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J: SHARED SACRIFICE- AN UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST. THOSE WERE THE CLOUDS HOVERING OVER THE MAYOR'S FORMAL BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. AND - NICKELS AND DIMES - THEY ADD UP TO HELP FEED MAUI'S HUNGRY - AND YOU CAN HELP.

THOSE ARE TWO OF OUR TOP STORIES THIS WEEK ON MAUI TV NEWS. PLUS THE HAWAI'I RED CROSS HAS BEEN AWFULLY BUSY LATELY - AND OUR HAT'S OFF TO THEM FOR THAT.

WE'VE ALSO GOT IMPRESSIVE RESULTS FROM MAUI TEAMS IN REGIONAL AND NATIONAL COMPETITION - AND MORE ART THAN YOU CAN SHAKE A PAINT BRUSH AT. IT'S ALL COMING UP THIS WEEK ON MAUI TV NEWS.

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J: ALOHA EVERYONE AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING MAUI TV NEWS - MAUI'S ONLY ONLINE AND TELEVISION NEWSCAST. I'M JEFF KING. WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES

(TURN TO CAM) IN MARCH OF 2009 THERE WAS STILL BUSINESS - STILL HOPE -STILL OPTIMISM AS THE COUNTY PLOTTED IT'S FINANCIAL FUTURE.

(TAKE CENSUS PKG) THIS YEAR, IT'S DIFFERENT. REALITY HAS SET IN. THE MOOD AT MONDAY'S FORMAL BUDGET PROPOSAL WAS FAR MORE SERIOUS THAN LAST YEAR - AND FOR GOOD REASON.

(TAKE BUDGET PKG) VOTED TIME AND AGAIN AS THE WORLD'S FAVORITE ISLAND, LIVING ON MAUI IS A DREAM COME TRUE. BUT THE BUSINESS OF RUNNING THE WORLD'S FAVORITE ISLAND DEMANDS HARD CHOICES - ESPECIALLY WHEN THE WORLD'S ECONOMY TAKES A DIVE. THE CHALLENGE IS TO MAKE IT LOOK EASY FOR VISITORS, MAKE IT FUNCTIONAL AND PRACTICAL FOR LOCALS, AND MEET COUNTY AND STATE LAW BY BALANCING THE BUDGET.

MONDAY MORNING MAUI MAYOR CHARMAINE TAVARES FACED A SOMBER CROWD OF DEEPARTMENT HEADS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC - AND JUSTIFIED HER PROPOSAL FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY NEEDED TO RUN OUR COUNTY FOR FISCAL YEAR 20-11. THE LOOK ON THESE FACES SAYS IT ALL - IT'S A SOMBER MOOD AS PROGRAMS GET TRIMMED, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME - COUNTY WORKERS ARE FACING FURLOUGH DAYS - THE EQUIVALENT OF A FOUR PERCENT PAY CUT. OVER ALL THE COUNTY IS FACING A 53 MILLION DOLLARS PROJECTED REVENUE SHORTFALL AND, THANKFULLY, IT DOESN'T ALL HAVE TO BE MADE UP AT ONCE.

Charmaine Tavares, Mayor, Maui County

CT01: "No that has to be over time during the year so when we have a projected shortfall we have to plan for it. At the beginning of the year there's plenty of money. 'How long will it last?' is the question. So the shortfall isn't like all at once - it's mostly in two segments. Real property tax is collected twice a year, so that's when it goes up, goes down, goes up. And the TAT is the same thing. That's on a calendar six-month period of January to June, we get our share, then July to December - we get it in January. We get it in bits and pieces."

