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Show 7PO Volume No. 87 Wednesday, November 5, 1986 45 Incumbents retain county positions By LARRY W. DAVIS Progrtdltor Emery County voters gave the Incumbent candidates a vote of confidence in Tuesdays election by voting to retain the clerk, recorder, auditor, treasurer, attorney and sheriff, all Democrats, for another term. However, the county will have new a assessor, Republican Jim Fauver, who edged his opponent Darrell Cannon by 50 votes In the countys closest race. Also, Jerry Mangum was elected as county comthe new missioner while Duane Collard seat. won the Also winning in Emery County were incumbent U.S. Senator Jake Garn, incumbent U.S. Representative Howard C. Nielson, and incumbent state representatives Ray Nielsen, Mike Dmitrich and Tom Christensen. However, totals from other counties affected by these races were not available at press deadline. In the race for county assessor, Fauver tallied 1,848 votes while Democrat Darrell Cannon came in with 1,798. Emery County Clerk Bruce Funk said Tuesday evening that between 30 and 40 absentee ll a k 4, v. 7 - - : Sg! J 4 v t ? t i , t M I -- i Elaine Wilson v 44 a - w tv 1 Jim Fauver Scott Johansen Duane Collard Jerry Mangum votes are expected to come in before the official canvass of the votes on Monday. Since Cannon is behind by 50 votes, Mr. Funk said that the absentee count will not change the results. n , i 4 4 v n i - Karen Truman i i A ; ' 4 s P Oli w Is? another close race, Democrat Duane Collard defeated Republican Ray In Morley by just 134 votes, 1,786, to win the mission post. In the 5'", i !, 1 V zztimi rj W I JH 't I 1,920 to com- race, Mangum defeated Joe Harvey by 782 Democrat Jerry votes, 2,246 to 1,464. Incumbent Democrat county attorney Scott Johansen out-poll- ed his opponent, Republican Allen Thorpe, by the widest margin 1,429 votes. Johansen received 2,576 votes to Thorpes Jr 1,147. Karen Truman, Democratic incumbent auditor, defeated Republican Norma Fox 2,225 to 1,509, a 716 vote margin, to retain her county position. Another incumbent, Democrat Lamar Guymon, retained his position as sheriff by defeating Republican Robert Mead, 2,114 to 1,650, a 464 vote margin. A write-i- n candidate, H.L. Allred, received 40 votes. Elaine Wilson, incumbent Democratic treasurer, defeated Republican Ross Huntington, 2,317 to 1,426, a margin of 891 votes, to keep her job in the county. County clerk Bruce Funk, a Democrat who ran unopposed, received 2,924 votes while Ina mm Lamar Guymon Lee J. Magnuson, also a Democrat who ran unopposed for county recorder, received 2,785 votes. In county school board races, William W. Bacon, running unopposed in precinct No. 5, received 456 votes while Kathy Cannon edged Starr H. Guymon in precinct No. 4, 221 votes to 208. Stan Truman, incumbent justice of the peace in precinct No. 1, was defeating Ray Martinez 839 to 223. In w Voters line up to cast their vote for the candidates of their choice in Castle Dale. Waiting their turn at the judges' 1 regarding hospital tax precinct No. 2, incumbent Var exemptions, passed 1,959 to Lynn Peacock ran unopposed 1,617 while Proposition No. 2 and received 1,083 votes. incumbent regarding farm tax exemptions, In Green River, M. 2,611 to 968. Proposition Arel of passed the peace justice No. 3, regarding education receiving Hunt was s ? votes to A. Roy Mays 159. Also in that race, Charles W. Weber received 18 votes, and D. A. Wilcox received 64. in Emery County voters voted 179 favor of each of the three state propositions although final at available not totals were No. deadline. Proposition press revisions, also passed, 1,883 to 1,384. In the race for state school board, Emery County voters chose Valerie J. Kelson, 1,148, over Harold S. Jensen, 1,065. However, other results from district No. 9 were not available. Senator Jake Gam had little Childs. table are Lyle and Nola Stilson and Dorothy election. of a as judge Marianna Day assists them trouble winning Emery County as he outpolled Democrat challenger Craig S. Oliver 2,564 to 1,125, and Rep. Ho wa Nielson also won the county by a wide margin over Democrat 2,288 to Dale F. Gardiner canincumbent Both 1,303. didates had been projected winners soon after the polls closed in Utah. State Rep. Ray Nielsen, a democrat, defeated Kun Bateman 352 to 133 while R p Tom Christensen, running unopposed, received 1,693 votes. Rep. Mike Dmitrich also ran unopposed and received 203 t In other election results, judges Gordon R. Hall and Paul C. Keller were overwhelmingly approved by county voters to hold their positions on the bench. Mr. Funk said that the results for the general election in Emery County were actually in to the clerks office earlier than (Continued on Page 14A) Due to alleged mine mismanagement UP&L may have to pay back ratepayers Average of Utahresidential Power and ratepayers $70 Light Co. may see about ifa the future refund in the Division of Public Utilities gets its way. The division recommended to the Public Service Commission on Monday that a refund of $103 million be made to ratepayers and that refund be taken from company profits. Reason for the proposed refund stemmed from an investigation of UP&L concerned with mismanagement of its coal mines in Emery County after allegations from James Simonelli, a former accountant with the mine management company, before the PSC in August 1931. An Seepage report of the to investigation was presented the PSC by the division, which monitors investor-owne- d utilities. The refund would come from the pockets of those investors should the PSC follow division recommendations. Ken Powell, director of the divisions electric utility section, spoke to the commission during the meeting Monday. UP&Ls mine operation can be characterized as having low productivity, major inef- ficiencies and higher costs than justified, he said. Powell said the main factor contributing to overcharges to s ratepayers was a contract UP&L had with the cost-plu- management company, Emery Mining Corp. That kind of a contract does not provide incentives to keep cost3 low, the report said. John Ward, spokesman for inUP&L, said in a telephone terview Tuesday that the entire highly investigation was unusual. It was done in secret and that is highly unusual for the all PSC," Ward said. Usually inan in involved parties vestigation are present during interviews, but we were not allowed to be involved, he added. The PSC is expected to hold hearings on the report in about six months. Ward said the commission will study the report for three months and then give UP&L and Emery Mining about respond. 90 days to This investigation took almost two years and they expect us to 90 days, respond to it in just t Ward said. He added that the situation probably will not be resolved until more time than six months has passed. Ward emphasized that the company was going to be looking at the report and taking it seriously over the next few months. We will very carefully study the report and if it truly indicates problems, well work hard to correct them, Ward said. He also added that some of those problems may have already been corrected by the company taking over management of the mines. Ward also said that in areas of the report which may be found by the company to be incorrect or conclusions faulty, UP&L will work diligently to show why. The report stated that low productivity at the mines in Emery County cost ratepayers $59 million dollars and that an excessive workforce in both mining and management cost an additional $24 million. The additional losses of $21 million came in the form of inappropriate incentives and bonuses, $10 million; inappropriate expenses refunded by UP&L, $6 million; duplication of functions by UP&L and Emery Mining, $4 million; excessive use of consultants, $1 million. Deer Creek idled Deer Creek mine in Emery County will only be idle for a couple of days, John Ward, Utah Power and Light Co. spokesman, said Tuesday. Ward said a Mine Safety and Health Administration ina vestigator had determined rock- beithne entry wasnt dusted enough. It is an entry containing the main beltline, so we just idled the mine while we get the work done, Ward said. He said it didnt involve any real safety problems, it was just a matter of getting some maintenance work done. |