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Show ir:,, Il,W!i rilt Cox ('.' 1 rl Lincoln, N.-b. Democrate elect two to county offices in Grand Intensive work on the part of growing Democratic Party in Grand County paid off in the election November 7, with that purty's candidates taking both the 4-year commission and sheriff offices. In a close race, Democrat Larry Jacobs won the commission post with 1192 votes against incumbent 2-year Commissioner Leo Burr's 1146 votes. In the sheriff's race, which had been as close as 46 votes as early returns came in, Democrat Jim Nyland pulled ahead by nearly 300 votes with a final tally of 1330 against Republican Larry Rowley's 1035 votes. Jim McPherson, a Republican, who ran very strongly in the primary election, easily defeated his opponent Ray Pene, with a 1415 to 933 vote. Incumbent Democrats for state and national office also ran strongly in Grand County. Rep. Gunn McKay received 1249 votes over Republican challenger Jed Richar-son's Richar-son's 998 votes, and State Rep. John Garr received 1396 votes against challenger Joe Harvey's 867 votes. In the Grand-Carbon-Emery area comprising District 70, the vote totaled 3422 for Garr and 2540 for Harvey. Of interest locally is the race for State House of Representatives in the San Juan-Wayne-Garfield district, dis-trict, where Republican Hardy Redd, of San Juan County, defeated Clem Church of Garfield County, with a vote of 2935 to 2062. Redd took 1937 votes in San Juan, while Church had 938 votes in Garfield County. Another upset on the commission level occurred in the area in Emery County where long-time incumbent Commission Gardell Snow was defeated by his opponent, Roger Curtis in a 1856 to 1085 vote. Locally, in District 3 incumbent School Board Member Richard Garcia had 334 votes against his challenger, James D. Black, who had 82 votes. Unopposed Republicans in Grand County were all elected. These include Bobbie Domenick, clerk-auditor; clerk-auditor; Norma Stocks, assessor; Lilly Mae Noorlander, recorder; Donna Loveridge, treasurer; Bill Benge, attorney; John Keogh, surveyor; Betty Dalton, school board; Al Lange, justice of the peace; Irene Wilcox, cemetery commissioner; and Les Graves and Ralph Miller, fire commissioners. In San Juan County, William Dunnow was successful in his bid for 2-year commissioner. He will replace David Guymon, who haa retired. Sheriff Rigby Wright and Clerk Clitie Barber were both re-elected. The new recorder in San Juan will be Louise Christensen. i'..'Vv r;.r-" . ) v . . . il JU :J Larry Jacobs 4-Year Commissioner ' Y r . Jim McPherson 2-Year Commissioner I i - t i I . I ' ! - . t v j Jim Nyland, Sheriff plan. It is also emphasized that the Needs Study Group does not pre-empt the individual opportunities opportuni-ties or charters of the parent groups, and that each will still be free to pursue their individual charters. In making its recommendations, the committee strongly concluded, "It is clear that there is at present no single entity that will represent the interests of all the community in approaching the problem at hand. A unified approach will yield the best results in use of land and resources and in obtaining outside support." The reactions of all the involved organizations should be known in the near future. |