Radio Script for Maui TV News on KAOI Radio - November 2, 2009

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

BACK PAY FOR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS. LATE FRIDAY THE HAWAII STATE SUPREME COURT UPHELD A 2005 RULING THAT THE HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION UNDERPAID SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS AN AVERAGE OF 3,000 DOLLARS PER YEAR LESS THAN THEY SHOULD HAVE. THE SUIT WAS FILED BACK IN 2002 BY MAUI TEACHER DAVID GARNER, WHO ORIGINALLY WON THE CASE. BUT THE STATE APPEALED IN 2005 AND NOW, SEVEN YEARS AFTER THE ORIGINAL ACTION, BACK PAY HAS BEEN ORDERED. THE TOTAL COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 30 MILLION DOLLARS - SOMETHING THE STATE DOESN'T HAVE.

STILL NO WORD ON THE CAUSE OF THAT FIRE IN MA'ALAEA YESTERDAY THAT CLOSED HONOAPI'ILANI HIGHWAY FOR A SHORT TIME. TWENTY FIREFIGHTERS AND THE AIR ONE AND AIR TWO CHOPPERS KNOCKED DOWN THE BRUSHFIRE - ON THE MAUKA SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY THAT STARTED AROUND 11-30 YESTERDAY MORNING - IN ABOUT TWO HOURS.

ISLAND WEATHER, A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 THIS EVENING FOR NORTH-FACING SHORES. TONIGHT EXPECT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. TOMORROW, MOSTLY SUNNY AND BREEZY WITH HIGHS AROUND 90.

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

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