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Show Thursday, June 26, 2008 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Pago 3 Chaffetz defeats Cannon vv i'i JoePyrah DAILY HERALD Jason Chaffetz started his campaign for the 3rd Congressional Congres-sional District a year and a half ago with little money and even less name recognition. Now he's ousted incumbent Chris Cannon in the primary for the Republican nomination. nomina-tion. Chaffetz's lead started as soon as results started trickling trick-ling in, and he never lost his momentum. Cannon conceded the race just before 11 p.m. he had about 40 percent of the votes to Chaffetz's 60, with more than 90 percent of precincts pre-cincts reporting. Voter turnout, turn-out, however, was low less than 8 percent of registered voters cast ballots in Utah County. Cannon said he lost because "people decided not to vote today. to-day. What you have is a major expression of disinterest." Cannon said he is not endorsing en-dorsing or supporting Chaffetz at this point. "I don't know anything about him," he said. Then he added, "I'm waiting wait-ing to learn a little more about him." Cannon, 58, of Mapleton, is in his sixth term as U.S. representative repre-sentative and has a scant six months to wrap up business in Washington before cleaning out his office and going home for good. He said he's going spend his last months in office pounding away on the oil shale issue and working to address the immigration problem. After he's out of office, Cannon Can-non said he would like to pursue pur-sue business interests, adding that there are groups he thinks would value his counsel. But he hasn't talked to anyone about his future yet. "I've never talked to anybody any-body about anything after my congressional career because that would not be proper," he said. Early Tuesday night. Cannon Can-non took aim at the far right of the Republican Party, which has repeatedly tried to unseat him. "The extremists who don't want to win elections have taken tak-en over the party," he said, referring re-ferring to Republicans in other parts of the country. "We don't want that to happen in Utah. Politics is way too important to leave to the boors." Chaffetz's road to Republican Repub-lican front-runner has been a long climb on a decidedly low budget. Considered an afterthought after-thought at the Republican state convention in May, he instead nearly unseated Cannon there. He also crushed David Leavitt, who had big money, a big name (he's Michael Leavitt's brother) and was the supposed frontrunner. Experts say Chaffetz, a 41-year-old Alpine resident, simply outworked his two con FUWNITUHI PIW1CT L BABY BOOMERS Baby boomers are making waves again. This time, it seems that, over the past three years, they . have been leaving their "empty nests" and downsizing down-sizing to smaller homes. This movement is based on baby boomers' desire to move out of the homes in which they raised their children, and move to retirement homes that require less upkeep. However, Howe-ver, this does not mean that baby boomers want to relax on the front porch. According to a recent online survey, these empty-ncsters want to remain engaged and active. acti-ve. This means they are more likely to purchase retirement homes near places where they can pursue pur-sue their passions. More than half of baby boo- vention opponents, but again, no one gave him much chance against Cannon in the primary. He raised substantially less than the incumbent and was outspent 6-to-l. "People are ready for change and standing up, getting involved," in-volved," Chaffetz said. He will now face Democrat Bennion Spencer of Riverton and Jim Noorlander, a member of the Constitution Party, in the General Election in November. "I'm going to reserve one day before thinking about November," No-vember," Chaffetz said. The Chaffetz victory is part of a wave of change that people peo-ple are looking for this year, said Kelly Patterson, a political science professor at BYU. "Right now he only needs to be one thing. And that's a fresh face," he said. The candidates' different styles were evident Tuesday night at their respective election-night gatherings. Cannon Can-non and about 50 supporters met on the muggy third floor of the Historic Utah County Courthouse in Provo, drinking bottled water and eating cookies. cook-ies. Chaffetz had hundreds of people spilling out the doors at a condo complex clubhouse in Springville, downing apple beer and listening to a DJ. Rowdy Chaffetz supporters support-ers could be heard outside the building chanting, "Jason." Utah County Commissioner Steve White was one of the Chaffetz supporters at the Tuesday-night party. He said he voted against Cannon because be-cause he's proven himself not to be a leader in the U.S. I louse of Representatives, and also because he's unhappy with Republicans Re-publicans in Congress. "They couldn't say no to a president who was a moderate instead of a fiscal conservative," conserva-tive," White said. Chaffetz made the most hay out of criticizing Cannon's stance on illegal immigration, a ballooning federal budget and federal interference in public education. He has a spotty political career, including a stint campaigning cam-paigning for Michael Dukakis's Dukak-is's presidential run in 1988 and some volunteer work in Republican Re-publican campaigns. He hit the big time when he was asked by then-candidate, now-gover-nor Jon Huntsman Jr. to run his campaign. From there he served a short and sometimes bumpy stint as Huntsman's chief of staff. Chaffetz also changed the