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Show KAYSVILLE Development Develop-ment of Antelope Island received re-ceived top priority among Davis County Democrats as they met for their party convention con-vention at Davis High School in Kaysville Friday evening. IN ADDITION, delegates opted against primary election contests in September, and the convention itself saw only one contest where Layton City Councilman Golden Sill won the party's nomination for the Utah House of Representatives Representa-tives Legislative District 53 race from fellow Laytonite Judy Darlington. He did that by "70 percenting" or gaining the necessary 70 percent of de legate votes, eliminating need for a primary runoff. Delegates urged Antelope Island development along with other state parks to aid tourism within the county. Along with that, the Democrats called for "full development of Utah's coal and oil resources in a manner man-ner to provide maximum protection pro-tection for the environment." ! LOOKLNG TO environmental environmen-tal concerns, delegates endorsed en-dorsed development of the state's oil and coal reserves and asked for energy conservation conser-vation in automobiles and homes, among other areas. Keynote speaker was Rep. Gunn McKay, D-Utah, who in his 20 minute address asked the delegates to strongly support sup-port party candidates and be willing to fight what might be a difficult campaign trail through the November general election. I ALSO ATTENDING was Gov. Scott Matheson, who met with the delegates in a reception re-ception held an hour before the convention. He had to return to Salt Lake City before the convention to attend to matters mat-ters relating to his daughter's wedding. In addition, Utah Public Education Association and Davis Education Association officials met with the delegates before the actual convention, said Chairman Louise Henson of Sunset. ; IN MATTERS concerning the upcoming election slate, single Democratic candidates have filed for each of the elective elec-tive offices "up for grabs" Nov. 4. i The slate includes: For the four-year county conmission j seat, Boyd Ivory of Bountiful : and the two-year slot, Jim Kir-kham Kir-kham of Sunset. No Democrat has held either position for ! more than 20 years. : THE STATE Senate District 23 seat is being sought by Haven Burningham of Bounti-, Bounti-, ful, and the District 54 seat by ; William Lawrence of Center-ville Center-ville while Vernon Holman of Bountiful is vying for the District Dis-trict 55 seat. In the District 56 race is Duane Burnett of Woods Cross while Brian Ferguson of Bountiful is hoping to claim the ' District 57 slot. In north Davis, Warren Wimmer of Clearfield is eyeing the District 51 post while District 52 has Clifford LeFevre contending for that seat. MORE THAN 230 delegates ; attended the convention that included election of 33 at-large delegates to the state convention conven-tion to be held in Ogden. Other : delegates were elected during the mass meetings held last month, tb |