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Show SPECIAL 90 COLLECTIONS Volume 6 Number 34 ; I BRYON SAXTON Ruicv,' staff' FARMINGTON Three state legislative candidates recommended by the Davis Education Association sweeped the Republican primary elections Tuesday, while incumbent Rep. Scott Holt also was named the GOP candidate for the District 14 scat. David Steele, Walt Bain, and Stan Smedlcy, who had been termed by DEA officials as favorable education candidates, unseated three veteran GOP incumbents in what proved to be the surprise of the evening. The education association has been active throughout the campaign supporting the GOP challengers. In the closest contest of the evening, Bain defeated Rep. Ute Knowlton. by 102 votes for the Republican nomination for a term in Legislate e District 17. No Democrat two-ye- ar will be on the ballot. Steele will face Democratic candidate Bruce Parry, a former member of the Davis Board of Education, in the November election, while Smedlcy will oppose . ... ii mi , . Seeing Roy and northern Davis County nr - mu mi Wednesday, August 20, '1986 Democratic challenger J. Dell Holbrook and Libertarian candidate J.R. (Jim) Etheridge in the finals. Bain said he felt his victory was accomplished by having friends send personal letters to other friends in neighboring areas. It was a letter from a friend to a friend introducing me to them. It was a personal touch, and thats what I wanted, Bain said. It was the game plan all the way along. Bain said during the campaign he also phoned more than 400 Davis County residents asking them for support. Knowlton, referring to the challenger sweep, said, It looks like the DEA was successful at what they wanted to do. Im trying to put it as kindly as I can. Obviously it was an influence in this campaign, but now is not the time to be bitter, Knowlton said. The Democratic Party nominee in that race has withdrawn. Knowlton said he would continue his support for the Republican Party. My point is, I Stan Smedley represent the people in this dis- trict. And they have a right to elect someone else to represent them, Knowlton said. ' Other unsuccessful veteran Re- publican incumbents included Rep. Paul Lloyd Selleneit, R- Bountiful, who was defeated by was honored to challenger Smedley by a 14 per- cent margin, and Sen. Dona Way- who fell to ment. Steele by an 8 percent margin in Senate District 21. Steele said he expected his con- test with Waymcnt to be close. He expressed gratitude to the people who supported him. Steele said he would work in a positive way to build the state if elected in November. In the two-yeRepresentative District 14 contest incumbent Scott Holt defeated challenger Dee Ann Fisher by a large mar- ar BRYON SAXTON delegates prior to the prima- Rt ries. A SUvf Should it slay, or should it go? After a controversial primary election campaign and Republican Party convention in' Davis County, several public officials say they favor a direct piimary over the mass meeting and party convention system currently in use. Several officials, including a federal deputy election director, gave varied opinions on the question. But when the vole was tabulated among those questioned, the direct primary came out on top by a margin. "I have always felt we should choose candidates in a direct primary, but I was laughed at. three-to-tw- o said Ruby Price, Republican Party chairman. Price said a party convention always presents the possibility of a rigged or stacked vote. We will never really know what the people wanted," Price said, citing County Attorney Loren Martin and County Auditor Ludecn Gibbons as examples of candidates w ho were .eliminated on the convention level who might have been more successful in a direct primary' vote. Price said she favors a direct primary over the party convention because it allows the candidates a fair process of choice by the voting public. The current election process, first introduced in Utah Senate 18 in 1947, involves a Bill county convention vote of 290 1 BRYON SAXTON group of educators and their spouses who made up a large percentage of delegates at the Davis County Republican Party convention last spring nearly spelled early doom for two state legislative incumbents and strongly challenged a third. All three were defeated in Tuesdays primary. Educators, encouraged by the Davis Education Association to participate in the early stages of the election process, came out in force at the May 31 Republican Party convention, mostly backing several candidates termed by the DEA as very favorable to education. Davis According to 1985-8- 6 School District personnel records and the county clerks office delegate list, approximately 40 percent of the delegate vote in three state A The Roy City Council ROY conducted closed interviews with six fire chief applicants Tuesday. The council will make a final decision after researching the background of each applicant. The applicant deadline for the fire chief position was July 31, and since that time the number of applicants has been narrowed from 15 to six, said Jim Thomas, Roy City councilman. Each applicant will be given a interview, with the applicants background information being researched before a final announcement is made, Thomas te trol mass meetings and the convention. This year, educators and their spouses made up nearly 40 percent of the delegates in three key legislative races in which incumbents were eventually unseated. (Sec related story, this page.) Not everyone in Davis County, nor those in other states, favor Utah's election said. The operations of the Roy City Fire Department have been under the supervision of three lieutenants within the department since the resignation of Chief Ed Blacke in June of 1985. day-to-da- g, in Primary election winner Sheriff Brant John- Ison (right) gets congratulatory handshake from Republican opponent Glenn Clary after j mect-ingco- election process. There are currently six states in the country that have a convention or caucus to select the final nominees, which includes the state of Colorado that offers an option to have primary. Kinibcrling