J: MALAMA AINA.  MALAMA KAI. MALAMA ‘EA. TAKING CARE OF THE LAND.. THE SEA… THE AIR… AND THE CREATURES… INCLUDING PEOPLE. THE EFFORTS OF PEOPLE WHO CARE TOP OUR NEWS THIS WEEK.

(ON CAM) AND THE EFFORTS OF NATURE? WELL, THERE’S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT. VOLCANIC HAZE AND CONTINUING DROUGHT REQUIRE SOME DESPERATE MEASURES. IN SPORTS LOCALLY IT’S ALL LUNAS AND INTERNATIONALLY, SHELL WA’A DOES IT AGAIN IN THE MOLOKAI HOE. IN CURTAIN CALL PAUL JAMES BROWN SAYS RUN TO SEE “RUN FOR YOUR WIFE,” BUT HURRY, IT ENDS THIS WEEKEND. IN CURTAIN CALL CLEANING UP FOR CULTURE, CELEBRATING CULTURE -  AND FESTIVALS GALORE – INCLUDING CHOCOLATE. ALL THAT AND MUCH MORE THIS WEEK ON MAUI TV NEWS.

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J: ALOHA EVERYONE, WELCOME TO MAUI TV NEWS -  MAUI’S EXCLUSIVE TELEVISION NEWSCAST, AVAILABLE STATEWIDE ON OCEANIC NEWS ON DEMAND, AND STREAMED, 24/7 IN HIGH DEFINITION VIDEO AND AUDIO AT MAUITVNEWS.COM. I’M JEFF KING.
 
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J: OUT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PRISTINE PACIFIC OCEAN THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM THE NEAREST LANDMASS, MAUI AND ALL OF HAWAII SEEM LIKE THE FARTHEST PLACE AWAY FROM POLLUTION PROBLEMS OF QUOTE UNQUOTE CIVILIZATION. BUT THE FACT IS THE HAWAIIAN ARCHIPELAGO SITS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NORTH PACIFIC GYRE -  ALSO KNOWN AS THE WESTERN PACIFIC CARTRIDGE BATCH.

(FF-CG) LATELY THE HEADLINES HAVE SHOWN DANGEROUSLY LARGE GLOBS OF FLOATING DEBRIS REACHING HAWAIIAN SHORES AFTER LAST YEAR’S DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI IN JAPAN. BUT FROM MUCH LONGER TIME SINCE JUST LAST YEAR THE WORLD IS BEEN USING THE OCEAN AS A FINAL RESTING PLACE FOR JUNK. AND THERE’S AT LEAST ONE MAN WHO’S DEDICATED HIS LIFE AT SEA TOWARD BRINGING AWARENESS – AND HOPEFULLY AN END  TO POLLUTION FROM PLASTIC.

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(ON-CAM) WE HOPE YOU GET THE CHANCE TO MEET CAPT. MOORE DURING HIS BRIEF VISIT TO MAUI BEFORE HE HEADS BACK TO SEE TO-PARDON THE PUN-PICK UP WHAT WE’VE LEFT OUT THERE. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ELDERLY THE FOUNDATION AND EFFORTS OF CAPT. CHARLES MOORE. GO TO MAUI TV NEWS.COM AND FOLLOW THE LINK TO THIS WEEK STORIES.

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J: PELAGIC. THAT’S A TERM THAT DESCRIBES CREATURES WHO SPEND MOST OR ALL OF THEIR LIVES AT SEA. AMONG THE ENDEMIC SPECIES ON MAUI IS A SEABIRD THAT DOES JUST THAT. UA’U KANI-THE WEDGE TAIL SHEARWATER-IS A BEAUTIFUL BIRD THE GLIDES THE WINDS ON THEIR 38-INCH WINGSPAN, DRINKING SEAWATER AND EATING FISH AND SQUID. THEY HAVE TO LAND SOMETIME AND SOMEWHERE. THE GOOD NEWS IS MANY OF THEM NEST RIGHT HERE ON MAUI WHERE YOU GET TO SEE THEM UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL. THE BAD NEWS IS THEY NEST IN THE GROUND AND THEREFORE THEY ARE PREY FOR CATS, RATS, DOGS MONGOOSE AND – YES – PEOPLE.

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(ON-CAM TAG) UA’U KANI MATE FOR LIFE, SO YOU ALMOST NEVER SEE THEM  IN LESS THAN PAIRS -  AND OFTEN IN GROUPS OF THREE. FLEDGLING CHICKS ARE OFTEN AS LARGE AS MOM AND DAD BEFORE THEY LEAVE THE NEST. THEY’RE ALL PROTECTED BY FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS. HOALOHA ‘AINA -  THE FRIENDS OF THE LAND -  ARE AMONG THE FOLKS WHO HELP KEEP THEIR NESTING AREAS PROTECTED. THEY COULD USE YOUR HELP. TO FIND OUT ABOUT THEIR PROJECTS GO TO MAUI TV NEWS.COM AND FOLLOW THE LINK TO THIS WEEK STORIES.

