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Show fHE SALT LAKE TIMES FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1974 Utah Power fir Light Considers Divestiture of Colo. Subsidiary Utah Power & Light has announced that because of divestiture action considered by the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to the companys wholly owned subsidiary, the Western Colorado Power Co., UP&L is considering a purchase offer tendered by a group of rural electric cooperative associations serving the same general area as WPCO. The joint venture among the cooperatives goes under the name of Western Colorado Power Agency. The announcement was made by E. A. Hunetr, president, Utah Powre & Light Co. and the Western Colorado Power Co., who said that acceptance of the offer is subject to satisfaction of the competitive section of the Holding Company Act that requires UP&L to entertain consideration of other offers. The sale also must have the approval of certain federal agencies and the state regulatory agencies. The WCPO provides about four per cent of UP&Ls consolidated operating revenue, and it is not expected that the sale of the Colorado subsidiary will materially affect the parent company operation. The historically colorful WC-PC- o serves 3000 square miles in extreme southwestern corner of Colorado between an area just north of Montrose extending to the San Juan mountains to the Durango area. The new Western Colorado Power Agency incorporates five Electric entities: Colorado-Ut- e a Association, Inc., generation and transmission association and electrical distribution cooperatives, the Delta Montrose Rural Power Lines Assoc., the Empire Electric Assoc., LaPlata Electric Assoc., and San Miguel Power Assoc. The offer includes cash for WCPOs operating property less the value of certain distribution properties in the state of Utah, which would be transferred to UP&L ownership. The offer of the properties and the trade of Utah properties is based on the net book value of the facilities (original cost less depreciation). Other terms of the offer include job protection of all the Western Colorado Power employees. The offer to purchase the Colorado utility was precipitated by an order of the Securities and Exchange Commission directing review of a section of the Securities Act concerning its physical connection with the present company, Utah Power & Light. Mr. Hunter said the physical interconnection of the two systems was not feasibly economic at this time and the only alternative was sale of the property. Mr. Hunter said it will be at least six months before the transaction receives the necessary approvals from government agencies, assuming other offers for sale arent received under SEC procedures. At that time, customer records, bills and other services will be automatically transferred to the Western Colorado Power Agency with a minimum of inconvenience to the customer. The WCPCo service area includes some of the roughest country in the nation. Some of its pole holes that carry power lines had to be blasted out of solid rock and the lines themselves span peaks and canyons of altitudes of up to 11,000 ft. Working conditions for linemen are severe sometimes requiring crews to work in temperatures of 25 below zero. water-solubl- al by-pro- d Techniques for Improving Communication between Parents and Their Schools will be the theme of the annual Utah School Administrators Conference to be held at Eastmont Junior High in Sandy. School Administrators, including district personnel, school principals and specialists, will be in attendance at the conference. Representatives from the Parent Teachers Association (PTA)and some parents will be present. According to Dr. Vere A. McHenry, Administrator of Instructional Support Services with the State Board of Education and chairman of the conference, objectives to be met through the meeting include the identification of communications problems between parents and the schools, designing strategies to improve communications, and implementing those strategies in Utah. The agenda calls for registration to begin at 8:30 a.m. W. Robert Wright, chairman of the Utah State Board of Education will welcome the group. A media presentation, Cypher in the Snow, will begin at 9 a.m. The keynote address will be delivered by Victor B. Cline, Pro fessor of Psychology at the University of Utah. Most of the schedule will be devoted to How To sections covering a variety of communications topics. During the day, participants may choose to attend four different sessions are among some 14 possibilities. Several specialists representing education, parents and the communications field will be on hand to lead the discussions. Some of the communications techniques to be covered in the include: Communication Techniques for Teach-re- s, Communicating With Minority Parents, Harvesting Parent Concerns, Dealing with Newspapers, Radio and TV, and using the PTA as a Vehicle for Communication. mini-sectio- ns National Association Of Accounts Offers Advisory Services B COMPLEX'S COMPLEX VITAMIN Vitamin B12 is the most recent vitamin to be identified and synthesized in a pure form. Its molecule is so large and complex, it sometimes seems as if nature wanted to keep this intricate secret as long as possible. It is the only known biologically active compound which contains cobalt, a rare mineral element. . Good sources of vitamin B12 nidi as liver, lean meat, fish, milk and eggs contain less than one put of the vitamin per million, and because vitamin B12 is it must be ingested in the diet daily to help