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Show ' Ep: 12312001 307 200 S M SALT LAKE V r s 4 4 4 4 4 ASSOCIATION PRESS UTAH UPA - 4006 SUITE CITY 84101 UT r It f ; n I ft T y 7p lUM Vk :o'o. Y v. Mayor f.lori visits ICanab PagoS VOLUME 70 NUMBER 10 600 U.S. attacks Taliban Town of Orderville primary By Dixie Brunner We will not waver, we will not tire, said President Bush in an address to the nation from the White House. We will not falter and we will not fail. With that declaration, the United States and its allies launched an October 7 attack on the Taliban. President Bush named the military action on targets inside Afghanistan Enduring Freedom, and said that it would be a sustained action. Early reports said the southern city of Kandahar was hardest hit, with millionaire Osama bin Laden and the Talibans su- election results in The top two the Orderville primary election for Mayor were Brad Adair with vote-gette- rs 138 votes and Dennis Crofts with 35. Wendy Bunting received 22 and will not be on the November 6 general election ballot. Inthe race for Orderville Town Council Lois Lamb led the six candidates on the primary ballot with 137 votes. She will be joined on the regular election ballot with Shane Frost, who garnered 85 votes, John Tisdale, who picked up 63 votes and Brian Harris, who totaled 59. Those failing to make it to the general election were L. Paul Blackburn, who picked up 21 votes and DeLynn Crofts, who had 16. preme Town-Counci- 19. Mullah By Dixie Brunner The United States government has warned of possible terrorist retaliation for military action gon in Washington, D.C. The death toll for the attacks on the two sights is estimated to be over 5000 people. In a response taped before Operation Enduring Freedom had begun, bin Laden said that neither America nor the people who live in it will dream of security before we live it in Palestine, and not before all the infidel armies leave the land oft Muhammad. and water supply lines, having good attendance at regularly scheduled emergency planning meetings and keeping updated on directives from state and lo- taken against the Taliban government in Afghanistan. Law cal agencies. Utah Port of Entry- out the country have been put Port of Entry Supervisor Tad on alert for suspicious behavior. Whitaker said that while the Of specific concern is maintain- state didnt mandate 24 hour Kane County Sheriff Lamont Smith was named Lawman of the Year" by the ing protection for big cities, gov- coverage, the crew at the Kanab Utah Sheriffs Association at a recent conference held in St. George. ernment buildings, and impor- Port elected to. We felt that it was something we could do to tant bridges and dams. While fortunately our remote heighten security on hazardous comer of the world may not be a materials moving through our priority target for terrorists, its .state, said Whitaker. , In addition, Whitaker stated still comforting to know and that county city governport personnel are thorments are prepared in the event oughly checking all haz mat of an emergency. Heres a brief See PREPARED, Page 3 n Kane County Sheriff Lamont tion. Workshop classes included ofwhat different agenSmith was named the 2001 such diverse topics as Media cies have done to maximize proLawman of the Year by the Influence on Youth Violence, tection. KANAB WEATHER Utah Sheriffs Association. The Leadership through People Arizona Department of Pubaward was presented to Smith Skills, Prison Gangs and Se- lic Safety- October at the 6th Annual Law Enforce- curity Threat Groups and Law Arizona Patrolman Mark ment and Corrections Training Enforcement and the News Me- Gilberg reports his agency is on Conference held in St. George dia. a heightened state of alert. He I was surprised and honored said the DPS has set up a roadon September Sheriffs Association executive by the award, commented block on Highway 93 to insure director Gary DeLand said the Smith. more protection for the Hoover conference provides an opportuSmith has served as the Kane Dam. nity for criminal justice profes- County Sheriff for the past seven Town of Fredonia- sionals to come together for high years, with his current term exTown manager Tom Corrigan outof November 2002. reports that Fredonia has inquality training provided by piring in standing faculty drawn from Smith said the biggest law en- creased Emergency Manageacross the nation. forcement challenges he has ment efforts by increasing paCourtesy: Frank Swapp Family The conference theme this faced are the. Federal land and trols of their power year was Building on Tradi law enforcement issues. increasing patrols ofwater tanks enforcement agencies through- primary election Sheriff Lamont Smith results Lawman of the Year for Town Council In the Big Water primary election for two seats on the Richard Parsons was with 64. the leading He will be joined on the ballot for the general election by the threesome ofDebbie Gaither, J eff Lee Tornbom and Carol Addy. Gaither tallied 36 votes, Tornbom 31 and Addy 26. Failing to advance were Carol Altheide, who gathered 22 votes, and Marty McQuarrie, who had leader Mohammed Omar apparently surviving the first wave of attacks. The strike was in retaliation for the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Penta- How prepared are we? Big Water vote-gett- WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 10, 2001 COLOR COUNTRY'S HOME TOWN NEWSPAPER l, 15-1- er . that-state- run-dow- 8. sub-statio- n, |