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Show Elic MOAB, UTAH Thursday, November 7, 2002 wwv.moabtimes.com Volum 109 Number 45 WeATHSR FORECAST C :'rk Tfc-ri- $1 Ududy er u Hr, 57i .. frtl DCHWI .v MeMrtjD MordvjL " 'v Mvi J7TUa Mv Iwmill 'UOi hrtjrUi udy Hri 5A" Jr fy Head all Judy CamuofuMd about Itf loo kg frl Ift'yi'Je election results in large voter turnout and two local office upsets Mid-ter- m limn iadepenfM trtfj' Yoy'U find i tV ii eveuti. ! guile, botoktops, ( s'sfi'Jxt, (Ml t'CrOliV'fd, r.w kiid'ji, tUuiMk v4 nv)is LUi Church ataff writer by (Irand (Viunty voter lof.k to t!ia imli with a vi nt(cari(a nn Tuedny( returning aorne incum Irf fit to their by wide mar while gtna, ousting other in much tighter me Voter turn out In (Irand County rem hed 4H permit in an off year election that pundit predicted would draw minimal number of voter to the (Kill fly a PH vote margin, longtime hool fioard rnemlier I rule eat to Itoh fyouthan lot hi Huck mgham In the only echoed hoard rac;e In (Irand ('minty In Council (Jia tru I J, (Vrunty Coutu ilwoman Kimherly Hchappert, aeeking a second term, wa defeated by businessman Nate Knight by a mere flfl vote Knight will join Judy Carmic hael, who defrau d Arlan Jya,ere by a JO percent margin to snag I he ('mini il At barge seat being vac a ted by Husanne Mayberry, in Counc il Ibslrie t J, fie Tanner scored a 100 vote Max win (ever Htale House Young, whose seat was effeei lively eliminated during legisla ) jt Carter, c Maxwell A the Sr. Gamat I w,d men ton-tete- d wmm, r mwje B1 Pay Monday, November 11 Mfwb't fatwtiua I sgion hrtl M will hold a Ibe Of) WfefriOfry Wiufibout a tti friesi Kc-- Uw et 1 1 tdk(jf it Bill bffiilli Tli Vslitry Vwm will img pstnotit tongx JOlf) tive redistruting earlier this year r fyafynwnttriviMto Hi'ifik country i iNftipe Thi T iMit ftusirwM Directory 87 DWog ft lodging II tdftorUA. Uttr Hiktoric photo. 42 Noticw, 46-- 7 Uaa Church staff writer by II Oct 31 Nov, 1 the cleanup of the Atlas Mill tailings site north of town Instead, IX)K official will initiate a complete study of the area and will issue a draft Kn vironmental Impact Statement fKIS; outlining which optmn fcr 12 31 32 li IU(-Mo- 37 41 25 ftft 27 W 24 ftS Nov, 3 Nov, 4 I Nov. v.2 -- the tailing in place Ruber! Buokinyham Aa a Yellow Cat is shut down for now won't h gift anytime W'dn-de- imtrft A temy porarily halted large eimic project on 23jOO tori' of land in tle lj uUd bet w Interstate 70 sod Arcfre National Dark. If ha sdtedufrd tusr-into determine jo In.eml-- (, TaaoUcrtbate Ttee h4&n4ni Tbe n g r whether tin exploration ten m-im- (Ordinue Thitrw$- pprit printed sender eji - on rteycted Bnd Try j tYxN 'Q y7 ppr it fcyctett, T!e Yellowest project, pry, posed by Wratrro Geeo, would involve Ue war of 40,000 pound thumper truck" in M arch for nil and pa , drjxi4a " Continued (poor copy on Dagr K18, the evaluation" of how tlie 1 J million tona of uranium rniJJ tailing afhl tiie community The study will Icok at a variety of is- U-- 4 e-- part of the agency will conduct a complete Wbr rral judge last or capping - it will fob low, Hutimc work in the at rr of Grand Gourd y fc7?X i Time - relocation cleanup Yr Howi u Ifrpt, of Energy (f jOEj will net release a decision this fall on how it will deal with WEATHER HISTORY Im ftU& 33 0H Tbs 0Mtortof.44 ftporta.il Oct morning, Bounty Clerk f ran Townsend said In the contest for Treasurer, prehmi show I'eg Taylor returns nary ahead of Clara Davenport by 100 votes - 1,476 for Taylor, compared to 1,376 votes for I)averirt Hut with 114 provi sienal Iiillc3s yet to la validated and counted, and alamt 53 ah sentee still ballot out, Townsend said she "would not Ice comfortable" dec taring a win lei net in that race don't ex t tlie-w- ri tolls but we've to Kange, still got it nciiigh votes out there I - c th-i- f possible," Townsend tan! Wednesday meaning In a i lowly wh( lo d ro for County Attorney Happy I Morgan soundly defeated Will mm he hultz by a vote ol l g"i to he iuiltds H73 Jrund ( cmnty Hberiff Jim Nyland iiambly won reelec tmn by defeating Kent Somerville by a vote of 2 Ifrl to 607 Ambiguities in law resulted in Davenport's reinstatement on ballot; questions remain by hiss Church staff writer Citing ambiguities in Utah's Election Code, 7lh Urn trie! Court Judge fyle Anderson issued a last minute ruling or dering (irand County to rein state Clara Davenport' name on Nov 5 election ballot The ruling came less than one full day before (irand County vot ef beaded to the poll for the Nov fi elec t ion Anderson reversed a eleci sion by County (Ter k Townsend to discjualify Daven port from the race for County Treasurer for failing to file re quired financial statement by 5 pm on Oct 30 Davenport delivered her financial to Townsend's borne at 7 p m that night Attorney Kteve Husm-II, representing Davenport, peti- tioned the court on Monday tor emergency hearing, uting ambiguous phrasing in state election law that he said