Radio Script for Maui TV News on KAOI Radio - January 28, 2008

From the Visionary Radio News Center, I'm Jeff King with Maui TV News.

IF YOU THINK IT WAS COLD AT YOUR HOUSE THIS MORNING, BE THANKFUL YOU DON'T LIVE AT THE "HOUSE OF THE SUN." ICE CLOSED THE ROAD FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS MORNING AT THE SUMMIT OF HALEAKALA. AFTER A LITTLE MAUI SUNSHINE, THE SUMMIT ROAD WAS REOPENED TO TRAFFIC A LITTLE AFTER ELEVEN THIS MORNING.

FEWER PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS ON MAUI AND ACROSS THE STATE ARE EATING LUNCH AT SCHOOL THIS YEAR. THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SAYS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE FEDERAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM IS DOWN 6.6 PER CENT FROM LAST YEAR.

AN AUSTRALIAN COMPANY WANTS TO BUILD AN OFFSHORE PLANT TO GENERATE 2.7 MEGAWATTS OF ELECTRICITY USING OCEAN WAVES. OCEANLIX MADE THEIR INITIAL PRESENTATION LAST FALL AT A MAUI ENERGY SUMMIT, AND NOW IS IN NEGOTIATIONS TO SELL POWER TO MAUI ELECTRIC - ENOUGH TO ENERGIZE ABOUT TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED HOMES.

FOR DETAILS ON THESE STORIES, VISIT MAUITVNEWS.COM AND FOLLOW THE LINK TO BREAKING NEWS. FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER FOR MAUI TV NEWS, I'M JEFF KING.

From the Visionary Radio News Center, I'm Jeff King with Maui TV News.

HAWAII'S LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DEFINITELY KNOWS HOW TO PLAY THE GAME.

DUKE: "The goal is to get the blue properties...how to play Monopoly."

THEN LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR DUKE AIONA SAT DOWN FOR A MATCH AGAINST MAYOR CHARMAINE TAVARES SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN WAILEA. THE WINNER? HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. THE CHARITY RAISED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE EVENT. AND THEY RAISED ANOTHER 56-HUNDRED DOLLARS FROM THE E-CYCLING EVENT HELD THIS WEEKEND IN WAILUKU.

VOLUNTEERS WERE BACK IN THE POLIPOLI FOREST OVER THE WEEKEND, PLANTING ABOUT 500 TREES IN THE AREA BLACKENED BY LAST JANUARY’S FOREST FIRE. THE POLIPOLI RECREATION AREA REMAINS CLOSED TO HUNTERS AND HIKERS AS LOGGERS CONTINUE REMOVING TREES DOWNED IN DECEMBER’S KONA STORM. THE STATE INTENDS TO PLANT 1,500 ACRES BY MAY.

HIGH SEAS HAVE AGAIN FORCED THE CANCELLATION OF THE SUPERFERRY TRIP TO MAUI TODAY. THE SUPERFERRY WEB SITE SAYS TOMORROW’S VOYAGES ARE CONSIDERED MARGINAL.

FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER FOR MAUI TV NEWS, I'M JEFF KING.

From the Visionary Radio News Center, I'm Jeff King with Maui TV News.

FEWER PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS ON MAUI AND ACROSS THE STATE ARE EATING LUNCH AT SCHOOL THIS YEAR. THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SAYS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE FEDERAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM IS DOWN 6.6 PER CENT FROM LAST YEAR.

IF YOU THINK IT WAS COLD AT YOUR HOUSE THIS MORNING, BE THANKFUL YOU DON'T LIVE AT THE "HOUSE OF THE SUN." ICE CLOSED THE ROAD FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS MORNING AT THE SUMMIT OF HALEAKALA. AFTER A LITTLE MAUI SUNSHINE, THE SUMMIT ROAD WAS REOPENED TO TRAFFIC A LITTLE AFTER ELEVEN THIS MORNING.

HIGH SEAS HAVE AGAIN FORCED THE CANCELLATION OF THE SUPERFERRY TRIP TO MAUI TODAY. THE SUPERFERRY WEB SITE SAYS TOMORROW’S VOYAGES ARE CONSIDERED MARGINAL.

MAUI COUNTY WEATHER - A HIGH SURF ADVISROY WAS CANCELLED THIS AFTERNOON, BUT THE HIGH WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL AT LEAST 6 O'CLOCK TOMORROW MORNING. GUSTS OF UP TO 50 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE THROIUGH TONIGHT.

FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER FOR MAUI TV NEWS, I'M JEFF KING.

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