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Show Wednesday November 12,. 1986 - Page 3 vote in Monticello (643 to 199). offices up for election. However, Lacy also did well in Bluff where he Mark Maiyboy, Montezuma Creek captured 122 of the 208 votes cast. Democrat, handily defeated write-i- n THE SAN JUAN RECORD Republicans claim all but one office in county general election Republicans swept the field in county elections on November 4, taking 10 of 11 seats on the ballot. Sole Democrat winner was Mark Maiyboy, who was elected county commissioner from District 3. New faces will include Louise Jones who beat out Democrat incumbent Mary Lou Mosher by 25 votes for the office of county recorder. Claude Lacy captured 70 percent of the votes for sheriff and will replace Rigby Wright, who is retiring after 16 years of service. Craig Halls was unopposed for county attorney. Of high interest was a proposal to annex certain lands into Grand County from San Juan County, and the races for county commissioners, held for the first time by district. Almost identical but opposite votes were cast on the annexation issue by voters in San Juan and Grand counties. Grand County voters approved the annexation by a vote of 2,208 for and 365 against. In San Juan, the issue was defeated by a vote of 249 for and 2,536 against, so the annexation will not take place. The annexation proposal orginated in Spanish Valley, and voters living in the portion of Spanish Valley that lies in San Juan County voted 18 to 6 for annexation. Interest in the contests for county commissioners was heightened by the entrance of write-i- n candidates for each of the two candidate Jonas Mastash for the post in District 3, Montezuma Creek, Aneth, Bluff and Mexican Hat. Maiyboy received 75 percent, or 619 of the 826 votes cast. Mastach received 207. Maiyboy lost his bid in the Navjyo Nation general election for a seat on the Navtyo Tribal Council. Winner was Dean Paul of Sweetwater. Incumbent Calvin Black received 65 percent, or 7 65 of the 1 , 1 7 7 votes cast for Commission District 2, Blanding and White Mesa. Challenger Melvin Laws, Democrat, received 228 votes. Kay R. Johnson, write-icandidate, received 184. Returned to office was U.S. Senator Jake Gam, who received 71 percent, or 2,338 of the 3,267votes cast in San Juan County. His closest challenger, Democrat Craig n S. Oliver, received 807 votes. San Juan voters went heavily for Howard Nielson, giving him a 2,204 o 838 U.S. Representative edge over Gardiner. Democrat Dale State Representative David F. M. Adams, Republican incumbent for San J uan and Grand counties, easily defeated his Democrat opponent, BillHanceofMoab. Adams received 64 percent of the combined county vote. In San Juan, Adams garnered 2,127 to Hances 1,042 In Grand County, Adams received 1,670 to Monticello 'Mayor Keith Redd discusses Southeastern Utah detachment of the National Guard with (clockwise) Sergeant Richard Hickox, Lt. Brian C. Rankin and Staff Sgt Paul Burgess. Lt. F. Morrell photo Rankin will serve as commander of the unit. (See article on front page) MONTICELLO dDM IFffisMmdl (dkiirfsitaiasis Hances 1,099. Incumbent Gail Johnson retained her office as county clerk auditor, defeating Lana Herron 2,2 62 to 903. The offices of county assessor, county attorney and county treasurer were unopposed. Barbara Montella received 2,383 votes for assessor. Craig C. Halls received 2,275 votes for county attorney. Marian Bayles received 2,274 votes for treasurer. San Juan voters approved all three propositions to amend Utahs constitution, but on a statewide basis Proposition No. 1, which would have given tax exempt status to hospitals, went down to defeat. non-prof- it In contests Valerie J. Kelson defeated Harold S. Jensen for the State Board of Education, non-partisa- Precinct n Todachennie was elected to the San Juan County School Board from Precinct 4, Aneth, Montezuma Creek and Red Mesa. Vergil Bedoni won the vote and a seat on the San Juan County School Board in Precinct 5, Navajo Mountain and O(jato. Gordon Hall was retained in the office of Justice of the Surpreme Court of Utah. Paul C. Keller was retained in the office of Judge of the Juvenile Court of the Fifth Juvenile 9. Billy Harold G. Mdhlestein will remain Justice of the Peace for San Juan County. Court District. Claude Lacy took 2,346 votes and ail but five precincts in the voting Democrat for county sheriff. Ricardo tones received 992 votes, winning by a margin of almost three to one in Montezuma Creek, Aneth, Oyato and Red Mesa. Lacy took 89 percent of the vote in Blanding (1,004 to 124) and 76 percent of the Weather Sponsored by Monticello Chamber of Commerce and Monticello Merchants Friday GHESfe November 21 GTEgQuB visit and tQ5pa?(lJEHuEDQE3JiniP' oin3t3ta!EfliDaBD(Csaii0o rO OZ35fl0QGQSX3nEIiCIBenC O OO O O O November 22 Tree lighting ceremony, City Park Dr. Carroll D. and Marguerite Goon Santa Parade, downtown Santa at Mike Young Chevy Dance Revue, MHS Monticello, Utah ) Saturday, November 22 6 pm for Saturday, November fifteenth from two to five in the afternoon at the Monticello Library LOOK FOR OUR AD NEXT WEEK ! Friday, November 21 in-sto- re o nooQQQQ MORE COMING ! Individual drawings ! Sales, sales, sales Saturday You are invited to a reception 10 am after parade 7:30 pm BROUGHT TO YOU BY 1st Security Bank, Hogies, Abqjo Sears San Juan Pharmacy, Horsehead Hardware, Black Oil, Kents Foods, Monticello Merc, The Mike Flower General Trailside Basket, Salon, Young Chevrolet, Monticello Cycleiy, Body Store, Hondaland, Blue Mountain Music, Chuck Santas Motor Wagon, Parts, Workshop, Wagon Wheel Pizza, Coleman Feed First Western National Bank, Boyle Insurance, This reception is being held on the occasion of Dr. Goon's retirement after 30 years of practice in Monticello and the Four Corners area |