Radio Script for Maui TV News on KAOI Radio - March 17, 2008

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

FOR MANY, SATURDAY AFTERNOON'S BLACKOUT IN CENTRAL MAUI WAS AN INCONVENIENCE. FOR SOME, IT DOWNRIGHT STUNK. A LITTLE AFTER TWO O'CLOCK SATURDAY AFTERNOON, THE BLACKOUT IN WAILUKU CAUSED A SPILL OF ABOUT 500 GALLONS OF RAW WASTERWATER FROM A MANHOLE ALONG WAIEHU BEACH ROAD. THE EFFLUNET RAN INTO THE PAUKUKALO RESIDENTIAL AREA WHERE IT REACHED A STREAM BUT DID NOT FLOW INTO THE OCEAN. THE WATER AND SPILL SITE WERE DISINFECTED BY COUNTY SEWER WORKERS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WAS NOTIFIED.

THE STATE AIRPORTS DIVISION HAS APPLIED FOR A SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA PERMIT FOR A $4.75 MILLION PROJECT TO MEET FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR A CLEAR “RUNWAY SAFETY AREA” AT KAHULUI AIRPORT. THE FAA REQUIRES THAT ALL AIRPORTS MAINTAIN A CLEAR AREA EXTENDING 250 FEET FROM THE CENTERLINE OF RUNWAYS, AND KAHULUI AIRPORT DOES NOT COMPLY.

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.

(Gabriel Salazar bite :05) THAT WAS THE EASY PART. THE HARD PARTS CAME AT THE END FOR THE MAUI WAENA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL SIXTH GRADER. GABRIEL SALAZAR, THE MAUI CHAMPION SPELLER WAS THE FIRST RUNNER UP IN THE STATE SPELLING BEE YESTERDAY ON O'AHU. HE WENT OUT BY MISSPELLING ADRENELINE, BUT CAPTURED SECOND PLACE OVERALL BY CORRECTLY SPELLING SPLENETIC, YES, SPLENETIC. THE COMPETITION WAS WON BY TALMAGE NAKAMOTO, A SEVENTH GRADER FROM THE BIG ISLAND - WHO WILL REPRESENT HAWAII AT THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE LATER THIS MONTH IN WASHINGTON D.C.

AND A COUPLE OF MAUI SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO GET A LITTLE SPRUCING UP IN THE PLAYGROUND. TODAY GOVERNOR LINGLE RELEASE ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO INSTALL SOME NEW EQUIPMENT AT SEVENTEEN SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE, INCLUDING KULA ELEMENTARY AND PUKALANI ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

FOR DAILY UPDATES OF BREAKING NEWS, VISIT MAUI TV NEWS DOT COM. 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.

THERE'S STILL A CHANCE TO BE HEARD. THE SECOND MEETING OF THE DAY TO VOICE YOUR OPINION OF THE PROPOSED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FOR HAWAII SUPERFERRY STARTS IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. PUBLIC TESTIMONY IS BEING TAKEN AT THE BALDWIN HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK TONIGHT.

ONLY ABOUT A DOZEN AND A HALF TURNED OUT FRIDAY TO SPEAK UP ABOUT THE NAVY'S SONAR TESTS IN HAWAIIAN WATERS. OPPONENTS FEAR THE LOUD UNDERWATER SOUNDS COULD DO SERIOUS DAMAGE TO MARINE MAMMALS.

AND IT WASN'T A MAMMAL, BUT A WHALE SHARK THAT DREW A CROWD AT MOLOKINI LAST WEEK. DIVER ROY BENDELL TOOK SOME AMAZING PICTURES THAT WE'LL SHOW YOU THIS WEEK ON MAUI TV NEWS. HE SAID THE ENCOUNTER WITH THE 30-FOOT GIANT HAPPENS ABOUT ONCE A DECADE THERE.

ISLAND WEATHER…..TONIGHT PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS, WITH A LOW AROUND 65. PARTLY CLOUDY TOMORROW - MODERATE TRADES AND A HIGH AROUND 82.

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

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