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public to educated with the
fact that those who have guns
are gonna be mentally stable
to have them."
BUT SOME GUN OWNERS DON'T
LIKE THE IDEA OF CREATING
ANOTHER LEGAL HOOP TO JUMP
THROUGH THAT COULD BE USED BY
THE GOVERNMENT TO RESTRICT GUN
SALES.
"Its also pretty invasive and
I think it goes agains
t our
constitutional rights. That
can be debated extensively, I
just think its a little
overboard. "
OPPONENTS OF THE NEW
REGULATION CLAIM THAT A
BACKGROUND CHECK IS ENOUGH...
BECAUSE IT ALREADY SHOWS ANY
RED FLAGS ABOUT A PERSON.
"Typically if an individual
has extreme circumstances in
their background that stuff
thats going to preclude them
when they go for a background
check anyway, beca
use as it
stands now they're already
required to pass a background
check with the state to obtain
a firearm." ###
SOME GUN OWNERS CLAIM A
PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST COULD
REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME...WHERE
OTHERS CLAIM IT WILL ONLY MAKE
IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR
LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS TO BUY
GUNS. ASHLEY? ###
A NEW STUDY SHOWS THAT MORE OF
UTAH NOW LIVES IN HUNGER AND
POVERTY THAN THE YEAR BEFORE.
THE 20-11 CENSUS DATA SHOWS
13-POINT-5 PERCENT OF UTAH
LIVING IN POVERTY. WHAT'S
WORSE.. ALMOST 16 PERCENT OF
UTAH'S *CHILDREN LIVE IN
POVERTY. THE U-S GOVERNMENT
BASES THE POVERTY LEVEL AT
ABOUT 22-THOUSAND DOLLARS OR
LESS EARNED FOR THE YEAR.###
STATE INVESTIGATORS SAY
UNLICENSED CONTRACTORS ARE
RIPPING PEOPLE OFF IN UTAH
COUNTY TAKING THEIR MONEY AND
NOT DOING THE WORK. ELEVENNEWS
REPORTER KRISTEN FIRMAGE TELLS
US WHAT TO DO TO PREVENT
GETTING SCAMMED. ###
IMAGINE BUILDING A HOUSE FOR
SOMEONE, SPENDING FORTY-SIX
HUNDRED DOLLARS ON CABINETS
AND THEN NEVER GETTING THEM.
THAT HAPPENED TO CASEY
CLOWARD, A LICENSED
CONTRACTOR. BUT THE UNLICENSED
CABINET MAKER CLOWARD HIRED
TOOK HIS MONEY AND NEVER DID
THE WORK.
"He was very well informed on
the cabinet side of things I
was in a hurry I was in a bind
to get the contract done I
gave him the down payment."
when it comes to finding a
contractor most homeowners
look for the best deal but if
you want to protect your money
what you really need to be
looking for is a license.
MARK STEINAGEL THE DIRECTOR OF
PROFESSIONAL LICENSING FOR
UTAH SAYS HE THINKS THERE ARE
HUNDREDS OF UNLICENSED
CONTRACTORS WORKING IN U
TAH
COUNTY, A GROWING PROBLEM FOR
HOMEOWNERS AND LICENSED
CONTRACTORS.
"those that have done it the
right way don't want people
giving their industry a bad
name, so we get complaints."
TO CATCH THEM STEINAGEL AND
HIS TEAM TARGET ONLINE
ADVERTISMENTS, MEET WITH THE
CO
NTRACTORS AND SURPRISE THEM
WITH A LITTLE JUSTICE.
"a very high percentage of
them like we thought were not
licensed and so they were
issued citations."
TO AVOID BEING SCAMMED
STEINAGEL SAYS THAT HOMEOWNERS
NEED TO GET REFERENCES, AVOID
PAYING TOO MUCH UP FRONT AND
MOST IMPORTANTLY MAKE SURE
THEY HAVE A LICENSE.
"there are a lot of good
professionals out there who do
good work, who add value to
the homeowner, use them."
IN SARATOGA SPRINGS, KRISTEN
FIRMAGE ELEVENNEWS ###
HOW CAN YOU FIND OUT IF A
CONTRACTOR HAS A LICENCE?
