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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS TUESDAY JANUARY 7, 1991 News 2 Arizona s voter registration Kanab Firemen laws make registering easy set new record jhwwif. m.vr ing FmioniaTowTi Flection have until Tuesday, February 11, to Arizona rtidmU will find it regiter At that late date, the much eaucr to rrgiU"r to vote regitration form will have to be in 1992 The Statr Irgnlalure handed in to a designated reThe Kanab Fire Department a nw law which take ceiver A good bet would lie to pard al Clerk Town 1992 that r (Trl January 1, responded to 75 calls during lring it in to low qualified votrr to Kimliall 1991. This it a new record for rrgitr Another new law going into nny one year. The previous high through the mail Form are rfTect allow absentee voter to wa in 1969 when the departto town rnt ofTicr, pot lnhg and high request a Iwillol without giving ment responded to 52 calls Fire office, lihrarw, Link, cht-- I around the Slate State an) reason for doing m Frrvi lost for the year amounted to rieetjon official are evrn di ouly, a voter had to have a valid 54,000 include the to reason for voting alwentee Alo, Kanab firemen continue to lie ruing plan re form in telephone alentee voter no longer have a well trained group A total of Lnurant givr awa menu, gro to vole in front of a witne, they 425 man hour were spent in rrry tore. arid printing the jut sign the application for an hazform in newpapwr absentee ballot, vote, and re special training covering material incidents, Jaws I'ndrr the old tem, deput tum it to the designated place ardous of life tool, forcible entry and rrgntzar rrr require! to enf Application form for receiving ventilation In addition to this that a potential voter wa who an alrsentee Isallol are at the special training, firemen spend the) a id the) were, liul mere! Frrdoma Town office Voter can now choose to cast t w o to th ree hour each Tuesday thl) . w ere not alio w ed to ak for the election night training in routine prac identification The new law ino their ItalloU different from the old. claim day and over 5,0nQ people in tier covering hose lays, ladder Stale elec Don director Margaret Coconino County voted absen drills, use of breathing equip Stear Republican in the State tee in the Gov emort run off elec ment, etc A look at the type of fire calls had op poked thie plan feanng tion m 1191 Helen Hudgrn. the iokilnlit) of fraud Other CocomnoCounty Recorder, said show the following structure the new law will make it easier fires 19, gras and brush 15, divivgreed "You can't get them to vole for people to cast their ballot "in vehicle 4, trash 3, smoke scares c net, let alone twice," joked a time"frame more convenient to h, vehicle accidents 10, plane M ar when interviewed ly the them crash 1, alarm malfunctions 2, Of t) tose registered to vote in hazardous Rtpuhlu spills 2, false alarm a Coconino County 27,352 or 4 To ! eligible to 1, gasoline pump run over 1 eror. need to lr a Tnted jrrrrnt are registered as Demo There were nine runs made into w ho will lr M.ite citir.-ernts. 22,325 or 3r jrcent are Arizona vr.if (d ! fufe the rlectun a Rj ; ublicans, 321 or 5 The t new s for the new year h,735 or 12 re. dent of the count) where are I for the department is the con registering, and not a con icled jercml are officially listed as )thr r. and 14 jxopir are r g struclion of the new firehouse fei.fi, unless the voters mi! itered in Arizona newest er. This liuilding should ! com right have Gen restored pleted by early summer Tf e d.ite of registration i re v i ron mental group, the "Green corded a the date a voter form part) The grand total is 5b. actuallv arrive in the Record registered oU rs, and according ers office c r int the hand of a to Hudgens, almost uy percent designat'd receiver "Those in of eligible adults in the County tertted in voting in the uccm are reg1 stored i by responding to 75 fires Staff Rep r(tr Bar-Iwir- a c lok. le-for- e 1 n 14 jx-rce- lx-s- When the Snow Falls Every time t snow s. Don Jacobs climbs on his tractor and deans the street al Red Shadows Circle Don is Ike other residents in other parts of the area who ency helping neighbors dean away the snow. Photo Barbara Pyles Babbitt to visit Fredonia Jan. 9 . 