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The New England Gerbil Show

By Brian Early on Monday, May 19, 2008.

The Boston Celtics beating the Cleveland Cavaliers in the seventh game was perhaps the biggest sporting event of the weekend.

But in Nashua this weekend, an enthusiastic crowd turned out for what appears to be another growing sporting event.

But this one’s for Gerbils.

The Hippo's Brian Early has the story.

WREN is Moving into Coos County

By Chris Jensen on Monday, May 19, 2008.

With manufacturing jobs disappearing in the North Country some Coos residents are trying to replace them by creating their own.

Since January they’ve been getting help from Women’s Rural Entrepreneurial Network.

NHPR correspondent Chris Jensen has the story.

Granite Staters React to the Earthquake in Southwest China

By Laura Knoy on Monday, May 19, 2008.

Last week's earthquake in China's Sichuan province killed over twenty thousand; many more were injured, and rebuilding the area’s infrastructure will take years to complete. While this happened half a world away, there are those in New Hampshire directly affected by the tragedy. We speak to some of them to hear their stories and their experiences.

Guests

  • Laura Colbert, former Senior Producer for NHPR who's lived in China for the last four years; she’s been in Chengdu since the earthquake
  • Yan (Alex) Peng, recent graduate of Southern New Hampshire University; Yan and his family are from Mianyang, one of the hardest hit places in the earthquake
  • Shenshen Lu, a graduate student at Dartmouth College’s Thayer School of Engineering who is originally from Chengdu, the largest city in Sichuan Province

We'll also hear from

  • Paul Leblanc, president of Southern New Hampshire University; he travels to China often to develop an Online MBA program in several major cities in China, including Chengdu
  • Bill Lozon, Vice President for Sales and Marketing for the Salem branch of UltraVision Security Systems Inc. He will be traveling to southwest China to help in rescue efforts with his company's "Lifelocator" system