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SUNDAY SHOPPING: SOME PEOPLE
IN HIGHLAND WANT TO CHANGE A
LONG-STANDING RESTRICTION....
BUT NOT EVERYONE IS ON BOARD.
STREET SIGNS: OREM IS PUTTING
AN END TO MANY OF THE ADS. WHY
BUSINESSES SAY THIS IS A BAD
MOVE.
AND FINDING FUEL: GAS PRICES
ARE RISING AROUND THE
COUNTRY.. BUT WHERE DOES +
(OUR GAS ACTUALLY COME FROM?
YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED...
I'M ASHLEY MUNGUIA.
AND I'M TAYLOR LANSFORD
IT'S WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER
10TH, AND IN UTAH IT'S
TWELVE O'CLOCK.
HIGHLAND BUSINESSES ARE
CURRENTLY CLOSED
ON SUNDAYS BECAUSE OF A CITY
REGULATION...BUT THAT COULD
SOON CHANGE.
ELEVEN NEWS REPORTER ELIZA
BISHOP WENT TO SEE HOW IT
MIGHT BECOME A DAY OF WORK.
HOW LONG HAS THE EXISTING
REGULATION BEEN AROUND?
WELL SINCE THE 90'S HIGHLAND
HAS HAD RESTRICTIONS ON SUNDAY
BUSINESS..
THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED A
RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING SEVEN
DAYS OF BUSINESS .. BUT IT'
)LL TAKE A CITY-WIDE VOTE TO
MAKE THE REPEAL OFFICIAL.###
PEOPLE IN HIGHLAND HAVE MIXED
OPINIONS WHEN IT COMES TO
SUNDAY BUSINESS.
"I
t gives us a day to be
together, a day of rest, I
think everyone deserves that
and needs that."
BUT HIGHLAND HOMEOWNER CHAD
COPIER SAYS THE ISSUE COMES
DOWN TO FAIR APPLICATION OF
THE LAW IN ALLOWING PEOPLE AND
PROPERTY OWNERS TO CHOOSE WHAT
THEY WANT TO DO.
SOME FEAR TAX GENERATION IS
TH
E REASON BEHIND THIS NEW
OPTION THAT SUNDAY BUSINESS
MEANS MORE TAXABLE REVENUE.
"The taxes were part of the
issue, but not the big issue.
the big issue for driving it
is should a city limit a
business and dictate what they
MANY HIGHLAND HOMEOWNERS SAY
THEY ENJOY THE IDEA OF THEIR
QUIET COMMUNITY AND THAT
BUSINESSES OPEN ON SUNDAY
COULD RUIN THAT.
"People move here because they
see some thing special,
something fantastic, they want
to be a part of this lets keep
this place the way we've got
it."
THE RELIGIOUS TRADITION OF A
SABBATH DAY PLAYS A ROLE AS
WELL... WITH MOST IN HIGHLAND
VIEWING SUNDAY AS A DAY OF
REST... BUT SOME HOMEOWNERS
WERE QUICK TO POINT OUT THAT
JUST BECAUSE BUSINESSES *CAN
BE OPEN ON SUNDAY DOESN'T
MEAN THEY *HAVE TO BE
OPEN.... A SENTIMENT SHARED BY
KEVIN JOHNSON.
We've never been open on
sundays, and there's no
reason we would start. ###
THE COUNCIL IS SENDING THE
ISSUE TO NOVEMBER'S BALLOT
BOX... IF PASSED BUSINESSES
CAN OPEN ON SUNDAY BUT DON'T
HAVE TO.
ELIZA... IT SOUNDS LIKE THE
CITY
COUNCIL THERE ALREADY
VOTED... WHY DIDN'T *THAT
CHANGE THE LAW?
WHAT THEY PASSED WAS A
RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT... NOT
AN ACTUAL BINDING CHANGE TO
THE ORDINANCE. INSTEAD THEY
ARE GOING TO LET THE PEOPLE
DECIDE.
DEMOCRACY IN ACTION... THANKS
ELIZA.###
A MAPLETON LITTLE-LEAGUE
FOOTBALL COACH FOUND HIMSELF
ARRESTED AFTER A WEEKEND
FOOTBALL GAME.
WITNESSES SAY NATHAN-K-HARRIS
KNOCKED DOWN A SEVENTH-GRADER
FROM THE OPPOSING PAYSON TEAM.
HARRIS MAY FACE CHARGES OF
SECOND DEGREE FELONY CHILD
ABUSE. HIS ATTORNEY SAYS THE
PLAYER WAS RUNNING TOWARD THE
COACH, AND THAT HARRIS NEVER
ENTERED THE FIELD OF PLAY.
