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Show 1 Sanpete Messenger/Gunnison Valley Edition Thursday, June 29, 2006 A3 PRIMARY ELECTION TOTALS County jail bond Sanpete County Sheriff The Race F o r :e County Sheriff Votes cast Centerfield 140 Chester _ §ph_rajm_ _469_ Fairview 224 Number of votes of votes .192.. 12 _276_ 88 27 [ Ftn._Green J_8J" Gunnison_ 220 Kay Larsen Number J_9__ Axtell County Jail Bond Rick Howe (WINNER) 1 89.47% 73,57%, "42*86%" 10.53% Axtell 37 26.43% Cen_terfield_ 39.29% 136 41_._15%_ 60.71% _6_2J_9_%_ 16 _3_7:2J_%_ 68.18% IK 70 Mayfjeld_ Milbum_ Moroni Mt. Pleasant S£ring_City Wales Total 729_ "B5" 478 65.57% 2\__ 268 16 67.0_6_%_ 76.19% _41_9_ 150 150 _25_1_ 28 148 35.80% _50.67_%_ 74 _72_ _4_5_ 62.50% 21. 52 20 38.46% 54.20% 32 1,439 3,142 1,703 170 Chester 39 Erjhraim_ _53_2__ "ML 46 Fairview Ftn. Green 31.82% Gunnison _272_ Indianola 40 _34.43%_ 32.94% _2_3:81_%_ 55"22%" Manti 64.20_%_ Mt. Pleasant 49.33% Spring U _3_7.50_%_ 61.54% 45.80% Number of votes AGAINST the issuance of bonds Number of votes 804_ 110 ' 26 Mayfield Milburn 64i2% 61 35.88% 364 68.42% J-.68. 85 _3_1,_58%_ _3_0__ __1_6_ _5_8_ 34.78% "T25" __??„. _65.2_2%_ 69.79% 54.04%_ 55.00% _4_5.96%_ 45.00% "538 _66.92_%_ 266 _33.08%_ Moroni _ _147_ _63.64%_ _J_9__ 73.08% 205 509 __82_ Sterling Wales Total 65 3,692 _26_7_ 115 _54_ 31 2,315 _5_2.4_6%_ 52.75% _33:86_%_ Third congressional district The Race For: 3rd Congressional District County 36.36% __7_ _2_6.92%_ 96 31.89%_ 242 103 _6_5.85%_ _2_8_ 47.69% 34" 62.70% The Race For: Kay Mclff Gordon Topham Utah House of Reps. (WINNER) District 70 Number Votes Number County cast of votes of votes 74.55% J_14 25.45% Sanpete 334 Sevier _3,5_34 1*823" Emery "599" "3T6" 34.10% 65.90% "Total" "4,891*" "54"6"6%" 75*94%" TfiT 109 "134" 7_2.38%_ Indianola Manti Votes cast FOR the issuance of bonds (PASSED) 48.57% 2 J93 2T62°/7 150 City _5_8.85%_ House District 70 1,377 47.54% _3_4._1_5%_ 52.31% 37.30% Sanpete Chris Cannon John Jacobs (WINNER) Votes cast Number 3,147 % Number of votes % 2,101 66.76% 1,046 33.24% of votes Utah 28,553 15,752 55.17% 12,801 44.83% Salt Lake 19,569 10,044 51.33% 9,525 48.67% Sevier 3,765 2,620 69.59% 1,145 30.41% Millard 1,723 1,063 61.69% 660 38.31% 497 368 74.04% 129 25.96% 57,254 31,948 55.80% 25,306 44.20% Beaver Total Election (Continued from Al) sponse on both the sheriff's and jail bond races, Larsen said, "I don't believe I want to comment on either one of them/ 1 Asked if he had conflicting emotions, there was a lengthy pause before a curt, "yeah." Howe, on the other hand, had more to say. "'We're excited," he said. "We're excited about the opportunities and excited to serve the fine people of Sanpete County. We're also excited about getting all the law-enforcement agencies working together.11 The Republican race for sheriff was the hottest on the ballot, the jail bond notwithstanding. Ephraim poll worker Malissa Cox said, "Most people seem to be interested in the sheriff's race.'1 Poll manager Judith Olson confirmed that view, saying several voters changed party affiliation to Mpte |n the Republican, primary. "Mjanyiof them asked (or extra ; party-affiliation forms so they could change back next week," she said. "It just shows people are passionate about who is in service as sheriff in this county," Olson said. As expected, voting trends showed that Larsen had the greatest support in the north end of the county where he resides, Generally, support waned for Larsen and moved toward Howe as one moved south through the county. A new jail On the other hand, no geographic trend emerged in voting on the jail-bond election. In two precincts, Wales and Axtell, the bond measure actually lost, but by less than 5 percentage points in each case. Voting favored the bond in a range of 52-72 elsewhere in the county. One step closer to possibly being the man in charge while the jail is being built, Howe said, il We're looking forward to that opportunity. The county's in dire need of it, and it's going to save us a lot of money in the long run. The [county commissioners] have done a good job at selling the project.'' . Commissioner Mark Anderson agrees. "We as a group felt we had done our due diligence. We had been on the radio, dealt with the newspaper, gone to city councils,1 senior citizens groups, and all the response we received was positive." Because of that, Anderson says, "On the whole we felt good about it and felt that it would pass, even though we knew there was an element out there that was concerned about it and that was skeptical. We're happy. We're glad.'' A new attitude Sanpete County Clerk Kristine Frischknecht is also glad. She's happy that voters appear to have a positive outlook toward the touch-screen voting machines that were used for the first time. No polling location reported a significant number of gripes, and among the few people who complained when they walked in, "most of them went away pleased," said poll worker Joanne Christensen of Moroni. 