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J: IF THAT NAME, HOALOHA AINA, SOUNDS FAMILIAR – IT SHOULD. IT’S A SEEMINGLY TIRELESS GROUP WITH A SEEMINGLY ENDLESS TASK. RESTORING AND PRESERVING THE DUNES, AND REPLANTING NATIVE VEGETATION ALONG THE SOUTH MAUI SHORELINE. AND THAT’S JUST THE BEGINNING. ORIGINALLY FOUNDED BY PROBABLY NEVER GOING TO RETIRE ROTARIANS BOB AND LIS RICHARDSON, EVERY WEEK THERE JOINED BY HAPPY VOLUNTEERS  – INCLUDING THOSE ON VACATION – WHO TAKE ON PROJECTS THAT ARE NEEDED BUT SOMEHOW NEVER MAKE IT INTO THE COUNTY OR STATE BUDGETING PROCESS. WE CAUGHT UP WITH THEM THIS WEEK TO SEE WHAT THEY’RE UP TO NOW.

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(ON-CAM TAG) THEY COMMENCE OR RESUME PROJECTS PRETTY MUCH EVERY MONDAY MORNING USUALLY STARTING AROUND 7:30 AM. THERE’S NO SHORTAGE OF SMILES AND STILL PLENTY WORK AHEAD. IF YOU LIKE TO JOIN HIM WE’VE GOT DETAILS FOR YOU ON HOW YOU CAN DO THAT. GO TO MAUI TV NEWS.COM AND CLICK ON THE LINK TO THIS WEEK STORIES.

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J: UP NEXT ON MAUI TV NEWS,  CLEANING UP THE LAND, MAKING LIFE SAFER FOR SEABIRDS, BUT LIKE THEY SAY THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT THE WEATHER. UP NEXT VOLCANIC HAZE DOESN’T GET WASHED AWAY MUCH BY THE RAINS IN SEPTEMBER. AND AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH CONTINUES, WE’VE GOT MORE INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN HELP STOP THE PROBLEM. PLUS WE SHOW YOU HOW GOOD A JOB YOU’RE DOING AND HELPING THE CAUSE AGAINST FILLING THE LANDFILL. THOSE STORIES AND MORE WHEN MAUI TV NEWS CONTINUES.
 
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J: WELCOME BACK TO MAUI TV NEWS.  OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. 

(VO) LAST WEEK ON MAUI TV NEWS WE WENT TO ST. THERESA’S CHURCH IN KIHEI AS A GROUP GATHERED TO REMEMBER THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN OUR COUNTY. IT WAS A TOUCHING CANDLELIGHT CEREMONY DESIGNED TO SHED LIGHT ON FINDING A WAY TO END THE SENSELESS AND PREVENTABLE VIOLENCE.

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(FF-CG-VO)  TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS OF THE CAUSE AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, WOMEN HELPING WOMEN IS PLANNING TWO EVENTS TO HONOR THE INTERNATIONAL MEN’S MARCH AGAINST VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. WALK A MILE IN HER SHOES 2012 WILL HAPPEN ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19 STARTING ON THE UH MAUI COLLEGE CAMPUS AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26 FROM THE LAHAINA GATEWAY CENTER.

(ON-CAM TAG) IF YOU’RE A GUY AND YOU HAVE A PARA HIGH HEELS ARE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO BRING HIM, BUT WOMEN HELPING WOMEN SAYS THEY HAVE HUNDREDS OF PAIRS OF HIGH HEELS UP THE MEN’S SIZE 14 SOAP YOU CAN’T USE THE EXCUSE I HAVE NOTHING TO WEAR. FOR MORE DETAILS ON OUR WEBSITE JUST FOLLOW THE LINK TO THIS WEEK STORIES.

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J: DROUGHT. RECORD-BREAKING DROUGHT. SEPTEMBER RAINFALL TOTALS SHOW THAT WILL POLLOCK WILL RANCH IS

ON TRACK FOR ITS DRIEST YEAR EVER. AS A RESULT, WHAT USED TO BE THE THOUSANDS OF HEAD OF CATTLE HAS DWINDLED DOWN TO LITERALLY LESS THAN A DOZEN BREEDING COWS. MAUI CATTLE COMPANY IS JUST ONE OF THE STATES BEEF PRODUCERS REELING FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE DROUGHT.

(VO) MONDAY THIS WEEK THE DRY AIR WAS SO THICK WITH VOLCANIC HAZE YOU COULD BARELY MAKE OUT THAT ICONIC EUCALYPTUS TREE PERCHED ALONG THE ULUPALAKUA TREE LINE. AND FROM SEA LEVEL IT WAS SO DRAB THAT FROM CHARLIE YOUNG BEACH LANAI WAS NOWHERE IN SIGHT.

