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Show A high rate of growth in the five county area over the next 15 years, with expectations of doubling and possibly tripling by 1990 will bring many changes, Dr. David Gardner, president of the University of Utah, told members of the Cedar City Chamber of Commerce at the annual membership meeting held Thursday evening. "Research information supplied sup-plied to me . . presents a striking picture of change for your part of Utah. You can think change is good or bad, but apparently for you and your neighbors it is inevitable," he emphasized. The changes that Dr. Gardner eluded to include the influx of new workers and families, mostly between the ages of 16 and 34; and the Increase of kinds of services that will be necessary including schools, health facilities, water water and sewer systems roads and energy. "Five basic activities appear to be major causes for this anticipated an-ticipated growth," he said. Those five activities include the expansion ex-pansion of coal mining production and the defelopment of the Kaiparowitz Power Plant, the Warner Valley Power Plant and then on to the Nevada Power Company's proposed Allen Plant near Las Vegas, Nev. The second big development will be the alunite mine in Beaver County, approximately 40 miles from Cedar City; third, , will be the development of manufacturing firms. He pointed out that already several have moved into the region and it is expected that additional firms will locate here during the next 15 years. Fourth on the list of activities will be recreation and tourism development which Dr. Gardner stated "are still in an early phase of potential development." And finally, the fifth development come from the response of the cities and counties to these growing and expanding developments -- as airports are enlartged, new sewer treatment plants installed, new schools and roads built, and all of the facilities provided that will be necessary to support these developments. The role of Institutions of Higher Education in the expansion ex-pansion process were enumerated by Dr. Gardner. "For one thing, we are going to need informed, trained, high-potential high-potential people, and we depend on our educational institutions to provide us with people ready for the tasks at hand - people dedicated to growth with quality." he suggested. "The challenges of these impending opportunities need not be carried alone. The state as a whole should have the opportunity op-portunity and privilege of assisting," Dr. Gardner concluded. con-cluded. A capacity crowd attended the annual meeting staged at the Town & Country Restaurant. The meeting was conducted by outgoing out-going Chamber president Keith Cripps. ywff-jj winy ifm'. .::.w.eco.$i mmv.'vmm ir . v- ; II- J' , .V ADDRESSES CHAMBER. Dr. David Gardner, president of University of Utah was the featured speaker at Annual meeting of the Cedar ("ilv Chamber of Commerce. |