traditional campaign dynamic. dy-namic. While he raised around $200,000, that is considered far below what is typically needed to win. Instead he used a thousand thou-sand volunteers to spread the word. "An intense volunteer effort would always pay off in a low-visibility, low-visibility, low-turnout election," Patterson said. una Presented by Mike and Julie Pierce ON THE MOVE mers surveyed viewed their properties as homes first and investments second. Baby boomers love real estate,' and as they age the real estate market must adjust. The interest rates are the lowest they have ever been and baby boomers are taking advantage of that. UTAH VALLEY REAL ESTATE offers a firm commitment commit-ment to the highest standards of integrity and service. Our goal is to make your home buying or selling experience as easy and enjoyable as possible. pos-sible. Contact our office at 801-830-9292 or visit our website today. We are conveniently located at 315 South 500 East, American Fork where we offer of-fer first-class service. a : A l f I iv i LJ CELIA TOBINOaily Herald Jeri Brems right holds a photo of Lehi's class of 1948 in the fourth grade as her husband Orlo Brems and fellow graduate Wanda Holt look on at their 60th high school reunion in Lehi on June 20. Seventeen of the original 63 members of the class of 1948 gathered for dinner and music at the Lehi Historical Hotel. The group said they try to get together every five years. Lehi alumni gather for 60 year high school reunion Cathy Allred NORTH COUNTY STAf-F Lehi High School's class of 1948 hosted its 60th reunion Friday at the Lehi Historic Hotel on Main Street. Not all 17 who attended the event were excited to share that milestone. "I didn't dare tell anybody what this year was," said alumnus Virginia Mitchell Porter. About half of the original 63 alumni have died. Those 78 year olds remaining remember remem-ber a much different school than the current one. "We can remember that but we can't remember what happens hap-pens today," Marna Peterson Berry said and smiled. The LHS campus was where the courthouse and literacy center are today on Center and 100 North streets. Students attended seventh, through 12th grade there. "We used to make rotten egg gas in chemistry and you could smell it all over," said Utah County's PREMIER www. ..... .1 Rial (Todd) Berry. He also remembers re-members his favorite teacher, EB (Ernest) Garrett, who taught agriculture science. "The boys thought a lot of him," Rial Berry said. "He did individual things with the boys." Alumnus Jeri Brems said one time she and six other girls each bought a yard of cloth and made skirts out of it and wore them to school when they were done. "They were so tight we couldn't make it up the stairs to get to class," Brems said. Everybody knew everyone because the school population was so small. Some of the class sizes didn't even have 10 students depending on the class. The town was small too. "That's the worst thing is the growth," said Phyllis Ox-borrow Ox-borrow Crookston. "The new people they say they moved here for the lifestyle and then they want to change it." She distinctly remembers her graduation. "We were the only class heraldextra.com fS . Hair : - -- -.-y. - - - MENTION THIS AD AND WE'LL GIVE YOU A 20 BONUS PER POUND ON ALUMINUM CANS Looking for a close convenient place to turn your scrap into cash. We buy all types of Metals, Steel, Autos, Appliances, Aluminum, Aluminun Cans, Copper, Brass, Radiators, Stainless Steel, and Batteries. We offer Competitive Prices, Fast Friendly Service, and a True Commitment to our Customers, Stop by and Give Us A Tryl 550 No. Geneva Rd. Orem that didn't have 'Pomp and Circumstance' because the music teacher wanted the 'Triumphal March' from Aida," Crookston said. The students protested. "We said we weren't going to graduate but they knew we would anyway," she said. They graduated on May 25, 1948, to the theme of "The World is Ours." The Lehi Free Press May 14, 1948, edition published the commencement program with Robert Allred as the valedictorian and the ceremony taking place at the Lehi Stake Tabernacle. Three of the 63 graduating graduat-ing were in military service instead of school and had passed their GED to receive a diploma at the ceremony according ac-cording to the newspaper. Styles were different. Boys wore slicked back hair and ties and the girls wore skirts and had curly hair. "Girls from Cedar Fort could wear pants under their dresses, but they had to take their pants off once they got local sports '.-QCapelli Shop On line Or Ii Store For Your Favorite ; Skin & Nail Beauty Products 648 East State Road - American Fork (801)756-1979 - - T' to school," Jessica Dutson Richey said. Their formal dance was called the "Senior Hop" and had a Chinatown theme. Their high school band was 40 students strong and the orchestra boasted at least 30 participants. Football players used leather helmets and you could go to the movies then for 60 cents. Brems said she remembers a fellow classmate would put a penny on her desk if she would let him copy her schoolwork. She did. "There are really a lot of stories about this class that can't be told," Rial Berry said. The biggest prank played during the year was the week of graduation, a prank no one ever 'fessed up to doing. "Someone let calves loose in the school," said Robert N. Crookston. "And you can guess what was scattered up and down the hallway." "We all take credit for it," Rial Berry said. "Nobody ever owned up to it." coverage: ?mlt$Hctttl& WHS products for great hairdays www.ulahvalleYrealeslale.com butt |