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Show r UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. June bank account througli tax reform and smaller government, 1 will work to restore and protect our property nghla. I want to strengthen our mili-tar- y and the war on terrorism, with rights," What are tho top two federal issues facing the country and Tiw primary election will decide wlut would you do about them if elected? Miur issues for Um Second the winner in the race for Uintah Congressional District are national County Hi lerilf. Both men runningfor sherlffha ve Impressive records of ser- security, education, and red ucinggov vice to law enforcement. Drew eminent bureaucracy and taxes, Tlie imminent threat of nuclear Christiansen previously served as lain detonations and in our Uintah County Sheriff in the homeland makes protecting America 1980a. Incumbent Sheriff Rick is seeking hi third term in my greatest priority In Congress, I Jiawkins office. There fa no Democratic chalwill lead to protect America pushby ing for an aggressive pursuit of all lenger in Uiis race, Kick Hawkins, of Vernal terrorists, including a "first strike" Agei 64 doctrine that wipea out terrorist ba Oecupationi Sheriff of Uintah unfm they act, rather than bio-terr- Tim Bridgewater Congressional candidates speak out on top issues facing tho Uintah Basin 'I Republican. lor U.8. Representative District A resident of Sandy. liun-m- mi BridgewuUir, H'l Age: 41 Businessmen Previous conununityclvlc "Served in tlw Ktufun .viuuiiistralion ru collecting on debt to the 11,8. from foreign coun-- i Worked on the Bush campaign n. liiihing money and purticljail-hi' grussroota oltorU in Oregon, Ne I liiinjioliire and South Carolina. aa Chairman of tha Utah t (Vllfl i Republican Party.BuUmlxiard for a school, Chaired Uw it iloct-iort- i Wt i uminillce for Ilia recent PoInU ,.l i.ifjii ronfereiice that brought Pint bturii Hush to Utah." m lyjflM, vt-- l jsi-- i Why are you running for of waul to helpuur children get r education. I want to help a r i (him'iiu by reducing tuxes ami i M.riw 1 cun eliminate governmental which wilt in turn halpxtimu i.ii, iur economy and create job, Aa n.uiy iieopje know, I was raised in 'i. iiicly hinnlilecircuinalaiuwe.But world lute I men ipsid to I,,- oiiftinM with one of Die most significant r, :iiH,ns lieiug my education bare in I Our education excellence baa over tlie years, Consequently, H i ji oetd to reform our education eye ', m so we gjva our children tlie beet .'i.iri in tile, and we need to give pur fire? "1 n-- l.i-i- . ui-- s 1 believe my passion education and my focus on i.im local decision-inakJn- g. m.v hosmcee background, ..i jmkkI iocal conirol cun inaku ) a significant Wlial do you feel are tlie top two Inal issue facing Uw Uintah Ba fju' wailing til they do. We must also strengthen our borders and hold visitor to our nation to tiw highest standards of accountability, One ofAmerica's Achilles heels is ourduiwndeiuy on foreign energy and I am disgusted with tlie Senate vote against opening up 1,200 acres in tlie AN WR in Alaska, Congress must have Uw wisdom and courage to allow re sponsilils domestic oil exploration while balancing Uw need to preserve our wild areas, Until America is more indenendent of Middle East oil, we will be indecisive and comr omitted on our foreign policy , particularly with respect to Uw Btalee of Israel and Palestine, Public binds belong to Uw public, not to Washington bureaucrats. I trust Uw people of Utah to be involved in Uw management of public lands. Aa your congressman, I will flglit fiw iiiultijile land use and local control, and I will work to streamline Uw approval process for multiple use and cut bureaucratic red tap. I will use my experience in Uw state legislature to lead Uw fight on water, land, and property issues, I will also bring balance to Uw Endangered Species Act by balancing Uw protection of endangered swciea with common sense.. Education is a state iasue and is Utah's biggest iasue in the coining decade. Ass Congressman,! will fight to get Washington out of our State Uw education policies, If we right-siiFederaleducaUon bureaucracy, we can return Uw cost savings back to Uw states 'funds that will iwlp solve our current crisis Uiut Uirestens ua with U w loss of nwny of our great teachers. If w reduce the Department of Education by Uiirty percent I'.HYKi), U tail's sliara would be $800 million. My goal is to get Uiut money back to Utah without any federal airing and it'a a huge priority. Niniilieruiie is the federal over-reg- u iai ion placed on husinessand tile bur County of tlw oil eud gas in Tlie oilier top issue is tlw need ini job creation in tiw area. I've cre-- n hundreds ofjob in Utah and fesl o.ai i could Iwlp in Washington by hn i mg the resource needed to our and by, again, keeping regulu iii'ii and red tu(w at a minimum to .iiii.