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Show lgUggg!g5!l(lp!lg Rollo- 1 j Glyphics 1 ft JKlienRol- - - -1 Last week we had a letter to the editor that took to task CP National (formerly California Pacific Utilities Company) for using the amount of taxes being paid as a reason for existance. The statement was made that "I think it's subversive and alien that towns like Provo and St. George would own their own electric utility." A response to that letter came in pointing out that both Provo and St. George are facing substantial increases in their electrical systems. For the information of our readers a story in the "Salt Lake Tribune dated June 15 indicated that the Provo City Commission Com-mission approved a 13 percent hike in power rates and heard power director Bud L. Bennett predict a 43 percent increase for the future. (A total of 56 percent.) Also in the story Bennett was quoted as stating that within nine years, BOR power will be relegated to a secondary source for the city during peak periods. Meanwhile, the city (Provo) must develop its own primary source of power. In St. George action was taken to increase in-crease by 20 percent the rate for power beginning July 1 and Rudger McArthur, St. George Utility Director, stated that the cheaper rate St. George is presently paying for power from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is coming to an end. Now that does not mean that rates in those communities are as high as those in the CP National service area, but it is indicative of the fact that the days of cheap power are over and there is virtually vir-tually nowhere that anyone can turn to either develop or acquire "cheap" power. . . Utahns have been invited to attend a series of public meetings scheduled by the Utah State Board of Education to solicit comments about the proposed plan designed to meet the needs of all handicapped han-dicapped children as required under Public Law 94-142. One of the five public meetings dealing with this proposal will be held in Cedar City on Thursday, June 29 at 7 p.m. in the North Elementary School. Every person interested in the education of handicapped children should plan to attend. The meetings should be informative in-formative and helpful. New regulations required by the new law require extensive changes in structural development of the educational facilities throughout the state, as well as additional responsibilities to provide educational opportunities for the handicapped and a system whereby complaints can be lodged and handled concerning handicapped people in the educational system. Once the program is adopted implementation im-plementation of the new laws will begin and will have a tremendous affect on the utilization of educational dollars in the state of Utah and the nation. |