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HOT HOUSING...HOMEOWNERS ARE
HAVING A HEYDAY AS UTAH HOUSES
SELL LIKE HOTCAKES. WE'LL
TELL YOU WHY FINDING A HOME IS
NO EASY TASK.
AND MIDWEST TWISTER...A
TORNADO RIPS THROUGH
MISSISSIPPI...LEAVING BEHIND A
PATH OF DESTRUCTION.
I'M KRISTEN FIRMAGE.
AND I'M KAREN SULLIVAN. IT'
)S MONDAY FEBRUARY 11, AND IN
UTAH IT'S TWELVE O'CLOCK.
###
TIMPVIEW HIGH STUDENTS SAID
GOODBYE TO THEIR FRIEND AND
CLASSMATE PARKER ALLRED.
HE SUDDENLY GOT THE FLU...
HIS DEATH SURPRISED EVERYONE.
ELEVEN NEWS REPORTER ALI
MONSEN ATTENDED THE FUNERAL
AND SHOWS US HOW FRIENDS WILL
REMEMBER PARKER. ###
BLUE EYES AND A SMILING FACE.
THAT'S HOW FRIENDS AND
FAMILY MEMBERS WILL REMEMBER
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD PARKER
ALLRED. HIS DEATH FROM THE FLU
ON FEBRUARY 2ND HIT THIS
COMMUNITY HARD. HUNDREDS
GATHERED TOGETHER ON SATURDAY
TO CELEBRATE THE PERSON PARKER
WAS THE ILLNESS THAT TOOK HIS
LIFE SO QUICKLY REMINDED
EVERYONE HOW FRAGILE LIFE CAN
REALLY BE.
"You really never know when
anything like this is going to
happen, and so it really was a
large blow to everybody-even
those who didn't know
him-when we found out what
happened."
"Parker's football teammates
came to the funeral in their
uniforms. They came and sang a
musical number to support his
family."
"Parker made a big impact on
my life actually. He helped
me try to be a better person,
and I thank him for that a
lot."
FAMILY AND CLASSMATES
REFLECTED ON THE POSITIVE
INFLUENCE PARKER ALWAYS WAS ON
PEOPLE WHO KNEW HIM AND AFTER
THE SERVICE FRIENDS EVEN WROTE
NOTES TO HIM ABOUT HOW MUCH
HE'LL BE MISSED.
"Everytime I saw him in the
hallways at school he'd
always smile at me."
"I would always see him in the
halls and he would always be
smiling."
"It shows the effect that one
person can have in a lot of
people's lives people on our
football team and a lot of
people at school that didn't
even know him you know, they
still feel really touched by
his example and his life."
IN PROVO, ALI MONSEN,
ELEVENNEWS ###
PARKER'S SISTER MADISON SET
UP A BLOG WHERE SHE SHARES
PICTURES AND MEMORIES OF HIM.
YOU CAN FIND THE LINK TO THAT
BLOG ON OUR WEBSITE:
ELEVENNEWS-DOT-B-Y-U-DOT-EDU.
###
CARBON COUNTY SWAT OFFICERS
FOUND A COUPLE DEAD AT THEIR
HOME IN PRICE. POLICE SAY
DAVID SCOTT DONALDSON CALLED
9-1-1 EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING
TO SAY HE SHOT HIS WIFE...
SHANIEL KAYE DONALDSON AND
WOULD LATER SHOOT HIMSELF.