'They're always reluctant," said one poll worker in Ephraim, "but once they come out they say, 'Oh, that wasn't so bad."1 It was the same story in Mt. Pleasant. "People are worried about it at first, but then are just elated at how easy it is," said Cherilyn Searle. That relieved Frischknecht, who said, "I was worried about how this would come off because it was important me that everyone^ felt comfortable and that their vote counted, and that their votes were safe and secure.'" She thinks the election and the vote counting weni very well. To no small degree, that was due to training Frischknecht herself provided to voters and poll workers. L 'We did a lot of outreach to prepare voters for the machines. We had them at last year's munici- pal elections to show them to people; we went to every city council, to every senior citizens center, to Wal-Mart; circulated brochures in newspapers; and even had a movie theatre ad. "One thing we did in Sanpete that a lot of other counties didn't do was to have a demonstration at each polling location as voters came in.'' Frischknecht admits the election wasn't without glitches, such as a power failure in Fayette, long lines in Manti, and about 8 voters in Gunnison who accidentally got the wrong ballot. But all of those problems were rectified, and November's elections will run even smoother, Frischknecht said. Sanpeters prefer Cannon Primary election wins Mclff state seat By Suzanne Dean Publisher If the U.S. Congress race between Chris Cannon and John Jacobs was, as billed, a referendum on immigration policy, Sanpete voters apparently are sympathetic with the plight of illegal immigrants. Sanpete County supported Cannon over Jacobs by a 67-33 percent, a significantly higher margin than the 57-43 percent the incumbent congressman received in the Third Congressional District as a whole. Cannon has pushed for legislation that would offer a pathway to legalization for immigrants. Jacobs said they should all go back to their home countries and wait their turns to re-enter the United States legally. Based on census figures, Sanpete has about 1,500 Latinos. Knowledgeable individuals who work with the Latino population have estimated 50 percent are illegal. Yet they are vital to the county's tur| key processing and agri, cultural in| dustries. "This race was about e x - helped 6th District Judge Kay Mclff of Richfield beat former state parks official Gordon Topham of Monroe by a 54-46 percent margin for the Utah House of Representatives. Mclff actually lost narrowly to Topham in S e v i e r County, the home county 1 of both cantremism," the didates, in Des'erei Chris Cannon Kay Mclff News quoted District 7 0 . Cannon as saying. "Not by my op- But Gunnison Valley, the portion ponent but by those who supported of Sanpete County that falls the dishim. And he's pictured me as some- trict, voted 75 percent for Mclff to thing, and it's not what I am. We put him over the top. Since no Democrats have filed have looked at all my votes, and for the seat, the primary victory we haven't seen a vote you can virtually assures Mclff's election fairly characterize as an amnesty." to the state house. N a m e recognition in the Gunnison Valley appears to have 1 Sanpete police forces Girls' State beckons two Gunnison girls make 11 drug-related arrests, more pending By Karen Prisbrey Staff writer Four-month investigation could yield biggest bust ever in Sanpete By Ben Fox Staff writer FAIRVIEW—Local police from Fairview, Mt. Pleasant, and Moroni joined forces with the Sanpete County Sheriff's Office and Central Utah Narcotics Task Force in making 11 drug-related arrests Monday. The investigation started four months ago and isn't over yet. Police say they plan to make 10 more arrests. If they do, there would be 21 total arrests, which could make the raid the biggest drug bust ever in the county. By comparison, the raid on and near Snow College a couple of months ago netted 18 arrest warrants. 