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Show Weather County Voting Tabulation See page 7 Republicans Make Sweep In Sevier County v, '" Sevier County voters joined the Republican landslide, giving approval to only one Democrat Gov. Scott Matheson in Tuesdays election. Republican state officials, as well as county commissioners, were selected by local voters, who voted down the four proposed constitutional amendments and the two initiatives. - - y Incumbent Democratic Congressman Gunn McKay went down to defeat, losing to Jim Hansen, to 3,505. In the first 3,304 Congressional District, Hansen took 52 percent of the vote to McKays 48 d percent in one of the most races in the state. McKay, who was seeking his fifth term, attributed his defeat to a . . . wave of frustration expressed by voters, who obviously wanted change. I feel it was a great compliment to come as close as we did in this race, the veteran Democratic congressman commented after conceding defeat in the early morning hours. In the county commission races, Merlin Ashman of Redmond, who ran unopposed on the Republican ticket for the four-yeseat, garnered 5,420 closely-conteste- CARY PETERSON Utah State Senator TOM CHRISTENSEN J. ELMER Utah State Representative MERLIN ASHMAN County Commissioner COLLINGS County Commissioner ar votes. For the seat, Republican J. Elmer Collings, two-ye- Thursday, November No. 21 Vol.58 Twenty Cents 6, 1980 Fund-Raisin- IHIeairnimg Trilffly IFnir Acamsedl Manirdleireirs; Scotiti Amid IDonmmn preliminary hearing for accused murderers Howard A. Scott and A Robert W. Dunn will be held today (Thursday, Nov. 6) in Tenth Circuit Court in Richfield. Judge Louis Tervort will preside at the session, which is to determine if there is enough evidence to try for the pair, accused of murdering a California man Aug. 14 between Richfield and Salina. Ernest O. Sprinkle, 54, was found murdered in his motor home near the interchange in Salina. Scott, 31, and Dunn, 30, were found competent to stand trial for murder at a sanity hearing conducted last week in Sixth District Court, Richfield. District Judge Don V. Tibbs directed the county attorney to remand the pair back to Circuit Court following the day-lon- g hearing held Oct. 27. They spent 30 days in the Utah State Hospital in Provo, where they under- went psychiatric evaluation and examinations.. Three psychiatrists from the state hospital testified at the hearing. Scott and Dunn were arrested by Salina Police and Utah Highway Patrol officers after a Richfield service station attendant saw Sprinkle, with his hands bound, pounding on the rear window of his motor home as it left Richfield. When police entered the motor home, they found Sprinkle, who had been shot twice, in the bathroom. Scott, from Baltimore, and Dunn, from San Francisco, may have either been picked up hitchhiking or forced their way into Sprinkles Midas motor home. Sprinkle, who was from Ontario, Calif., was enroute to Denver to visit his brother. g Family Flick A Walt Disney film, Candleshoe, will be shown Monday, Nov. 10, at North Sevier High School auditorium, Principal Tim Smith announced. Two showings, at 5 and at 7:30 p.m., are scheduled for the film, a hours 1978 production which is 1 long. Smith said receipts will be used to pay bills and to raise money to buy bleachers for the new high school gymnasium. Refreshments will be available. Admission, which qualified as a donation, will be $1.50 for adults and $1 for children un- der 12. ar Monroe, won with 4,195 votes. His opSlim ponents, Democrat Harold Brewer and American Party candidate Albert C. Ricksecker got 2,173 and 434, respectively. In the state representative District 72 race, Republican Tom Christensen defeated Democrat Pete Weimer receiving 4,630 votes against Weimers 2,111 votes. In the school board elections, incumbent Dr. Kenneth Glover, Salina, won easily over Ray Blackham, 643 to 237 in Precinct 5 (Salina and RedRoss Marshall received 31 