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Show WEDNESDAY/June 25, 1997 The Salt Lake Tribune Section B BUSINESS WEATHER Page B-4 Page B-8 ROLLY & WELLS PAULROLLY and JOANN JACOBSEN-WELLS GOTTA LOVEIT, BABY Hereis an item that should warm the hearts of anyone who is tired of receiving home- phone solicitations, normally at dinnertime. Matt Jenkins, head oflicensing for the Utah Division of Securities, is the main person in charge of regulating stockbrokers for the state. Recently, Jenkins received a call at his desk from John Caso, a stockbroker from a small New York Mormon Trail +. Vernal | BY CHRISTOPHER SMITH THE SALT LAKETRIBUNE DETAIL AREA | BY JIM WOOLF THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Someof the MormonTrail Sesquicentenni L, al wagons selected to participate in the Days Oscar Wyatt Cripple Cowboy y rest of the wagon train, walkers and handcart pullers retracing theroute areallowed in the July 24 parade. “We've convinced threeof the five wagons tk Foundation | | | || | Days of '47 officials now say they've ham- But Parade Chairman Frank Hales won't announcethe new proposaluntil next week stocks and identified himself additional five years Texas oilman Oscar Wyatt earlier this year attempted to outbid thewildlife agencyfor these per- Barraged by complaints about the decision to allow only five of the 30 wagons and no walkers or handcarts into this year's parade, “We did meet with the wagon-train folks in Wyoming over the weekend and reached a of state school-trust land for an || taker of Midway, whose own wagon was one meredout a “compromise,” Resources (DWR) retaining graz ing permits on some41,000acres Mountain that were selected to boycott,” said Tom Whi- A range war in the Book Cliffs of eastern Utah ended this week with the UtahDivision of Wildlife Rocky ofthefive picked for the parade. firm, The call came through | |} ©faze ] of '47 Paradewill boycott the eventunless the dard greeting: “Hello, Utah Securities Division. How mayI direct your call?’ Caso was calling to sell some the switchboard with the stan- | control of some5,000 grazing permits on 41,000 | acres ofstate school-trust lands in the BookCliffs thattraditionally were part of the Graham Ranch. Wagons May Boycott Parade | See WAGONS,Page B-3 _ Source: Book Cilffs Conservation Initiative Plan as a senior vice president and a branch manager, having been Steve Baker The Salt Luke Tribune mits, but then withdrew his offer But the dispute dragged on as the wildlife agency entered into protracted negotiations on a new grazing lease with the trust-land agency. Discussions between the two state or an ations became so heated that threats of a lawsuit were traded before the final agreement was approved Tues. day: Tom Mitchell, attorney for the with the firm for 11 years. Jenkins checked his online data base, which indicated wildlife agency, said he isn’t com pletelysatisfied with the deal but agreed to it anyway. “Lifeis short and weneed to move on,” he ex- plained The Book Cliffs is a remote, wildlife-rich area located northof Interstate 70 and south of Vernal, It is a mixture of federal, state andprivatelands. But mostof the area long has been controlled by four ranchesthat hadgrazingper- mits to most of the public land. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and The Nature Conservaney several TS ago purchased two of those ranches and have been working with state and federal agencies to provide great- er protectionfor wildlife on some 450,000acresin this area. Aspart ofthe program, DWR in Indians Set Own Caso has three years in the businessand is neither a corpo- rate officer nor a branch manager. Later, John McEwan, another broker from the same New York firm, called Jenkins at home and pitched a stock which he claimedto be a “norisk’ investment. Jenkins checked. It was high-risk. The Utah Division of Securities has filed an action to revoke the license of both brokers and their firm for Celebration For 24th BY SHAWN FOSTER THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, allegedly engaging in fraud. Qo One hundred and fifty ago, J PAY YOUR RENT years came to theSalt Lake Valley and foundan expanse of desert and mountains. Douglas Wayne Merritt of Oklahomahas been charged in 3rd District Court with felony Theplace was empty. Except for the American Indians, securities fraud andtheft Merritt, owner of Mustang Cal Nez, a Salt LakeCity graph- Investments, purportedly a loan-placement service, is accused of defrauding three in- groupof American ans are sponsoring a celebra- tion July 24 to remindthe state vestors out of $545,000. that there is moreto the pioneer The complaint wasfiled by story than handcarts and covered the Utah Division of Securities afterit obtained Merritt's business records from aninvestor. ‘The investor was able to obtain the evidence when Mer- Thetale, says Nez, is not over. Weare celebrating the continuingexistence of our people,’ hesays. “Our songsarestill here, ces arestill here and so ritt’s landlord evicted him for not paying his rent. The landlord threw Merritt's records on arewe. the front porch, about Days of '47-bashing. It's But next month’s festival is not where they were found by the investor and about AmericanIndianpride. Itis given to state investigators. st. It's also about thepresent andthe future. o “This gives people a chance to DOMINO EFFECT Last week, after Utah Transit Authority Board Chairman Jim Clark suggested withdraw- ing UTA funds from Zions First National Bank because bank Chairman Harris Sim- monswaspartof a group that sued to stop UTA’s Light Rail Main Street route, we wondered why the UTAalsodid: see us Patrick Cone Vehicles headedinto the Wasatch-Cache National Forest line up to pay a fee. The cashwill be used to improverecreational facilities. Fees Begin on Mirror Lake Highway withdraw business from Utah Power and Little America, also opponents of the route. Wewere kidding. Clarkisn't He has talked to the UTA staff about the feasibility of dumping Utah Power and con- tracting withoneof the municipalities