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Show A V Volume 111 50 WEATHER Thursday Mostly Sunny Low Number 44 31 Friday by Lisa Church Sunny Mostly contributing writer Low 32 High 61 Saturday Mostly Sunny Low 32 High 62 Sunday vjv Partly Cloudy H'gh 64 Low 36 Weather forecast courtesy National Weather Service Grand Junction office. Emily & Amanda Grand County voters were apparently not in a mood for change on Tuesday, opting to reelect all three Grand County Council incumbents, and soundly defeating two county propositions that would have altered the structure and makeup of the council. Problems tallying votes in the countys largest precinct, and glitches with vote counting equipment stalled results in two council races until after midnight, but when all precincts were finally in Jim Lewis and Joette Langianese had cruised to victory. Lewis carof the countywide vote to deried feat Dave Cozzens in the contest for Lewiss council seat. Joette Langianese drew of voters in council the support of District 5. Councilman Jerry McNeely ran unopposed in District 2. In the only council race not involving an incumbent, Audrey Graham won council District 4, defeating Jim Salmon by a 54 to 45 percent spread. Voters opposed County Proposition 1, which would have cut the number of council members from seven to five, by a margin, and County Proposition 2, a proposal to eliminate council districts and make all was defeated council representatives 7 percent margin. by a nt Made the grade! Pun intended. See page B1 at-lar- nt nt e, 52-4- Provisional Ballots, Absentees Cause Few Problems More than 4,100 registered voters - about 56 percent turnout - cast ballots in Grand Al Boyd Local author will give book B8 reading. See page Inside The T imes Business Directory: B9 Classifieds: B11 Community Calendar: B8 Editorials, Letters: A6-- 8 Historic Photo: B1 Notices: B4 Obituaries: A4 County on Tuesday, including 101 who were forced to submit provisional ballots either because their names did not appear on the vot- ing rolls at the precinct where they cast their The countys Tuesday night tallies include that had been returned to the County Clerks office by Election Day Townsend could not immediately provide a final number of outstanding absentee ballots, but she said "most of the requested absentee ballots sent out for this election were completed and returned to her office by Tuesday. Absentee ballots must be postmarked by November 1. all absentee ballots Local Utah House and Senate Races Democrat Mike Dmitrich easily won to the Utah Senate, garnering y race. of the total vote in the Voters in Grand, Carbon, Emery, and San Juan counties overwhelmingly favored Dmitrich over challenger Phillip Peay in Senate District 27. But Utah County voters backed Peay by almost In local state house races, Democrat Brad King was reelected in his unopposed bid for of voters House District 69, while chose Republican John Mathis over third-partchallengers John Weisheit, Dale Flake and Ronald Regehr in a race that included no Democratic candidate in House District 55. Mathis had 1727 votes, local residents Weisheit and Regehr had 752 and 288 votes, respetively. nt multi-count- nt y Statewide Races and Ballot Questions In the race for governor. Republican Jon Huntsman soundly defeated Scott Matheson. B2-- 3 LAST WEEK'S WEATHER Date High Low Precio. Oct. 27 65 48 .05 Oct. 28 Oct. 29 64 43 .28 58 38 .05 Oct. 30 59 37 Nov. 56 38 49 33 1 Nov. 2 The College of Eastern Utah Concert Choir will join with the choirs from Grand County and Monticello high schools to present a major new work on Veterans Day, Thursday, November 11 in Moab and Friday November 12 in Monticello. Under the direction of composer Russell Wilson, the concert will feature the second Utah performance of Prelude To Glory, Philharmonic Orchestra and choirs from all across the country. Spring performances have been scheduled with the San Diego Symphony and the Louisiana Philharmonic. Other performances on Veterans Day are scheduled at the University of Florida and Southern Connecticut State. A special invitation to attend the free conabout the American cert is extended to all veterans, since one of Revolutionary War. The work is loosely the movements is enbased on the best selling titled In Memoriam novels of the same name and is a salute to those historiRon a Veterwho have served and Carter, by Grand County's traditional cal fiction writer. It feaans' Day program will take place on given their lives in detures choral settings of fense of their country. Thursday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. on the such familiar tunes as The composer, courthouse lawn. Yankee Doodle and CEU professor Russell Members of American Legion Post Wilson points out, At Johnnys Gone for a Sol54, and the Civil Air Patrol will take dier. There are new setBill be the close of the prewill address This by year's part. miere in Washington B. Meador, and the Valley Voices will tings of the Declaration of Independence and D.C. the audience was sing patriotic songs. other texts from the pein tears, and offered The public is invited to attend. riod. Scored for orchesthe performers a tra, chorus and soloists, standing ovathe work last about 90 summed it up by sayOne of the singers tion. minutes and will feature combined choirs from America had its own ing that it was about time three communities. Les Miscrables. Prelude To Glory was premiered last The concert is free and is at 7:00 p.m. at month in Washington D.C. by the National the Grand County high auditorium. Veterans Day Region Review: B1 Sports: B1 Oct. 31 -- available next week five-minu- te First in the Nation EF powor cununitv 1 ipppn oess Ass ' In First Place ' Four Categories Group R ThoTimM- - To Times-Indeoende- nt call subscribemoabtimes.com The This nt news-pap- is er 7 of Huntsman garnered the total state vote, winning the popular vote in all counties except Grand, Carbon, Salt Lake and Summit. In Grand County, voters backed Matheson by a percent margin. Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff won statewide reelection of the vote. with Shurtleff was the favorite among voters in all 29 Utah counties, according to state election returns. In the state auditor race, Republican Auston Johnson garnered of the popular vote. ReAlter defeated Edward publican Democrat Debbie Hansen for another term as Utahs state treasurer. Voters across the state also approved three amendments to the Utah Constitution. Amendment 1, which changes Utah law governing the impeachment of state officials, won approval in all Utah counties. Amendment 2, allowing the state of Utah, and publicly funded colleges and universities to acquire ownership in private businesses, of was approved by Utah voters, although residents of several counties including Grand defeated the measure. Statewide voters overwhelmingly approved Amendment 3, which legally defines marriage as solely between a man and a woman. The measure, touted as a protection against gay marriage, also prohibits extending legal rights to all unmarried couples. Grand County nt 54-4- 4 nt nt nt X) printed vlly on recycled paper and is recyclable. Election Day Landslide . . . there was a landslide in Grand County on Election Day, Nov. 2. But it didnt have anything to do the candidates. The event occurred on Kane Creek Blvd., the largest rock blocking traffic and Photo by Tom Taylor requiring the big guns from the county road department to clear away. Yes, with and Summit County were the onh areas of the state to vote again m Amendment 3. Federal Offices go to Incumbents Senator Robert Bennett to his third term by a huge margin. Across the state, ed Bennett defeated challenger Paul Van Dam by a percent mar 67-2- 9 gin. In the race for Utah's 2nd Con gressional District, the states lone Democrat won by a decisive edge Jim Matheson defeated Republican John Swallow by almost 14 per- centage points, state election returns showed Wednesday morning. Grand County voters favored Matheson by Grand Goes For Bush Massachusetts benator John Kerry took an early lead over President George Bush among Grand County voters on Tuesda. but in the end, Grand County residents favored Bush by 51 to 44 percent. With no decisive winner in Ohio, the presidential contest was unresolved when most voters went to bed Tuesday night. But on Wednesday morning, Kerry called Bush to concede the race, according to national news reports. In winning his second term, Bush became the first president since 1988 - when his father, George II.W Bush was elected - to win more of the national than popular vote. Complete Utah Election results nt are available at online www.electionresults.utah gov. Connecting Highway 191 to Spanish Valley Drive: Whos going to pay for it? Carrie by Switzer staff writer Rim Vistas developer Chuck Henderson doesnt want a speedway through his new residential development off of Spanish Valley Drive. He said he also doesnt want to give up $150,000 worth of land for a road easement, and pay to build the road too. Henderson was called to speak during last Wednesdays Grand County Council workshop session to help resolve issues over funding a new road connecting Spanish Valley Drive to Highway 191. Of immediate interest is the cost of a turn lane onto the highway and who will pay for its construction. Eventually the turn lane will connect with a road - already drawn into preliminary plans and named Pack Creek Trail. Questions remain about who will build that as well, and who will give up easements through Rim Village andor adjoining property owned by subscribe to The 2004 4, votes, or because poll watchers challenged the vote. County Clerk Fran Townsend said counting of provisional ballots will probably begin Wednesday, but the number of uncounted ballots is not sufficient to sway the results of Grand Countys election. New choral work, premiered in Washington D.C., here November 11 TV Guide: Thursday, November www.moabtimes.com Graham joins Lewis and Langianese in county winners' circle; Hren, Webster elected to school board; council changes nixed FORECAST High 58 MOAB, UTAH the School Institutional Trust Lands Association (SITLA). The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) requires that a turn lane be constructed to service new housing proposed by Phase 2 of the Rim Village Planned Unit Development. Henderson is now seeking permits for the second phase, known as Rim Vistas, but he is not likely to get them before the road issue is resolved. The addition to the existing 104 residences of Rim Village Phase I will abut the highway. Henderson is proposing to build 18 single-familresihomes and 24 dences on the former Meador propy multi-famil- y erty between Rim Village and Highway 191. State Institutional lands lie to the southwest of the new subdivision. The estimated $155,000 cost of a turn lane was supposed to be covered by a $266 fee for each dwelling occupied within the entire Planned Unit Development (PUD), of 600 units. based on a build-ou- t The assessment was made in 1991, before Grand County had a transportation study or its current general plan in place. Actual costs to build the turn lane have risen significantly since then, and the real occupancy is projected to be about 25 percent of what was originally thought. Because of these factors, contributions from the property owners alone will now not cover the cost of a turn lane. The county has been asked to consider paying at least part of the difference in exchange for a road easement SITLA is willing to offer, taking the pressure off of Henderson to come up with the land - and the money - to accom-Continu- ed on Page A3 |