votes. In Precinct 4 (Aurora and Venice), incumbent Ivan Cowley, Venice, won with 790 votes over Kent Freeman, Aurora, who had 355 votes. Sevier County voters also gave to overwhelming approval Republican Cary Peterson, who defeated incumbent Democrat Thorpe Waddingham for the District 28 Utah Senate seat. Peterson received 4,959 votes and Waddingham 1,701 votes in the county. mond). write-i- n Waddingham even lost in his home county - Millard - 2,527 to 1,905, as well as in Sanpete, 2,138 to 4,302 and Juab, 1,900 to 660. HrV) Mf,thpern Wright, 3,647 to 3,204 to be the only Democratic winner in the county. Sen. Jake Gam got 5,542 votes to Dan Bermans 1,216 to win another term from county voters. Sevier County native Moroni Jensen, running as a Democrat for Lieutenant Governor-Secretar- y of State, managed only 2,515 votes to incumbent David Monsons 4,262. Jensen won only three precincts -Salina 25 and 15, and Redmond. The former North Sevier High School 3 in Salina 25; 265 principal won to 158 in Salina 15, and 155 to 144 in Redmond. Monson won, in Salina 14 and 7 in Aurora. Local voters also gave approval to Republicans David L. Wilkinson, attorney general; W. Val Oveson, auditor; and Edward T. Alter, six-ye- ar 171-11- 137-9- 5 269-15- treasurer. Incumbent Supreme Court Justice Daniel Stewart remained in office, garnering 2,308 votes to Earl Spaf-ford- s 1,937. Don V. Tibbs, incumbent Sixth District judge, was retained by voters with 3,817 votes of approval and only 511 votes of disapproval. Neola Brown won the state school board seat over John Willie, 2,778 to 1,269. Sevier County voters just missed approving Proposition No. 1, revising the Constitution to let Governor and Lieutenant Governor run together on the same party ticket. The measure lost, 3,146 to 3,116. The other constitutional revisions were turned down by larger margins. Proposition 2, the revenue and taxation measure, was disapproved by a 3,397 - 2,870. Proposition 3, labor article revision, lost 3,324 to 2,874. Proposition 4, increasing the pay of state legislators, lost 3,807 to 2,455. The two initiative proposals also lost. Initiative A, to remove state sales tax on food, failed 3,883 to 2,531. Initiative B, to limit taxes, lost 3,249 to 2,870. Voters turned out in good numbers for the election. Girls Volleyball Wins Region Its three in a row for North Seviers girls volleyball team. The team took the Region 12 championship Saturday in Gunnison, for the third time in the last three years. n defeated Panguit-c- h The 15-15-- 4 in the first round, then 1 in the wiped out Beaver, 15-second round. They met Parowan in the championship game, and saw a 13-- 7 lead turn into a 3 loss in the first game. n came back to take The the next two games, 2 and Senior Phyllis Black was singled out by Coach Jennifer Orison for . . . the outstanding game of her Wolf-wome- 0, 7, 15-1- 15-1- Wolf-wome- 15-1- 15-1- 3. career. The team will play Friday and state tournament Saturday in the scheduled for Snow College. North Seviers first game, against North Summit, the third place team in Region 11, is at 3 p.m. Friday on the main floor at Snow. A rooter bus will take students from A NSHStothegame. If the team wins over North Summit, they will meet the winner of the Altamont-Vallegame at 8:15 p.m. Coach Orison picks Valley as the winner of that clash, and predicts Green River, the title holder in Region 10, y will provide the most competition in the tournament. The championship game is scheduled for 8:15 p.m. Saturday, with the contest for third and fourth place scheduled at 4:45 p.m. The fifth and sixth places will be decided at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Four of the state finalists - North Sevier, Parowan, Valley, and Piute -are from Region 12. They finished 1, 2, 3, and 4 in the Region 12 tourney. Three teams Altamont, St. Joseph, and North Summit - are from Region 11. They finished 1, 2, and 3 in that - regions tournament. Only one team - Green