(FF-CG-VO) HOWEVER FOR THE FIRST TIME SEPTEMBER TOTALS IN WINWORD MAUI RAIN GAUGES SHOWED NEAR TO ABOVE AVERAGE RAINFALL THE USGS GAGE ON PU’U KUKUI HAD THE STATE’S HIGHEST SEPTEMBER TOTAL OF 29.42 INCHES. THAT’S  133% OF NORMAL. THEY ALSO RECORDED THE COUNTY’S HIGHEST DAILY AMOUNT OF NEARLY 3 1/2 INCHES ON SEPTEMBER 9. WHILE IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE MUCH KAHULUI AIRPORTS .37 INCHES BARELY MOISTENED THE TARMAC BUT IT WAS THEIR HIGHEST TOTAL SINCE SEPTEMBER, 2000. AS HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR ALL OF THIS YEAR MOST AVAILABLE SITES RECORDED LESS THAN 50% OF WHAT’S CONSIDERED AVERAGE RAINFALL.

(ON CAM) AS SCIENTISTS LOOK FORWARD TO AN EL NIÑO WINTER WEATHER PATTERN, THE FORECAST IS NOT OPTIMISTIC IN TERMS OF SUSTAINED RAINFALL TOTALS. BUT AN EL NIÑO WINTER OFTEN MEANS BRIEF AND POWERFUL KONA STORMS.

(MRF)(PiP-TRUCK)

J: SINCE MAUI’S CURBSIDE RECYCLING PROGRAM BEGAN IN AUGUST, IT’S BEEN A TRUE LEARNING EXPERIENCE. THE EFFORT – A MAINSTAY ON THE MAINLAND FOR DECADES-SEPARATES REGULAR TRASH FROM GREEN WASTE AND COMPOSTABLE’S AS WELL AS PLASTIC AND METAL AND CARDBOARD RECYCLING. WE SAY “LEARNING EXPERIENCE “BECAUSE COUNTY RECYCLING AND SOLID WASTE EXPERTS ARE LEARNING JUST HOW WELL AND HOW QUICKLY SOUTH MAUI RESIDENTS ARE PICKING UP ON THE IDEA, BUT IT’S ALSO A LEARNING EXPERIENCE BECAUSE NOW RECYCLING EXPERTS ARE ACTUALLY LEARNING HOW TO PREDICT HOW MUCH STUFF IS BEING PUT IN WHAT CANS.

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(ON-CAM TAG) WHEN WE FIRST STARTED FOLLOWING THE TRUCKS AND THE CANS NEARLY 2 MONTHS AGO, WE DID SO IN PART BECAUSE MAUI TV NEWS VIEWERS WERE WRITING AND SAYING THINGS LIKE QUOTE DO THEY REALLY SEPARATE THE STUFF OR IS IT ALL GOING INTO THE LANDFILL?” WELL NOW WE KNOW THEY REALLY ARE RECYCLING THE SOUTH AND VERY, VERY LITTLE IS GOING INTO THE LANDFILL. THE NEXT MAJOR RECYCLING TASK: HOW TO MAKE THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THE REST OF MAUI COUNTY.

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J: UP NEXT IN SPORTS,  IN M-I-L FOOTBALL…THIS YEAR’S LAHAINALUNA FOOTBALL SQUAD IS NO LONGER PERFECT. SORT OF. WE’LL EXPLAIN. THE MEN’S TURN AS THEY CROSSED THE TREACHEROUS KAIWI CHANNEL TURNED UP FEW SURPRISES IN THE MOLOKA’I HOE.. IN CURTAIN CALL, SAYS HURRY TO THE IAO THEATER TO CATCH “RUN FOR YOUR WIFE.”. IN CURTAIN CALL  WORLD-CLASS CERAMICS ARE COMING TO THE MACC, AND WAYS TO KEEP ANCIENT CULTURE GROWING AND GLOWING. THAT’S ALL AHEAD WHEN MAUI TV NEWS COMES BACK.
 
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J: CHECKING SPORTS,  IT ALMOST COMES A A LETDOWN FOR THE UNBEATEN AND UNTIED LAHAINALUNA LUNAS. BUT NOT REALLY. THE 20-12 SQUAD ALLOWED THE FIRST POINTS OF THE SEASON AGAINST THEM LAST WEEK, AS THE WARRIORS OF KAMEHAMEHA MAUI KICKED A FIELD GOAL AGAINST THEM IN THE LUNAS 35 TO 3 VICTORY LAST SATURDAY. THE PREVIOUSLY UNTOUCHED LUNAS STILL HAVE NOT ALLOWED A TOUCHDOWN THIS SEASON. THIS WEEK IT’S KAMEHAMEHA MAUI AT KING KEKAULIKE FRIDAY NIGHT. SATURDAY NIGHT IT’S LAHAINALUNA TAKING ON THE BALDWIN BEARS AT WAR MEMORIAL STADIUM. KICKOFF FOR BOTH GAMES IS 7 PM.