VISIT OUR WEBSITE ELEVENEWS
DOT B-Y-U DOT E-D-U AND CLICK
ON KRISTEN'S STORY TO FIND A
LINK WHERE YOU CAN CHECK THEM
OUT. ###
MIA LOVE SAYS NEW POLLS PUT
HER IN THE LEAD FOR UTAH'S
4TH DISTRICT SEAT.. BUT JIM
MATHESON SAYS THOSE NUMBERS
ARE NO GOOD. HER CAMPAIGN'S
INTERNAL POLLS SHOW THAT LOVE
LEADS HER OPPONENT 51 TO 37
PERCENT. MATHESON'S CAMPAIGN
DISMISSES THE POLLING.. SAYING
THE LOVE TEAM POLLED UNFAIRLY
TO MAKE THEIR CANDIDATE LOOK
BETTER.###
WHEN ELEVENNEWS AT NOON
RETURNS...
HUNTING DECLINE: THE DEER CAN
RELAX A LITTLE THIS YEAR. WHY
FEWER PEOPLE ARE GOING AFTER
HUNTING PERMITS..
AND DIAMOND DAZZLE: TIRED OF
YOU'RE BORING OLD CLEAR
A NEW SURVEY SHOWS THAT
HUNTING AND FISHING ARE ON THE
DECLINE IN UTAH... AND THAT
HAS THE DIVISION OF WILDLIFE
RESOURCES CONCERNED.
ELEVEN NEWS REPORTER CLARK
GERBER TALKED TO HUNTERS AND
OFFICIALS ABOUT THIS... CLARK,
UTAH IS SUCH A GOOD PLACE FOR
HUNTERS. WHAT'S GOING ON?
THE DIVISION SAYS THE PROBLEM
ISN'T A LACK OF EXPERIENCED
HUNTERS. THERE JUST AREN'T
AS MANY NEWCOMERS.
SALES HAVE STEADILY DECLINED
IN THE LAST TWO DECADES AND
THE DIVISION SAYS A DIFFERENT
KIND OF GAMING IS A BIG PART
OF THE REASON.###
COLLEGE STUDENTS PLAYING VIDEO
GAMES IS NOTHING NEW, BUT WHO
KNEW IT COULD HAVE AN IMPACT
ON THE ECOSYSTEM?
"When playing the X-box, I can
just flip on the TV and turn
on the X-box and there you go.
You're ready to go.
Hunting... it just takes too
much time."
FIGIURES FROM THE U-S CENSUS
SHOW HUNTING AND FISHING
PARTICIPATION IN UTAH IS DOWN
TO THIRTY-NINE PERCENT. THAT'
)S STILL ABOVE THE NATIONAL
AVERAGE, BUT IS FAR LESS THAN
THE SIXTY-FIVE PERCENT THAT
WAS THE STATE'S FIGURE IN
1991.
"License sales... it's not
just about funding the
division. This is about
habitat improvement."
LYNN JORGENSEN HAS WORKED IN
OUTDOOR SPORTS RETAIL FOR
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. HIS STORE
DROPPED HUNTING MERCHANDISE
ALTOGETHER RECENTLY AND HE
SAYS THAT HUNTING AND FISHING
DOESN'T CONNECT WITH THE
YOUNG CROWD THE WAY IT USED
TO.
the shows - A River Runs
Through It - came out
everybody wanted to fly fish.
Everybody wanted to be Robert
Redford."
THE UTAH DEPARTMENT OF
WILDLIFE RESOURCES HAS CLASSES
AND WORKSHOPS AIMED AT GETTING
KIDS BACK IN THE OUTDOORS.
BUT VIDEO GAMES AREN'T THE
ONLY OBSTACLE. FINANCES ARE A
CONCERN TOO.
"A lot of people feel like it'
)s too expensive - gas is more
expensive - to get out and
enjoy the outdoors. There's
a lot of things out there, but
we want to change that and get
people in the outdoors."###
THE DIVISION SAID THE NUMBER
OF PARTICIPATING HUNTERS IS
CRITICAL TO MAINTAINING
BALANCE IN THE ECOSYSTEM AND
WE MIGHT START TO SEE PROBLEMS
IF LICENSE SALES DON'T
IMPROVE.
FROM THE NEWSROOM... CLARK
GERBER... ELEVEN NEWS.
WHAT KIND OF PROBLEMS? OVER-
POPULATION?
