A final sign-off for KLEW newscasters
Velasquez and Havens entertained more than 100 people at their final ‘show’ at Clarkston High School
Former KLEW forecaster Keith Havens and former news director and presenter Anna Velasquez told the stories audience during their farewell event at Clarkston High School on Wednesday night.
More than 100 supporters were at the Clarkston High School Auditorium on Wednesday night to meet two Lewiston-Clarkston Valley reporters at a fundraiser that was set to be their last performance.
Anna Velasquez, former KLEW news director and presenter, and Keith Havens, former KLEW weather forecaster, spent an hour on stage.
They faked the news and answered questions from the public about three months after leaving the station.
This event is the brainchild of Keith Havens’ brother, Mark Havens, chief executive officer of Interlink, the nonprofit that received the proceeds from the fundraiser.
“We’ve heard a lot of feedback at Interlink that people in the valley are missing them,” said Mark Havens.
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.What started as a simple public reception for the two of them has become this latest broadcast, spreading the news so you can see for yourself what they do well.
especially when meeting face-to-face.
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Velasquez and Keith Havens, part of the “K-Bye” news group, smile as they make more than a dozen jokes written to look like news.
Both were mainstays of the last Lewiston-based nighttime television news program before moving from KLEW to KBOI in Boise in June.
Both KLEW and KBOI are affiliated with Sinclair Broadcasting CBS.
A tractor-trailer carrying a thesaurus overturned in a crash on US Highway 95, Velasquez said.
Velasquez said, recounting a list of words one could find in a thesaurus: “The witnesses were astounded, amazed, horrified, bewildered, astounded, confused, shocked, trembling.
, numb, bewildered, bewildered, bewildered, bewildered, and stunned”.
On “crime,” law enforcement has been reminding people to lock their cars after the number of break-ins rose slightly with no reports of theft, Havens said.
“In some neighborhoods, people are trying to get rid of overgrown zucchini plants by breaking into cars and leaving them in the backseat,” he said.
An image appeared on the screen on stage for the “story” showing a person with a huge bunch of zucchini and a black rectangle covering his eyes.
Interlink, Havens, just entered the Guinness Book of World Records for building the longest aluminum wheelchair ramp, at 1,000 feet, around a house five times, Havens said.
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The joke refers to how the Main Street Grill broke the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest cheese steak in Philadelphia on Saturday.
Interlink builds wheelchair ramps, but has yet to build any ramps that qualify for inclusion in the Guinness Book of World Records.
The organization also serves seniors and people with disabilities by providing transportation and grocery delivery services.
During the evening, Velasquez and Havens talked about their future.
Velasquez is looking for a job in the civil service.
Havens plans to teach alternatively in the Clarkston and Asotin school districts while keeping other opportunities open.
He could also relaunch one of KLEW’s most popular segments, “Keith’s Big Fish”, possibly on social media under a different name after his time in compliance with contractual rules expires.
his, Havens said.
For “Keith’s Big Fish”, viewers will submit a picture of the fish they caught, along with the species, weight, length, and possibly some details about where and how the fish was caught.
arrested.
This feature is so popular that people share fish.
stories with Havens as he goes shopping or sailing.
The feature was so popular that individuals would share fish stories with Havens when he was buying groceries or boating.
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