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Show 4r " - t i S: ! if . t. ' 3 : . . I .., 4 , . - ,.((,.,, ... , .... : -.,..-,'! t i f !"- - ' :; ' ' ' ') I 'r . . : J J .' - , r. ' ' j hJ- ' - - , ii .in nii'iM.TirT v A ...;! I!';. . r ' I. v -, , 'l ... " ' I i ' i f ' -.-. l i Jeff and Jan Stock of Cannonville stopped by the polls to vote on their way home from work on Tuesday. Voters all Voters in the county's eight municipalities went to the polls on Tuesday to cast votes for many of their local officials, making some changes in every community. In Panguitch, the county's largest city, voters elected former for-mer council member Janet Oldham as their new mayor for the next four years. Oldham received 260 votes. Cindy Taylor Stewart received 248 votes. Voters also elected Leland Pollock (344 votes) and Denny Orton (267 votes) to the two four-year council seats. Michael Savage received 214 votes and Eric Houston 164. There were 1,041 registered voters, with 511 voting for a '50 percent turnout. In Escalante, Lenza Wilson, in a very close race, unseated current mayor Marjie Lee Spencer. Wilson received 171 votes to Spencer's 167. Lennie "Don" Porter garnered 264 votes for one four-year council seat a'nd official write-in candidate candi-date Emilee Lott captured the scond open seat on the council wifti 221 votes. Tom Mansell received 93 votes. In Tropic, voters re-elected Mayor Jean Seiler (113 votes). Challenger Wally Orton received 95 votes. Among the three candidates seeking the two four-year open council seats: over the county turned out for their own municipal elections, elec-tions, as races for the open positions ran close. County's Voters Make Some Changes In Tuesday's Election Wesley Clarke and Sandrea Francisco were elected with Clarke receiving 158 votes and Francisco 130. Travis LeFevre received 110. There were 450 registered voters, with 209 voting for a 47 percent turnout Voting for a municipal election elec-tion was unusually heavy in the small town of Boulder. Mayor Keith Gailey was re-elected by a very small margin, capturing 55 votes to challenger Kevin Eastman's 52. Boulder voters also selected two four-year council members: Farlan Behunin (70 votes) and Bill Muse (62 votes). Randy Catmull received 50 votes and Joe Parker 25. Boulder voters elected Gladys LeFevre to the two-year seat oh their council. She received 61 votes to opponent oppo-nent Brad Timothy's 45. Boulder voters also decided to change the town's current liquor ordinances which do not now permit restaurants serving alcoholic beverages. The vote to "Change Ordinance" (56 votes) won out over "No Change" (49). There are 138 registered vot- . ers for the Boulder precinct, some of whom live in the county coun-ty area and were ineligible to vote. On Tuesday, 107 people voted, and longtime clerk Judy Davis said election officials estimated that, given those few who were on missions, in the hospital, in college, etc., there were only about five people in town who did not vote, demonstrating demon-strating a strong interest in the affairs of the community. In Hatch, Kevin D. Eldredge was elected .mayor with 33 votes. Lewis Barney received 22 votes for mayor. Shelley Burrows and Nikki Feit were both elected to the council for four-year terms. Each received 47 votes. There were 9 1 registered voters vot-ers in Hatch, with 57 voting for a 63 percent turnout. In Cannonville, Alma Fletcher was the only candidate for mayor. Fletcher received 69 votes. Joe. Hughes (44 votes) and Tom Shakespeare (39 votes) were re-elected to the council for four-year terms. Joe Thompson received 28 votes. Paula Henrie also received 28 votes as a write-in candidate for the council. In Henrieville, where there were no candidates on the ballot for the four-year mayor's term, write-in candidate Riley Miller (38 votes) was elected mayor. Former mayor Thorley Johnson received 25 write-in votes. (See ELECTIONS on page 4-A) ELECTIONS .; From Front Page ': Kenneth G. Piatt and Boyd Smith, who were unopposed for the two four-year council seats, each received 39 votes. Henrieville has 137 registered voters, with 68 voting for a 50 percent turnout. In Antimony, Shannon Allen' who had no opposition on the ballot for mayor, received 46 votes. Leonard F. Cox (29 votes) and Tom King (26 votes) were elected to the two four-year council seats. Write-in candidate candi-date Creston Black received 23 votes. A total of 48 people voted in Antimony. |