assure good nutrition. Scientists have recently discovered that women who are taking oral contraceptives may need more of the vitamin than they normally get from their meals. To supply the recommended amount of vitamin B12 needed by women taking oral contraceptives, a new vitamin-minerproduct has been formulated called Feminins. This nonprescription special dietary product provides adequate vitamin B12 along with other vitamins and minerals required by women using oral contraceptives. Vitamin B12 Is obtained commercially as the Conference to Focus On Communications Page Utah Schools May Again Soon Have New Enrollment Growth Although public school enrollments in Utah have levelled off during recent years and have declined in some cases, there arc indications that this situation may soon change, and Utah will again be experiencing enrollment increases. The warning was sounded by Utah Foundation, the private research organization in the analysis of enrollment trends and projections in Utah. The Foundation study shows that the annual increase in Utah fall enrollments has averaged only about 878 students, or less than 0.3 per cent per year, over the past five years. A slight decline was registered in 1973, the first since the war years of the early 1940s. By contrast annual enrollment increases of 10,000 or more were experienced with regularity in Utah during the late 1950s and early 1960s. The major factor in the recent leveling off in Utah school enrollments was the sharp decline in the Utah birth date about 10 to 15 years ago. The actual number of live births in Utah, for example, declined from 26,644 in 1960 to 22,261 in 1965. Recently, however, Utah birth rates have been rising and the state has been experiencing new highs in the number of births. The Foundation report points out that the number of live births in Utah rose to 26,969 in 1970, 27,552 in 1971, 26,911 in 1972, and an estimated 27,400 in 1973. Since children begin entering the public schools at age five, this increase in the number of births will soon begin to be noted in public school enrollments. Migration patterns and movements between states also affect school enrollments. Recently, Utah has been experiencing a strong net inflow of population from other states. With the present heavy demand for energy sources and natural resources. Foundation analysts expect that this recent trend to Utah could continue for some time. , factor that can have A'hr an effect on public school en- rollments is private education. Although private education has never been a major factor in Utah, total enrollment in Utahs schools has declined 45 percent over the past nine by years. For this most part, these students have been absorbed by the public schools. A grade by grade analysis of public school enrollments by the Foundation indicated that such enrollmetns will again begin to grow. The Foundation projects the 1983-8- 4 fall enrollments in the Utah schools at 355,000, an increase of 49,000 or 16 per cent over the 10 year period. The annual increases are expected to be modest in the early years of the period but could reach 10,000 or more by 1983-8This would be to the peak annual comparable growth in the 1950-6- 0 period. The report emphasizes that the projections are based on the assumption that Utahs high birth rate will continue and that the migration pattern during the nex ten years, will approximate that of the past three years. The resumption of enrollment growth in Utah will have some far reaching effects on public school finance in Utah. In recent years when enrollments have been stable, most of the fund increases provided to the public schools were used for salary improvements, expanded schools, and to meet higher costs resulting from inflation. In addition to increased funds for operating purposes, enrollment growth could necessitate further capital outlay expenditures. At the present time about non-publ- ic 4. . half of Utahs school districts are losing enrollments, and in some instances, these districts are actually dosing down exist- ing school facilities. Unfortunately, however, future enrollment growth in Utah probably will not be near these existing facilities. As a result, enrollment growth could lead to a resumption of school building programs in some districts. The Salt Lake Area Chapter uct in the manufacture of antibiotics, such as aureo-myci- n and streptomycin. All the vitamins in the B complex were at first thought to be just one, vitamin B; which was discovered e, T by Sir. F. Gowland Hopkins between 1906 and 1912. He found that a chemically pure diet of carbohydrates, fats, proteins and minerals could not keep his laboratory animals healthy, unless he added fresh milk. He surmised that the milk contained certain accessory food factors. Between 1913 and 1915, two of these factors were isolated by other research .workers and called Vitamin A and Vitamin B. Vitamin B12 was not separated from the B complex until after 1936. Vitamin B12 is the most recently identified vitamin, that can add new life to your life. of the National Association of Accoutnants, through its 250 members, is offering free advisory services to minority businesses through its Socio-Econom- You cant improve on the original. ic Program. Many failures are due to a lack of knowledge of basic accounting and god business techniques. The programs purpose is to make available to minority business enterprises the skills or knowledge of specialists in the various segments of activity affecting the successful operation of a business. 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