THE 60TH MOLOKAI HOE LEFT HALE O LONO HARBOR LAST SUNDAY MORNING FACING SOME GOOD SIZE SWELLS – BUT NOTHING LIKE WHAT NA WAHINE WENT THROUGH TWO WEEKS BEFORE. THIS YEAR MORE THAN 1000 MEN COMPETED IN THE DASH ACROSS THE KAIWI CHANNEL – AND FOR THE SEVENTH TIME, TAHITI’S SHELL WA’A WAS VICTORIOUS WITH A WINNING TIME OF FIVE HOURS, 15 MINUTES, 49 SECONDS. THE TOP MAUI FINISHER WAS WAILEA TEAM PRIMO IN A VERY RESPECTABLE FIFTH PLACE WITH A TIME OF FIVE HOURS, 39 MINUTES AND 34 SECONDS. THE TOP ALOHA STATE FINISHER WAS JUST BARELY AHEAD OF THE MAUI HUI…THAT WAS LIVESTRONG-OCEAN PURSUITS FROM THE BIG ISLAND WITH A FINAL TIME OF JUST UNDER FIVE HOURS, 37 MINUTES.

(CURTAIN CALL)(PiP-PAUL)

J:  MAUI ONSTAGE OPENED ITS SEASON LAST WEEK WITH THE WEST END’S ALL TIME LONGEST RUNNING COMEDIES, RUN FOR YOUR WIFE BY RAY COONEY. PAUL JANES-BROWN SAW THE SHOW AND HAS THIS REVIEW FOR CURTAIN CALL.

PJB: RAY COONEY, HAS PENNED 17 PLAYS AND 5 SCREENPLAYS, HE RECEIVED THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN RECOGNITION OF HIS SERVICES TO DRAMA AND THE FRENCH HAVE DUBBED HIM “LE FEYDEAU ANGLAIS” THE ENGLISH FEYDEAU THE GREAT FRENCH FARCE WRITER. PERHAPS THAT IS WHY MAUI ONSTAGE CHOSE THIS PIECE TO OPEN THEIR SEASON.

FARCE, BY ITS NATURE, REQUIRES SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF. HOWEVER RFYW’S PLOT IS SO CONVOLUTED AND AS THIN AS ICE ON A RIVER IN SPRING, THAT THE AUDIENCE IS NOT SO MUCH ASKED TO SUSPEND DISBELIEF AS TO ABANDON ANY RECOLLECTION OF TRUTH OR REALITY.

JOHN SMITH (ERNESTO M.) IS A MILK TOAST LONDON CABBIE WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY LOVE LIFE. HE HAS TWO WIVES, ONE IN WIMBELDON, MARY (HADLEY GARCIA) AND THE OTHER IN STREATHAM, BARBARA (GINA SHURE). THEY LIVE FOUR AND ONE HALF MINUTES APART FROM EACH OTHER. HOW THESE TWO SEXY, LOVELY, LADIES FELL FOR SUCH A BLAND, NOTHING OF A PERSON, IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THE AUDIENCE IS ASKED TO IGNORE. THE CABBIE BALANCES THESE TWO LIVES BY KEEPING A SCRUPULOUS SCHEDULE THAT BECOMES UPENDED WHEN HE HEROICALLY HELPS AN OLD WOMAN WHO IS BEING MUGGED WHO MISTAKES HIM FOR ONE OF THE ATTACKERS AND CLOCKS HIM ON THE PATE WITH HER PURSE WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE HAD DUMBBELLS IN IT AS SMITH ENDS UP IN HOSPITAL AND FINDS HIMSELF WITH THE WRONG WIFE AT THE TIME HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE WITH THE OTHER ONE.

THE MIX UP OCCURRED BECAUSE HE GAVE ONE ADDRESS TO THE HOSPITAL AND IN HIS GROGGY STATE, GAVE THE OTHER ADDRESS TO THE POLICE. TO COMPOUND THE CONFUSION COONEY USES THE TELEPHONE, TWO UPSTAIRS NEIGHBORS, ONE AT EACH OF THE PROTAGONIST’S LOVE NESTS, ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF DETECTIVES, JIM OXBORROW AS SERGEANT TROUTHAM AND DEREK NAKAGAWO AS SERGEANT PORTERHOUSE. THESE TWO  MAKE INSPECTOR CLOUSEAU LOOK LIKE ALBERT EINSTEIN AND SHERLOCK HOLMES ROLLED INTO ONE.