AFTER MONDAY'S PRESENTATION, MAYOR TAVARES FLEW TO HONOLULU TO TESTIFY IN SUPPORT OF KEEPING THOSE TAT- TRANSIENT ACCOMMODEATION TAXES, THE SO-CALLED HOTEL ROOM TAX, PAYMENTS FLOWING BACK TO THE COUNTY. IN THIS ARE, MAUICOUNTY HAS A GOOD DEAL OF CLOUT - BEING ONE OF THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTORS TO STATE COFFERS FROM THE TAXES COLLECTED FROM VISITORS TO THE WORLD'S FAVORITE ISLAND. BUT HER PLAN IS NOT TO NEGOTIATE WITH AN IRON GLOVE.

CT02: "No, I'm just telling it like it is. Maui County supports a lot of state issues and programs. And if it comes down to 'what do we have to support?' we have to look at our county functions. If we look at our county functions and we run out of money by the time we look at some of those state programs, we don't have a choice - we're going to have to cut those. We've cut some of the state programs already by about 25 percent, but mnost of them are very understanding of why we're doing it. Some of them told me thay're surprised we gave them any money at all - being that times are so hard."///

THIS YEAR'S BUDGET COULD BE CLASSIFIED AS "AUSTERE," IN SORT OF A TRIAGE FASHION. SERVE THE GREATES NEEDS FIRST - PEOPLE, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THATSUPPORT LIFE AND SECURITY - THEN LOOK AT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT TO SERVING OUR POPULATION - BUT NOT NECESSARILY URGENT.

ONE OF THE TOUGH DECISIONS THAT CAME FROM FROM THE THOUSANDS OF HOURTS IT TOOK TO AMASS THIS PROPOSAL WON'T SIT WELL WITH A GROIWING SEGMENT OF THE COMMUNITY - PEOPLE WHO RIDE THE MAUI BUS. FREE ZONES WON'T BE FREE ANYMORE. ONE DOLLAR FARES WILL BE INCREASING TO TWO DOLLAR FARES. BUT THE MAYOR AND HER STAFF KNOW THAT PEOPLE WHO RELY ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ARE ROLLING IN DOUGH, SO THE FARE INCREASES ARE MODEST - BECAUSE - EVEN AT TWO DOLLARS FOR COMMUTER RUNS - THAT'S STILL ONLY HALF OF THE COST IT REALLY COSTS TO CARRY A PASSENGER. MAYOR TAVARES HOPES PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND.

CT03: "Well, we know that very few places have public transportation that is totally self-sufficient. And even the four dollars per rider calculation is based only on operating it from year to year. It's not factored into the cost of the buses themselves - and the rreplacement costs of those buses. And those buses cost 600,000 dollars each - sometimes more. Fortunately we have the support of Senator Inouye, Mazie Hirono and Senator Akaka have been supportive of our transportation needs here so we have federal support for buying the buses. But operating it is about that seven million dollars a year. We hope that people will understand that we can't just have free service. Somebody's got to pay for it - and it's either going to be the taxpayers that pay for it, or the people who use the service that pay for it - at least for part of it."

NOW THE HALF-BILLION DOLLAR SPENDING AND SAVING PLAN IS IN THE HANDS OF THE MAUI COUNTY COUNCIL - WHO WILL BE BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL TO READY A PLAN TO GO INTO EFFECT JULY FIRST.

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THE THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF WORK ARE BEHIND THEM - BUT THEY STILL WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. A LITTLE LATER IN THE COMING ATTRACTIONS SEGMENT OF MAUI TV NEWS, WE'LL HAVE A RUNDOWN OF DATES, TIMES AND LOCATIONS OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS WHERE YOU CAN GIVE YOUR TWO CENTS' WORTH. FOR THE LOCATION AND TIME OF A COMMUNITY BUDGE HEARING NEAR YOU, GO TO MAUI TV NEWS DOT COM AND FOLLOW THE LINK TO THIS WEEK’S STORES.

(FOOD BANK-HI-5)(PiP-fOODbANK lOGO)

J: DAVID SLEW GOLIATH WITH A SMALL STONE. IT'S ALWAYS THE LITTLE THINGS THAT MATTER. WELL, NOW, YOUR DISCARDED BOTTLES AND CANS CAN GO A LONG WAY TO MAKING SURE YOUR NEIGHBORS HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT TONIGHT.