gave bn Continued on Fg, A 2 Kran A2 sue including ground water, transportation, and public liealth The EJ.8 proce, which involve considerable public input, will delay until 2W4 a de-- t ixi'.fj on a remivjiatiun plan for tle Cold War era uranium nail waste k sled 700 feet from t!r ftivef Nut Joel Nerwick , 1?0K prefect manager for the Atlas pftjjert, said tlu dev isiofi to pro WC'd now with the KIS will not delay tW cleanup effort, which (frihmado was projected to begin in 2004 or early 2005 It might even speed up the cleanup effort somewhat, Berwick said, since t report to the (irand County Council on Mon day, iPTwick said initiating the Kl.S ncw me ans tlie public will have to wait two year to Jearn which abroach tci the cleanup De iXiE will follow "Tlie intent of this El 8 is to sebal the rern-J'dy,- cjt rerogmred process that re quires a thorough examination of all possible for Die project, During tin- EI8 study, the to seek public W)K i input into Die project, end is - e Detri( t f0 di i siulja-c- 3 t i Demur (iilJeons by a margin ol 67 pe rc nt to 3 i pe t nt In Dietrie t fii heck Sil ,ilv e i'artv Candi di fl uted (ireen el.ite JiJin Mo-- il ej Ae-iiit- by t h't percent of , th.-vi- te III the enly (e d ral lec tioli on (irand (ruinty's toil lot, I ' H Hep Jim Mat he ton appeared pomed to regain hi grid Di trift scat by clef atmg He pub la an fippinent John Swallow by a raor thin I pe ri nt mar gin At pre. time, Matiieson led the' raie by about I tihli If the vole holds, vot e Maiiieson willruiiain the only Utah heading to ne xt ess Cemgr ye-a- r .Statewide, Utah voters trounred an initiative- that would have' irnpfise-strut ein high le ve-nuffrar waste- iireaight into the- state- for taxe-- s l - - Storage ated margin de - Initiative a more than ( tailed fe by I was 2 te( 1 Voter also turned down a amendment t hat would have- allowe! gove rn c on nt it ut mnal me-nta- agencies including the Authority to se ll j Tran-u- l find them le ase Ian k asse-ta a mean of gene rating imroe diate cash for the age nt u and frefrral tax for inves t Urt Ui respond to each public concern in the EfH final obligated draft The EIH could result in a major overall" schedule improvement for beginning cleanup c fTort Council members voiced frustration about fulher d laying a public announc ement out lining whether the tailing would lie moved or capped Five other constitutional amendment were v proved by voters, including amendment 2, which authorize counties Pi make minor boundary with adj'amrig rcunties aflc-approval by a majority of county resident who vote-- and amendment 5, which limit for cities and counties acjjost-rnc-nt- r , eje-f- base d on taxable- - val projs-rt- ues in the political subdivj sum t.abulaf nan tSc-- Iage of ved s on 2 River course may be shifting away from tailings pile, researchers loohing at contaminant levels by Ids (.'hurt h " Burwick said Monday Hut he cautioned that the of De EI8, combines! with Uu cct of regular maintenance and monitoring work that is ongoing at the Atlas site, will consume ti.e project entire an nuaJ hucjget of afreut 12 million over tlie next two years He said conducting an K1S now tl.e public in several ways It is a well established and aiu-mativ- u- - I Utah rompleteej, "Now we're combining those two activities," Ifrrwick said And even though it delay the di'Cision of how to proceed with cleanup, it could actually improve the schedule for the " proje 1 a H lot iP-pr- - the agency would have been re cpiired to conduct the K18 once the plan for remediation was During for Ctie wfitativc s Era E.nc vying (or r fret ion m newly o( I DOE decides to initiate EIS on Atlas tailings pile, decision on what to do likely not to come until 2004 hOfKefltljJ link If) p At least ona race wa at ill tesi dose to call on Wednesday T ( obrrado Kiv-i slowly and cast, away idiift.ng from the Atla Uranium Mill tailing si'e. a cording to re nt studus ccanpleU-- by tiie S Dept of Energy, the eg jic y in i.arge of b lining up the site Joel iPrrwa k, IX JE op ert ion n.ariager for tlie At la proje t, said Monday during a report to the Grand t uunty r i- ii 1 1 c Gouref 1. (idrl c that rewar h r at the site have re n v r otiiifr ston along tii arpm Tit on the northwest side of l,e tail mg 1 Ji rause the ston have coni lud-fthat th river ha ej'iwly shift J awa, trow the ar a wh re the tailing- pile i ls at d, and w ill iik , on am di tinge Pi move in !) j staff writer were mad of granite, which i not itidigi rsiu to geologic jormat hoi in the Moab region, suentit - I -- ion r "It s ti n (jet, rmioi d that th! sPyru wi.ic h ar difl (com Utah graptm forma t Hats, were mrrn d bv t h rivc-Pi the it'. 1 rw i k aid Jin suggests that th 4d alignrra rd J tiie rive r wa all tb wav up td at one against tiie r r t imi- - t , g! tHO." la re T t rd- - ofiJu u sitiie Juti T''W 1 at th iiav At vUo ,ii1amifia tion proliaidy from wifirj lilown taihr.g r.n land along b-- v I ofd Cdintioued cm Igge kl |