THE BOY HAS A CONCUSSION AND
WON'T PLAY AGAIN THIS
SEASON.###
A PROVO WOMAN SAW A MAN SHE
SAYS WAS STEALING HER BIKE AND
DECIDED TO CHASE HIM DOWN EVEN
THOUGH SHE WAS BAREFOOT.
POLICE SAY RANDY JOHNSON KEPT
ON GOING EVEN WITH THE WOMAN
CHASING HIM. SHE GOT SOME
HELP FROM A STRANGER IN A CAR
AND FOLLOWED HIM WHILE CALLING
POLICE. OFFICERS CORNERED HIM
AND ARRESTED HIM NEAR A
GROCERY STORE. EVEN THOUGH
THINGS ENDED WELL... POLICE DO
NOT RECOMMEND CHASING
CRIMINALS.###
A FUGITIVE THAT SANPETE COUNTY
DEPUTIES ARE SEARCHING FOR MAY
HA
VE BEEN IN FAIRVIEW CANYON
LAST WEEK. THE SHERIFF'S
OFFICE SAYS THEY FOUND
EVIDENCE OF 44-YEAR-OLD TROY
JAMES KNAPP'S CAMP SPOT..
BUT DIDN'T FIND *HIM
THERE. POLICE SUSPECT KNAPP
IN A SERIES OF CABIN BREAKINS
WHERE FOOD... SUPPLIES.. AND
FIREARMS DISAPPEARED. WITH
ELK HUNTING SEASON COMING UP..
. AUTHOR
ITIES SAY THEY FEAR
KNAPP WILL BLEND IN WITH OTHER
HUNTERS... MAIKNG HIM HARDER
TO CATCH.###
SAY GOODBYE TO CROWDED SIGNS
ON STATE STREET. THE OREM
CITY COUNCIL PASSED A CHANGE
TO THE CITY CODE MAKING
TEMPORARY SIGNS ON STATE
STREET ILLEGAL. AS ELEVEN NEWS
REPORTER ASHLEE HUDSON TELLS
US... SOME BUSINESS ONWERS ARE
NOT HAPPY###
BOTH BUSINESSESMEN AND
BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE
MEMBERS TURNED OUT TO LAST
NIGHT'S OREM CITY COUNCIL
MEETING... A TIGHT VOTE WILL
NOW CHANGE THE WAY STATE
STREET LOOKS TO DRIVERS.###
CONTROVERSY REIGNED AT LAST
NIGHT'S OREM CITY COUNCIL
MEETING ABOUT SIGN CLUTTER ON
STATE STREET AND THE LEG
ALITY
OF TEMPORARY SIGNS
CITY OFFICIALS HAVEN'T
ENFORCED SIGN REGULATION IN
ALMOST A YEAR. THE CITY
COUNCIL ... BEAUTIFICATION
COMMISION ...AND LOCAL
BUSINESSES DEBATED OVER THE
PAST FEW MONTHS WHETHER STATE
STREET NEEDED A CLEAN UP
THE COUNCIL BEGAN DISCUSSING
TEMPORARY SIGN ENFORCEMENT
LAST DECEMBER AND BUSINESS
OWNERS JOINED THE DISCUSSION
FOR MORE THAN SEVEN MONTHS.
BUT LAST NIGHT 4-3 VOTE MEANS
MOST OREM BUSINESSES CAN ONLY
HAVE TWO PORTABLE SIGNS ALONG
UNIVERSITY PARKWAY AND NONE
ALONG STATE STREET. THE CITY
WILL CONTINUE TO ALLOW
BANNER... HOLIDAY... AND
WINDOW SIGNS BUT NO STREETSIDE
TEMPORARY SIGNS.
THE CHAIRMEN OF THE
BEAUTIFICATION COMMISSION SAYS
THIS IS A STEP FORWARD FOR THE
COMMUNITY THAT REMOVING SIGNS
WILL BEGIN TO BEAUTIFY STATE
STREET
"state street needs to be
redone its just not a very
attractive street I've had
businesses actually come up to
me and say state street
sometimes looks like a third
world country"
BUSINESS OWNERS LIKE CARLOS
IGLESI
AS SAY THEY FEAR TAKING
AWAY TEMPORARY SIGNS WILL
RUN BUSINESSES OUT AND IMPACT
SALES IN OREM.