COONEY, THROWS IN EVERYTHING, INCLUDING, A FLAMBOYANT FAIRY (LEE GARROW), AND THE TWO WIVES WHO WOULD GIVE BETTY FRIEDAN AND GLORIA STEINEM NIGHTMARES AS WELL AS THE KITCHEN SINK, TO KEEP THE PLAY MOVING TO IT’S UNEXPECTED ENDING.

HADLEY GARCIA AS THE WIMBELDON WIFE, MARY AND GINA SHURE AS THE STREATHAM WIFE, BARBARA ARE BOTH AMONG THE STRONGEST PERFORMERS IN THIS PIECE THAT SEEMS TO RUN OUT OF GAS. ABOUT MID-WAY THROUGH THE SECOND ACT I FOUND MYSELF SAYING ENOUGH ALREADY! M’S JOHN SMITH, HAS TO BE SO DENSE AND UNDERSTATED, DUE TO HIS HEAD INJURY, THAT HE IS REDUCED TO BEING A STRAIGHT MAN TO JEFF BRACKETT’S HILARIOUS UP STAIRS WIMBELDON NEIGHBOR STANLEY GARDNER.  IN FACT IT IS BRACKETT WHO MOVES THE PLAY FORWARD WHILE M SORT OF STANDS ON THE SIDE.

VETERAN DEREK NAKAGAWA AS SERGENT PORTERHOUSE NEARLY STEALS THE SHOW WITH HIS OUTRAGEOUS ANTICS. WHEN M ATTEMPTS TO EXPLAIN HOW HE GOT WHERE HE IS, NAKAGAWA’S LONG TAKE OF AT FIRST DISBELIEF WHICH GRADUALLY MORPHS INTO RESIGNED ACCEPTANCE, PROVIDES ONE OF THE SHOW’S BEST LAUGHS. JASON STRAHN PLAYS THE REPORTER.

DALE BUTTON, WHO IS BEST KNOWN AS A MUSICAL COMEDY ACTOR, SINGER AND DANCER, HASN’T SO MUCH DIRECTED THIS SHOW AS CHOREOGRAPHED IT, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT IS DONE WITH MOST FARCES. I ESPECIALLY LIKE THE OPENING DUET BETWEEN BARBARA AND MARY, WHICH SETS THE SCENE. HOWEVER, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NAKAGAWA EVERYONE SOUNDED LIKE THE ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE GONE FOR ELIZA DOOLITTLE OR HER DAD.

RUN FOR YOUR WIFE IS ALL IN GOOD FUN AND THE NIGHT I WAS THERE THE AUDIENCE LAUGHED UPROARIOUSLY THROUGHOUT.

BUNT BURKHALTER, WHO IS LISTED AS THE SET DESIGNER DOESN’T HAVE A BIO IN THE PROGRAM, BUT HE HAS BEEN A LONG TIME THEATER VOLUNTEER WORKING BOTH ON AND OFF STAGE. HIS SET FOR RFYW SEEMS TO HAVE COME DIRECTLY FROM THE FLOOR PLAN OF THE PLAY. A GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH SHOWS ALMOST THE EXACT SAME DESIGN IN SEVERAL PRODUCTIONS. I REALIZE IT HAS TO ACT AS THE SET FOR BOTH FLATS AND THE ACTORS HAVE TO WORK ON IT SIMULTANEOUSLY WITHOUT BEING AWARE OF EACH OTHER, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BENEFIT FROM A LITTLE SET DRESSING TO GIVE IT SOME CHARACTER.

THE PROGRAM DOES NOT LIST A COSTUME DESIGNER AND IT SHOWS. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LADIES’ ROBES AND COMELY NEGLIGEES, SHURE’S FABULOUSLY ANACHRONISTIC SHOES, AND GARCIA’S EYE-POPPING SLIP, THE COSTUMES ARE NOTHING TO WRITE ABOUT.

RFYW RUNS UNTIL OCTOBER 15, FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO MAUITVNEWS.COM AND CLICK ON THE LINK TO COMING ATTRACTIONS.

THAT’S CURTAIN CALL FOR THIS WEEK, I’M PAUL JANES-BROWN, A HUI HOU. NEXT WEEK I’LL HAVE A REVIEW OF THE HUI’S INFINITE BLUE SHOW. STAYED TUNED FOR COMING ATTRACTIONS RIGHT AFTER THESE MESSAGES.

(COMING ATTRACTIONS)
 
J: WELCOME BACK TO MAUI TV NEWS AND  OUR COMING ATTRACTIONS  RUNDOWN OF REALLY FUN, DELICIOUS AND IMPORTANT THINGS TO SEE AND DO AROUND MAUI COUNTY.