that generate their own power. o WINNING PROMOTION Officials of the Kansas Citybased Valentine Radford, one of three ad agencies being considered to handle the Q Lube advertising account, came courting in Salt Lake City last week with a “surprise luncheon” for some 180 Q Lube employees, The menu: authentic Kansas City barbecue sauce on Utah chicken, pork and ribs. But it is against Q Lubepolicy to accept gifts or entertainment from suppliers, so the kids andstaff at Shriners Hos- pital for Crippled SPEC 0 lected will be spent on improvements within the Wasatch-Cache National Forest the majority of buyers held lickets to seg the STARZZ ’ trails and trailheads, campgroundsandpicnic grounds, and rehabilitating informal forest camps. Someof the funds will goto improve fully supportsthe program. “I'mall forit," he The new collection booth, 7 miles east of Kamas, will collect fees year-round. Day District. “People will see where the money goes whentheyseethefacilities fixed up. It Thefee program is oneof47pilot programs nationwide funded by the Omnibus Consoli dated Rescissions & Appropriations Act of winter recreationfacilities by setting more ski trails and plowing more parking areas for JeromePatterson, afirst-time visitor to the Uinta Mountains from Northridge, Calif. “It's oneof the fairest waysto tax. Users Our feedback has been good,” says Brian Ferebee, acting manager of the passes cost $3, weekly passes $10, and season. al passes are $25. CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS Priorities in the district include improving Sincethen, facilities there have been upgrad. ed, crime has dropped andvegetation damage Said. P ay ‘Andthey'regood.’ See JULY 24TH, Page B-3 collected annually y snowmobile users. “It is NOTa toll booth,” stressed Ken Stra- as well as peoplewhofollow atradi. tional path. Indeed, the festival will display a mix of traditions. “We have Native Americans azz and the blues,” Par. Operating expensesfor thecollection booth forest recreation facilities must pay ley, outdoor-recreation planner for the Kamas Ranger District. artists and salespeople percentof the projected $250,000 to $400,000 has beenreversed. tion booth. However, those stopping to use Parent, one of the event organizs. ‘Wehave Native Americans who aredoctors, who are lawyers, will comeout of the revenues, not to exceed 15 uled to begin soon at American Fork Canyon Fiveyears ago, Mill Creek C: Highway travel remains free, Drivers who are just passing through can bypass thecollec- Kamas Ranger will be a better overall experience for every. They can be purchasedin one. The Edward Martin Handcart Companytraveled the Mormon Trail in 1856. A story in Satur. Religion section of The Salt ¢ Tribune had an incorrect visorydelegateto the Presbyteri an Church (USA) General Assembly in Syracuse, N.Y. Her first namealso waslisted incorrectly Saturday After Near-Disaster, Flaming Gorge Dam Is Open Again to the Public for Tours BYBRENTISRAELSEN THE SALTLAKETRIBUNE FLAMING GORGE DAM At first glance, business ap: peared back to normal Tuesday — Orem resident Jamie Robinson, dren, looked incredulous upon The computerized spelling error was caught by 10 a.m., 80 Apilot fee program also was implemented Lake Countyinstituted a sim on vacation at Flaming Gorge the UTAH “STARRZ." eas Highway. Asvisitors learned, all moneycol- day of fee collection along the Mirror Lake WHAT'S IN A NAME? WNBA, youhavea collector's dation of facilities at federal recreational ar- several months ago at the Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area and another is If you happened to be among the first fans who bought tickets at the Delta Center to the 1997 inaugural season of the item. Some 200 individual game tickets purchased early in the morning on June 2 admitted spectators to a game featuring It Lake City, Ogden and Evanston Wyo., as as at the collection booth, There is a 50 pe cent discount for Golden Age and Golden cardholders. ational users, decreasein budgets and degra way 150 But that opinion was uncommononthefirst Children were treated to the meal served by Valentine Radford honchos. 1996. Theact recognizedtheincreasein recre- BY PAT CONE LTO THETRIBUNE KAMAS — “This is baloney,” said Ray Warner of Spanish Fork as he handedover $3 at the newcollection booth along Utah's High- we aretoday, not just as wewerein the past,” says Anne with her husband and five chil learning her family could take a tour insidethe dam. “What? There's no dangerofit breaking?"’ Robinson asked Christy Cuzick, a visitor-center as Flaming Gorgeoperators opened the dam's inner sanctum to the public for the first time sinceSaturday, the day a major piece of thestructure's plumbing failed. But as visitors sauntered in and out of the power plant, gawking at the white water propelling at 4,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) of fans and space heaters throughout thefacility Around 6 p.m. Saturday, the left jet bypass tube, a 66-inch-di ameter steel pipe, sprang a leak, filling up the ringfoller gate house, a roomthat accesses a portion of the dam's two bypass tubes. Those tubes, which run from the floodgates, most were side by side, were running wide unawareof the near-disaster that open at 2,000 cfs each to mal room in the reservoir for he guide. occurredhere. Cuzick, putting a happy spin on what probably was the worstaccident in the 35-year-old dam's his tory and one of the worst in the annals of the Colorado RiverStor: even notice the two large tables age Project drying things out today,” “Nope. There never was,” said power-plant manager Tom Wel- stad, walking past one of dozens Most people probably didn't full of waterlogged manuals pamphlets and technical guide books Everything is wet, We're just said inflows from Wyoming's Wind River Mountains. The leak apparently began small, then blew a 22-inch-by-15: inch hole through the bottom of Soe FLAMING GORGE, B-3 Tin/The Salt Lake Tritaime Three floors down from where a bypass pipe burst, plant manager Tom Welstad empties water {ppmthe parts pins ‘ |
