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Show Dixie Forum features Lecture on Urban Development Envision Utah does presentation on Utah's developmental future by Michael Lee Dixie Sun al 1,000,000 Utah resiof dents, and them will be your children and grandchildren. two-third- s of the options Fallace suggested was called clustering." Clustering is where houses are all bunched together, so that over One Staff Writer Come rain, sleet, hail or technical difficulties, nothing can keep the Dixie Forum from its fea- ture presentation every Tuesday at noon, despite the forces of technology that try to prove otherwise. This weeks forum featured Kevin Fallace and June Paces presentation, Challenges to Planning for Rural Utah's Future. The presentation educated all who attended the Feb. 3 forum about a statewide, Envision organization non-prof- Fallace added, By 2020, there will be an addition- it Utah. Envision Utahs primary objectives are to reduce auto emissions, save on infrastructure costs, and to conserve critical lands. Their program travels throughout Utah and offers ideas and suggestions to various communities about how to conserve critical lands, and reduce growth costs. Envision Utah is the of various recipient awards in the Western United States. Most recently they have been given both the 2003 Grant Achievement Award, and the 2002 Urban Land Institutes Award for Excellence. reference to conserving our areas natural resources, Fallace, the developmental director In for Envision Utah, said, Its the best of times; its the worst of times for Washington County. It is the second fastest growing county in the fourth fastest growing state in the United States. time, it will cost less to develop, because there wont be as much money spent on pipe or wiring from house to house. Another of his suggestions was called mixed use, which is an efficient, land sensitive, idea buildwhere multi-leve- l are zoned. dually ings For example, on the lower level of a building could be a commercial business, while upstairs there could be a residential home. Fallace believes that the future is not a gift, it is an achievement. He also added that he is motivated by believing that if people get good information, theyll make good Federal government to discuss international religious freedom via videoconference at DSC For the Sun decisions. Terre Dixie Burton, Forum coordinator, invites all students and community members to attend the forum. I try to vary the types of speakers we have, she said. Thus far in the semester, it is evident that she strives for speaker diversity. The first speaker this semester was a classically trained musician who sang Negro spirituals, the second speaker was a P.O.W. Tibetan Monk, and this weeks presentation was a lecture on urban development. Next weeks speaker will be a representative from the US. State Department who will speak on international religious Dixie State College will be the forum for a live, digital videoconference conducted the United States by Department of State on Tuesday Feb. 17, at noon in the Dunford Auditorium. r The conference will feature Todd Deatherage, senior advisor to the Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom. All DSC students are invited and encouraged to attend the conference. one-hou- an honor they have selected us to participate, and we hope to fill up the Dunford Auditorium," said college spokesman Mark Petersen. "Although this video conference is being presented to DSC students, the public is invited as well. "It is The Office of International Religious Freedom has the mission of promoting religious freedom as a core objective of U.S. foreign poliHeaded an cy. by Ambassador-at-Largfor International Religious Freedom, its office director and staff monitor religious persecution and discrimination worldwide, recommend and implement policies in respective regions or countries, and develop programs to promote religious freee dom. Deatherage has served in his current capacity at the United States Department of State since March 2003. He has worked on strategies for advancing religious freedom in trouble spots around the world, with particular emphasis on Saudi Arabia and Iraq, and has advised on the process for congression- - ally irfandated designation of severe violators as Countries of Particular Concern. Prior to that, Deatherage spent a decade working in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate, including six years as chief of staff to Senator Tim Hutchinson (Ark.), who served on the Senate Armed Services Committee. native of Arkansas, Deatherage earned a B.S.E. from the University of Arkansas in 1987. He and his wife Judi have four chiA ldren. For more information about the Office of International Religious Freedom, please visit http:www.state.gOvgdrl |