AUTHORITIES RULED THE DEATHS A
***-SUICIDE AND THAT
DEPRESSION AND MARITAL
PROBLEMS ARE POSSIBLE
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS.###
SEARCH AND RESCUE WORKERS
TRANSPORTED AN INJURED SKIER
TO A HOSPITAL AFTER AN
AVALANCHE LEFT HIM WITH A
BROKEN LEG. THE 41-YEAR OLD
WAS BACKCOUNTRY SKIING IN BIG
COTTONWOOD CANYON SUNDAY WHEN
THE AVALANCHE BURIED HIM UP TO
HIS NECK. HE WAS WITH FOUR
FRIENDS...WHO WERE ABLE TO DIG
HIM OUT OF THE SNOW BEFORE THE
SEARCH AND RESCUE HELICOPTER
PICKED HIM UP.###
A RECENT ARREST REMINDS WOMEN
OF THE NEEDTO KEEP SAFE WHEN
JOGGING ON THE PROVO RIVER
TRAIL. ELEVEN NEWS REPORTER
ROGER SANCHEZ TELLS US WHAT
RUNNERS CAN DO TO KEEP CLEAR
OF HARMS WAY. ###
POLICE OFFICER S. HUNTER WAS
WORKING A PATROL-SHIFT ALONG
THE PROVO RIVER TRAIL WHEN HE
SAW A FEMALE JOGGER WITH A
MALE BIKE RIDER FOLLOWING HER.
SHE APPEARED TO BE NERVOUS AS
SHE KEPT LOOKING BACK AT THE
MAN. OFFICER HUNTER STOPPED
HIM FOR NOT HAVING A BIKE
LIGHT...
"In the course of the
investigation he found on the
individual a knife a gun that
turned out to be a b-b gun
that looked just like a real
gun and methamphetamines "POLICO
CUSTODY AND BOOKED HIM AT THE
UTAH COUNTY JAIL FOR POSSESION
OF ***...POLICE SAY REALLY
SERIOUS CRIMES HAVE OCCURRED
ON THE RIVER TRAIL...
INCLUDING LIKE A *** AND
ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE. A LOT OF
JOGGERS SAY THEY FEEL SECURE
ON THE TRAIL BUT DO THINK
ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN.
"Sometimes I get kind of
worried that if I run someone
is going to come and attack me
Usually I feel pretty safe
when there's cars around or
other people jogging."
POLICE CAN ONLY SPECULATE WHAT
THE MAN'S INTENTIONS WERE...
BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN ILL
WILLED...SO POLICE SAY ITS
BEST NOT TO RUN AFTER DARK.
"Whether you're going for a
quick jog or a long run it's
always important to pay
attention to your surroundings
and it's always best to jog
or run during day light
hours."
TRAGEDY SOMETIMES STRIKES SO
ITS IMPORTANT TO BE SAFE SO
WHEN RUNNING AT NIGHT ITS
ALWAYS BEST TO DO IT WITH A
FRIEND... IN PROVO...ROGER
SANCHEZ...ELEVEN NEWS. ###
POLICE SAY WHEN WEARING
HEADPHONES ITS IMPORTANT TO
THAT YOU CAN HEAR YOUR
SURROUNDINGS....AND TO RUN IN
AREAS OF HIGH VISIBILITY.###
THE F-B-I IS GETTING INVOLVED
IN THE INVESTIGATION OF FORMER
UTAH HIGHWAY PATROL CORPORAL
LISA STEED. AN F-B-I AGENT
SENT AN EMAIL TO A POTENTIAL
WITNESS IN STEED'S CIVIL
RIGHTS CASE...ASKING FOR
DETAILS ABOUT AN ENCOUNTER
WITH THE OFFICER. STEED IS
NOT YET CHARGED WITH ANY
CRIMES. U-H-P FIRED HER IN
NOVEMBER AFTER RULINGS THAT
SHE LIED ON THE WITNESS STAND.
SHE IS CONTESTING THE
TERMINATION.###
FIRST-TIME HOME BUYERS IN UTAH
COUNTY ARE FACING A NEW
DILEMMA... FINDING AVAILABLE
HOMES TO BUY. ELEVENNEWS
REPORTER JON HANSEN EXPLAINS
WHY HOMES ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY.
IF YOU ARE SELLING YOUR
HOME...REALTORS ARE SAYING THE
GOOD NEWS IS HOUSES ARE
SELLING FASTER AND FASTER.
