>>Fallen Officer's Family Memorializes Him

(Draper, UT) -- A fallen Draper police officer's family is memorializing him online. Devin Johnson says his brother Derek was an upbeat guy who cared about others.

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The website for Sergeant Derek Johnson is www.mydadsahero.com. Thousands are expected to attend the funeral for the Draper police officer killed by gunfire while on duty last Sunday. Public viewing for Sergeant Derek Johnson are scheduled today at Maverick Center at 6:00 p.m. The public funeral will be held tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. also at Maverick Center.


>>Draper Cop Always Dreamt Of Being Officer Of Law

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Slain Draper police sergeant Derek Johnson's lifelong goal was to serve the public as an officer of the peace. A report in the "Tribune" says Johnson knew in his elementary school days that he'd be a policeman one day. The 32-year-old is being mourned around the nation after he succumbed in a deadly shooting Sunday while on duty. A public viewing for Johnson is tonight at 6 p.m. at the Maverick Center.

>>More Info On Couple Involved In Shooting

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- More details are emerging about the couple involved in the deadly shooting of a Draper police officer. KSL-TV quotes a friend of alleged gunman Timothy Troy Walker and Traci Lee Vaillancourt who says the duo were quote "poison" for one another. Vaillancourt's sister says she warned her to stay away from Walker. State records show the couple does have a history of committing relatively minor crimes leading up to Sunday's killing of Sergeant Derek Johnson. Walker and Vaillancourt were in critical condition last night at Intermountain Medical Center.

>>Toddler's Body Found

(Cache County, UT) -- A toddler's body has been discovered in a Cache County residence. Authorities say they made the grisly discovery after medical personnel asked officers to make a welfare check of the home while treating a woman who checked herself into the hospital. The toddler's body will be examined to determine a cause of death. The names of those involved haven't been released.

>>Triathlete Killed On State Route 7

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Family of an accomplished triathlete from St. George is mourning his death following a cycling accident. Thirty-six-year-old Braydon Nielsen was killed Tuesday riding with members of his triathlon club along State Route 7. Nielsen was killed on impact.

(Salt Lake City)- Juab County has assumed responsibility for strictly regulating ATV use in the Deep Creek Mountains under a consent decree settling its long-standing road dispute with the Bureau of Land Management. While Juab County got much of what it wanted, namely ownership of old dead-end routes that BLM had closed to protect the Deep Creeks’ natural values, the victory came with plenty of strings and trade-offs. The county, for example, adopted ordinances banning ATVs from leaving the routes’ alignments and closing them in the winter and spring. It also agreed not to seek title to any other routes inside the 69,000-acre wilderness study area encompassing the "island" range towering over the Great Basin. The state has framed it as a possible "template" for resolving other quiet-title disputes over thousands of road segments crossing federal land.

While the county may repair the routes, it agreed to not pave or widen them. It must provide the BLM three days notice prior to any grading and take "all reasonable steps to not disturb adjacent public lands." The BLM will handle fencing, gates and on-site presence to ensure motorized visitors stick to the roads. Enforcement, however, rests with the county. Sheriff’s deputies are expected to patrol the roads during high-use weekends and holidays.

>>FDA Reviewing Chobani's Recall Of Greek Yogurt

(Undated) -- A recall of Greek-style yogurt by Chobani is coming under review by the Food and Drug Administration. The recall was launched by the company after it acknowledged a mold problem. Chobani asked stores last Friday to pull 15 flavors, but did not alert the public. Complaints began surfacing on Facebook, with several people saying they or family members became sick after eating the yogurt. Chobani says mold "commonly found in the dairy environment" had made some containers bloat and even explode. The company says containers with expiration dates from September 9th to October 7th and a code of 16-012 should be thrown out. The yogurt was produced at the company's plant in Twin Falls, Idaho.


(Undated) Attention Moab Restaurant oprators and servers. The Wall Street Journal today reports that an updated tax rule is causing restaurants to rethink the practice of adding automatic tips to the tabs of large parties.

Starting in January, the Internal Revenue Service will begin classifying those automatic gratuities as service charges—which are treated as regular wages, subject to payroll tax withholding—instead of tips, which restaurants leave up to the employees to report as income.

The change would mean more paperwork and added costs for the restaurants—and a potential financial hit for waiters and waitresses who live on their tips but don't always report them fully. Several large restaurent chains are moving to eliminating them because of the IRS ruling. Instead, several chains are installing new computer software that would nclude suggested tip amounts, calculating for the customer the total with a 15%, 18% or 20% tip on all bills.

As one restaurant chain reported..."If we don't eliminate the automatic gratuity for large groups, it will be an accounting night mare."

　

(Moab Utah)- The 2013-2014 enrollment at USU Moab is the highest its ever been since the start of the Moab facility. The Moab USU Center has added more classes and instructors. The Moab Sun reports that enrolment has increased by 30 students, over last year to just over 100 students.

　

(Moab Utah)- The Moab Times-Independent reports this morning that a local Moab Resident, Shawn Gains is suing the local Moab McDonalds franchise for damages he allegedly reciever from an alledged Bee Sting wshile eating a sandwich purchased in the outlet. He claims the bee stung his tounge as he bit into the sandwich...cuasing him to go to Moab Regionla Hospital with symptoms of Anfalactic shock. He is asking for damages of over 16-thousnad dolars and a jury triual in 7th district Court to determin if more damages are due.

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