Show - - L cal foalt galie Ztibunt Monday Morning—June 27 1908 Section 11 Page 1 111 Experts Give Merger tif PacifiCorp UP&L Little Chance IP 4 - rkO f') Oil-- 011"' r- 4' C‘oeoo''''' 1 A iff' P41-s- se Attorney Says Judge's Opinion Leaves Deal 'Dead in Water' i— ( 11 ''''T"''''''"' A 4' 1 Nt I ' k 00'- - I : - - - - ' - :'' - - : licly at least — that the merger will be approved "It's a setback I don't want to minimize the seriousness" said UP&L spokesman John Ward "We have a lot of work to do But it is far from a fatal setback" "We are still of the belief that the merger eventually will be approved by all regulatory bodies" said Patrick Slattery a spokesman for Power Power & Light Co a PacifiCorp subsidiary "I think we might characterize it was a bump in the road as opposed to a roadblock" he added We still remain confident" UP&L and PacifiCorp announced the merger in August The merger — which would create the third largest electrical utility in the Western United States would be one of the largest in the industry in more than 50 years The principal opponent of the merger bef8re FERC was the Colorado River Energy Distributors Association CREDA consists of 117 public power entities that receive federal hydroelectric power "While it is a strong statement for a lawyer to make I believe after studying the text of the judge's decision that this merger is dead in the water" said CREDA's attorney Don Allen The commission's decision is the important one Mr Allen said But the commission would have to review 300 exhibits and 3800 pages of transcript to overturn the administrative law judge's interpretation of the evidence "Of course the commission is free to do that but if they did it under I think they these circumstances would be reversed by a reviewing court" Mr Allen said "There is little doubt that the Alffs decision is going to be confirmed — either by the commission or the court" Hearings on the merger have been See Column 1 By Guy Bou Iton Tribune Staff Writer Utah Power & Light Co and PacifiCorp are now fighting steep odds in their attempt to win federal approval for their $2 billion merger The merger was derailed June 13 when an administrative law judge for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recommended it be rejected in a strongly worded 245- page opinion "It doesn't kill the deal but it has to reduce the probability from being very strong to being questionable" said John Kellenyi an analyst for Drexal Burnham Lambert Inc "I would have to guess that absent any concessions by PacifiCorp the chances have to be less than 50 per- 4"' cent" —Tribune Stott Photo by Tim Kelly leukemia the Make a Wish Foundation arranged to fulfill his wish while visiting his grandparents in Provo last week Shannon Warner looks down the barrel of a howitzer at Camp Williams Because Shannon is dying of self-propell- Dying Child's Wish Comes True at Camp Williams CAMP WILLIAMS — For nearhalf an hour here Saturday afternoon Shannon Warner lived a dream He was the commander of a howitzer tank stalking the enemy among the brush and trees of the riling hills west of Camp Williams The boy from AllentownPennsylvania has leukemia and isn't expected to live much longer Ile has been in Utah for the past week visiting his grandparents in Provo and thanks to the Make a Wish Foundation he was able to fulfill one of his The Col-Gera- dreams Asked to sum up the experience Shannon used one word "Loud" he said "I didn't get my earplugs in until after I got out of the drivers area and after I - nrrr4W411111M110 "4 t? r ': t 4 I: S I' "4 Wt ' -I-A 'CZ i4 '- - ' : -- $1ri' 444 ri-'':Ait IF POI ' 144t4 ' ot4--44: o'444'o4 ' Oro"' 446 4'44 to - -- ot- tt 4 A::: too 44 'it'''s4 nO1'41 410'4PV44' ettfr 44 44 4 440 4 Plo )1(' 4 t p :'''4 I i 4— I4 ''':' '4 ' 0:' — ‘1 0i :z- - "“ ' - $'''''' 1" hi ' w '' 44 t 4 ' '- - - N '' I 4: :$ :' — - lik i fil o4 '' - 4 '' - 5 r4 I o jt it '' ' ''1k:) r cob 0'' 4 t -- 4 Iv 4 t '" 4 44 44-- ii‘ -- i' ' e o ' it v ooo '"'' - ' i ''I"4 lo4—vs" 7k4a :' o' 44 '" g I I 417 '' -7 1- k00 - o ' — — '- -'' 0:-- ' ' 4'"Aleigh''W 1 4 opa egb ) ff '' - ' 4 ' ' 411 " - 7 " 4 l' t Ab -: tp d 4 - ' '" ' 1- kN ' It: - r'' i t t - i '' ? 