BUT IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO BUY
A HOME YOU BETTER PLAN ON
BEING QUICKER THAN THE NEXT
GUY AND HOPE THAT YOUR OFFER
COMES OUT ON TOP. ###
LARRY KELLER IS AN EXPERT AT
SELLING HOMES...A TITLE EARNED
BY MORE THAN TWENTY-SEVEN
YEARS IN THE BUSINESS. HE HAS
SEEN OUR MARKET THROUGH ITS
HIGHS AND LOWS AND WASN'T
SURPRISED WHEN IT CRASHED A
FEW YEARS AGO. BUT THE GOOD
NEWS FROM HIM IS THINGS ARE
STARTING TO LOOK UP.
"It has been slower but it is
starting to pick up more. The
rates have stayed low and they
said they are going to keep
them as low as they can."
UTAH HOUSING TRACKER REPORTS
THAT THE NUMBER OF HOMES UNDER
CONTRACT ROSE TWENTY PERCENT
IN JANUARY. BUT THE INCREASE
IN HOME SALES HAS CREATED A
DIFFERENT PROBLEM. THE NUMBER
OF AVAILABLE HOMES DROPPED TO
ABOUT TWENTY THOUSAND...THE
LOWEST IT'S BEEN IN SIX
YEARS. KELLER SAYS THE CAUSES
OF THE SHORTAGE ARE THE
EXCELLENT FINANCING AND LOW
HOME PRICES.
"A little bit below 200 you
can get an ok home for a
decent price and because of
that there is a lot of
activity in that price range."
THE LOW INTEREST RATES AREN'
)T ONLY MOTIVATING FIRST TIME
BUYERS... MANY WHO HAVE HIGHER
INTEREST MORTGAGES ARE
REFINANCING.
"Over the last six months it'
)s slowly been evaporating
more the number of homes that
are available...but overall
you're just in a better
position to buy because you'
)re going to be paying about
what you are paying in
rent."###
UTAH COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF
REALTORS REPORTS THAT THE HOME
INVENTORY IS DOWN TO ABOUT
TWO-THOUSAND HOMES... A
NUMBER THAT CONTINUES TO FALL
EVERY MONTH SINCE MAY 2010.
KAREN AND KRISTEN? ###
WHEN ELEVENNEWS AT NOON
RETURNS...
MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT...POPE
BENEDICT THE SIXTEENTH IS
DOING SOMETHING NO POPE HAS
DONE IN SIX CENTURIES.
AND CULTURE CLUB...FIND OUT
WHAT B-Y-U'S PO
BILLIONS OF CATHOLICS ARE IN
SHOCK TODAY AFTER POPE
BENEDICT THE SIXTEENTH
ANNOUNCED HE WILL RESIGN AT
THE END OF THE MONTH.
HIS PAPACY BEGAN IN 2005 AFTER
THE DEATH OF POPE JOHN PAUL
THE SECOND. BENEDICT IS THE
FIRST POPE TO RESIGN IN NEARLY
600 YEARS. THE LEADER OF 1
POINT 2 BILLION CATHOLICS SAYS
HE MADE THE DECISION BECAUSE
OF HIS ADVANCED AGE. THE
VATICAN SAYS THERE WILL BE A
NEW POPE BEFORE EASTER AND
THAT BENEDICT WILL NOT BE
INVOLVED IN CHOOSING A NEW
POPE OR IN GUIDING THE CHURCH
AFTER FEBRUARY 28TH.###
A SEVENTH GRADER THREATENS A
SHOOTING IN CALIFORNIA...A
TWISTER TEARS THROUGH
MISSISSIPPI...AND A SHOOTING
AT A DELAWARE COURTHOUSE.
