrol will answer questions at the Pittsburg School.
The proposed closing beginning September 14th is to save money.
Only authorized local residents would be able to cross the border during those hours. Unauthorized travelers would have to drive to the Beecher Falls, Vermont, crossing 32 miles away.
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Laconia Park
Laconia officials say they will sue if the state doesn't fulfill its promise to help build an athletic park.
The state agreed to provide land and money for the park several years ago in exchange for keeping its satellite prison in Laconia. The money never came through.City officials notified the state attorney general of their intentions Tuesday by letter.
The city manager says the city likely won't delay the suit to see if lawmakers set aside money for the
project when they reconvene this winter.
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Buckle Up
The state and 14 New Hampshire communities are putting extra police on the roads next week to make sure kids are buckled up.
The State Highway Safety Coordinator says the third seat belt enforcement blitz of the year will come next week.
More than 100 patrols will be on the road from August 20th to 23rd to make sure children under age four are in safety seats, and others under age 18 are using seat belts.
It's called the New Hampshire Clique program. Communities involved are
Berlin, Claremont, Conway, Derry, Dover, Hooksett, Hudson, Keene,
Laconia, Littleton, Manchester, Nashua, Portsmouth and Rochester. Earlier this summer, Terry LaPan, a child passenger safety specialist with Hanover's Injury Prevention Center showed us how to make sure your toddler is safely buckled up.
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Intro Kids Health
Thousands of children getting ready to head back to school are eligible for free or low-cost insurance programs in the granite state. In an effort to get coverage for more young people, a new pilot program is underway. Earlier I spoke with the president of the NH Healthy Kids Corporation, Tricia Brooks.
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Kids health bump
If you want more information on keeping kids healthy, on the web, go to NHHEALTHYKIDS.COM or call 1877-4-NH-CHIP.
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Business Outlook
Depsite a better-than-expected report on industrial earnings, a lack of earnings visibility in the high-tech sector sent the major stock market averages lower. The Nasdaq composite ended the day at a four-month low.
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Wall Street Stocks
The Dow Jones Industrials were down just over 66 points. The Nasdaq slipped over 45 points. And the S&P 500 closed the day down about eight- and- three quarter points.
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NH Stocks
Here's a look at stocks of interest to New Hampshire investors. Autodesk closed down 84 cents. Oxford Health ended the day up 78 cents. Shares of Raytheon slipped a dollar twetny five. Texas Instruments was down a dollar 44.And Unitil was up 90 cents.
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Nursing Enrollment
High-tech jobs cuts around the country may be
driving more people to nursing school in New Hampshire.
The head of the nursing program at New Hampshire
Technical Institute in Concord, says more people are looking for
stable careers amid cuts in the high-tech industry.
The school already has accepted 113 applicants for
the fall semester, compared to 97 last semester. Another
20 to 30 are expected to join the class.
At New Hampshire Community Technical College in Stratham, 147
people had applied for 40 nursing slots as of last week.
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Teacher recruitment
The Somersworth School Board wants to join forces with surrounding communities to find and keep teachers.
One board member came up with the idea in light of the nationwide teacher shortage.
He thinks other school districts in similar situations will welcome the chance to share some ideas, instead of waiting for someone else to solve the problem for them.
More teachers are reaching retirement age nationally, and studies show most new teachers leave the profession after five years.
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Job Deaths
The government reports New Hampshire had the second lowest number of job-related deaths in the country last
year.
The state had 13 job-related deaths, behind only Rhode Island,
which had seven. Texas had the most deaths, 572.
Nationally, work-related fatalities were down about two percent from 1999.
The most common cause of death nationally was highway accidents.
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Aruba Flights
Some good news for those who like to travel to the tropics. A charter airline will begin weekly flights between Manchester and Aruba in January. T-N-T Vacations will begin with flights every Sunday, and says it could add flights to Cancun and the Dominican Republic by next fall if the Aruba service is successful.
The Aruba flights would be the only regular charter service from
the airport.
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Forest Computers
Some New Hampshire school children will receive some computer help this fall from the White Mountain National Forest.
The forest offices are getting new computers, and are donating their four-year-old ones to schools, rather than auctioning them off for the government.
Forest officials would rather see the computers used by their neighbors and they will donate 50 computers this fall and 50 more next year.
Schools getting the first batch of computers include Gilford Middle High School, Bishop Brady High School in Concord and the Tilton School.
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Counterfeit Money
Police are warning merchants to keep an eye out for counterfeit money.
At least three fake fifty dollar bills were passed in Rochester. Several 20-dollar bills were confiscated in Manchester.
The Rochester bills had a purple tinge to them, but investigators say it's often hard to tell the real from the fake.
While New Hampshire has no counterfeit statute, it is a federal crime to knowingly pass bad bills.
The Secret Service is investigating.
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Weather Animation
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Dry Summer
Take a look around and you can see the effects of this summer's dry spell.
River surveys by the U-S Geological Survey found the amount of
water flowing in four of five rivers measured in the two states is
about a third of normal.
Officials measured the Pemigewasset, Connecticut and Merrimack rivers.
In addition to the lack of rain, there was poor runoff of snow
during the spring. Officials says there is nothing to be alarmed
about. The low numbers are not unusual, though they usually
occur later in the summer.
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Intro Mt. Washington
It was a glorious day around the granite state today. Earlier we checked in with Greg West at the Mount Washington Observatory to see what's in store for us tomorrow.
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Mt. Washington
Greg West
\Mt. Washington Observatory\Today on the Summit\High: 59 degrees\Wind: Light and variable \Mostly sunny\Visibility: 100 miles
\Tonight\North\Clear\Lows: 40s - 50s\Winds: W 5 -10 mph\
Tonight\South\Clear\Lows: Mid 50s\Winds: W 5 - 10 mph\
Tomorrow\North\Mostly sunny\High: Low 80s\Winds: SW 5 - 10 mph\
Tomorrow\South\Mostly sunny\High: Mid 80s\Winds: SW 5 - 10 mph\
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Intro Artist Showcase
Finally tonight, this weekend more than a hundred young people will put their creative talents on display at the fourth annual Young Artists' Showcase in Durham.
Correspondent Tim Estiloz introduces us to some of the program's participants.
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Tag showcase
The Young Artists Showcase will be held rain or shine from 10a to 5p in Durham on Saturday.
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Tomorrow
Tomorrow on New Hampshire Outlook -
The secret life of granite state bats. We'll also take a look at the lily leaf beetle and what you can do about it. and some tips on watering plants without spreading disease.
We're outdoors tomorrow. on Outlook.
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Goodnight
That's it for this edition of New Hampshire Outlook. For all of us here at New Hampshire PBS, thanks for joining us.
Stay tuned for Frank Patterson's World of Music.
We'll be back tomorrow at 7:30.
Good night.
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founders
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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