KCYN-KCPX NEWS  5Dec2012 Weds

(Monticello-Windows Rock Arizona)
In what some environmentalist groups consider a back stage move to stop proposals for a Canyonlands National Monument, San Juan County and the Navajo Nation this week concluded a Memorandum of Understanding to coordinate efforts related to public land use. The agreement states that the county and Navajo Nation will “work together in the spirit of mutual respect and cooperation to recognize and consider how to effectively manage the outstanding natural, cultural and recreational resources on state and federal lands in San Juan County, as well as the socio-economic conditions for the enhancement of the quality of life for all San Juan County residents.”
Mark Maryboy , former County COmmissioner from the Navajo Nation explains, “Navajos have always felt that the local people, whether they be Navajo or non-Navajo, should be at the forefront of discussing public lands.”
Maryboy added that the proposed Greater Canyonlands National Monument effort, which has received support from a variety of national groups, should begin as a local effort.
>>Susan Powell Memorial Erected In Washington State

(Puyallup, WA) -- The memories of Susan Powell and her two children are being kept alive with a new memorial in Washington state. Crews yesterday installed a granite-based memorial with an angel on top at the Woodbine Cemetery in Puyallup, Washington, where children Charlie and Braden are buried. Tomorrow will mark three years since Susan Powell disappeared in West Valley City in 2009. The two young boys were killed by their father, Josh, earlier this year.

>>Utah AG Wans Immigration Reform Legislation

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is joining other Republican activists in calling for broad immigration reform. Shurtleff yesterday joined a group of law enforcement officials and religious leaders at the two-day National Press Club strategy session that the National Immigration Forum is sponsoring. The state's AG says the reform should include a pathway to citizenship for those in the country illegally. Shurtleff says he plans to lobby Congress to pass a landmark bill next year.

>>Governor Fights Against 'Fiscal Cliff' On DC Trip

(Washington, DC) -- Utah Governor Gary Herbert is in Washington, DC, to help the federal government not go over the "fiscal cliff." Herbert met with a bipartisan group of five governors yesterday to ask President Obama to compromise with Congress to avoid a series of tax hikes and spending cuts that some call the "fiscal cliff." Herbert and the group also pressed House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to reach a deal.
Washington • Senate Republicans refused to ratify a United Nations treaty on the rights of disabled people, with Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee calling it a win for American sovereignty.
Utah’s Republican senators joined 36 of their colleagues in voting against the treaty, which they fear would lead to the United Nations dictating how U.S. parents could educate their children. The treaty fell five votes short of the two-thirds threshold it needed to pass.
Both Senators said they are opposed to turning any US Sovereign Authority over to the United Nations.
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>>Ex-Bountiful Coach Charged With Sex Assault Of Teen

(Bountiful, UT) -- A former basketball coach in Kaysville is facing charges that he carried on a sexual relationship with a teenage girl for more than a year. Thirty-three-year-old Stephen Paul Niedzwiecki is facing numerous rape charges. Bountiful police allege the assaults of the girl occurred between June 2011 through this September. Police say the girl was 14 when she met Niedzwiecki at Jefferson Academy in Kaysville.

>>Man Accused Of Groping Young Dancer Has Previous Manslaughter Record

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Police are saying the man who allegedly groped a girl after a performance at the Festival of Trees in Sandy last week is the same man who killed a girl in Louisiana 30 years ago. Authorities say 47-year-old Christopher J. Rebstock was arrested Friday after grabbing an eleven-year-old dancer at the festival. Rebstock pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 1982 for the death of a 12-year-old New Orleans girl. He served 10 years of a 21-year sentence and was released in 1993.
>>Sugar House Hit By Serial Burglar

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Salt Lake City police are asking for help finding a serial burglar who's hit at least a dozen different businesses in Sugar House over the past two months. A detective tells the "Salt Lake Tribune" the thief usually breaks a window or door to get in, then goes after safes or cash registers. One of the stores did happen to catch the burglar on video surveillance, but police were unable to give much of a description other than to say he looks like a white man wearing dark clothes and gloves.

>>UTA To Begin Bus Service To Ski Resorts In Ogden Valley

(Ogden, UT) -- The Utah Transit Authority is going to begin bus service to a pair of ski resorts in the Ogden Valley later this month. The seasonal service will offer rides for skiers beginning at the transit center in downtown Ogden all the way to Powder Mountain and Snowbasin. Fares will be four-dollars-25-cents each way. The first rides leave before eight o'clock in the morning and the last bus will leave Snowbasin in the late afternoon and at nine-thirty at night from Powder Mountain.

>>FedEx Announces Buyout Option To Trim Workforce

(Memphis, TN) -- FedEx is offering a buyout option for its workers in a plan to trim thousands from its U.S. workforce. The company announced yesterday employees will get eligibility notices in mid-February and will have until April 1st to decide. Representatives say packages offer a maximum of two years base pay with 25-thousand in health care assistance. The "Commercial Appeal" reports the company is trying to improve profitability by over one-and-a-half billion by 2016 through job cuts, fleet upgrades and more technology-driven efficiency
　
　
　
　
　
(Salt Lake)-
They’re derisively called brain buckets, donor domes and open casket insurance, but studies show that motorcycle helmets can save lives.
The real resistance has arisen when states tried to mandate that riders wear a helmet, a fight that will again be waged when the Utah Legislature convenes next month.
Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, says too many motorcycle riders who get into accidents end up needing government assistance, and there is a compelling reason for Utah to enact a mandatory helmet law.
“They end up on the public dime, so you should care about it,” said Weiler, who is having a helmet law drafted and plans to present it to his colleagues. “Why should we be subsidizing these people’s stupidity?”
But for many riders, being forced to wear a helmet contradicts the whole spirit of the freedom of the open road.
LOGAN, Utah — A member of the Utah State University men’s basketball team was in stable but critical condition Tuesday night after he stopped breathing and collapsed on the basketball court during a team practice session.
USU campus police said Danny Berger, 22, was not breathing when emergency personnel responded to the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum arena Tuesday afternoon.
Members of the US Athletic Training staff treated Berger at the scene with CPR. An automated external defibrillator (AED) was also used to revive Berger.
Berger began breathing again before he was transported to a local hospital.
Berger was then taken by helicopter Tuesday afternoon to the trauma center at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray.
　1A football got a boost when BOT members moved Kanab into the south region in which Diamond Ranch, Monticello, Monument Valley and Whitehorse compete. Altamont, Duchesne, Milford and Rich make up the north region.
In 2A football, Beaver, Enterprise, Grand, North Sevier, Parowan and San Juan make up the south region, while American Leadership, Gunnison, Layton Christian, Millard, North Summit, South Summit and Summit Academy make up the north region.
Payson moves to 3A in all sports except football and to 3AA in football. The Lions will compete in a region with Carbon, Juab, North Sanpete and Richfield in most sports and with the St. George schools in football.
Carbon and Canyon View were allowed to move down to 3A football with Carbon in a league with Emery, Grantsville, Judge, Morgan and Union, while Canyon View competes against Delta, Juab, Manti, North Sanpete and Richfield.