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Show THE THUNDERBlRD • SOt.rrHERN lTfAH UNIVERSITY • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1992 • PAGE 11 Cedar City attracts new industry, development BY NAOMI BAHR Thunderbird SUJ.ff Writer Cedar C ity is now home to three new businesses that opened up over the summer, including Cacique Foods Inc., Explore Custom Plastics and KSA Tool Corporation. These new business could possibly open up new jobs for SUU srudents, along with other places already established in Cedar City that often hire srudents. Terrence P. Bride, executive director of Cedar C ity/Iron County lndustrial Development, named Cacique Foods Inc., located at 679 No. 475 W., as one of the new businesses. Cacique, one of the world's largest specialty cheese manufacturers, currently based in City of lndusoy, Calif., also Business dept. • reorganizes, Porter is head BY MISSIE WILSON Although none of these three businesses are hiring at the moment, prospecrs are not totally barren. There is always the furure, and Explore Custom Plastics noted they may become busier, which would necessitate offering more jobs. Also, opening wid,in me next two monms is Taco Bell, located on 200 North. For chose looking for work. Bride mentioned ocher companies mat often hire srudents. Coleman Company lnc. and Goer Manufacturing are bod, in the phone book and are big contributors to the job community, said Bride. 11,e main, most helpful source, and which many companies hire out of, is Job Service. This is located at 176 E. 200 N., 586-6585. Bride said swdents need to use chis service when trying to find a job to make the sorely-trying search a litde less painful. specializes in salsa and chariso, which is a Hispanic sausage. Another new business is Explore Custom Plastics, at 516 No. 200 W., which manufactures plastic injection molded parts, from medical plates to freeway bumps. KSA Tool, which is found at 316 No. Westview Drive, is also new. According to Bride; KSA manufactures a complete line of special tool-steel cylinders, pistons and special molten and metal aansfer parts. KSA is skilled in all conventional machining methods such as milling, drilling, ruming, threading, cutting, grinding, honing, fitting and assembling, said Bride. For the aansportation iodusoy, they manufacture a unique patented cargo tie-down system. KSA is also currently working on revolutionary new products in the use of ceramic materials. "We're dead." "Just keep smiling." "Did you see her look at my student l.D.?" Thunderbird Staff Writer suu· s department of business has experienced major shifts in administration this year, including a new department head and two new professors. Art Porter is the new department head, replacing Roger Hillyard, who died in June. Porter received his master's of business administration at Stanford and ope.rated his own printing business in Rexburg, Idaho. After retiring from printing, Porter came to SUU where he has taught for five years. His plans for the department include achieving accreditation from the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs. To achieve accreditation, certain standards must be achieved, including professors pursuing scholarly activity, appropriate credentials and reacher excellence, Porter said. He added that achieving this goal will allow students to be beau recognized by industry and graduate schools. Also, the business department, which bas the largest number of faculty members, applied to the Board of Regents for approval to divide the department into two departments. Upon approval, business education and business information management would be separare departments. Potter said it would be beneficial if the departments were split to mah them smaller, since there are currently 23 faculty members in the business department Potter notJes that he has big shoes to fill after the death of funner department head Hillyatd, but said that he will amtinue t.o maintain the Laid of excellence that has preceded him. "It didn't exactly give you inseam clout." "No. She looked at my check like it had fungus on ic. " "So what do we do now?" "Just keep smiling." 'We're dead." A situation like this could ruin your evening. Or not. lt all depends on where you bank. In addition to student loans and free student checking, Zions Banlc offers students an easy-to-apply-for check guarantee, bank credit card and overdraft protection. They won't exactly save your life. But they could very easily save your date. ZIONS BANK MEMBER FDIC |