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Show LOOKING FOR A CARPOOL? PCHS GRADUATING SENIOR FY1, C - l 1 FOR LpCAL CLUBS, MEETINGS AND UPCOMING EVENTS PARK CITY, UTAH The LK U'ui .in: KASI LEMONS MAKES INTERACTS RIDE SHARE BOAR!J £7 LACROSSE HER LIFE Y/VA^ RARKRECORDXCM/^: EDUCATION, B-7 GRADERS SHOW THEIR MASTERY OF THE WRITTEN WORD Park Record. W W W . P A R K R E C O R D . C O M Talisker fails to finalize Canyons sale But developer has until Friday to close deal to buy the resort By PATRICK PARKINSON Of the Record staff Toronto-based Talisker Corp. did not finalize its purchase of The Canyons by a May 31 deadline. An extension agreement allowed the developer of Empire Pass until Friday to close the deal, according to documents filed Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The sale of The Canyons to Talisker Canyons Finance Co., a Talisker Corp. subsidiary, was announced last summer by the resort's parent, American Skiing Company. Talisker agreed to finalize the transaction by Dec. 31, 2007. "[Talisker] exercised its right to extend the deadline for closing on its acquisition of the The Canyons [to May 31 J" the SEC report American Skiing Co. filed this week states. We continue to work with the Talisker organization to close the transaction ... We signed the extension and we continue to work with them to get it done." - William J. Fair, American Skiing CEO Now Talisker risks losing a $12.5 million "good faith" deposit if the deal does not close Friday, according to the SEC document. "We continue to work with the Talisker organization to close the transaction," American Skiing Co. President and CEO William J. Fair said TUesday. "We signed the extension and we continue to work with them to get it done." Talisker chief Jack Bistricer declined to comment Tuesday. His firm agreed to buy The Canyons for about $100 million. But Wolf Mountain Resorts still would control land that is leased to The Canyons and would be Talisker's landlord at the resort near Park City. "Frankly, it does not surprise me that the transaction did not close on time. All we can do at this point is wait and see if Jack Bistricer and his Talisker entities have the financial capability to close the transaction, in the form we agreed to," Wolf Mountain Resorts Managing Partner Kenny Griswold said Tuesday. Agendas Classifieds Columns Crossword Editorial Education A-12 C-13 A-14 C-4 A-15 B-7 Events Calendar Letters to the Editor Legals Movies Professional Services Restaurant Guide C-6 A-15 C-18 C-4 C-8 B-10 Sports B-1 TV Listings Weather C-12 B-2 500 The class of 2008 takes the field Students graduate with pomp and circumstance on a chilly Kamas evening BY JASON STRYKOWSKI Of the Record staff The bleachers at South Summit High School got a little cold as the evening wore on, but the weather didn't seem to deter the many people gathered to watch the class of 2008 commencement last Friday. The evening's program began with the traditional march of the graduates who made their way to the 50-yard line where they sat opposite school administrators and teachers and facing the bleachers. Most of the students had to wear sunglasses to keep the setting sun out of their eyes and, probably, to look cool. Emily Flinders, a graduating student, kicked off the substance of the evening with her remarks on the evening's theme. Flinders discussed a quotation borrowed from Ralph Waldo Emerson: "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters as compared to what lies within us." For Flinders, the message was simply that, "We are the ones who decide if we fail or succeed." The key to success, she continued is held by the power within. The senior drumline punctuated her message with a quick number after her speech by incorporating some of the best of their stylings. All the drumline members got brief solos and showed off their skills with twirls and tosses of the drumsticks. Melanie Chamberlain, Brad Wilkinson and Randi Larsen slowed the tempo a bit with their version the class review. They walked the entire audience through their experiences with kindergarten and their Utah state centennial T-shirts. "Life is still easier when chocolate milk can fix anything," said Wilkinson. Chamberlain recalled sixth grade when she said, "There's nothing like dancing with the lights on." After Katie Wadsworth serenaded the audience with her vocal stylings of Sarah McLachlan's "I Will Remember You," Cody Lundgren spoke to the accomplishments of his class. The long list of achievements included athletic feats and scholastic awards. Seven students in the graduating class had even earned college degrees, proving their abilities not only in the high school classroom, but in the next level as well. "Our hard work and determination won't end here at graduation," said Lundgren. The final live musical number of the evening belonged to the senior tapestry choir which performed a 23-person harmony of "Seize the Day." •Candace Weller delivered the summary of student thoughts as she commented on the decisions that she and her classmates will have to make in their years to follow. "I believe the most important choice is deciding the