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Show TIIK SAN JUAN KKf'ORI) Wednesday, November 13, 2002 - Pap 4 SAN'JUANJHEATERl Thanks for election help Good citizens of San Juan County: To you I extend thanks for your support and willingness to particiThe S.m Jiun Record welcomes letters from our readers Letters to the I ditor must be. No more than HO words Signed Include the aullmr's address and phone number he San Juan Record reserves the right tu edit letters for length, clarity ami to eliminate libelous or tasteless material 1 rhe San Juan 'Record HOMFTOWN NEWSPAPER FOR SAN JUAN COUNTY. UTAH SINCE 1915 AN AWARD WINNING NEWSPAPER Publisher Editor BILL BOYLE Office Manager TERRY CRAMER Paste-u- Harry Potter, ; Chamber of ; Secrets (PG) Call for show times It tosedJ5unda7j8Mond Design Office Assistant PAT RICHARDSON Proofreader DAWN BOYLE Writers NELL DALTON MAXINE DEETER MARY LOU HOGGARD LEO PLATERO GARY TORRES TERRI WINDER aaa Everything is changing. People are taking the comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke. Will Rogers aaa Mfg&SBS G.O. Miller, DDS Dr. Brian J. Goodwine, DDS FAMIL Y DENTISTRY AND ORTHODONTICS ANNA THAYN PHIL MUELLER 435-587-25- 28 lMIONE & FAX 77 435-587-33- 77 IL W sanuan sjrnews . not SUBSCRIPTION RATES San Juan County Outsido County - USA APO or FPO addicss Nowsstand Sr Citizen $18 $26 $26 50c $17.50 $25.50 Sr Out ot County To have a sample copy sent to a fnend, send us hts or her address. Write to PO Box 879, Monticello, UT 84535. Copyright, The San Juan Record 0, 2002. All rights reserved. Reproduction, reuse or transmittal of all herein is matter without prior prohibited written permission by the publisher. ISSN PuMrahad 0894-327- waakly at 3 40 South Man. Monhcafe.Utah. Panodcal podaga paid at MonlcaKo. Utah S4535 (ISSN0894-3273)- Poatmaatar: changaa to E'Centrall Dr. News Writers 435-587-22- a er - Ad p pate in the recent election process. What a great opportunity and privilege it is to he associated with each of you. Organizing and providing the opportunity to vote in a county our size, is not a simple task and cannot be done by one person. In this years election there were 64 trained election judges and interpreters working at 11 voting locations. Their responsibility was not only to provide a reasonable opportunity to vote but to do it with a smile while having their every move scrutinized by Federal poll observers. I wish there was space to list each of you by name. It would be unusual to have an election go without a hitch and as you may have read, seen or heard such was the case here in San Juan. The optical scan equipment, set up at the polling locations, exhibited mechanical difficulties. After being scanned, the paper ballots were not properly dropping into the ballot boxes. When this problem occurred the blockage compromised the counting sensor s ability to record the number of ballots being processed. By early afternoon on election day we had reported difficulties with 8 of the 10 optical scanners in use and I decided the integrity of the tabulation process at the precinct level was compromised. When the polls closed at 8:00 P.M. all ballots were secured and transported to Monticello for counting and tabulation. The ballots were never out of the control of the sworn election judges or county deputies. The last ballot was counted at approximately 3:50 AM. I am absolutely confident in the methods and process we employed and know the integrity of the election process was maintained. As stated at the first of this letter, this election was not successfully completed alone. I wish to pay special thanks and tribute to TVent Schafer and Chris Webb, the Managers of our two great communities, L'inM Lathum and Larry Lee at the Blanding Library, Cameron Tapaha and Sarah Christensen, our hands-o- n working consultants and to Pamela Stomberg, from the ES&S election equipment company in Omaha, Nebraska. A mammoth thank you to the ClerkAuditor staff of IjaVee Scherick, Amber Young and Frank Morrel and to SheriffMike Lacy and his Deputies. Never to be forgotten, I express a special thank Edward Tapaha, on whom much you to my trusted friend and election the is burden of the procedures. placed during Citizens of San Juan, we live among the best people on earth, in a location of unchallenged beauty. What a great experience it is to be associated with all of you. Norman L. Johnson San Juan County ClerkAuditor WT5T678T26'53! Starts FRIDAY Nov. 1 5 & Plays through Nov. 21 . Sand alt addraaa Boa 170, Utah 14535. Tha Monticatlo, San Juan Racont a mambar of tha Utah Praaa Aoeation and P.O. Nahonal Naiwpapar Aaaogaoon. 217 S 100 W Jfrom tlje 60 years ago In view of the fact that there is a shortage of skilled labor, an urgent appeal is made for civilian personnel to be employed at Ft. Douglas, Ad - Wanted: About 400 pounds of winter wheat for a subUtah. scription to the San Juan Record. 50 years ago Some 4,000 hunters stream into Monticello the first week of the deer hunt. To write 4,000 special permits made for such confusion and overwork for the agent and helpers that it was almost impossible to get them out. 40 years ago Proceeds from the Zogi Review Variety Show, sponsored by the Monticello Chamber of Commerce, will be used to purchase the old Big 4 antique tractor. 30 years ago San Juan County voters prove a great disappointment to Wasatch Front news teams, going quietly to the polls in spite of dire predictions that discrimination and irregularities would mar the balloting. 20 years ago Congressman-elec- t Howard Nielson will participate in a major Interior subcommittee g tour in southeastern Utah to study energy deposits and the nuclear repository study site. Assistant director of the Utah State Board of Corrections and the State Prison Warden will meet with the Monticello Chamber of Commerce to discuss plans for locating a 288 bed maximum security prison somewhere in fact-findin- southern Utah. 10 Monticello 7 am -7 Mon - pm 53 ffl n? uGgo8 Enjoy golf year-rou- nd in Ivdmy 72 degree comfort ot tlie Oetaway Y " 9 Iiolcs Ivautifully groomed greens relaxing water falls and more We also sell snow skovels and fee melt! nevFexteRdeiWoUrs) years ago Rye Wojcik, 14, got a nice buck on his first deer hunt, taken in the Elk A Ridge Unit during muzzleloader season. exhibit from Montezuma Creek Elementary School artists is on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, on the campus of the University of Utah. Bruce Hucko, a photographer and art educator, taught the children the techniques and how to apply the skills to their personal vision. 55-pie- ce Aontia.o 80 S Main Monticello J! sxa 435-587-22- 56 Fri |