(TAKE FOOD BANK PKG) RECYCLING BOTTLES AND CANS - MOST OF US AREN'T IN IT FOR THE BIG MONEY - IN FACT, IT PROBABLY COSTS FIVE CENTS A CAN JUST TO DRIVE A LOAD TO THE RECYCLYING CENTER. WELL, NOW THERE'S AN EVEN GREATER INCENTIVE TO ISLAND-CONSCIOUS PEOPLE. BESIDES KEEPING THE LANDFILL A LITTLE LESS FULL, YOU CAN DONATE YOUR HI-5 REFUNDS TO FEED MAUI'S HUNGRY. A NICKEL A CAN - A NICKLE A BOTTLE, THOUSANDS OF FOLKS RECYCLING AND SIX PLACES TO DO IT - IT ALL ADDS UP.

Richard Yust, Executive Director, Maui Food Bank

RY01:" Because they're doing this at all six Maui Disposal recycling sites, we anticipate that this will bring in a lot of extra money that the Food Bank didn't see in the past. And what we're going to use the money for is to buy local produce from local farmers and then distribute that through the 90 agencies that are members of the Maui Food Bank."

YOU CAN MAKE ALL THE HIGH-FIVE PUNS YOU WANT, BUT THIS REALLY IS A WIN-WIN-WIN DEAL, AND MAUI DISPOSAL HAS ADDED EVEN ANOTHER WIN TO THE DEAL.

RY02: "So for the first 15 days from today til the end of March, Maui Disposal will match all your HI-5 donations, so we'll actually double the amount of money coming in for the first 15 days. So it's an excellent opportunity - for all you people who have been collecting those HI-5s and haven't turned 'em in, now is the time to do it - and make sure that you say you want to donate those to the Maui Food Bank."

(ON-CAM TAG) FOR LOCATIONS, SERVICE HOURS AND OTHER DETAILS ON HOW YOU CAN HELP FEED MAUI'S HUNGRY WITH YOUR RECYCLABLES, GO TO MAUITVNEWS-DOT-COM AND CLICK ON THE LINK TO THIS WEEK'S STORIES.

(HATS OFF)(PiP-Red Cross logo)

J: IT'S BEEN A PARTICULARLY BUSY YEAR FOR THE RED CROSS - NOT JUST ON MAUI - BUT WORLDWIDE. LAST WEEKEND, THEY TOOK THEIR HATS OFF TO THANK THE COMMUNITY - AND TO REACH OUT FOR YOUR HELP TO KEEP DOING WHAT THEY DO BEST.

(VO) Michele Liberty, Maui County Dir., Red Cross

ML01: "I've been in this position since November and sincxe then we've had four single-family fires, one multi-family fire, a high surf warning whjere they thought a Pacific-wide wave was going to wrap our islands and then our tsunami warning this last couple of weeks."

SO - IN WHAT SPARE TIME THEY DO HAVE, IT'S HATS OFF - TO TRY TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE CRUCIAL SERVICES THEY PROVIDE - SERVICES THAT - believe it or not - ARE NOT FUNDED BY COUNTY, STATE OR FEDERAL GRANTS. IT'S ALL FROM DONATIONS FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ME.

(ON-CAM) YOU CAN DONATE TO THE RED CROSS BY PHONE, EMAIL, CHECK OR ON THE INTERNET. TO FIND THE MOST CONVENIENT METHOD FOR YOU, CLICK ON THE LINK TO THIS WEEK'S STORES AT MAUITVNEWS-DOT-COM.

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J: COMING UP ON MAUI TV NEWS, YOU'LL BE AMAZED - BUT MAY NOT SURPRISED - AT THE ACADEMIC TALENT THAT MAUI’S KEIKI POSSES - AND WE'VE GOT THE AWARDS TO PROVE IT. AND THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM A TO Z. DETAILS FOR YOU WHEN MAUI TV NEWS CONTINUES.

