This
Week on Maui TV News:
National Recognition - Finally.
More than 150 years after the "leper colony" at Kalaupapa
was established, President Obama signed the Kalaupapa Memorial
Act recognizing the sacrifices of the thousands who lived - and
died - on the remote Moloka'i peninsula.
Maui
'Bots No Ka 'Oi.
In just their second year of robotic competition, the Maui High
team captured first place at the FIRST competition on O'ahu. Now
it's time to conquer the world.
Sovereignty
Battle Continues.
A Circuit Judge in Honolulu reduces charges against six of the
seven members of the group "Free Hawai'i after their 2008
takeover of 'Iolani Palace. Only their leader faces felony burglary
charges.
Also this
week on Maui TV News:
April
1, 1946.
Longtimers will never forget the day the sea swallowed parts of
Maui and the Big Island as a tsunami claimed 14 lives on Maui
and more than 150 on the Big Island.
April
1, 2009. That's
the day the Department of Land and Natural Resources sent pictures
- and a demand for payment - to the U.S. Navy for devastating
damage caused when the U.S.S. Port Royal plowed into fragile coral
near Pearl Harbor on its very first day of sea trials.
More
Aboard. Ridership on the Maui Bus is growing daily
- and the most popular routes are adding new runs.
Earth
First. Without much publicity, millions around
the world switched off their lights last Saturday night to show
the world we can function in the dark.
In
Sports! Kalapana takes us out to the ball game as
Saint Anthony's pitcher Trevor Ventura had a no-hitter going through
six innings. Did he make it seven? Kalapana has got the drama,
the details and highlights this week.
And Summer
Gaddis has the rundown on a very busy weekend and week ahead.
Get pen and paper and plan your social calerndar with all the
details you'll learn this week in Coming Attractions.
All this and
more this week on Maui TV News.
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