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As usual, this week’s broadcast version of GraniteGrok and AnkleBitingPundits brings an array of items and guests for your consideration– ALL STARTING AT 9AM! As always, thanks to the technical wizardry and analytical skills of Skip, if you are beyond the broadcast area of Newstalk 1490 WEMJ, simply click here for instructions on how to connect and listen on the Internet via livestream. (Podcasts here)
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Cornerstone Policy Research’s Karen Testerman drops by to discuss the Title V abstinence program funding for CMC’s W.A.I.T. Training Program. CMC has worked hard over the past 2 years with their training the trainers program featuring W.A.I.T. Training. They have been working with Health and Human Services under a Title V grant that is specifically aimed at providing abstinence education. The program has been very successful in measureable results, making a major difference for our young people.
The beauty of W.A.I.T. Training is that it teaches our young people that they are more than a physical or sexual being. They have emotions, intellect, social and spiritual sides to who they are and what they want to become. Our children are learning that HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS ARE POSSIBLE. However, the results have been too successful according to Planned Parenthood. The supporters of "safe sex" mounted a well organized letter writing campaign to Governor John Lynch in an attempt to derail renewal this year’s funding. Thankfully, they failed. Karen will fill us in on this, and other family-friendly topics. We’ll also get her take on the upcoming Sarah Palin -
Jeb Bradley will check in with an update in his campaign to recapture NH’s 1st CD seat from the incumbent Democrat Carol Shea Porter. We’ll trash her for refusing our offer of a blogger-hosted debate here on MTNP radio, despite the agreed-to participation of our counterparts at BlueHampshire.com. We’ll also get his take on the unfolding economic crisis and what, if anything, Congress should be doing.
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K. Mark Primeau is the President and CEO of the Laconia Savings Bank. He will join us in studio along with Steve Loughlin, Senior Vice President in charge of the commercial lending team in the Lakes Region to talk about the ongoing financial turmoil and how it affects us and our economy at the local level. Thankfully, their bank remains strong, as it avoided many of the pitfalls dogging larger banking institutions at the national level. In an open letter to customers and depositors, the Mr. Primeau writes,
We do not have any of the toxic securities that have caused much of the recent troubles. We do not make subprime loans. We have no Fannie or Freddie preferred stock and we do not invest in speculative, high risk, securities.
We lend to Main Street, not Wall Street. Our deposits are invested in the local communities we serve in the form of loans to individuals and businesses.
Despite all the news of a “credit crunch”, Laconia Savings Bank has money to lend. You can count on us to be there when you want to purchase or improve your home, finance a car or an education, or expand your business.
During this difficult period, I hope it is reassuring to know that there is a bank with the financial strength to weather the storm. Although we cannot predict the future, I am hopeful that an effective and reasonable solution to today’s problems will be implemented to restore calm to the financial markets and restore America’s confidence.
And indeed, it IS reassuring to know that all is not lost everywhere, that there are bright spots in the mix.
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Joe Kenney, the Republican candidate for NH Governor will join us to discuss his campaign against the an ever-popular John Lynch. With big budget woes appearing on the horizon, all is not peaches and cream. Can Kenney capitalize on Gov. Lynch’s budget-busting ways that threaten to permanantly damage our NH Advantage?
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