Radio Script for Maui TV News on KAOI Radio - April 14, 2008

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

UP, UP BUT HOPEFULLY NOT AWAY. THE PRICE OF TRAVEL IS SKYROCKETING NATIONWIDE - BUT NOWHERE IS IT BEING FELT MORE THAN HERE IN HAWAII. GAS PRICES HAVE SET A RECORD HIGH, WITH REGULAR AVERAGING ALMOST $3.70 A GALLON STATEWIDE, AND HAVE TOPPED $4.00 A GALLON HERE ON MAUI, ACCORDING TO AAA’S DAILY FUEL GAUGE REPORT. A GALLON OF UNLEADED REGULAR ON LANA'I WAS AT 4.71 LATE LAST WEEK. AAA OFFICIALS SAY HAWAII HASN’T SEEN SIMILAR PRICES SINCE SEPTEMBER 2005. GOVERNOR LINGLE SAID THERE’S NOTHING THE STATE CAN DO TO REDUCE THE COST OF GAS, WITH CRUDE OIL PRICES CONTINUING TO RISE.

THEN THERE'S THE PRICE OF GETTING HERE. IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY BOOKED YOUR TRANS-PACIFIC FLIGHTS, ANALYSTS SAY YOU'D BETTER HURRY. WITH THAT PRICE OFCRUDE STILL CLIMBING, AIRFARES FOR MAJOR US. CARRIERS HAVE DOUBLED-OR MORE TO AND FROM HAWAII.

FOR DAILY UPDATES OF BREAKING NEWS, VISIT MAUITVNEWS-DOT-COM AND FOLLOW THE LINKS TO BREAKING NEWS. FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER FOR MAUI TV NEWS, I’M JEFF KING.

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

MORE PRICE HIKES. UNDER MAYOR TAVARES’ BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR 2008-2009, MAUI COUNTY RESIDENTS WOULD PAY MORE FOR COUNTY SERVICES, SUCH AS WATER, GARBAGE COLLECTION AND USE OF THE WAIEHU MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE. THE MAYOR SAID SOME FEES FOR BASIC SERVICES NEED TO INCREASE TO KEEP UP WITH THE COST OF MAINTENANCE OF SYSTEMS.

BUT NOT EVERYTHING'S GOING UP. TWO "DOWNHILL" BIKE TOUR COMPANIES, CRUISER PHIL’S VOLCANO RIDER AND MAUI DOWNHILL, FARED WELL IS A FEDERAL STUDY THAT SHOWS THEIR COMPANIES HAVE HAD LOW ACCIDENT RATES AT HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK. THE REPORT WAS DONE IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST BY PARK SUPERINTENDENT MARILYN PARRIS, WHO ORDERED A TEMPORARY “SAFETY STAND-DOWN” OF BICYCLE TOURS IN THE PARK IN OCTOBER FOLLOWING A FATAL BICYCLE CRASH IN SEPTEMBER.

ISLAND WEATHER - BREEZY EAST TRADEWINDS UP TO 30 MILES AN HOUR TOMORROW. SCATTERED SHOWERS TONIGHT, LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SUNNY TOMORROW WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.

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

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