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(MAUI PREP)(PiP-MAUI PREP LOGO)

J: TOMORROW'S BRILLIANT SCIENTISTS GO TO SCHOOL TODAY JUST UPSHORE FROM NAPILI. THE 10-MEMBER TEAM FROM MAUI PREPARATORY ACADEMY TOOK FIRST PLACE THIS MONTH AT THE STATE SCIENCE OLYMPIAD ON O'AHU.

(FF-CG-VO) THE TEAM, ALONG WITH THEIR TEACHER, CARRIE DE MOTT, WILL BE HEADING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IN MAY TO REPRESENT HAWAI'I IN THE NATIONAL COMPETITION. TO REACH THEIR TRIUMPH, THESE STUDENTS HAD TO PROBLEM-SOLVE, COLLABORATE AND MAKE MAJOR DECISIONS TOGETHER - ALL WITHOUT ADULT SUPERVISION OR INPUT.

(ON-CAM) THE MAUI PREP TEAM WAS ONE OF 6,000 NATIONWIDE TO TAKE PART IN THE EVENT - AND - OBVIOUSLY - ONE OF JUST 51 TO ADVANCE TO THE NATIONAL FINALS. AND ARE YOU READY TO BE IMPRESSED? MOST OF THESE STUDENTS ARE SEVENTH GRADERS! WAY TO GO! OF COURSE IT WAS JUST TWO WEEKS AGO THAT A VERY TALENTED TEAM OF SABERS FROM MAUI HIGH ADVANCED TO THE FINAL ROUND IN THE STATE LEVEL OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE BOWL COMPETITION.

HEALTHY KIDS WEEK)(PiP-STATE SEAL)

J: HEALTHY MINDS COME FROM HEALTHY BODIES - AND THIS WEEK THE STATE OF HAWAI'I IS HONORING - AND ENCOURAGING - FAMILIES TO DO WHAT THEY CAN TO GIVE KEIKI THE BEST START POSSIBLE.

GOVERNOR LINDA LINGLE DECLARED THIS WEEK "HEALTHY KIDS AND TEEN WEEK" IN HAWAI'I. THE IDEA IS TO DRAW AWARENESS TO GIVING OUR CHILDREN THE BEST START POSSIBLE BY FEEDING THEM PROPERLY.

WHILE HAWAI'I IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE HEALTHIEST STATES IN THE NATION, THE FACT IS THAT MORE THAN HALF OF HAWAII' ADULTS ARE OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE. OBESITY IS THE PRECURSOR TO MANY CHRONIC DISEASES INCLUDING TYPE TWO DIABETES, CANCER AND HEART DISEASE. HERE'S ANOTHER STATISTIC. NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF OUR KEIKI DO NOT MEET THE NATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DAILY AMOUNTS OF EXERCISE. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROCLAMATION IS TO DRAW AWARENESS FOR PARENTS TO DO WHAT THEY CAN TO GIVE ALL OF OUR KEIKI A HEALTHY START ON LIFE.

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UP NEXT ON MAUI TV NEWS, IT'S ANOTHER - CARPOOL-MOM-NIGHTMARE SEASON IN THE MAUI INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE WITH AT LEAST FOUR SPORTS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. AND, IN COMING ATTRACTIONS, ART LOVERS, REJOICE! DETAILS WHEN MAUI TV NEWS CONTINUES.

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J: LOOKING QUICKLY AT SPORTS - IT'S A BUSY TIME OF YEAR IN THE MAUI INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE WITH BOYS AND GIRLS GOLF, GIRLS SOFTBALL AND BOYS BASEBALL, TENNIS - AND TRACK AND FIELD. THE NEXT BIG TRACK MEET IS THIS SATURDAY. IT'S THE ANNUAL YAMAMOTO INVITATIONAL THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AT WAR MEMORIAL STADIUM.

