Radio Script for Maui TV News on KAOI Radio - February 11, 2008

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

IT WAS A TOUGH MONTH TO BE IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS ON MAUI IN JANUARY. SALES OF PREVIOUSLY-OWNED SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON MAUI DIPPED TO A 10-YEAR LOW. THERE WERE 56 SALES LAST MONTH, COMPARED TO 86 IN DECEMBER. LAST YEAR IN JANUARY, THERE WERE 106 SALES. THE MEDIAN PRICE FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ALSO FELL - FROM JUST MORE THAN 600 THOUSAND LAST JANUARY TO 574-THOUSAND THIS JANUARY.

AND SPEAKING OF JANUARY - YOU'RE RIGHT - IT DID RAIN A LOT LAST MONTH. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS THAT JANUARY RAINFALL ON MAUI WAS EITHER NORMAL OR ABOVE NORMAL AT GAUGES IN THE EAST AND WEST MAUI WATERSHEDS. PU'U KUKUI IN KAHALAWAI RAN ABOUT 113% OF NORMAL WITH WEST WAILUA IKI ON HALEAKALA RECORDING A LITTLE OVER 27 INCHES … 164% OF NORMAL.

FOR DETAILS ON THESE STORIES - AND MORE - VISIT MAUITVNEWS-DOT-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.

A REPORT BY AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MONITORING HAWAII SUPERFERRY SAYS THAT BETWEEN DECEMBER 21ST AND JANUARY 6TH, SCREENERS INTERCEPTED A NUMBER OF ITEMS BEING TRANSPORTED WITHOUT AGRICULTURAL INSPECTION. THEY ALSO FOUND OPIHI AND OTHER MARINE RESOURCES ON AT LEAST TWO OCCASIONS. MOST VIOLATIONS WERE FOUND AT KAHULUI HARBOR. AND REMEMBER THE SUPERFERRY GOES OUT OF SERVICE AND INTO DRYDOCK FOR WHAT THE COMPANY CALLS ANNUAL MAINTENANCE STARTING THIS WEDNESDAY FOR A LITTLE MORE THAN TWO WEEKS. ANNUAL MAINTENANCE EVEN THOUGH THE VESSELL HAS ONLY BEEN IN SERVICE FOR ABOUT SEVEN WEEKS.

E HO'OMAIKA'I TO UNCLE RICHARD. LEGENDARY MAUI SINGER AND SLACK KEY GUITAR MASTER RICHARD HO'OPI'I, GEORGE KAHUMOKU JUNIOR AND PRODUCER DANIEL HO ARE AMONG THE GRAMMY WINNERS FOR “TREASURES OF SLACK KEY GUITAR”, WINNER OF THIS YEAR’S GRAMMY FOR HAWAIIAN MUSIC. IT'S THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW THAT THE COMPILATION OF SLACK KEY ARTISTS …. RECORDED AT THE RITZ CARLTON .... HAVE WALKED AWAY WITH TOP HONORS.

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.

IT WAS A TOUGH MONTH TO BE IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS ON MAUI IN JANUARY. SALES OF PREVIOUSLY-OWNED SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON MAUI DIPPED TO A 10-YEAR LOW. THERE WERE 56 SALES LAST MONTH, COMPARED TO 86 IN DECEMBER. LAST YEAR IN JANUARY, THERE WERE 106 SALES. THE MEDIAN PRICE FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ALSO FELL - FROM JUST MORE THAN 600 THOUSAND LAST JANUARY TO 574-THOUSAND THIS JANUARY.

HALEAKALA PARK SUPERINTENDENT MARILYN PARRIS SAYS THAT - BY THE END OF THIS MONTH - SHE EXPECTS A FINAL REPORT FROM THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ANALYSIS TEAM ON COMMERCIAL DOWNHILL BICYCLE TOURS INSIDE THE PARK. THE PRELIMINARY FINDING BY THE PARK SERVICE WAS THAT TOURS ARE MORE DANGEROUS THAN RIVER RAFTING OR MOUNTAIN CLIMBING. PARRIS SAYS SHE WILL MAKE HER DECISION ON WHETHER TO RESUME THE TOURS BY MID-MARCH.

MAUI COUNTY WEATHER -PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT. MOSTLY SUNNY AND BREEZY TOMORROW LOWS IN THE 60S, HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.

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

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