2 4' ' k cs r if ' t ikOAI -' 4 ' 4 l7 4 1 " "-1-‘ b" e4: f :? 0 0 ''''': 4 0 00 "'' '4 ' 0 N t t f i 'o ''' wor f I i 1 r '' 11' ' 1 t ' 4 i 'f 1 wx ' e 7 ' -- '' '7 te ' t 1 ! - csr-41- '' i k — ?: — 6'- -o '''' - ' —Tribune Stott Photo by Tim Kelly Police enter downtown Wells Fargo of- flees Sunday morning after an alarm and a hole in a wall prompted them to believe that someone had broken into building Nothing Missing? Burglary Stumps Police The Wells Fargo Armored Service Corp was the victim of an apparent burglary Sunday although initial searches turned up nothing missing and no suspects Still the presence of a large hole in the wall of the company's office at 220 Rio Grande prompted Salt Lake City Police to believe someone may have entered the building before a burglar alarm sounded at 9:52 am said Police Lt Joel Campbell lie said police with the help of two canine units from the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office searched the building several times after Wells Fargo security officers unlocked the main door but could not locate any suspects The hole enough for a was knocked Wells Fargo which was "just big man to crawl through" in a wall shared by the offices and a transient shelter under construction Lt Campbell said The hole was about two stories above the floor of the Wells Fargo office A heavy-dutelectrical cord ran through the hole and hung to the floor where footprints in the dust indicated someone had gained entry by sliding down the cord Lt Campbell said He added however that "nothing else was disturbed There was no moner missing or anything" Moreover the footprints provided no sign of exit from another area of the building y was the main reason we wanted to be doubly cautious" about "That approaching the office with dogs the lieutenant said "An exit through the entry area would be very difficult — to climb back up that cord" Lt Campbell said Wells Fargo officials were checking Sunday to verify that nothing was stolen Wells Fargo was the victim an apparent robbery at a Box Elder County convenience store earlier this spring when a driver allegedly took almost $25 million from an armored car while the guards slept The driver later turned himself in and almost all of the missing money was Drowned Boy Found Man Still Missing release the anchor but apparently became tangled in heavy growth near the reservoir bottom At Utah Lake meanwhile Utah County d members called off a search near Lincoln Beach for Wilford Larsen 41 address unavailable missing since Saturday evening Earlier the searchers discovered the body of Jason Coleman 10 address unavailable The search was called because of poor weather Sunday at 5:13 pm a Utah County Sberiff's dispatcher said The search was expected to resume Monday morning B-- 2 Utah Angler and Son Tell of Big Ones By Cathy Free Tribune Staff Writer If you're a fisherman who frequently spins campfire yarns about the "one that got away'' or have ever stopped at a gourmet fish market to buy giant rainbow trout on the way weekend then home from a "no-nip- " Bill Loy has a fish tale for wow Last week in just four hours he caught 14000 pounds of fish on Utah Lake and he didn't have to use fancy flies salmon eggs slimy worms or Velveeta cheese Lest you think he's just another frustrated fisherman who would rather tell a few fibs than fess up truth Bill with the challenges you to stop by Utah Lake some afternoon and he'll show you boat filled the proof: A two-fedeep with thousands of big ones that didn't get away because the man who caught them refuses to use a hook line or sinker He is 62years old and has an 8thgrade education but nobody can outsmart Orem native Bill Loy when it comes to luring fish from lakes to dinner plates Bill has been fishing on Utah Lake for 53 years ever since he first tagged along with his father to help row the boat and unroll the nets e comBill's father was a mercial fisherman taught by his father who started the Loy tradition of fishing for a living back in the mid1800s By the time Bill was 9 years old he was a professional fisherman too spending all his spare time after school unloading his father's fishing boat and repairing torn nets In the 8th grade he decided he'd rather catch schools of fish than