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Show s r 1 lolifidcms Mm erf General I.s'-j a dismal Utah v ;rr Eection, which saw t ;. j2 hearted interest on k it csf Utah voters, can- kjs. bc:h local a.Td state, into :he last : .i stretch prior to the ; Eee:iea ia Novem- - icily, a g-xd d.al of in-, in-, .-s s beir.g genera: id in ic? f.r :wo Grand Coun-; Coun-; :-:rr;.i's3 seats. Ketire-L" Ketire-L" s ie end of this year . ) T;:ef:a Conrrdssloners, : Lz J. i!::.r. Sr., and : brought cut a " r i cadldatcs. arsd now : :;:s Prjary victors are ' :2 for the big elec- -3 Novc:i-v" . ?g f:r the four year : ;jii:cer sp3t are Duane !-'. Ltner Moab educa-I educa-I La targe iHubi New.'J, t?::; ard e-gir.-.er. Mr. I -T's pesttioa on the ba!-1 ba!-1 2s xt charged on Wed- --it b aa official ncour.t , c :::es. He was winner in ( ?tiry by only five vot- ! :"ir Mcsb vocational ed- ti.-S teacher Bo'b Robcrt-T:e Robcrt-T:e recount gave him t-D::e vote over Robert- I" is a Republican, a Denxrat. - ie race for the two 1st scot, Republican D. L. vi:r,cc-ppos:-d in the Pri-p-7 aher a big win in the v-Jcan Convention, is Democrat Bill Hance. (I-" '5;!or is a rancher wi:h ."ies in Fisher Valley f'--a the LaSal Mountains, Hance is the o'ATier; Construction Co., ' a. a heay equipment '--actor. --Tative races are also r'--l some interest. In the - fcr State Senate fcr a : district comprised cf San Juan, Carbon and .-:7 Counties, incumbent l:at Omar B. Bunnell "ia is being challenged li. ter W. Rogers of i-fon. Mr. Bunnell, al-rf al-rf having served in the ljwanumber of years, has run unopposed in his own Carbon Coumy in previous elections. He is an automobile automo-bile and mobile home dealer. Mr. Rogers, owner and operator of business proper-tics proper-tics in Thompson, has previously pre-viously served on the Grand County School Board, and has been active in Chamber of Commerce, water conservancy conser-vancy and highway groups over the years. S:ate Representative Two incumbent members of the L":ah House of Representatives Repre-sentatives are facing each other in a new district which consists of Grand, Emery' and a portion of Carbon Continued on Page A3 and his family spraying paint on the base of Wiison Arch and notified authorities in Monticello. The I'tah Highway High-way Patrol traced the Tafoya Ta-foya vehicle through its license li-cense number and a Justice of the Peace fined the guilty party $150. $100 of the fine was suspended when Tafoya, under the supervision of a San Juan County deputy sheriff, removed the paint from the rock. Unfortunately, it's almost impossible to get all the paint off. even though efforts ef-forts extended are better than nothing. Wilson Arch, unfortunately, is too close to the road. If it were way off in some obscure ob-scure canyon, it probably wouldn't get so much attention atten-tion from the paint can nuts. But then, no one would ever see it either. Here's hoping that authorities author-ities take every advantage at their disposal to prosecute persons vandalizing scenic and natural settings in Canyon Can-yon Country. It was pretty nice just the way the Creator left it. We'd like to see it stay that way. -SJT- The trend towards urbanization urban-ization in the U.S. may be ending, according to a release re-lease from the U. S. Department Depart-ment of Agriculture, publish-ed publish-ed elsewhere in this issue. It appears that opportunities in rural America are growing, grow-ing, and that as they grow, more and more people will discover the joys and benefits bene-fits of small town life. It had to happen sooner or later. Now the problem is to preserve pre-serve the quality of life in rural America as it becomes a more popular place to live. -SJT- Moab newscaster Les. Erbes traveled to Grand Junction last Wednesday to take his brother, Vern to catch a plane. Vern had been visiting a few days from his home in Bucyrus, Ohio. This item in itself, isn't so different from many we publish every week, but it was kind of unique, in that Les hasn't been in Grand Junction for eight years. He was surprised to see that the airlne beacon at Valley City was gone (we'd almost forgotten for-gotten it was ever there) and he was pleasantly surprised sur-prised at all the freeway now in use along the stretch formerly for-merly traversed by U. S. 6-50. "We know that Les is a real advocate of shop and stay at home, but this is carrying it a little far. Come on, boy, get out and stir around a little. There's more to the world than Moab Valley and your favorite fishing hole on Mill Creek (although we must admit that the rest