Radio Script for Maui TV News on KAOI Radio - March 5, 2008

3:59 p.m.

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

GOOD NEWS FOR OCEAN ENVIRONMENTALISTS. THE HAWAII STATE SENATE UNANIMOUSLY PASSED HAWAII'S FIRST-EVER BILL TO REGULATE THE COLLECTION OF TROPICAL REEF FISH FROM STATE WATERS FOR SHIPMENT TO AQUARIUMS AROUND THE WORLD. SENATE BILL 32-25 PASSED UNANIMOUSLY LATE YESTERDAY. THE HOUSE VERSION OF THE BILL ALSO APPEARS TO HAVE BROAD SUPPORT. REEF ACTIVISTS ESTIMATE SOME 20 MILLION FISH ARE SUCKED OFF HAWAII'S REEFS EACH YEAR AND SHIPPED AWAY - WHERE MOST DIE WITHIN DAYS - ONLY TO BE REPLACED BY MORE.

HAWAII LAWMAKERS ADVANCED HUNDREDS OF MEASURES TUESDAY, INCLUDING RAISING THE MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE FOR JUDGES, SETTLLING OF NATIVE HAWAIIAN LAND CLAIMS AND THE DESIGNATION OF THE MONK SEAL AS THE STATE MAMMAL. IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT, HAWAII'S STATE MAMMAL HAS BEEN THE HUMPBACK WHALE.

FOR MORE DETAILS ON THESE STORIES - AND 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

AN UNLEASHED DOG AT BABY BEACH IN PAIA ATTACKED 7-YEAR-OLD ERIC BRYANT MONDAY, TEARING A PORTION OF SKIN OFF HIS HAND. THE DOG ALSO BIT BOTH HIP AREAS BEFORE RELEASING HIS GRIP. ERIC’S FATHER, SAM, SAYS THE LARGE SHORT-HAIRED DOG WAS WITH A CAUCASIAN WOMAN IN HER 20’S, ABOUT 5’ 7” TALL AND SLIM WITH LIGHT BROWN HAIR. THE WOMAN REPORTEDLY HAD ANOTHER DOG, ALSO OFF THE LEASH, THAT BRYANT SAYS APPEARD TO BE A GERMAN SHEPHERD. WHEN MEDICS ARRIVED THE WOMAN REPORTEDLY REFUSED TO IDENTIFY HERSELF AND - INSTEAD - ABRUPTLY LEFT THE AREA.

A REMINDER THAT IN HAIKU FROM 9 O'CLOCK TONIGHT NIGHT UNTIL 5 TOMORROW 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.

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.

5:59 p.m.

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

A BUSY DAY IN HONOLULU YESTERDAY AS STATE LAWMAKERS MOVED FORWARD ON MORE THAN A HUNDRED PIECES OF LEGISLATION. ONE SIGNIFICANT BILL, SENATE BILL 32-25, PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THE MEASURE, INTRODUCED BY SENATOR CLAYTON HEE, WOULD - FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER - PUT A LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF TROPICAL REEF FISH THAT CAN BE COLLECTED FOR THE HOBBY AQUARIUM INDUSTRY. REEF ACTIVISTS CLAIM THAT AS MANY AS 20 MILLION REEF FISH A YEAR ARE SNAGGED AND SHIPPED AROUND THE WORLD FOR PRIVATE AQUARIUMS.

MEANWHILE, HERE AT HOME, THE ORAL PORTION OF THE CONTESTED CASE OVER NA WAI EHA ENDED YESTERDAY AFTER 3 MONTHS, 76 WITNESSES AND MORE THAN 500 EXHIBITS. DR. LAWRENCE MILLER, THE HEARINGS OFFICER, CALLED IT A VERY COMPLICATED CASE, INVOLVING 4 STREAMS, 3 TYPES OF GROUNDWATER AND A HOST OF COMPETEING INTERESTS.

MAUI COUNTY WEATHER … CLEAR TONIGHT. LOWS NEAR 60. . A FEW CLOUDS TOMORROW - HIGHS AROUND 80.

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

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