DO YOU FANCY YOURSELF A PHOTOGRAPHER? DO BUGS SHUDDER AT THE MERE MENTION OF YOUR NAME (RIMSHOT)? THERE’S A VERY COOL THING HAPPENING GLOBALLY-IN WHICH YOU CAN TAKE PART LOCALLY. THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 FROM 10:30 AM UNTIL 1230-ISH, THE WORLD WIDE PHOTO WALK WILL ADD ULUPALAKUA RANCH AND TEDESCHI  WINERY TO SOME 1300 LOCATIONS AROUND THE GLOBE. THE GUY BEHIND THE CAMERA AND THE GENIUS BEHIND THE IDEA LOCALLY IS A RENOWNED RANDY J BRAUN. THE EVENT IS TOTALLY FREE BUT YOU MUST REGISTER IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE BRING ANY TYPE OF CAMERA INCLUDING OF COURSE YOUR PHONE AND INVITE A FRIEND. TEDESCHI  WINERY WILL BE THE HOMEBASE AND PICNIC LUNCH IS AVAILABLE AT ULUPALAKUA RANCH STORE. DETAILS ON HOW TYO LEARN FROM THE BEST – FOR FREE – ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.

PUNS AND FARCE… SOUNDS VERY BRITISH. AND PAUL JANES BROWN SAYS, DON’T WALK… BUT RUN TO SOUTHEAST “RUN FOR YOUR WIFE.” THE FIRST PLAY OF THE 2012 MAUI ONSTAGE SEASON WRAPS UP THIS SUNDAY THIS WEEKEND AT THE HISTORIC IAO THEATER IN WAILUKU WITH SHOWS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AT 7-30 AND SUNDAYS FINAL CURTAIN AT 3 PM TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.

THIS SATURDAY MORNING OCTOBER 13 THE JAPANESE CULTURAL SOCIETY OF MAUI WILL BE HOLDING ITS ANNUAL CLEANUP AT THE JAPANESE GARDENS AT KEPANIWAI PARK AND HERITAGE GARDENS IN IAO VALLEY. IF YOU AND YOUR FAMILY HAVEN’T BEEN THERE IN A WHILE IT’S AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY TAKE IN THE SERENITY AND BEAUTY OF IT ALL BUT TO DO YOUR PART IN KEEPING IT CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL. FROM 9-30 TO 11-30 THIS SATURDAY MORNING, THE SOCIETY WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR HELP. PLEASE BRING YOUR GARDENING TOOLS, TRASH BAGS AND YOUR PORTABLE CHAIRS. LUNCH AND WATER WILL BE SERVED FOLLOWING THE CLEANUP WE GOT MORE DETAILS ON WEBSITE.

OCTOBER IS A BUSY MONTH AND AMONG THE CELEBRATIONS IT’S FILIPINO-AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH. THIS SATURDAY THE 13TH OF THE MAUI MALL THE MAUI FIL-AM HERITAGE FESTIVAL FEATURES FANTASTIC FILIPINO FOOD, LIVE FILIPINO ENTERTAINMENT, AND DISPLAYS OF THE HISTORY THAT THESE PROUD PEOPLE  TO MAUI ACROSS THE YEARS. FUN INCLUDES THE MASTER P-NOY CHEF CONTEST, THE SPEEDY BALUT EATING CONTEST AND MORE. THERE’S NO CHARGE FOR IT MISSION FOR THIS FAMILY FUN EVENT OF MAUI MALL THIS SATURDAY FROM 10 UNTIL THREE.

AND THERE’S CERTAINLY NO SHORTAGE OF FESTIVALS THIS MONTH ON MAUI. IN PUKALANI THE ANNUAL CARDEN ACADEMY FAMILY FUN FESTIVAL WILL FEATURE EVERYTHING FROM MONO WRAPS, CARDEN STUDENT ENTERTAINMENT, SCARECROWS, PUMPKINS, FROZEN BANANA TREATS, JEWELRY MAKING, PONY CART RIDES AND THE UBIQUITOUS MORE. THE ADMISSION PRICE IS ONLY ONE DOLLAR OR ONE NONPERISHABLE CHILD FRIENDLY FOOD ITEM. CARDEN ACADEMY IS IT 55 MAKAENA PLACE IN PUKALANI AND THE FUN STARTS AT 9 AM. MORE DETAILS AT MAUITVNEWS.COM. JUST CLICK ON COMING ATTRACTIONS.