sit in school so he traded his penny loafers for fishing boots and began spending his days on the lake as a e commercial fisherman Toa half day century later Bill and his son a fisherman named Billy are the only men in Utah to make a year-rounliving on the lake Day in and day out depending on the weather they take two wooden fishing boats to favorite spots on Utah Lake unfurl their nets and fill them with thousands upon thousands of carp catfish and bass and an occasional load of suckers or trout The Loys' biggest catch of the day is always carp which is sold to local fish companies and several national processing plants to make everything from Jewish gefilte fish to fancy carp-skicowboy boots Standing knee-deein his carp- filled boat Bill lifts a foot clad in fisherman's rubber and grins "Carp boots! Now they've thought of everything!" he says "I suppose I'll have to get me a pair" On most days Bill prefers to step into a pair of to wade through his piles of fish which after flat-botto- A sheriff's dispatcher said Mr Larsen and the Co lrinan boy were swimming Saturday afternoon with two male juveniles and a female juvenile off Lincoln Beach About 5:30 pm an unidentified fisherman noticed the swimmers were having trouble He rescued two boys and a girl but when they reached shore there was no sign of Mr Larsen and the Col2man youth The fisherman drove the three rescued children wha were not identified to Payson and called for addi7 tional help A search was conducted until nightfall and resumed Sunday morning v: ' - 4 " "0 '0' t " ' t t - e 4 n p hip-wade- ' 144 ' ° AI' °014r ( ! 4 it ' ' : " ' P i ' '1 ' ''''''' 1 ‘ tt " - ik I c A1 ' 'i'' I f' t ' ( 4 ''N 11' ' ' '' ' 1 — ''''' t 4 1 i 1 f ' -- i I I t ( t If' - 74 I -- - -- lc 4 7' jett 4 -- - -- -4 l 4t‘ ' 3 A 41 f k A t Ii ':i 4 14:Y44 : 1 I: t gs A '' 01r tx-- ' -- FA'''::' e - I - - - 1 i 43- - '''''I - -1 - lk- - 6 '134g i' IA r g l''' '0" - If I ' t 1" 1' t ' 4 44004' —dal —11- :id:—-4-5-- i L 7 '4 c f a - - ' t 101 : : 1 Ci 1 '41k'''' '4 L t It 1 ' - 4 1 — ''' g '''' ' ) I ' 140c1 1 rImi-e- -)7- ' 4 4 b- ' t 1 L 'Tt '''N't4-1 " 0 I - 4''- 0 ' 4 I zt1 ti 014 -' A i ° A' fr- y 1 4 :1 1 I:' 1 ' 4 ' Ae ''' Jo t4 ' x I i iok full-tim- n Vi' FAt full-tim- fourth-generatio- ' ' ' -- :'l'Q'ikt —Tribune Stott Photo by Lynn R Johnscn Bill Loy displays catch from Utah Lake Mr Loy and his son are the only Utah men to make a long day on the lake can total eight tons or more After he and his son have decided on a location they each take one end of a handmade 600foot net and separate their boats until the net is stretched out and they can begin trolling toward shore One hour and several miles later they reach shallow water and the net is heavy with thousands of squirming carp fighting to escape destiny as a purse or a pair of boots But the harder the fish fight the more they become entrapped in the middle of the net and the tough job of hauling the fish to the boat is made a bit easier for the Loys "Once the fish are centered in the middle we hoist the net in by hand one foot at a time until all of the neatly in the hot carp are snrr 9 ok 4Fk e cross-examin- On the job d Victim of Drowning Saturday Identified Special to The Tribune PROVO — Searchers discovered one drowning victim in Utah Lake and continued to look for another missing person Sunday while Wasatch County officials identified a Salt Lake man who drowned Saturday in Deer Creek Reservoir A Wasatch County Sheriff s dispatcher said David Rockland Houston 34 11119 Londonderry (frowned in the 3:30 pm accident at Deer Creek Mr Houston was fishing with his family in a boat near Charleston Bridge when the boat's anchor would not come up The victim dove in to cross-examin- Igeo k ' i: f ' ''' : vg Ot ? $ - o' ' ''' 41": ' 4' - 4 FA ' : a ( I -- :' ' 14' 4" ci: ‘ W 44 -' " -- " r7- - Ap :°'' r ac p '' ' - -- 4 9 - eao 0 ' - -- ' ' 44 4 '' '1'4 "'"' s 44 A I jvi0 - ' t4 - sr '' 4 'i 1 -oprA t 4 '''1 t it 4 4 1 l' --- -- z- o - 1 is I t' or r--- !4:''''''! 