SWITCHING GEARS TO COMING ATTRACTIONS - IF YOU'RE AN ART LOVER - MAN ARE YOU GOING TO BE BUSY OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS! OF COURSE, ART MAUI 20-10 IS UNDERWAY. EVERY YEAR - SOMEHOW - THEY MAKE THE EVENT EVEN MORE COLORFUL AND COMPELLING THAN BEFORE. AND THEY DO IT FOR FREE! ART MAUI IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC EVERY DAY THAT THE SCHAEFER GALLERY IS OPEN - WHICH IS DAILY FROM 11 A.M. TO 5 P.M. AND DURING INTERMISSIONS AT SHOWS IN THE CASTLE THEATER. THE SHOW RUNS THROUGH APRIL SECOND.

MEANWHILE IN UPCOUNTRY MAUI, TWO ARTISTS - WHO ARE MASTERS OF THEIR MEDIA - HAVE COMBINED THEIR CREATIVE TALENTS INTO A COLLECTIVE COLLABORATION THAT SHOULDN'T BE MISSED. THE WORK OF KIRK KUROKAWA AND AL SCHWARTZ IS ON DISPLAY AT VIEWPOINTS GALLERY ON BALDWIN AVENUE IN MAKAWAO NOW THROUGH APRIL 13TH. VIEWPOINTS GALLERY IS OPEN DAILY FROM 10 TO 6.

AND, ALTHOUGH IT MAY NOT BE ART PER SE - THIS CREATION HAS STIRRED SOULS FOR PERHAPS CENTURIES. "MAX," THE ANCIENT CRYSTAL SKULL, IS VISITING HAWAI'I FOR THE FIRST TIME AND HE'LL BE AT THE STUDIO MAUI THIS WEEKEND. THERE ARE TWO SPECIAL EVENTS PLANNED. FRIDAY NIGHT AT 7 IT'S AN INTRODUCTION TO MAX - WITH SOUND ACTIVATIONS AND A GLIMPSE INTO THE EMERGING WORLD OF 20-12 AND BEYOND. THEN SUNDAY IT'S AN AFTERNOON WORKSHOP, INCLUDING A GALACTIC HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT CRYSTAL SKULLS. IT'S ALL AT STUDIO MAUI IN THE HAIKU MARKETPLACE. FOR TICKET PRICES AND MORE INFORMATION, GO TO MAUI TV NEWS DOT COM AND CLICK ON COMING ATTRACTIONS.

IF YOU'RE A GARAGE SALE FAN - YOU'LL GO NUTS SATURDAY MORNING. ALL YEAR LONG THEY'VE BEEN SAVING UP FOR THIS AND SATURDAY AT 7 A.M. IT'S THE 31ST ANNUAL TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH BY THE SEA GARAGE SALE. RAIN OR SHINE - MOST LIKELY SHINE - THE OUTDOOR RUMMAGE SALE BENEFITS THE OUTREACH PROGRAMS OF TRINITY CHURCH. JUST FOLLOW THE CROWD TO 100 KULANIHAKOI STREET IN KIHEI.

OR, IF GARAGE SALES AREN'T YOUR THING BUT YOU LIKE GETTING UP EARLY ON SATURDAY MORNING - PUT YOUR ENERGY TO GOOD USE AT OLOWALU. SATURDAY IS THE WEEKLY OLOWALU CULTURAL RESERVE COMMUNITY WORK DAY FROM 7 TO 11. TASKS INCLUDE REMOVAL OF NON-NATIVE PLANTS, HELPING BUILD TARO PATCHES, RESTORING TRAILS AND PANTING NATIVE HAWAIIAN PLANTS. IF YOU'D LIKE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE CULTURALLY AND HISTORICALLY RICH AHUPUA'A OF OLOWALU, CLICK ON THE COMING ATTRACTIONS LINK AT MAUITVNEWS-DOT-COM.