River represents Region 10. -- BIG BUCK rs in of Commerce WINNERS-Winne- the Salina Chamber Big Buck contest show off trophies bagged during the deer hunt. From Knag HREE-TIM- E WINNERS-Nor- th evier girls volleyball team took the legion 12 championship for the third ear In a raw, defeating Parowan for lie title last Saturday in Gunnison, bey will play Friday and Saturday at Snow College for the state trophy. From left are, back row: Coach Jennifer Orison; Kim Glover, Allison Steiger, Phyllis Black, Susette Beach and Bonnie Bastian; middle row: Jeri A Marshall, Stacie Hansen, Cristy Crane, Darla Madsen, and Jan Marshall; front row: Anna Bretz, Jodi Johnson, Leisa Curtis, and Neresa Nielsen. Quarnberg, second; Todd Anderson, third; Mayben Crane, fourth, and Chad Beach, narrowest spread. Konck CaDcntiest Wnimiroeirs Only 1 inches separated the first and fourth place winners in the Salina Chamber of Commerce Big Buck contest this year. Gary Lund won first prize for his inches deer, which measured 25 across. He won a Remington 7mm Express automatic rifle. Allen Quarnberg won a Tasco 20 x 60 x 60mm spotting scope for his entry, inches. Todd which measured 24 Anderson won third prize, a Redhead gun scabbard, for his deer, which was 24 18 inches across. Mayben Cranes entry, which measured 23 inches, won fourth prize, two boxes of ammunition. Chad Beach won the prize for the narrowest spread, a pair of Tasco 7 x 35mm binoculars. His deer measured 4 18 inches. Sponsoring businesses were : Salina Chevron Service, Brents Freeway Texaco, Andersons Food Center, Safari Cafe and Motel, Barretts Food Town Market, Farmers, Burns Saddlery,; Stigs Western Rancher, Ricks Drive Inn, Salina Truck & Auto Parts, Reeds Conoco, Heaths Office Supply, Papa Rays Bar, Moms Cafe, Stubbs Pro Hardware, Christensens of Inter-mounta- in V&su left, back row, are Brad Sheppard, Earl Steiger and Grant J. Stubbs, who had charge of the contest. In front are winners, Gary Lund, first; Alien Salina, Genes Texaco, Sorensen Electric, and Salina Freeway Conoco. Other sponsoring businesses are Hole Shot Sports Center, Chaparral Realty, Wheeler Service Center, Best Western Motel and Ewles Electric, Butch Cassidy Campground, Allens Garage, Salina Drug, Randal Johnson Towing, Safari Towing, Kay Lou Chevrolet, B&L Drive Inn, Paulettes Smart Shop, Maurice Rasmussen Construction Co., Branding Iron Restaurant, Briggs-LeaviInsurance, and Southern Agency. tt Is Higher Snow College Enrollment the last five out Snow College officials have released fall enrollment figures which show a 14 increase over last year. The current fall enrollment of 1,283 is double the enrollment nine years ago. The current figures also show an increase of 8 in the number of fulltime equivalent (F.T.E.) students. The F.T.E. figure is derived by taking the total number of credits being taught and dividing them by 15 which is considered the average student load. The F.T.E. - figure at Snow College this year is 1,195. Snow College President, J. Marvin Higbee, noted that if the present trend continues, Snow College could reach an enrollment of 2,000 within the next five years. In commenting on the dramatic increase. President Higbee said, The irony of this success is that it is not being rewarded at the present time by the economic picture of the state. We have had budget cuts three of years at a when our enrollment has increased each year. College officials also noted that the present enrollment is putting some strain on the local student housing market. Everything just seems to be full right now, commented President Hiebee. Tribute To Veterans American Legion Post 36 of Salina will commemorate the service of veterans of all wars on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, at the North Sevier High School. The tribute will begin at 11 a.m. . Guest speaker will be Moroni Jensen of Salt Lake City. Jensen is a native of this area and is the Democratic candidate for Lt. Governor of Utah. |