4- 0 r1 444414444044c444114444401444144144444444 I 4Vict PS! said o ' 't t!'" o- ' o ' "" 1 ' trop-ko t 4 1 0 t r 4 igiowAl'18 ' ' - 4t break "I'm ready to go back to the motel and cool off in the pool" he 244 wo e 1-- 0 - i ': '41 4 V4 4 i eo le-11'4 P4175 0 :t'!" aore 7' vdt:Y it tA441 ' li'it 44 440" 2 44 ' t'! t4o lt W0 ' 4 '4 '''' '' - -I "t'sE''"14 o o '416:744 410'Alik 4" ' ef fat 4'4 4 lois 4t '4 444 'rkrt - 04'0o tt44 i:'1"o4O' oo'7 fir44 'ftli '10 'f : ror4"4 P'ottot Al' 4ovotl erA:w! 4'044 git'1& Sit ' t-- 4 ' ir4 0 oz -- i otooOtt! 104:Wit Ctv" '44'41 166: ' fk" 4 '4044 toe : Si Ittvkef fr401 444: '4344 4' 4 ' 44 4 OP "it soo442" P 44 ( ' 444414 14104 (I01 Of all the activities Shannon's favorite was the horseback ride "He got to ride with his grandfather" Mr Warner said Shannon first found out he had leukemia about 212 years ago according to his father "He knows everything that's going on" Mr Warner said "They don't hold anything back from him — he knows exactly what his o? - ':— 2 tt !: ers" 1- - 44!44'411 Woo t ''w4414 2: atillatut ISINIVISta howitzer self-propell- fresh off the battlefield of FIRM( 88 is similar to a tank but Cook of the Utah National Guard described the tank as a direct-fire weapon whereas the howitzer is indirect firing at targets as far away as 13 miles "I've always wondered what it would be like to ride in one" Shannon said "I expected it to be hot and loud but it went faster than I thought" But the experience made possible by special permission from the Utah adjutant general is one Shannon will carry with him always In fact Shannon's whole Utah experience has been special "We've been going strong ever ly chances are He plays when he can and he's sick when he is and he deals with it better than we do He's a fighter" But Shannon's condition has taken a turn for the worse lately Mr Warner said and he's to the point now where he needs to have a bone marrow transplant But finding funds for the operation all $250000 has not been easy Mr Warner was unemployed when it was discovered Shannon had his disease and has no insurance to cover it But with the way people have treated them he is optimistic about the future And Shannon after the past week in Utah is ready to take a since we've been here" said his father Artemas "We've gone up in a hot air balloon we were up at Snowbird and took the tram we went to Bridal Veil Falls went up in a helicopter this morning we went horseback riding and now this We've been all over and the people have been just great Every time we get back to the motel room people have sent more flow- came to the back I couldn't hear the motor My ears were ringing" By Kevin Grave line Tribune Staff Writer Roger Weaver an economist for the Utah Division of Public Utilities estimates there is a 30 percent chance "at most" of the merger being completed The commission has the final say on the proposed merger and an administrative law judge being overruled is not uncommon But the commission generally accepts the administrative law judge's interpretation of the facts of the case Mr Weaver said In addition the commission overturning his decision is unlikely because of the strength of the wording in his 91 "findings of fact" UP&L and PacifiCorp did not e the witnesses who testified against the merger and this may have been a costly tactical error "I think it made it easier to come to the conclusions he the administrative law judge did in that the witcompany did not nesses" Mr Weaver said The decision by the administrative law judge after 10 months in which the merger moved toward completion with few glitches stunned UP&L and PacifiCorp But the two companies remain confident — pub 0” ACOr ock living on the lake tom of the boat- - says Bill "Then we year-roun- d splash them with water and cover them with canvas so they'll stay fresh until they're loaded into the fish trucks We have to hurry because if we take longeil than two hours the fish will spoil and all our work will have been for nothing" Unloading the boat is the toughest part of the job with each shovelful of fish weighing 50 pounds or more Local fish companies rig up conveyor belts on the shore so that thousands of fish can be moved from the boat to refrigerated trucks in the time it takes most fisherman to cast out a line and catch one small bite -It can be grueling work" admits Bill "but that's the price a man has to pay to do what he wants for a livSee Column 1 2 |