"it was a compromise but I'm
not completely happy with it,
yes, it doesn't effect my
business directly but I'm a
citizen here and it does
effect them"###
TEMPORARY SIGNS ON UNIVERSITY
PARKWAY LARGER THAN SIXTEEN
SQUARE FEET MAY BE OKAY... THE
COUNCIL SAYS THEY WILL
CONSIDER THOSE CASE-BY-CASE.
ASHLEY?###
IT TURNS OUT THAT A BOTULISM
OUTBREAK IN A UTAH STATE
PR
ISON IS THE RESULT OF A WEEK
OLD POTATO. THE CENTER FOR
DISEASE CONTROL SAY THAT EIGHT
INMATES GOT SICK AFTER
CONSUMING POTATO IN CELL-
BREWED ALCOHOL LAST YEAR.
BOTULISM IS A SERIOUS ILLNESS
THAT CAN CAUSE PARALYSIS AND
EVEN DEATH. THE CORRECTIONS
DEPARTMENT CAN'T RELEASE THE
MEDICAL STATUS
OF THESE
INMATES BECAUSE OF PRIVACY
ISSUES.###
WHEN ELEVENNEWS AT NOON
RETURNS...
FEATHER FALLOUT: WHY BIG BIRD
IS STILL A HOT TOPIC ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
AND OIL ORIGIN: MANY THINK
UTAH'S GAS
THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN IS IN BIG
TROUBLE... OR SHOULD I SAY..
BIG *BIRD TROUBLE?
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S TEAM USED
BIG BIRD IN AN AD AFTER MITT
ROMNEY PLEDGED TO CUT FUNDING
TO P-B-S IN THE DENVER DEBATE.
THE PEOPLE AT SESAME WORKSHOP
ARE ASKING THEM TO TAKE IT
DOWN. THE COMPANY SAYS THEY
ARE A NON-PARTISAN
ORGANIZATION AND THEY DON'T
WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN THE
RACE.###
A PENNSYLVANIA TEENAGER IS
GETTING SUPPORT FOR SUPPORTING
MITT ROMNEY.
16-YEAR OLD SAM PAWLUCY SAYS
HER TEACHER COMPARED HER
ROMNEY-RYAN SHIRT TO A K-K-K
SHIRT. PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE
COMMUNITY CAME TO SUPPORT HER
ON HER FIRST DAY BACK TO
SCHOOL AFTER THE INCIDENT. THE
TEACHER SAYS SHE WAS JOKING..
AND EVERYONE IS BLOWING THINGS
OUT OF PROPORTION.###
AND PEOPLE IN SOUTH CAROLINA
ARE PR
OTESTING A NEW VOTER LAW
THEY SAY TARGETS MINORITIES.
THE LAW REQUIRES THAT PEOPLE
HAVE AN I-D WHEN THEY GO TO
THE POLLS ON ELECTION DAY.
CRITICS SAY AFRICAN-
AMERICANS.. THE ELDERLY.. AND
THE POOR IN SOUTH CAROLINA..
OFTEN DON'T CARRY I-D'S...
BUT SUPPORTERS OF THE NEW LAW
SAY IT WILL GO A LONG WAY
TOWARD ENDING VOTER FRAUD.###
WITH ELECTION DAY
APPROACHING...VOTERS ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT RISING PRICES
ON COMMODITIES...INCLUDING
GASOLINE.
ELEVEN NEWS REPORTER ANDREW
KLAY IS LIVE IN PROVO...
ANDREW... WHAT'S HAPPENING
TO MY GAS TANK?
TAYLOR, NO MATTER WHERE YOU
LIVE, FORKING OVER A CHUNK OF
YOUR INCOME FOR GAS IS A HARSH
REALITY. MOST I'VE TALKED TO
SAY THEY THINK OUR OIL COMES
FROM THE MIDDLE EAST...BUT THE
TRUTH IS THAT'S NOT THE
CASE..###
CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF...
UTAH GETS ITS PE
TROLEUM FROM
COLORADO...WYOMING...AND EVEN
SOME FROM CANADA. IN LIGHT OF
CALIFORNIA'S RECENT RECORD
HIGH GAS PRICES...MANY UTAHNS
ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT COULD
HAPPEN HERE AT HOME. B-Y-U
GEOLOGY PROFESSOR TOM MORRIS
SAYS THAT WON'T MAKE A
DIFFERENCE HERE..
"If you look across the United
States, oi
l and gas really
doesn't change all that
much, other than the local and
state taxes. That's what
causes the great fluctuation
moreso than what the price of
crude is."
REGULATIONS AND SUPPLY AND
DEMAND ARE WHAT AC
COUNT FOR
PRICE DIFFERENCES FROM STATE
TO STATE. BUT CUSTOMERS AREN'
)T THE ONLY ONES FEELING THE
FINANCIAL STRAIN.