IN SEPTEMBER FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THEY OPENED, THE KEALIA POND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REVENUE HUGE WAS ACTUALLY OPENED ON A SATURDAY SO VOCALS  – WHO DON’T NORMALLY GET WEEKDAYS OFF – FINALLY GOT A CHANCE TO TOUR THE AMAZING RANGE, SPOTTING  BEAUTIFUL WILDLIFE THAT INHABITS MAUI’S NATURAL WETLANDS. HERE COMES ANOTHER CHANCE. OCTOBER 15-20 IS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE WEEK. IF YOU WALK THE BOARDWALK THROUGH KEALIA POND YOU KNOW THAT ALONE IS AN EXPERIENCE OF SERENITY BEAUTIFUL SITES AND EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF EXERCISE. THE CENTER WILL BE OPEN ALL WEEK TO THE PUBLIC 7:30 AM TO 4 PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND NEXT SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20 FROM 8 AM TO 3 PM. LAST YEAR MORE THAN 45 MILLION PEOPLE VISITED NATIONAL WILDLIFE REGUGE FACILITIES ACROSS THE US. HERE’S A CHANCE FOR YOU TO ADD TO THAT NUMBER RIGHT HERE ON MAUI. MORE DETAILS ON OUR WEBSITE.

HE’S A LIVING TREASURE-AND STILL GOING STRONG. NOW, SIX-TIME GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING SLACK KEY MASTER GEORGE KAAHUMANU JUNIOR IS CELEBRATING THE NINTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MASTERS OF HAWAIIAN MUSIC SLACK KEY SHOW IN THE NAPILI KAI BEACH RESORT AND YOU’RE INVITED. NEXT WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17 STARTING AT 7:30 PM GEORGE AND FRIENDS INCLUDE QUITE A BATCH OF FRIENDS LIKE KEVIN BROWN, RICHARD HO’OP’IHI, DEREK SEBASTIAN, STERLING SEATON, MARTIN PAHUNUI AND DA UKULELE BOYZ. IT WILL BE QUITE A SHOW. FOR RESERVATIONS DIRECTIONS AND PRICES CLICK ON COMING ATTRACTIONS OF MAUI TV NEWS.COM.

OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. IN LAST WEEK’S AND THIS WEEK’S EDITION OF MAUI TV NEWS WE GIVE YOU SOME OF THE STATS ABOUT THIS HORRIBLE AND PREVENTABLE TRAGEDY THAT CONTINUES ACROSS OUR ISLAND AND OUR STATE. NEXT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19 AND THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26TH, THERE’S  AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEN TO DO A VERY MANLY THING, WALK A MILE IN HER SHOES. NOW GUYS IF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN PAIR OF HIGH HEELS – NO QUESTIONS ASKED – BUT FEEL FREE TO BRING THEM. OTHERWISE WOMEN HELPING WOMEN WILL BE PROVIDING HIGH HEELS AND SIZES, I’M TOLD, UP TO SIZE 14 AND THEY’VE GOT HUNDREDS OF PAIRS. FROM 4-30 ON NEXT FRIDAY THE 19TH ON THE UH MAUI COLLEGE CAMPUS; AND STARTING AT 4-30 ON FRIDAY THE 26 FROM THE LAHAINA GATEWAY CENTER, JUST SHOW UP, YOU GUYS, BRING $10 DONATION AND SOME CAN GOODS TO SUPPORT THE WOMEN SHELTER AND TO SHOW UP PUT ON A HIGH HEELS, GET SET THE WALK A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE MILE. THE ANNUAL EVENT IS VERY VISUAL, PAINFUL, AND A BENEFIT FOR WOMEN HELPING WOMEN.

THE SO-CALLED GLASS CEILING IS BEING SHATTERED IN A MOST BEAUTIFUL WAY AND AN EVENT ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21ST,  WILL KICK OFF YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SEE EXQUISITE JAPANESE CERAMICS AT THE MAUI ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER. IT’S CALLED “SOARING VOICES RECENT CERAMICS BY WOMEN FROM JAPAN.” THE SHOWCASE OF MORE THAN 80 WORKS OF JAPANESE CLAY ON LOAN FROM MUSEUMS AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS AROUND THE WORLD WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR AT THE SCHAEFER INTERNATIONAL GALLERY AT THE MACC. BE SURE TO MARK IT ON YOUR CALENDAR.

AND WHILE YOU’RE MARKING STUFF ON YOUR CALENDAR PUT A BIG RED X ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27 FOR THE 2012 HANDS ON MAUI VOLUNTEER EXPO ON AND AROUND CENTER STAGE OF QUEEN KAAHUMANU  SHOPPING CENTER IN KAHULUI. IT’S A CHANCE TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY, RECRUIT VOLUNTEERS AND CELEBRATE THE LARGEST NATIONAL SERVICE DAY ACROSS THE UNITED STATES FREE ENTERTAINMENT COURTESY OF ZUMBA AND MAPA, FACE PAINTING, MAGIC AND MORE WE GOT DETAILS ON OUR WEBSITE.