HERE'S YOUR LOOK AT NEWS
ACROSS THE NATION.###
A 12-YEAR-OLD IS IN CUSTODY
AFTER POLICE SAY THE STUDENT
THREATENED A MASS SHOOTING AT
A MIDDLE SCHOOL NEAR SAN
DIEGO. AUTHORITIES SAY THE 7TH
GRADER SENT A SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATOR AN EMAIL FRIDAY
NIGHT SAYING SOMEONE WOULD
SHOOT A TEACHER AND SEVERAL
STUDENTS ON MONDAY. POLICE
ARRESTED THE STUDENT AT HOME
AND SEIZED FIVE RIFLES...
REPORTEDLY BELONGING TO THE
PARENTS.###
THOUSANDS ARE CLEANING UP
TODAY AFTER A TORNADO WHIPPED
THROUGH HATTIESBURG,
MISSISSIPPI. THE TWISTER TORE
THROUGH BUILDINGS...HOMES AND
TREES...BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP
SEVERAL PEOPLE FROM PULLING
OUT THEIR PHONES TO GET VIDEO.
EMERGENCY OFFICIALS SAY THERE
ARE NO DEATHS THEY'RE AWARE
OF BUT IT INJURED MORE THAN A
DOZEN PEOPLE.###
AND THREE PEOPLE ARE DEAD
AFTER A SHOOTING IN A
COURTHOUSE LOBBY THIS MORNING
IN WILMINGTON...DELAWARE.THE
GUNMAN REPORTEDLY KILLED HIS
ESTRANGED WIFE AND ANOTHER
WOMAN BEFORE TAKING HIS OWN
LIFE. TWO POLICE OFFICERS ARE
ALSO INJURED AFTER EXCHANGING
FIRE WITH THE GUNMAN.
AND THAT'S YOUR LOOK AT NEWS
FROM ACROSS THE NATION. KAREN?
###
ALL THE SNOW CAN'T STOP THE
HAWAIIAN CULTURE FROM HEATING
UP B-Y-U CAMPUS. ELEVEN NEWS
REPORTER JEN BENSON SHOWS US
WHY STUDENTS GET TO DANCE
PRACTICE AT THE CRACK OF DAWN.
###
EVERY SATURDAY THESE STUDENTS
MEET AT SIX A-M TO LEARN
LANGUAGE TRADITION AND
AUTHENTIC HAWAIIAN
CHOREOGRAPHY TO PREPARE FOR
THE ANNUAL B-Y-U LUAU.
"When I dance I feel proud to
share my culture and to let
everyone know who I am because
this what I am."
THERE ARE SIX SHOWS THAT
REPRESENT EACH OF THE
POLYNESIAN NATIONS. KEOKI
LEONG TEACHES THE HAWAIIAN
CLASS. HIS STUDENTS LEARN THIS
DANCE HERITAGE WHILE SINGING
FACTS ABOUT THE ISLANDS IN HIS
NATIVE LANGUAGE.
"Not only just the Polynesia
culture but in other cultures
of the world we share that
unity and having a
relationship with each other
whether it be helping each
other with a dance, making
someone's day a little
nicer, being nice to someone,
smiling at someone. I think we
can incorporate that through
BYU Luau."
"This is called a Pa-oh Skirt.
Hawaiians use this to tie
around their waist to
emphasize their movement
during the Luau."
BUT TO SOME STUDENTS THE LUAU
IS MORE THAN JUST
ENTERTAINMENT. LOGO SAYS HE'
)S MADE LIFELONG FRIENDS FROM
MANY CULTURES AS HE PRACTICES.
"There was a point where I was
kind of straying away I
realized I guess I'm
Polynesian for a reason
knowing my culture and
embracing it and not trying to
shy away from it, I think it'
)s very important."
WITH NO PAY OR CLASS CREDIT...
PLENTY OF STUDENTS ARE WILLING
TO CELEBRATE MORE THAN FORTY
YEARS OF CULTURAL DANCE. ON
B-Y-U CAMPUS JEN BENSON
ELEVENNEWS. ###
THE BIG TWO-NIGHT EVENT IS
MARCH 12TH AND 13TH AND SELLS
OUT EVERY YEAR. TO BUY TICKETS
TO THE LUAU OR GET MORE
INFORMATION ON JOINING...