of it doesn't amount to a whole lot). -SJT-Among the tourists stopping stop-ping by of a summer season there is inevitably a friend of a friend who has been assured that you will be happy hap-py to provide any information or help he might need. But in the case of Don and Jo-Ann Jo-Ann Knowles last week, the figures approached the ridiculous ri-diculous as some 15n friends of a friend came to town to see the sights. The Dodge Travelcade ' of 76 vehicles was lured to Moab Mo-ab by Don's friend, Joe Johnston, John-ston, and the Knowles' spent a busy several weeks making arrangements for the visit. The countless hours devoted devot-ed to the task will pay double dou-ble rewards as many of these folks will return again. Congratulations Don and JoAnn, you did a great job. Politicians Aim for Coming General Election -li'iilimu'il fro mlige Al 1'P. Kenneth A. Silliiiian, Republican wlio lias solved pon'ngs Available In Classes There are si ill siinii (ipcii-ii'gs (ipcii-ii'gs ii (all classes now underway un-derway under the direction ol the Moab Area Vocational Center, according to Dean Hammer, Director. The Business, Astrology, and Basic Math classes on Monday nights are still open lor more registrations. Sewing Sew-ing is also being taught that evening. On Tuesday the English class has openings ar.d the Basic Welding is lull. On Wednesday evenings, the Social Studies class can take more students. Understanding Under-standing Your Children is also taught that night. Thursday Thurs-day evening classes in Anthropology, An-thropology, Basic Auto and Ladks Basketball are all open to more students. Classes without enough registration re-gistration were Youth Drama Theater and Basic Electronics. Electron-ics. These will be offered again starting the week of Nov. 6. Fees are $12 for each Course with the following exceptions: Astrology, $10; Youth Drama Theater, $5 and Understanding Your Children, which is tree. Grand mid Emery County for two terms, is facing Democrat Demo-crat John Chirr, of East Car-ben Car-ben in the iuw district. Mr. Ciarr is ti veteran of one term in the House. Locally, two races are up bolore voters in School Hoard Districts. In District Four, incumbent Sam 'Taylor, pre. sident. of Ihe board, is challenged chal-lenged by Jim Hudson. In District Five incumbent Les Craves is being opposed by Mrs. Dixie Barker. School races are non partisan. Judicial Race An interesting race is now shaping up for the District Judgeship now held by Edward Ed-ward Sheya of Price. He is biing challenged by District Attorney Boyd Bunnell, also of 1'rice. Mr. Bunnell's position posi-tion as district attorney was abolished by the last Utah Legislature. The Judicial election el-ection is, like that for the School iioard, non partisan. ' State lUiees Gov. -.Calvin l,. Hampton, Democrat trying for an unprecedented un-precedented third term in the Utah office, is facing stilf competition from Salt Lake businessman Nicholas Strike, a Republican. The race has been marked by a number of clashes between the two candidates can-didates to date and can be expected to get really serious ser-ious now that the Primary is out of the way. Another serious challenge-being challenge-being put forth by Hepubli- cniis this year is by Hubert Wollhnis, who i.s going alter the congressional seat held by first term Congressman, K. C 1 in in McKay, Democrat. McKay was unopx)scd in the rriinary, but Wolihuis fought off a bid by Joe Ferguson in Hie l'dinary. Another race which i.s beginning be-ginning to get a lot of attention at-tention is that for Secretary of State, where Salt Lake County Commission Chair-nin Chair-nin Hill Dunn, Kepublien, i.s seeking to unseat two-term office holder, Clyde L. Miller. Mil-ler. Importance in that race focuses on the Secretary's membership on the powerful Board of Examiners, and his "second in line" position behind be-hind the governor. Dunn won his Primary race handily ov er Fred Ikcker. Attorney General The lone Republican member mem-ber of the Hoard of Examiners, Exam-iners, Attorney General Vernon Ver-non Itomney,' i.s being challenged chal-lenged this year by Delia attorney at-torney Thorpe Waddingham. Waddingham, a veteran State Senator and former president of the Senate, has received strong backing from his State party organization. A few oilier races on the stale level will dot the ballot, bal-lot, and four proposals to amend the Const ituiton of the State of Utah. An analysis analy-sis of the Constitutional proposals pro-posals is currently being published by The Times-Independent on a continuing basis prior to the election. |