said. See DIRECT, page 2A Mews analysis legislative races at the convention was cast by school district employees and their spouses. The large turnout of educators was seen by some, including candidates, educators and delegates, as an effort to unseat at the convention level three incumbents denon-educat- or scribed recently by DEA Executive Director Dee as favoring tax limitation measures and against anything for education. Asked if teachers arc encouraged to serve as delegates, I would said encourage anyone. Bur-ningha- m Bur-ningha-ni Educators don't have enough people to get out and take over the mass meetings without the public. Burningh-ar- n said. See EDUCATORS, page 2A the two were informed of GOP voting results Tuesday night at Davis County Courthouse in Farmington. Review The body of James Toyn, 25. and Game Division official at 4:40 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13. one mile below Little Hole. In what FARMINGTON was billed as the main attraction higher pay. Saunders said, Im suprised at the margin and thankful for it. There is no substitute for people being aware of six years of ser- of the election evening, Davis County Sheriff Brant Johnson took an early lead and maintained it over Republican challenger Glenn Clary to win the Republican primary race Tuesday. He will face Democrat George Miles in the November general election. Johnson, after defeating Clary by a 6 percent margin, referred to the Layton resident as a heavy challenger." Johnson received 53 percent of the 13,503 votes cast in the sheriffs race. In two county commission races, William Peters defeated Commissioner Harry Gerlach Sr. by a 10 percent margin to become the GOP candidate for the four-yescat, while incumbent Glen Saunders retained the Republican nomination for the scat, topping his opponent Kenneth Hanimon by a 14 percent margin. Peters will face Democratic candidate Harold Shafter in the November finals, while Saunders will face Democrat Howard Stoddard of West Point. Johnson said it was a "tough campaign. and credited a broad base of support county wide for ar vice. Saunders continued to say. ar I will miss my association with Commissioner Gerlach. but feel I will be able to work with Mr. Pe- ters." Gerlach said in a prepared statement, a tremendous weight has been taken off my shoulders a weight, come Jan. 1, Mr. Peters or Mr. Shafter will have to for this I am extremely carry grateful. I am looking forward to returning to a normal family and Brant Johnson pared to mount a strong, aggre-siv- c campaign in the November finals against Miles. Miles is currently serving as chairman of the Davis County Democratic Party. Clary, conceding the race. said. We gave it our best, adding. I feel sorry for the deputies. My concern is the deputies. I feel theyre going to pay the price for me losing." During the campaign a major issue was the turnover of 46 sworn officers who left the sherhis margin of victory. iff s department during Johnson's "1 wanted to win; the margin of administration. Johnson explained the turnover victory was not important to me. Johnson said. by saying several officers left the Johnson said he is now pre- - force because the nature of Da- - two-ye- Toyns friend Blair Manning, of Clearfield, who was 30, also vis County salaries is conservative and they were seeking staff social life. The county attorney race was also decided by a narrow margin of victory as Melvin Wilson received 51 percent of the total vote edging out his opponent Jack C. Helgcscn. Wilson received 6,493 votes, while Helgcscn received 6.302. Wilson and Helgcscn County Attorney Loicn Martin at out-poll- the GOP county convention eliminating the incumbent from the primary ballot. Wilson will be unopposed for the county attorney seat barring a write-icampaign in the November final election. The two newcomers to the Davis County auditor race finished with Ruth Kcnnmgton on top See JOHNSON, pane 2 n MANILA, Daggett County man was swept away by a surge of water released from the Flaming Gorge Dam and drowned while fishing in the A Clearfield was recovered by a Utah Fish loses BRYON SAXTON surge below dam Green River. sunders to stay half-doze- vention y Local man drowns process. Teachers organize convention effort Review staff fire chief applicants The convention delegates, lected by those who attend approximately 150 Davis County neighborhood meetings, determine the two party candidates who will remain on the ballot for the primary election. Candidates who receive 70 percent or more of the delegate-votat the convention are single listed on the ballot and represent the party in the November final election. Special interest groups can organize and successfully con- Kim-berlin- Candidates Waymcnt, Smedley. and Fisher were unavailable for comment. Council interviewing se- According to William deputy director of the national clearing house on federal elections and administration, Utah is one of only a n states in the counn try that use the mass gin. obtaining 64 percent of the total vote. Holt will face Democratic challenger W. Fred Fisher from West Point in the November finals. Mews isriefs Direct primary better system? fc. uujiiiinimTnrm"' t ii fishing on the river was swept back on shore by the surge of water and knocked unconscious. The men were fishing on the river in the Uinta National Forest when the water was released from the dam seven miles upstream, said County Deputy Bryan Smith. The two men headed to shore when the water level began to rise, but lost their fooling 12 feet from the shoreline. Smith said. Manning said before he lost consciousness, he saw Toyn struggling to remain afloat. When he regained consciousness, 80 to 100 feet downstream, he began to look for help. x A Utah Fish and Game Division official at the scene found Toyns body in an eddy near the bank of the stream. The body was transported to Vernal and later transferred to the state medical examiner's office in Salt Lake Cjty. Dost quote 'You put your heart, soul and guts into it. This is the most exciting thing I've ever done Laurel Bain, wife of swuesstul primary candidate Walt Bain. |