VISIT JEN'S STORY ON OUR
WEBSITE AT ELEVENNEWS.BYU.EDU.
###
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COUGAR COLLAPSE...IT'S BEEN
A LONG WEEK FOR B-Y-U
BASKETBALL...AND IT MAY HAVE
BURST THEIR N-C-A-A BUBBLE...
AND LOW NOTES...WERE THE JAZZ
SINGING THE BLUES AFTER
B-Y-U'S BEEN SITTING
SQUARELY ON THE N-C-A-A
TOURNEY BUBBLE FOR WEEKS...
NEEDING A SIGNATURE WIN AND TO
AVOID BAD LOSSES...WELL...
SATURDAY NIGHT DIDN'T HELP
THEM ANY...
BOTH TEAMS STARTED OFF
SLOWLY...BUT NO B-Y-U GAME IS
COMPLETE WITHOUT A BIG DUNK BY
MR. MAD HOPS JOSH SHARP...
AND BRANDON DAVIES GOT HIS
PASS ON...AFTER FINDING SHARP
HE FINDS BROCK ZYLSTRA GOING
BACKDOOR...
BUT IT WAS A ROUGH NIGHT FOR
TYLER HAWS...HE WAS BOTHERED
BY THE DONS' PHYSICAL
PLAY...AND AFTER THIS NO
CALL...
THE NEXT TIME DOWN COURT HE
LETS OUT HIS FRUSTRATION...
GETTING HIMSELF TEED UP...
BUT THE COUGARS LED BY NINE AT
THE HALF...AND UPPED THEIR
LEAD TO 15 EARLY ON IN THE
SECOND...
BUT IT WAS ALL DONS FROM
THERE...THEY KILLED THE
COUGARS FROM LONG RANGE...
HITTING 9 OF 10 FROM BEYOND
THE ARC AND SCORING 60 POINTS
IN THE SECOND HALF...AS THEY
SHOCKED THE COUGARS 99-87. ###
THE LOSS IS B-Y-U'S 8TH OF
THE SEASON...AND DROPS THEM
WELL BEHIND GONZAGA AND ST.
MARY'S IN THE W-C-C
STANDINGS...THEIR R-P-I HAS
SLID MORE THAN 20 SPOTS WITH
THEIR TWO LOSSES THIS
WEEK...AND BOTH SAN DIEGO AND
SAN FRANCISCO HAVE R-P-I'S
WORSE THAN 130...THE COUGARS
WILL LIKELY HAVE TO WIN BOTH
AT ST. MARY'S AND AGAINST
GONZAGA TO HAVE A SHOT AT AN
AT-LARGE BID. ###
THE WEEKEND WASN'T ANY
BETTER FOR THE WOMEN...WHO
LOST THE BATTLE FOR SOLE
POSSESSION OF SECOND IN THE
W-C-C...AS THEY FELL AT SAINT
MARY'S 64-52...HALEY STEED
LED THE COUGARS WITH 18 POINTS
AND SEVEN ASSISTS...BUT B-Y-U
TURNED THE BALL OVER 17 TIMES
IN THE LOSS...THEY'LL LOOK
TO BOUNCE BACK AS THEY HOST
SANTA CLARA ON THURSDAY NIGHT
AT 7 IN THE MARRIOTT
CENTER.###
AND B-Y-U LOST ONE OF IT'S
GOLDEN VOICES YESTERDAY...AS
JAY MONSEN LOST HIS THIRD
BATTLE WITH CANCER...
HE WAS THE PLAY-BY-PLAY VOICE
OF THE COUGARS HERE ON K-B-Y-U
AND ON B-Y-U RADIO FOR 36
YEARS...ALSO FILLING IN ON
K-S-L RADIO FROM TIME TO
TIME...THE BROADCASTING
PIONEER WAS INDUCTED INTO THE
B-Y-U HALL OF FAME IN 2010.
