Radio Script for Maui TV News on KAOI Radio - March 3, 2008

3:59 p.m.

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

MORE UPS AND DOWNS IN THE HAWAII VISITOR INDUSTRY. AFTER LAST MONTH'S TOTALS SHOWED THE ONLY DECLINE IN FOREIGN VISITS TO HAWAII IN JANUARY WERE FROM JAPAN, TODAY WE LEARN THAT JAPAN AIRLINES IS RAISING THE FUEL SURCHARGE TO HAWAII - FOR THE SECOND TIME SINCE THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. THE LATEST INCREASE, TO TAKE EFFECT APRIL FIRST WILL ADD 14,000 YEN, OR ABOUT 135 DOLLARS TO THE PRICE OF A ONE-WAY TICKET FROM JAPAN TOP HAWAII.

MAUI POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE MAN KILLED IN THE COUNTY'S FOURTH FATAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENT OF 2008. HE'S 34 YEAR-OLD KOVACK HAOLE OF WAILUKU. THE ONLY OTHER PERSON IN THE 2002 HONDA, A 41-YEAR -OLD WAILUKU MAN, REMAINS IN MAUI MEMORIAL - BUT HIS CONDITION HAS BEEN UPGRADED FROM CRITICAL. THERE WERE TWO FATALITIES ON MAUI ROADS AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

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.

4:59 p.m.

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

SOME SIGNIFICANT WATER OUTAGES WILL IMPACT NORTH AND SOUTH MAUI THIS WEEK. IN KIHEI, BETWEEN TOMORROW NIGHT AT 9 P.M. AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 6, WATER WILL BE SHUT OFF FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL KIHEI - AND PRESSURE WAY DOWN FOR THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. CONTRACTORS ARE GOING TO BE MOVING A 36-INCH WATERLINE ALONG MOKULELE HIGHWAY AS PART OF THE HIGHWAY WIDENING PROJECT.

AND IN HAIKU FROM 9 O'CLOCK WEDNESDAY NIGHT UNTIL 5 THURSDAY MORNING, WATER WILL BE SHUT OFF ALONG AWALAU ROAD, THE MAUKA PORTION OF EAST KUIAHA AND MUCH OF THE REST OF HAIKU WHILE CONTRACTORS REPLACE A WATERLINE AND INSTALL A NEW FIRE HYDRANT.

WATER DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS REQUEST THAT YOU TURN OFF IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IN THOSE AREAS FOR THOSE TWO NIGHTS - TO PRESERVE MINIMUM PRESSURE AND WATER LEVELS IN COUNTY WATER STORAGE TANKS.

IF YOU MISSED THOSE TIMES AND LOCATIONS, YOU CAN FIND THEM AT MAUITVNEWS-DOT-COM. JUST FOLLOW THE LINK TO BREAKING NEWS. FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER FOR MAUI TV NEWS, I'M JEFF KING.

5: 59 p.m.

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

MEETING A NEED. MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER C-E-O WESLEY LO SAYS THAT THE HOSPITAL IS COMMITTED TO KEEPING IT’S CHILD PSYCHIATRIC UNIT OPEN DESPITE A LOW NUMBER OF PATIENTS. THE MAUI NEWS REPORTS THAT ONLY HALF THE BEDS AT THE MOLOKINI TWO UNIT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE BEING USED. MEANWHILE, THE MAUI YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICE GROUP HOME FOR GIRLS HAS CLOSED AGAIN - FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.

IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE ANY OF THE BILLS PROPOSED BY THE MAUI HEALTH INITIATIVE TASK FORCE WILL BE APPROVED BY THIS YEAR’S LEGISLATURE. STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOE BERTRAM SAYS THAT ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE BILLS CLEARED AN INITIAL COMMITTEE HURDLE, NONE HAVE MADE IT THROUGH THE HOUSE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

MAUI WEATHER … CLEAR TONIGHT. LOWS 56 TO 62. . MOSTLY SUNNY TOMORROW - HIGHS 74 TO 83.

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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