1 Commission tenatively agree to give all County employees a raise Ry JHWSIK MUST Staff Reporter After meeting all da) with County department head on January 2, the Kane County Commissioners have tentatively decided to give all County employees, including themselves. County Attorney Jim Scarth, and Sheriff Maxwell Jackson a 4 percent pay raise, said County ClerkAuditor Karla Johnson. Johnson was complimentary Weber Glass GMC Pickup 1973-199- 1 - 1991-197- 3 Chev Pickup Next to Sears W848 Shad. W848 1 Shad. $100 Installed, plus tax W911 Shad. Ford Pickup - 1980-199- 1 $135 installed Phone 644-561- 9 - Sears j ' j Commission Continued from Page 1 Paul BaMiitt, CoconmoCountv will lw in Fredonia and announced to disbelieving on Jan 9. noon to 2 p m , m the audience members that you dont even know what you are County Building Courtroom. talking about." Dennis Mosdell stood before the crowd and prefaced his angry reply to Lopeman by assuring the audience the Commissioners were his friends and he file suit against the appreciated the fact they had Anyone can official in District Court for sus- run for office, but declared, Ray pected misconduct or demand .... were not going to take your an investigation be done by the lies and baloney anymore." County Attorney. Lopeman angrily shot back, Mosdell, you are my friend and For example, violations of the You just told me I liar. a open meeting laws are a class B youre misdemeanor and County At- was a liar and thats a lie. Mosdell said he wasnt going torney Scarth and the State At- to back down and demanded an torney General (AG) are charged of the events surwith enforcing the law, not the explanation the changes to the police. If a complaint is received rounding SufM-rviso- r, Petition calls for Lopeman and Martins resignations A petition is circulating throughout Kane County asking for the resignations of Commissioners Ray Iopeman to the department heads and and Glen Martin. There is no wa impressed at the presentapetition asking for Commistion made by them during the sioner Jack Maxwells resignaday "The department heads tion. Organizers say the petiwere very well prepared and the tion drive is a result of the Commissioners listened," said Commissioners recent attempt Johnson. It was also indicated to secretly give themselves a the Commissioners may be drop4,200 raise. County Attorney ping their plan to cut Johnsons Jim Scarth a $10,000 raise and salary by 4,000. The next bud- Sheriff Maxwell Jackson a get hearings, designed for pub4,000 raise. The raises were lic response, will be January 6 put into the budget erne working and 13, at 9 a m. day before the budget was to be approved and the budget was delivered to new ClerkAuditor WINDSHIELD SPECIAL: . . . Scarth could choose to investi- budget Would you like an honest gate and file charges against the answer?" asked Lopeman. Commissioners. If the County "I would," laughed certainly Attorney has a close friendship with Commissioners the AG may step in to intervene. Those involved with the petition drive Karla Johnson with orders not file a formal comto tell anyone about the raises. say they may with the AGs office. plaint Local resident Roger Carter is With no recall election possispearheading the drive. The two Commissioners are ble organizers say they have not required to resign because of chosen their petitions as a way the petitions and it is reported to send a message to the Comthat neither plan to do so. There missioners by getting as many is no provisions in Utah for re- signatures as possible. Orgacall elections. An elected official nizers say petitions are circulatin Utah can be removed from ing in Mt Carmel, Orderville, office if convicted of misconduct. Kanab, and Big Water. Mosdell. "In my opinion it was ignorance," said Lopeman. Lopeman claimed the Commission did not understand the laws relating to the formation of budgets. Recently resigned ClerkAuditor Cathy Chamberlain countered that claim in a telephone interview. Chamberlain said she had constantly tried to educate Commissioners on laws relating to the budget but was ignored. For See COMMISSION Page 5 |