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Show Special Meetings called on Future Development of local Power Needs is hoped that we will be able to publicly announce a single telephone number in Cedar City that residents may call to express ex-press their support of our efforts," ef-forts," Palmer suggested. Palmer also indicated that the public meeting, to which the many government and municipal power representatives will be in attendance, "should be held within the next three weeks." An invitation for mayors and city councilmen of the area to attend will also be extneded, he indicated. in-dicated. "It is our hope at this meeting that we can have a broad general discussion with those represented responding, followed by a series of small (continued on page 3) Two special meetings have been called to consider avenues open to residents or the southern Utah area relative to electrical power and potential for future development of power needs. The first meeting will be held this evening, Thursday, at which time a group will be formulated to develop and study what alternatives are available to consumers in the southern Utah area. Carl Palmer, who has recently presented at a public meeting sponsored by the Jaycees "A History of Electric Utility Service Ser-vice in southern Utah," which suggested that proponents of municipal utilities "have sold residents of Cedar City down the river," is spearheading the organizational drive. Palmer has also announced that plans are in the process that will provide a public meeting to which a representative of the Utah Attorney Generals Office, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Intermountain Power Project, The REA and some municipally owned systems, will be in attendance. at-tendance. "Following tonights meeting it Power meeting. .. (continued from page 1) group meetings at which the public will be invited to participate par-ticipate by asking questions or providing information. "I have had many people contact me inquiring as to how they can help. By establishing a 'contact telephone number' and by providing the proposed public ; meeting with broad represen- 1 tation, we may begin to formulate for-mulate and acquire information that will be helpful in guiding and determining what action needs to be taken in the future to protect the interest of power consumers throughout the area," Palmer said. |