type of person we want to be," she said. As Weller finished and the students came within minutes of receiving their diplomas. Superintendent Barry Walker thanked the five employees of the South Summit School District retiring at the end of the year. Dave Aplanalp, Sandy Hayes, Judy Staples, Mary Vaughan and Zane Woolstehulme will all be taking their next steps, said Walker. NAN CHALAT-NOAKER/fi4flK RECORD Their appreciation expressed, the students received their diploJenna Frum, who graduated from South Summit High School with high honors on Friday, mas and capped the evening off with a rousing rendition of their could barely contain her excitement as her class marched onto the field for commencement. school song before tossing their caps into the crisp evening air. In a second confrontation, dog hit with pepper spray The shooter is the same man from the first case By JAY HAMBURGER Of the Record staff A Park City man shot a dog with pepper spray May 27, the second time in about two months he has done so, prompting the dog owner in the most recent case to attack him, according to the man and the authorities. The latest confrontation occurred a little before 8 p.m. on the paved trail on the edge of City Park, near Miners Hospital, the police said. Phil Kirk, a Police Department captain, said a husband and a wife, who are each 50 years old and have an address in Old Town, were walking the dog off leash when the dog was shot with pepper spray. The man with the pepper spray, Bob Berube, said in an interview that he was walking to the Main Street post office from his Prospector home with his longtime girlfriend. He said the two people had two unleashed dogs with them. The pets were in the grass next to the people, but one of the dogs "took off running directly at us," Berube said. The two people ordered the dog to return to them, but it did not respond to the command, he said. The dog approached Berube, and he fired the Group poised to buy KCPW Wasatch Public Media raised more than $600K to purchase radio station By PATRICK PARKINSON A Salt Lake City nonprofit is poised to ink a deal to buy KCPW-FM for $2.4 million after the group received a seven-day extension May 29 to finalize the purchase with Community Wireless of Park City, which owns KCPW and KPCW-FM in Park City. In March, Community Wireless board members entered into a letter of intent with Wasatch Public Media to sell the KCPW broadcasting license. In a separate agreement, an AM frequency owned by Community Wireless could go to the Catholic broadcasting network IHR Educational Broadcasting for $1.3 million. "It's going to happen and it's full steam ahead," Wasatch Public Media spokesman Ed Sweeney said in a telephone interview Friday. News programming and on-air talent at KCPW may riot change if it is bought by Wasatch Public Media, Sweeney said. The Park Record Seninj StPV^it OuBIJ BiUf I860 wvAv.parkrecord.com 94937 00001 Halt! pepper spray he carries on walks. "I don't spray every dog off leash . . . I only spray a dog when it comes at me," Berube said. The Police Department did not have information about the breed. The woman then hit Berube "as hard as she could" with the back of her fist in the center of the base of his rib cage, according to Berube's account. He threatened to spray the woman in the » Please see Another, A-2 Of the Record staff 3 SECTIONS • 44 PAGES VOL. 128- NO. 34 Wed/Thurs/Fri.June 4-6.2008 Serving Summit County since 1880 "We have been fortunate to have had strong interest from other parties, but [Sweeney] and his team have been very successful at raising the necessary funds and securing the required financing, and we are thrilled that the station will be able to keep its [National Public Radio] format," Community Wireless founder Blair Feulner said in a prepared statement. "I am also delighted at the prospect that the employees will continue to have a home in a station that we worked very hard to build over the past years." This week could be used to finalize the purchase with Wasatch Public Media, said Joe Wrona, an attorney for Community Wireless. "I think the support that Mr. Sweeney and the staff have received bodes very well for the future of KCPW," Wrona said. "Clearly the listeners in Salt Lake are behind the station, and that's the way community-based radio should be." The Federal Communications Commission must approve any transaction, which could occur within 120 days of Wasatch Public Media finalizing the deal, Wrona added. Last spring, Wasatch Public Media was given 60 days to show it secured financing for Please see Group, A-2 VISITOR _ GUIDE » Kids clown around at fair SCOTT SM&PARK RECORD Zak the Clown hands one of his balloon creations to Miriam Pllzer, 7, at the Soaring Wings Montessori School Kids' Fair. : out and Hike your Hound this Saturday, June 7. Trails and tails come together at this fund-raiser for Summit County Friends of Animals and Mountain TVails Foundation. Registration is available online before the event at Friendsofanimals.net or the day^rf at 8:30 a.m. The hike begins at 9 a.m. sharp. Meet at the QuinnY Junction parking lots to Jtrike the.; Round ; Valley trails. , ; - |