"We find that people have to
save to make their dollars
like."h. So it's *** us
DRIVING AWAY CUSTOMERS.
EXPERTS LIKE DR. MORRIS SAY AS
THE U-S SLOWLY TRANSITIONS TO
ENERGY SOURCES...THIS WILL
DECREASE THE DEMAND FOR FOSSIL
FUELS...AND PRICES WILL
DROP.###
KNOWING THAT PRICES HERE ARE
FAR LOWER THAN THE NATIONAL
AVERAGE. IN PROVO... ANDREW
KLAY... ELEVEN NEWS.
ANDREW...WHERE DOES UTAH FALL
ON THE SPECTRUM OF GAS PRICES
RIGHT NOW?
AS A STATE WE ARE RANKED AS
THE EIGHTEENTH LOWEST IN THE
NATION. CALIFORNIANS FORK OUT
THE MOST AT FOUR DOLLARS AND
SI
XTY-FIVE CENTS A GALLON.
WOW... I'M HAPPY WITH WHAT
WE HAVE HERE... THANKS ANDREW.
###
LOGAN ANIMAL CONTROL SAY THEY
GOT A REALLY STRANGE CALL
YESTERDAY.... A 130 POUND
TORTOISE ON THE LOOSE. HE
TOOK A STROLL DOWN THE STREET
AFTER ESCAPING FROM HIS PEN.
OFFICIALS SAY HE MADE IT ABOUT
A BLOCK AND A HALF BEFORE THEY
PICKED HIM UP AND TOOK HIM
HOME. HIS OWNER SAYS THE
IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE VIBRANT
RED AND YELLOW LEAVES IN PRO
VO
CANYON . . . YOU MAY BE
RUNNING OUT OF T
LEAVES ON THE ALPINE
AND ARE STARTING TO FALL SO
THE COLORFUL SCENERY MAY NOT
BE AROUND MUCH LONGER. LEAVES
AREN'T THE ONLY THING YOU'
)LL FIND ALONG THE LOOP. . .
YOU MIGHT SEE TURKEYS LIKE
THESE CROSSING THE ROAD. ALL.
It's totally amazing - the
mountains are all gorgeous
PAVED SO HIKERS, BIKERS AND
THE IAGE. ###
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ADLIB TOSS TO SPORTS
NEXT ON SPORTS...
THE W-A-C IS BACK
IN UTAH
COUNTY
CAN A STRONGER CONFERENCE MAKE
U-V-U ANOTHER IN-STATE RIVAL
FOR THE COUGARS
AND AVOIDING ELIMINATION...
OAKLAND AND SAN FRANCISCO TRY
TO STAY ALIVE AFTER FALLING IN
FOR B-Y-U MEN'S BASKETBALL
BRANDON DAIVES HAS SAID THE
B-Y-U TAKES ON AN IN
CLARK GERBER TELLS US COUGAR
FA
UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY IN OREM
IS READY TO TAKE THEIR SPORTS
PROGRAM TO THE NEXT LEVEL AS A
MEMBER OF THE WESTERN ATHLETIC
CONFERENCE. THEY SAY THIS WILL
BRING MORE CREDIBILITY TO
THEIR SCHOOL.###
B-Y-U SPORTS FANS ARE VERY
FAMILIAR WITH THE WESTERN
ATHLETIC CONFERENCE... UTAH
VALLEY UNIVERSITY IS
OFFICIALLY THE CONFERENCE'S
NEWEST MEMBER... AND WILL MAKE
THE MOVE STARTING IN
TWO-THOUSAND THIRTEEN. U-V-U
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR MICHAEL
JACOBSEN SAYS THIS BRINGS MORE
THAN JUST SPORTS OPPONENTS."Then
great rivalry between the two
schools."
THE WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM IS
ONE OF MANY U-V-U TEAMS THAT
DOMINATE THEIR CURRENT GREAT
WEST CONFERENCE... . THE MOVE.Y
THEY ARE READY TO TAKE."We've tu
champions. We've won the
championship every year that
we've been in the Great
West."
THE SOCCER TEAM LOST A CLOSE
GAME TO B-Y-U THIS SEASON ONE
TO NILL AND PLAYERS SAY THE
FOUNDATION FOR A B-Y-U RIVALRY
ISe played them this
year I think it is g
THE MOVE TO THE WAC DOESN'T
NECESSARILY MEAN U-V
SWIN
G AND
ALLOWED A RUN TO SCORE AND
STILL TO COME ON ELEVEN NEWS
AT NOON...
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