SATURDAY NIGHT GET OUT YOUR BEST STUDDED COLLAR IT'S THE 20-10 MAUI HUMANE SOCIETY FUR-BALL IN THE GRAND BALLROOM AT THE GRAND WAILEA. KENNEL 54 COMES ALIVE WITH DISCO IN-FURR-NO IN A BENEFIT FOR THE GREAT WORK OF THE MAUI HUMANE SOCIETY. THE FUN STARTS AT 5 P.M. AND WON'T END TILL THE COWS - OR OTHER FURRY CREATURES - COME HOME. FOR DETAILS, CLICK ON COMING ATTRACTIONS AT MAUITVNEWS-DOT-COM.

THERE'S ANOTHER BENEFIT THIS SATURDAY NIGHT IN SOUTH MAUI THAT WILL HELP A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT GROUP OF DESERVING SOULS. IT'S THE "FEAST FOR HAITI" AT THE ASTON MAUI LU ON THE LU'AU GROUNDS OF THE HOTEL. STARTING AT 5 P.M., ENJOY DELICIOUS CARIBBEAN FOOD AND ENTERTAINMENT - FEATURING RAOUL DENIS, JR AND NETO PARAZA. THERE WILL BE A RAFFLE OF ORIGINAL ART FROM HAITI AS WELL. TICKETS ARE JUST 40 DOLLARS FOR THE WHOLE EVENING - OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FOR THE MUSIC AND DANCING AFTER 8 - ADMISSION IS JUST 20 DOLLARS.

SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MACC THE MAUI POPS ORCHESTRA PERFORMS "FAMOUS ORCHESTRA SOLOS." THE FEATURED WORK WILL BE RAVEL'S "BOLERO" AND WILL FEATURE SOLOS ON THE VIOLIN, CELLO, HARP, PIANO, BASSOON, TROMBONE AND MANY OTHERS. TICKETS RANGE FROM 10 TO 36 DOLLARS.

NEXT WEEK THERE ARE SOME COMMUNITY MEETINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT. ON TUESDAY THE MAUI COUNTY COUNCIL BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL TAKE THEIR SHOW ON THE ROAD FOR THREE STOPS TO GET YOUR INPUT ON THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 20-11 BUDGET. TUESDAY NIGHT AT 6-30 THEY'LL BE IN THE KIHEI COMMUNITY CENTER. WEDNESDAY EVENING AT 6-30 THEY'LL BE AT THE HANNIBAL TAVARES COMMUNITY CENTER IN PUKALANI AND THURSDAY EVENING AT 6-30 THEY'LL CONVENE AT HELENE HALL IN HANA. EVERYONE'S WELCOME AND YOU'RE MORE THAN ENCOURAGED TO ASK QUESTIONS.

ANOTHER COMMUNITY MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN KAHULUI. MAUI POLICE CHIEF GARY YABUTA AND HIS CHIEF OFFICERS WILL HOLD AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING SPONSORED BY THE MAUI FILIPINO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THE MEETING STARTS AT 5 IN THE CAFETERIA OF THE MAUI WAENA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ON ONEHE'E STREET IN KAHULUI.

NEXT FRIDAY, MARCH 26TH, IS PRINCE KUHIO DAY - AND TO CELEBRATE ON THE ISLAND OF LANA'I, HENRY KAPONO WILL BE FEATURED IN CONCERT STARTING AT 7-30. IT'S A FUNDRAISING BENEFIT FOR THE LANA'I ART CENTER. IT'S A GREAT EXCUSE TO SKIP ACROSS THE AUAU CHANNEL, CELEBRATE THE BIRTHDAY OF PRINCE JONAH KUHIO KALANIANAOLE AND HEAR SOME GREAT MUSIC. FOR MORE INFO, CLICK ON COMING ATTRACTIONS AT MAUITVNEWS-DOT-COM.