THE D-N-R SAID IT DOESN'T
WORRY AS MUCH ABOUT
POPULATION, BUT IT DOES WORRY
ABOUT DISEASE IF ANIMALS GO
UNCHECKED.
THANKS CLARK.###
A LOCAL COMPANY IS RIVALING
BIG NAMES IN THE DIAMOND WORLD
BY APPLYING COLORFUL NEW
TECHNIQUES TO ITS GEM
TREATMENT. ELEVEN NEWS
REPORTER ANDREW KLAY SHOWS HOW
A NEW BREED OF DIAMOND MAY
SOON BE COMING TO A JEWELRY
STORE NEAR YOU.###
SUNCREST DIAMONDS GOES FAR
BEYOND TYPICAL DIAMOND
WHITENING. AS A DIVISION OF
U.S. SYNTHETIC...SUNCREST IS
LITERALLY TRANSFORMING THE
GEM'S HUE...FROM THE INSIDE
OUT.
UTAH NATIVE AND FORMER B-Y-U
CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR TRACY HALL
PIONEERED THIS PROCESS...
CALLED "HIGH PRESSURE HIGH
TEMPERATURE" TECHNOLOGY.
SUNCREST APPLIES HIS INVENTION
TO CREATE NEW DIAMOND COLOR
VARIETIES...INCLUDING BLUE,
GREEN, AND NOW...PINK.
"We're not just coating the
outside...we heat the diamond
so that all the way through,
the color has changed."
"The company uses an
innovative process involving
chemicals, extreme heat, and
sustained, intense
pressure...to change a
diamond's fundamental
color...and increase its
value."
SUNCREST'S LATEST
CONTRIBUTION TO THE JEWEL
INDUSTRY IS THE PINK
DIAMOND... WHICH UNTIL
RECENTLY WAS AVAILABLE ONLY TO
THE SELECT FEW WILLING TO PAY
THE PRICE.
"The color-enhanced diamonds
are an interesting addition to
the whole diamond market.
They're bringing color, a
little more affordably, to the
general public."
WITH ITS INTRODUCTION AS
A NEW
JEWELRY LINE AT THIS YEAR'S
TRADE SHOW IN VEGAS...
SUNCREST'S PINK DIAMOND WILL
SOON BE WITHIN REACH OF ALL
JEWEL LOVERS...WITHOUT
BREAKING THE BANK. IN OREM,
ANDREW KLAY, ELEVEN NEWS.###
POPE SAYS HE PREDICTS PINK
JEWELRY WILL HIT UTAH STORES
THIS DEC
EMBER . . .JUST IN
TIME FOR THE CHRISTMAS SEASON.
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NEXT ON SPORTS... THE COUGAR
OFFENSE MAY BE STRUGGLING BUT
IT'S
PUNTING PERFECTION... AS RILEY
STEPHENSON KEEPS IT CONSISTENT
FOR THE COUGARS AND
WILD CARD WALK-OFF... THE
BRAVES HAVE SECURED A PLAYOFF
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU
CONSISTENTLY PUNT YOUR WAY
INTO THE OPPONENT'S TWENTY
YARD LINE? YOU GET A PLAYER OF
THE WEEK AWARD. ELEVEN SPORTS
REPORTER KRISTENE WALLOCK
FINDS RILEY STEPHENSON
RECEIVES AWARDS AS
CONSISTENTLY AS HE KICKS.###
RILEY STEPHENSON EARNED HIS
SPOT AS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
AFTER PUNTING SIX TIMES FOR A
FORTY-SEVEN YARD AVERAGE
AGAINST BOISE STATE..... WHICH
IS NOT EASY CONSIDERING BOISE'
)S ROWDY CROWD.
That game I was kind of
nervous at the beginning.
STEPHENSON SAYS HE WENT INTO
THE LOCKER ROOM TO CLEAR HIS
HEAD BEFORE THE GAME. . . AND
CAME OUT RELAXED AND READY TO
PLAY.
THIS IS STEPHENSON'S THIRD
TIME EARNING INDEPENDENT
PLAYER-OF-THE-WEEK THIS MONTH
ALONE.
last week in particular his
punting was key in us having a
chance right to the end of the
game. changed field positions
multiple times and really been
punting well I've been very
impressed.
what means a lot to me is that
we get our team a good field
position. cuz when that
happens our team dominates.
despite the spot light being
on stephenson this week. . .
he is still a team player.
