Radio Script for Maui TV News on KAOI Radio - February 26, 2008

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

WATER, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND RESPONSE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY. THOSE WERE THE BIGGEST ISSUES OF 2007 ACCORDING TO MAYOR CHARMAINE TAVARES IN HER ANNUAL STATE OF THE COUNTY ADDRESS THIS MORNING. REFERRING TO SOME OF THE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES OF THE DAY, SHE SAID,

CT01 (8sec) : "It is our responsibility to meet the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations."

SHE MADE HER REMARKS TO A PACKED MAUI COUNTY COUNCIL CHAMBER.

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR AUNTY GENOA LEILANI KEAWE WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER SAINTS ON O'AHU - EITHER IN CHINATOWN OR POSSIBLY HER HOME TOWN OF LAIE. AUNTY GENOA IS SURVIVED BY 12 CHILDREN, 40 GRANDCHILDREN, 98 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND 81 GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

FOR DAILY UPDATES OF BREAKING NEWS, VISIT MAUI TV NEWS 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

READING FROM HER PREPARED REMARKS THIS MORNING, MAYOR CHARMAINE TAVARES SAID, (7-sec-"2007. Wow. what a year. It brought an incredible amount of disasters to us")

SHE THEN LISTED THE FIRES, FLOODS, TSUNAMI WARNINGS ANDTHE ALMOST HURRICANE AMONG NATURAL DISASTERS THAT STRUCK DURING HER FIRST YEAR AS MAYOR IN HER SECOND STATE OF THE COUNTY ADDRESS. SHE PRAISED ORGANIZATIONS - AND ORDINARY CICTIZENS - FOR WORKING TOGETHER TO PREVENT LOSS OF LIFE AND MAJOR DAMAGE.

A STAND OFF AT HARBOR LIGHTS APARTMENTS IN KAHULUI YESTERDAY THAT BEGAN WHEN MAUI POLICE TRIED TO SERVE A NO-BAIL ARREST WARRANT ON A TENANT ENDED PEACEFULLY JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT THIS MORNING WHEN KADON ZIMMERMAN SURRENDERED TO POLICE. THE SUSPECT FLED FROM POLICE TO HIS APARTMENT WHERE HE FIRED AT LEAST ONE SHOT.

FOR DAILY UPDATES OF BREAKING NEWS, VISIT MAUI TV NEWS 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

WATER, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND RESPONSE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY - THOSE ARE THE FOUR BIGGEST ISSUES MAYOR CHARMAINE TAVARES SAYS SHE FACED IN HER FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE. THE MAYOR DELIVERED HER SECOND STATE OF THE COUNTY ADDRESS THIS MORNING, GIVING THANKS AND CREDIT TO LOCAL CITIZENS, AND TO COUNTY AND STATE AGENCIES THAT LED TO SUCCESSFUL RESPONSES TO A VARIETY OF EMERGENCIES THAT STRUCK THE COUNTY.

KEALIA POND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE IS ASKING FOR THE RETURN OF A BRONZE SCULPTURE OF A NESTING SEA TURTLE THAT WAS STOLEN FROM THE END OF THE STIL-CLOSED BOARDWALK LAST WEEK. REFUGE MANAGER GLYNNIS NAKAI SAYS THE 140 POUND TURTLE WAS STOLEN SOMETIME BETWEEN THURSDAY AN FRIDAY MORNING.

MAUI COUNTY WEATHER … CLEAR TONIGHT …. SUNNY TOMORROW … LOWS 58 TO 64 …HIGHS TOMORROW IN THE UPPER 70S - WITH LIGHT SEA BREEZES.

FOR DAILY UPDATES OF BREAKING NEWS, VISIT MAUI TV NEWS DOT COM AND FOLLOW THE LINK TO BREAKING NEWS. FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER FOR MAUI TV NEWS, I'M JEFF KING.

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