'These people in this bust had much more drugs than those in the Snow College bust did," Detective Kerry Ecker of the narcotics task force said. Officers reported finding 5 grams of methamphetamine at a home in Fairview. The methamphetamine was divided into nine different "50 bags" (with a $500 street value). Officers said that the number of bags led them to believe that the residents of the house had intent to sell. Police also found an "owe sheet" (a record keeping track of who owes money for drugs). Police described it as a sort of • drug bar tab. "Owe sheets are great for our intelligence. Our intelligence files are much bigger than our case files," Ecker said. Melinda Brewer, a resident of the house, was arrested on charges of distribution of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana and illegal possession of a controlled substance. Bail was set at $36,425. Wcnzel Brewer, also a resident of the house, was arrested on charges of distribution of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possession of methamphetamine, marijuana and paraphernalia. His bail was set at $27,056. After serving a second warrant, police found five marijuana plants in the Fairview home of Travis Workman. Each of the plants was at least 18 inches tall, and police said the plants would produce 11 pounds of marijuana, which has an estimated street value of $35,000. Police also said that evi- (See"Bust"onA7) GUNNISON — Two girls from Gunnison got the .opportunity to leam about the U.S. government, legislative processes as well as leadership and citizenship training at the American Legion Girls' State program on the Southern Utah University campus in Cedar City June 1-5. Shelby Young, daughter of Ed and Jana Lee Young, and Carly Andersen, daughter of Paul and Mary Lou Andersen were selected to represent the Gunnison American Legion Auxiliary Post 104 and Gunnison Valley High School at the annual program. According to Jerolyn Young, American Legion Auxiliary Post 104 representative, delegates to Girls State are selected with the help of high school principals on the basis of potential leadership qualities and must be between their junior and senior years in high school to qualify. At the event, participants are divided up into groups that are given city names. The "citizens'" of each of these mock cities then elect municipal officials and representatives to a mock state legislature. If enough "citizens" are present, then a county level is added. Also, state-level officials are elected, such as governor, lieutenant governor, and other cabinet-level officials. The legislature then meets to organize, elect leaders and pass bills in a way similar to how actual legislatures operate. i4 The experience was really great, I learned a lot about politics, the operation of the govern- Carly Andersen Shelby Young ment, and made some good friends," said Shelby Young. "I will be looking for opportunities to participate in the political process in the future." Girls State is staffed by members of the Auxiliary and community leaders who volun- teer their time and effort. Costs are defrayed by the Auxiliary sponsoring each of the girls attending Girls State. The first Girls State was conducted in 1938, and since 1948 it has been a regular part of the Auxiliary's citizenship programs. Library book sale to help fund reading program process, or eliminating books that are outdated, is also performed Staff writer at the library. All books will be GUNNISON — Fourth of sold for 25 cents each. "Amnesty week will be July activities in Gunnison will also include the annual library Monday, July 10 through Saturbook sale at the south side of the day, July 15. Overdue books, no city park from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. matter how long they have been out, may be returned to the Lion Tuesday, July 4. Proceeds from this fund brary without overdue fees being 1 raiser will help finance the activi- charged, according to Childs.' New books that have reties for valley children who participate in the summer reading cently arrived at the Library for program at the library says Li- young adults include Leven Thumbs and the Gateway to Foo brarian Carolyn Childs. Books will be sold at the by Obert Skye; Lodstar - Vol. HI park having been donated to the from the Chronicles of Fariah by Library for this purpose or are du- K.L. Morgan. Other books inplications of books already on the clude a novel by Dean Koontz shelves. An ongoing weeding out entitled Forever Odd; Richard L. By Karen Prisbrey KAREN PRISBREY/MESSENGER PHOTO Librarian Carolyn Childs helps a patron, Lori Beck of Centerfield, with her selections. Bushman's Joseph Smith - Rough Stone Rolling, and Patton and Rommel: Men of War in the Twentieth Century written by Dennis Showalter. These new books can be found at the front of the library in the "new book" display. |