STEPHENSON PUNTS AN AVERAGE
FORTY-SEVEN POINT THREE YARDS
PER PUNT - WHICH RANKS HIM
FIFTH IN THE FOOTBALL BOWL
SUBDIVISION AND GIVES HIS TEAM
A GOOD CHANCE TO SCORE.
this year
its been really good
for me I've stayed pretty
consistent and it's
reflected in the games.ON THE B
KRISTENE WALLOCK . . . ELEVEN
NEWS ###
STEPHENSON IS ALSO AN
HONORABLE MENTION PUNTER OF
THE WEEK FOR THE SECOND TIME
IN THE PAST MONTH.
B-Y-U FOOTBALL AND STEPHENSON
WILL B
E IN ACTION FRIDAY FOR A
HOME GAME AGAINST HAWAI'
'I.###
RILEY NELSON IS A QUESTION
MARK AT QUARTERBACK THIS WEEK
AS HE RECOVERS FROM BACK
INJURIES THAT KNOCKED HIM OUT
OF LAST WEEK'S GAME AGAINST
BOISE STATE... TAYSOM HILL IS
PREPARED TO PLAY BUT COACH
MENDENHALL ISN'T READY TO
MAKE A DECISION ON RILEY
"We're gonna wait as long as
we can... and if it gets
within.. if he's not really
looking good tomorrow or
somewhat good tomorrow then we
could make a decision then but
we're gonna hold out as long
as we can."###
ANOTHER RIVALRY HAS GONE BY
THE WAYSIDE... NOTRE DAME GAVE
MICHIGAN NOTICE THAT THE
FIGHTING IRISH WILL END THE
CONTRACT BETWEEN THE
SCHOOLS... THE LAST MEETING
WILL NOW COME IN 2014 INSTEAD
OF 2031 AS PREVIOUSLY
SCHEDULED... THIS NEWS COULD
MEAN B-Y-U IS NEXT ON THE
CHOPPING BLOCK OR THAT NOTRE
DAME IS MAKING SPACE TO KEEP
THE COUGARS ON THE SCHEDULE...
THE FIGHTING IRISH ARE
CONTRACTED TO PLAY FOUR GAMES
WITH B-Y-U BETWEEN 2014 AND
2020 IN ADDITION TO THE TWO
CURRENTLY SCHEDULED.###
THE ATLANTA BRAVES CLINCHED A
PLAYOFF BERTH IN DRAMATIC
FASHION AGAINST THE MIAMI
MARLINS...
TRAILING 2-3 IN THE BOTTOM OF
THE NINTH... CHIPPER JONES LED
OFF WITH A DOUBLE TO REPRESENT
THE TYING RUN... AND THEN
FREDDIE FREEMAN HIT A HOMER TO
DEAD CENTER SCORING JONES AND
GIVING ATLANTA THE 4-3 WALK
OFF WIN OVER MIAMI. CHIPPER
JONES WILL RETIRE AFTER THE
SEASON BUT GETS ONE LAST
PLAYOFF PUSH .###
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STILL TO COME ON ELEVEN NEWS
AT NOON...
STABLE WORK: HE'S A SHOW
HORSE.. BUT HIS OWNERS SAY HIS
TALENT WOULD WORK BETT
YOU CAN FORGET DA VINCI.. VAN
GOGH.. AND ALL THE REST OF
THOSE PAINTERS. YOU KNOW WHY??
BECAUSE NON OF THEM WERE
HORSES.JUSTIN THE STALLION IS
PAINTING WORKS OF ART EVERY
DAY. HIS OWNERS FIRST BOUGHT
HIM AS A SHOW HORSE.. BUT ONE
DAY JUSTIN STARTED DRAWING IN
THE SAND WITH A RIDING CROP..
AND THE REST IS HISTORY. HE
HAS HIS OWN WEBSITE... WHERE
YOU CAN BUY HIS PAINTINGS. AND
FOR THOSE WHO LIKE EQUESTRIAN
ART.. THEY COST AROUND 250
DOLLARS EACH.###
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THAT'S ELEVENNEWS AT NOON
NEWS FOR WENDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER
26TH.
YOU CAN JOIN US ANYTIME ON OUR
WEBSITE... ELEVENNEWS-DOT-B-
Y-U-DOT-EDU.
THANKS FOR WATCHING... HAVE A
GREAT AFTERNOON.###