A VISIONARY FILM FESTIVAL COMING TO THE MAUI ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER 27th and 28 WILL BRING TWO DAYS OF MOVIES DEDICATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL PRESERVATION-AS WELL AS MAKING GREAT MUSIC AROUND THE PLANET. TAKING ITS NAME FROM THE WORLD’S LARGEST TEMPLE COMPLEX-THE EXOTIC, MYSTIFYING, THOUSAND-YEAR-OLD ANGKOR WAT IN SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA-THE FESTIVAL IS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE SECOND ANNUAL ANGKOR WAT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, RETURNING TO CAMBODIA NEXT FEBRUARY.

MAUI’S MENTAL HEALTH KOKUA IS CO-PRESENTING THE FUNDRAISER WITH EMMY-WINNING MAUI FILMMAKER DR. TOM VENDETTI, AND HIS FILMMAKING COLLABORATORS, INCLUDING HIS LONGTIME CO-PRODUCER, AND, WE’RE PROUD TO SAY, OUR CO-PRODUCER AT MAUI TV NEWS, ROBERT C STONE.

TICKETS ARE $10 PER SCREENING, OR $24 FOR THREE SCREENINGS WITH THE FIRST 240 GETTING A BONUS DVD OF VENDETTI’S LATEST FILM, “WHEN THE MOUNTAIN CALLS-NEPAL • TIBET • BHUTAN,” CURRENTLY SCREENING ON PBS AFFILIATES ACROSS THE US. FOR ALL THE DETAILS, GO TO MAUI TV NEWS.COM AND CLICK ON THE LINK TO COMING ATTRACTIONS.

OCTOBER ALSO MEANS OF COURSE HOLLOWING IN LAHAINA ON THE 31ST, INCLUDING THE COOL, SAFE INDOOR TRICK-OR-TREATING, KUPANAHA MAGIC AND ALL THE FUN GO THAT GOES WITH IT AT LAHAINA CANNERY MALL, AND FUN ALMOST BEYOND DESCRIPTION UP-AND-DOWN FRONT STREET IN LAHAINA TOWN.

IN NOVEMBER PRO ARTS OF THE PACIFIC IS MAKING A U-TURN BY REPRISING AN ENCORE PRESENTATION OF DRIVING MISS DAISY, STARTING NOVEMBER 2ND.

OH YEAH, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 IS KIND OF IMPORTANT DON’T FORGET TO VOTE AND DON’T FORGET THE JOINT KATHY COLLINS AND I AS WE BRING YOU OUR LIVE COVERAGE ELECTION RETURNS BEGINNING AT 6 PM TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 ON AWE CONOCO MAUI COMMUNITY TELEVISION CABLE CHANNELS 52 5354 AND STREAMED LIVE AND AWE CONOCO.ORG. YOU’RE ALSO INVITED TO 333 DAIRY ROAD FOR ALL THE FUN THAT NIGHT – AND FOR THE SERIOUS PARTS TOO.

AND WERE STILL HAPPY DOES WEEKLY PLUG THE LIFE IS SWEET EVENT TAKING OVER THE SHOPS OF WAILEA ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10 WITH TELEVISIONS MARSHA BRADY AND MAUI TV NEWS IS JEFF KING.

FOR MORE DETAILS ON EVERYTHING WE’VE MENTIONED THIS WEEK, GO TO MAUITVNEWS-DOT-COM AND FOLLOW THE LINK TO COMING ATTRACTIONS. AND WE’LL BE BACK TO WRAP US THIS WEEK’S EDITION OF MAUI TV NEWS RIGHT AFTER THIS.

 
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J: THAT’LL DO IT FOR THIS WEEK’S EDITION OF MAUI TV NEWS  – MAUI’S MOST-WATCHED NEWS PROGRAM – IN HIGH DEFINITION ONLINE AT MAUITVNEWS-DOT-COM, AND STATEWIDE ON NEWS ON DEMAND ON DIGITAL CABLE CHANNEL 953 AND OUR WEEKLY FRIDAY REPORTS EVERY FRIDAY MORNING ON KHON-TWO’S WAKE UP TWO DAY. WE’RE ESPECIALLY PROUD OF OUR NEW ALLIANCE WITH IPLAYERHD.COM. NOW OUR ONLINE HIGH DEFINITION PLAYBACK IS CLEANER, SHARPER, SEARCHABLE, AND EASIER TO USE THAN EVER. ON THE HOME PAGE OF MAUI TV NEWS BE SURE TO CLICK ON THE “SHOWs” LINK TO VIEW AND REVIEW ANY AND ALL STORIES IN OUR MOST RECENT SHOWS -  PLUS LINKS TO ALL THE IMPORTANT NEWSMAKERS. SITE UPDATES LIKE THESE ARE WHY MAUI TV NEWS.COM IS NOW GETTING WELL OVER A HALF MILLION HITS EACH MONTH.

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