Radio Script for Maui TV News on KAOI Radio - April 21, 2008

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

UP EVEN MORE. AFTER GAS PRICES TOPPED FOUR DOLLARS A GALLON ACROSS MAUI 10 DAYS AGO, AND JUMPED ANOTHER 10 CENTS OVER THE WEEKEND, COMES NEWS THAT WILL LIKELY SEND THEM SOARING AGAIN. OIL PRICES SPIKED TO A RECORD ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN DOLLARS A BARREL THIS MORNING AFTER NEWS THAT A JAPANESE OIL TANKER WAS STRUCK BY A ROCKET NEAR YEMEN - AND MILITANTS IN NIGERIA CLAIMED ATTACKS ON TWO OIL PIPELINES.

WAIHEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL FAITH TOKESHI HAS BEEN NAMED 2008 MAUI DISTRICT PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR. SHE PLANS TO RETIRE IN JUNE, CLOSING HER 33-YEAR CAREER ON A POSITIVE NOTE. SHE HAS BEEN PRINCIPAL AT WAIHEE ELEMENTARY SINCE 2002. SHE WAS HONORED OVER THE WEEKEND DURING EVENTS ON OAHU.

FOR ALL THOSE PROCRASTINATORS, TODAY IS THE DEADLINE TO FILE YOUR HAWAII STATE INCOME TAXES. THEY CAN BE EITHER FILED ELECTRONICALLY OR MUST BE POSTMARKED BY MIDNIGHT.

OR DAILY UPDATES OF BREAKING NEWS VISIT MAUITVNEWS-DOT COM. FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER, I'M JEFF KING.

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

A BLESSING FRIDAY BROUGHT TOGETHER MEMBERS OF THE KAUPO AND KIPAHULU COMMUNITIES AS THE COUNTY BEGINS WORK ON THE FOURTH AND FINAL PHASE OF THE EMERGENCY ROCKFALL HAZARD MITIGATION PROJECT. SCALING WORK WILL BE DONE TO REMOVE SECTIONS OF THE CLIFF FACE THAT WERE DE-STABILIZED AS A RESULT OF THE OCTOBER 2006 EARTHQUAKE.

ALOHA AIRLINES’ CARGO PILOTS ARE THREATENING A STRIKE IF THEY CAN’T REACH AN AGREEMENT WITH THE AIRLINE. THE PILOTS SAID THE UNION HAS BEEN IGNORED BY ALOHA MANAGEMENT IN THEIR APPEAL TO USE SENIOR PILOTS IN THE AIRLINE’S REMAINING CARGO OPERATIONS. ALOHA ISSUED A STATEMENT THAT CALLED THE THREAT TO STRIKE “A NEGOTIATION’S PLOY.”

TODAY IS THE DEADLINE TO FILE YOUR HAWAII STATE INCOME TAXES. THEY CAN BE EITHER FILED ELECTRONICALLY OR MUST BE POSTMARKED BY MIDNIGHT.

ISLAND WEATHER, A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS TONIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE MID 60S. MOSTLY SUNNY TOMORROW WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.

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

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