###
THE BAD WEEKEND WASN'T JUST
CONFINED TO B-Y-U...THE JAZZ
HAD A FRIDAY-SATURDAY
BACK-TO-BACK...HOSTING
CHICAGO...THEN TAKING ON
JIMMER AND THE KINGS IN
SACRAMENTO...
STARTING OFF WITH DA
BULLS...IT WAS A BACK AND
FORTH BATTLE IN THE FIRST
QUARTER...BUT AL JEFFERSON
GIVES AN EARLY TASTE OF THE
BIG NIGHT HE'D BE HAVING...
BUT CHICAGO IS KNOWN FOR THEIR
'D'...AND THEY TURNED IT
INTO EASY BUCKETS...BUILDING
AN 8 POINT LEAD AT THE HALF
OFF SHOTS LIKE THESE...
BUT THE JAZZ BATTLED BACK
BEHIND BIG AL...WHO POURED IN
32 POINTS ON A SIZZLING 68
PERCENT SHOOTING...
BUT CARLOS *** WAS TOO MUCH
DOWN THE STRETCH...TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF THE FAMILIAR
TERRITORY
AS THE JAZZ FALL TO DA BULLS
93-89. ###
THE JAZZ CAUGHT AN OVERNIGHT
FLIGHT TO SAC-TOWN...BUT THEY
LEFT THEIR DEFENSE IN SALT
LAKE CITY...GIVING UP 31
POINTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER...
THE ONLY BRIGHT SPOT FOR THE
JAZZ WAS ALEC BURKS...WHO
POURED IN 24 POINTS OFF THE
BENCH TO LEAD ALL UTAH
SCORERS...
AND EVEN JIMMER GOT IN ON THE
FUN...GETTING SOME PLAYING
TIME AND MAKING THE MOST OF
IT...HE'D FINISH WITH
NINE...MAYBE THERE'S
SOMETHING TO THAT FREE JIMMER
MOVEMENT...AND THE KINGS NEVER
SCORING
ROLLING OVER THE JAZZ 120-109.
###
THE BACK-TO BACK LOSSES DROP
THE JAZZ TO 28-24 ON THE
SEASON...THEY'RE SITTING AT
SEVENTH IN THE WEST...BUT
THEY'RE TWO AND A HALF GAMES
BACK OF SIXTH PLACE GOLDEN
STATE...AND EIGHTH SEED
HOUSTON IS BREATHING DOWN
THEIR NECKS...JUST A HALF GAME
BACK...THE JAZZ WILL LOOK TO
BOUNCE BACK AS THEY HOST KEVIN
DURANT AND THE THUNDER
TOMORROW NIGHT AT SEVEN. ###
STILL TO COME ON ELEVEN NEWS
AT NOON...
BACON BO
IT'S A FESTIVAL THAT REALLY
SIZZLES. A SPECTACLE ENTIRELY
DEDICATED TO ONE OF AMERICA'
)S FAVORITE BREAKFAST FOODS...T
BACON FESTIVAL ISN'T JUST
ABOUT WHO CAN FRY UP THE BEST
BACON...BUT WHO CAN WEAR IT
THE BEST. THE BACON QUEEN
WEARS...YOU GUESSED IT! A
BACON DRESS. IT STARTED OFF AS
A QUIRKY SIDESHOW SIX YEARS
AGO AND IS NOW SO POPULAR THAT
EIGHT-THOUSAND TICKETS SOLD
OUT IN THREE MINUTES. IF YOU
STRETCHED OUT THIS YEAR'S
FIVE TONS OF BACON SERVED...IT
WOULD LINK 20 MILES.###
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THAT'S ELEVENNEWS AT NOON
NEWS FOR MONDAY FEBRUARY 11.
YOU CAN JOIN US ANYTIME ON OUR
WEBSITE... ELEVENNEWS-DOT-B-