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Show ( Letters Jtot ToThe ri MEditor . ... Editor: The annual March of Dimes Walk-. Walk-. A-Thon was completed Saturday, May 3rd with 135 dedicated walkers. To them we give our deepest appreciation ap-preciation for making the effort to make this a successful event. Our thanks also goes out to the following merchants who provided lunch for the walkers: Albertsons, Safeway, Lin's Thriftway, Keith's Westside, 7-Up Bottling Company, Western General Dairy and the Arctic Circle. These fine people are a credit to our community for the public service that they provide. 1 Also, a big thanks goes out to the -following merchants who have provided prizes for . the walkers bringing in the most donations to the i March of Dimes: Smarty Pants, -Cedar Drug, Liebhardt Music, Dairy " Freeze, Pizza Factory, Pizza Hut, Hermies Drive-Ins, Top Spot, Kentucky Ken-tucky Fried Chicken, Berry's Western Wear, Evans Cosmetology School, ' -Clark & Linford Jewelers, Gem Jewelers, and J.C. Penney Company. , Finally, we appreciate the support ' of Scott Holyoak's Southern Utah y Sanitation and to my co-worker, ' Garry Foote, for his time and effort to . make the walk a success. Also, Adele Decker and the FHA department at Cedar High School for their assistance. Also, the City Swimming Pool for the use of their facilities for the collection party. As you can see, it takes a lot of dedicated , people to make this project a successful one and on behalf of the March of Dimes,. I want to sincerely thank each and every one of them for their support. Sincerely, Pat Creamer, Walk-A-Tbon Chairman ; Editor: Just a word of thanks and appreciation ap-preciation to all. for making the second annual Southwest Utah Power Federation banquet and meeting a memorable success! We had planned on about 30 community leaders and their wives but had to set up additional ad-ditional seating for about 70 people. The food was excellent, speakers interesting and informative and the entertainment... well, everyone appeared ap-peared most rewarded for coming and a new board was elected. The next step in condemnation should be most interesting to you. The Federation-with your newly elected board-is now commissioning a detailed inventory of the electric system within your community. This study will count poles, transformers, etc. and then evaluate the percentage portion of the total system that serves your community. These inventory figures will also be used to help determine the system value within your community. With this information a similar analysis is then made to buying an apartment building.... "Will the income to the city (owner) from the sale of power to the customers (rent) offset the cost of the electric system (building) after expenses." ex-penses." Remember, you small communities are not alone. The purpose of the Power Federation and Power Agency is to help pool the resources of you smaller communities together (cooperative) (co-operative) that such a plan is cost justifiable based on the economies of scale. The power experts are working with us-you and guiding every step to make sure nothing is left to chance. This is nothing new. It's working in St. George, Hurricane, Parowan, Enterprise and some 28 other cities in the state. And you have the finest power minds in the Power Federation and Agency totally dedicated to seeing this work for your community. Only you city leaders know how hard it is to raise revenue through taxes to provide city services for your community. Imagine a city owned electric system now actually bringing in money to help relieve taxes and offset some of your expenses. Pride in ownership with your own electric system! Two things to keep in mind.... 1) Milford and Minersville both served by UP&L were at our annual meeting and are looking at joining the Federation. Beaver did join and was admitted last Saturday. 2) What does the desperate bid by UP&L to get your electric system tell you of the value of the system? Consider UP&L is willing to ignore the vote . of the people to get your system. CPN ignored the vote, now UP&L is ignoring it. Is that free enterprise? en-terprise? UP&L is trying desperately to convince mayors and councils to discontinue the condemnation suit. We appreciate your growing support. sup-port. We're counting on you to hold firm and support us in securing the CPN system through condemnation. It's the only way. Respectfully yours, Carl L. Palmer |