KCYN-KCPX N ews Thurs 29Nov2012

　
(Lake Powell)
Delayed for a decade, a regulation regarding emissions standards on personal watercraft (PWC) in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area will finally become law Jan. 1.
Officials managing Lake Powell behind Glen Canyon Dam say citations will be handed out to people on personal watercraft that do not meet 2006 emissions standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency on two-stroke engines. The regulation applies only to PWC and not to boats.
Glen Canyon Superintendent Todd Brindle said his staff is working to inform Lake Powell users about the changes and will “take the opportunity next summer to continue to educate park visitors.”
“Knowing how many personal watercraft owners will be impacted by the regulation is really hard to tell, It might be that the majority of machines are already compliant, but there are a number of older used ones getting passed around.
There are between 12,000 and 14,000 personal water craft registered in Utah.

(Flagstaff, AZ-Moab Utah)
A Thirty two year-old Moab resident, Joshua Dale Riggs died Monday, after he fell a distance of approximately 80 feet while rock climbing in the Williams, Arizona area.. Emergency Dispatchers received a cell phone call from a woman who reported that she and her boyfriend were rock climbing when he fell from a significant height. She described him as being seriously injured.
>>Texas Moves To Seize Polygamist's Ranch

(Undated) -- Texas authorities are seeking to seize the ranch once used by polygamist Warren Jeffs. The Texas Attorney General made moves yesterday to take over the "Yearning for Zion Ranch." Authorities say Jeffs and his sect leaders bought the ranch solely for the purpose of committing crimes. Jeffs and other men are accused of sexually abusing underage girls at the ranch and then taking them as plural wives. The property is appraised at nearly 20-million dollars.

>>Disabled Man Dies When Struck In His Wheelchair

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- A disabled man from the Millcreek area is dead after he's struck by a car while in his wheelchair. Unified police say 59-year-old Raymond Nielson lived homeless in the area. He was hit early last night near 700 East and three-thousand South. Authorities say there are no crosswalks in the area. The crash is still under investigation.

>>SLC Eatery Awarded Coveted 'Club License'

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- A Salt Lake City-area restaurant is awarded a rare and coveted liquor license. The "Tribune" says The Dojo Restaurant and Sushi Bar has been awarded a "club license" which eases constraints typically encountered by businesses. More than a dozen other Salt Lake restaurant owners have applied for a club license. Officials say the demand for club licenses is rising quickly.

>>South Jordan Teacher Killed In Road Accident
(South Jordan, UT) -- A popular middle school teacher in South Jordan is being remembered fondly. Students and faculty from Elk Ridge Middle School were in shock when they learned that 51-year-old P.E. teacher Randy Treglown was killed yesterday morning when struck by a pickup truck while jogging to school. Students left flowers and other memorial items at the crash site near four-thousand West and 98-hundred South.

>>Well-Known Theater "Scrooge," Law Professor Dies
(Provo, UT) -- The community is saying goodbye to a Brigham Young University law professor known for playing Scrooge in a local theater. Richard Wilkins died Tuesday night at Provo's Utah Regional Medical Center after collapsing at his home Friday. The emeritus professor of law had played Ebenezer Scrooge in Hale Center Theatre's stage production of "A Christmas Carol" since 1985. He was 59.
>>Nine Bronze Statues Stolen From Sandy Gallery

(Sandy, UT) -- The owner of a Sandy art gallery wants the public's help finding nine bronze sculptures that were stolen. The life-size art of children playing vanished sometime between Saturday afternoon and Monday morning. They had been at the outdoor Hill Gallery & Sculpture Park at 9045 South 1300 East. A heavy-gauge chain was around the wrought-iron security gate, but it was cut.

(Sandy, UT) -- The 42nd annual Festival of Trees opens in Sandy, bringing the Christmas spirit to those in need. Shauna Kerr, Chairwoman of the Festival says for many families the event is the highlight of the Christmas season. All the money raised goes directly to the Primary Children's Medical Center to help children and their families. All the trees, the decorations and even the hall itself have been donated for the cause. Since 1971, the event has raised over 30-million dollars, including one-point-six-million last year alone. The Festival of Trees started yesterday and runs though Saturday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the South Towne Expo Center in Sandy.
Worker Shortage In Construction Industry

(Undated) -- The construction industry is in need of more workers. Contractors are short of workers as the home-building market improves and some commercial sectors gain strength. The crunch is hitting states such as Texas, Arizona, Iowa and Florida. Building officials are warning things will get worse and spread across the U.S. in the next few years. The shortage comes even after the construction industry lost more than two-million workers between January 2007 and last year.

SALT LAKE CITY — Three Utah County men reaped thousands of dollars from bogus tax returns using the stolen identities of dead people, federal authorities say.
Indictments filed this week in U.S. District Court allege the men obtained names, addresses, Social Security numbers and other personal information from a website listing people who died in California. They used the information to file false tax returns and get refunds from the IRS, according to the indictment.
Joshua Erle Garrison, 20, Nathaniel Jay McGee, 31, both of Provo, and Kaden John Ashton, 19, of Orem, are charged in separate indictments returned by a federal grand jury.
　
Utah-Idaho-
Utahns hoping to get their share of more than $500,000 headed to the border and waited in line to get Powerball tickets.
The winning tickets for the record-breaking Powerball jackpot were purchased in Arizona and Missouri, lottery officials said.
Utahns waited in lines at border gas stations for their chance at more than a half billion dollars.