-In r business growth." ovi-- r im-ir- Why ere you running for ofwage a war on Uw drugs tliul are de"I feel Its time to change the fice? of so of lives Uw your many stroying iiiw Our tip anonyuaaia young people. out and has given ua hundreds of valuable In lime some tilings wear Uw oilier need lo be changed to keep to lead lias and Information of pieces Uw taking down of numerous moth conijsaierits working properly. This labs. This is an insidious jirohiein in isnt unusual, it's just a fact of lifa," What do you feel are the top our community and country, and we iiiiinI continue to fight it until we win. two issues feeing lew enforcement In Uintah County? "Two isperWe presently he ve highly-trainesues that are a top priority would Iw sonnel in tlie sheriff's dwrtineiit drugs ami abuse. Drugs would include wlw will use ell Uw resounds illegal drugs snd legal drugs Uiut are to win Uiis belllo. aliow-d- , Abuse would include spouse, witli continue went we to Third, and child elderly abuse. All have a was Uw sound fiscal jail milky tlint effect on individual livi-- e tremendous given tlw Business of tlie Yeur award and tlw economic structure of Uw d Previous eommunityclvie ex Kick Hawkins baa been forourlnnovutive'thinkingoutoftlm Krieneut I Iwlieve tliat in community recre- box' ation programs: baseball, fixitlmJI, and basketball. He ia one of Uiree men to bring tlie Jr, Jaxx program to Uw Uintah Basin. He organised Uw local Christmas Si IOP-WIprogram and also sponsors Uw annual charity gulf tournament to benefit Uw local Special Olympics. Why are you running for office? "I want to be Uintah County Sheriff because we are making a difference in this community. Kighlyeun ago, Uw aiwriifa denartment was in ganeral chaos and filwd with giaid, but demoralised people. Todey, we era united, a department filled wiUi qualofficer wlw are exity, cited about Uwir work and eager to continue wliat wa began eight year apt. First and foremost, I want to fur- Uwr Uw 'Community Policing philosophy wa so strongly bulieve in, by continuing to work with Uw public through our county Neighborhood Watch program. In conjunction with that mail, Uw HlwrifTa CfUxen Ad Boand Iw been a reaoundingsucr cess ea far aa gaining valuable input from the community on wlwt we can do belter aa a department, I want lo eonUnue with both Uwoa programs, I believe Uiat 'All of ua logeUwr are stronger than any of us alone, Second, we went to eonUnue to well-train- ed iy Check ouf our Classifieds! To order call di in; dial places on sniull businesses. Ami m l.'inluh County it is also tlie 3 Current Uintah sheriff and former sheriff campaign for office on same ticket out sacrificing our fundamental r? 18.2W2-.J,gg2- practices. strongly in mutes Imve a debt to pay to aa part ofUwir rehabilitation. 1 bifliated and will continue to use inmates to work for couiity onlilfea, such aa Weatorn I'ark, tlie niusmnn, tlie care center, and to do work aucli aa aimw alioveb ;' for t!, elderly in our cmninunity. Through programs sucii as Uw inmate work program, tlw alwrifradeiwrtmentiiaaciuiUniiistlo ay under budget all eiglit years of my ofiuw, putting buck over ffiWl.OOO into Llia general fund tbia year alone, My final request to Uw voting public is, "If it Isnt broken fain I it is noth don't fix it. It lias lieun a privilege to be able to live in Uiis great Basin and serve my friends and community for tlw past 20 years. 1 hope to continue to do mi for at least four more years. sm-iet- immtiy.Tls'yaliufiis.-lm'gitivi'lyimir- Uiun one person. I f electcdi "Aa we go through our daily reapmisihililwa to protect Uw jsropleund pnqierty ofoorcouuly, we need also lo Imik at tlie needs of eacli area wa serve end to help prevent crime liefore it luipieiis ea iiiucli ua possibla, Wa mssi to work Uigellier ua uflicersand ciLixens in a uniusi elfort lusolveoiirproblmns, 1 would lwown to your nmiiunitu and concerns, in fiui, would exss.-- t to hear liwiuwi that I could Iwtter serve you, our Uintah County resfik'iits." DirwCiuiMianscn a Drew Christiansen, of Vernal Agei 66 Occuimtlon.sni previous itycivic exjierieiicei "I am currently employed witli Vernal City com-mu- n Polices Uwir Juvenile Officer, I have over 17 years in lew enforcement, Positions I Imve held include: jailer, road deputy, slwrilf, jiatrol officer, juvenile detecLive, DAitK officer, b WAT Team CmnmaiHkr. I luive seven years wiUi Uintah Ownty and ten with Vernal City. I Imve lived in Uw county for 86 years. Kick Hawkins Terete Hamilton - 722-2- 5 18 NmuiiimareUa'NinailMofatwo-yar-ol- girl and a two nuuitli-ol- d haliy boy. Tliey ilan on making Llieir home in ItmisevelL, ( ,leve ia Uw ami of Vul ( I ene ( bu ll ol Ft. Dufjwsiw mul Uui late Ixiri Jo Kichmun Cucii . Aiming liu me In utleii dunce at Uw grmluution ceremony On Thursday, June 6, Cleve UwwCuciigrwfualed with Isiwwsfrom Blovens I lenugrCollcfin Provo with tlw graduating cluaa of 2gJ2. Cleve grmJinited f ,'ijiii Iwude willi an as ma:l-ul- e from this area were; griimiNirents, ik'gree in Mmlfcul 8sa:ialti', I le Bundy ami lushuin Kii:limmiofNiolu; Jeanle Morti'iiwui; Colliwu llim-k- ; is now working on Ilia niedkial and will lie working Trai-- Warrick; Calvin Washington; ut tlw Uintah Basin Mmiical CenLer and Vul Cene ( bu-l- i and dmigliti'r, tills coining Keitemlwr. Cleve and BO utters a great deal M BfBPJ tBW 2002 435-722-61- 31 John Swallow , Republican. Running 2, A for US. IieiiresentaUve District resident! Bandy, Agei 89 Oecupationi Attorney cut tact Envoy 'Sierra Previous communitycivic ex- Stale Bepresentatlva for Krienee: from 1997 to present. Additional achievements: Named Uw 2606 Taxpayer Advocate of Uw Year by Uw Utah Taxpayer Association; Received UwGuardian ofHinall Business Award 2WJ0 from Uw National Federation of independant Called one of tlw "Top Buai-nesse- John Swallow s; five moat effecUva legislators," two terms in a row by Uw Deseret News; Named Defender' of Free Enterprise by Uw Utah Manufacturers Association; Bestowed Uw 1999 Legislator Recognition Award by Uw Utah Polk Association. Wlw a you running for Congress?"! am running for Congress for ons reason, to fight for you. I am not running to represent Woaliington bureaucrat. 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