IF YOU'RE A FAN OF GLASS ART - LIKE THE THOUSANDS WHO TOURED THE MAUI ART GLASS EXPO LAST MONTH - THEN THERE'S ANOTHER SHOW YOU NEED TO SEE. NEXT SATURDAY AT HUI NO'EAU VISUAL ARTS CENTER ON BALDWIN AVENUE IN MAKAWAO WILL FEATURE THE CREATIONS OF THE MAUI GLASS ARTISTS' ASSOCIATION. NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT YOU CAN MEET THE ARTISTS FROM 6 TO 7 P.M. - THEN ON SATURDAY BROWSE THEIR WORK AND MAYBE EVEN ADD A PIECE TO YOUR ART COLLECTION.

A WEEK FROM SUNDAY - MARCH 28TH, AS WE NEAR THE PEAK OF WHALE SEASON IN OUR WATERS, PACIFIC WHALE FOUNDATION IS OFFERING A V-I-P WHALE WATCH HOSTED BY FOUNDATION FOUNDER GREG KAUFMAN AND HIS SENIOR RESEARCH STAFF. IF YOU EVER WANTED YOUR HUMPBACK WHALE QUESTIONS ANSWERED, THESE SURE ARE THE FOLKS WHO KNOW. THE BOAT LEAVES FROM LAHAINA HARBOR AT 11-30 ON THE 28TH. FOR PRICING AND RESERVATIONS, VISIT MAUITVNEWS DOT COM AND CLICK ON COMING ATTRACTIONS. BY THE WAY, THE PRICE INCLUDES A FREE AUTOGRAPHED COPY OF KAUFMAN'S 2009 BOOK," HUMPBACKS OF HAWAII: THE LONG JOURNEY BACK."

AND THAT'S JUST A PEEK AT A VERY BUSY WEEK - AND MONTH - AHEAD IN COMING ATTRACTIONS. WE'LL BE BACK TO WRAP UP THIS WEEK'S EDITION OF MAUI TV NEWS, RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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(ART MAUI) (PiP-ART MAUI)

J: HAVE YOU BEEN TO ART MAUI YET? THE ANNUAL MIND-BOGGLING CREATIVE EXTRAVAGANZA AT THE SCHAEFFER GALLERY AT THE MACC IS IN FULL SWING.

(VO) THIS PAST SATURDAY ARTISTS GOT THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME AS ART MAUI 20-10 JUROR KENNETH BUSHNELL WENT FROM ART PIECE TO ART PIECE, EXPLAINING HOW AND WHY EACH WAS CHOSEN - AS WELL AS WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DONE TO MAKE BEAUTIFUL PIECES EVEN BETTER.

THE GALLERY IS OPEN DAILY FROM 11 A.M. TO 5 P.M. AT THE MACC -AS WELL AS BEFORE AND DURING INTERMISSIONS AT MAJOR CASTLE THEATER SHOWS. ADMISSION IS FREE.

(ON-CAM) AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK'S EDITION OF MAUI TV NEWS. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING OUR SHOW WORLDWIDE AT MAUITVNEWS-DOT-COM AND STATE ON NEWS ON DEMAND ON OCEANIC DIGITAL CHANNEL 953. WE ALSO DO WEEKLY REPORTS EVERY FRIDAY ON KHON-2'S "WAKE UP 2-DAY" PROGRAM BETWEEN 5 AND 8 A.M. AND MAUI TV NEWS IS ON THE RADIO. EVERY AFTERNOON WE PROVIDE THE UPDATED NEWS AT ONE MINUTE BEFORE THE HOURS OF 3, 4 5, AND 6 P.M.

AND WE DO ALL THAT ON TOP OF OUR REGULAR UPDATES OF BREAKING NEWS AND COMING ATTRACTIONS AT MAUITVNEWS-DOT-COM.

MAHALO FORT TUNING IN THIS WEEK AND UNTIL NEXT TIME, A HUI HOU KAKOU.

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