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Show County's Voters Head For The Polls On Tuesday, Nov. 5 Garfield County voters will head for the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots in one of the most important ' elections in years. While the only contests in the county are those for school board in two districts, what is taking place at the national level for state representatives represen-tatives from Utah is highly significant. sig-nificant. Statewide, Republican John Swallow and Democrat Jim Matheson are in a fierce battle for U. S. Representative in Congressional District 2. Also seeking the post are Patrick Diehl of Escalante, Green, and Ron Copier, Libertarian. Locally, State Senate candidate candi-date Tom Hatch of Panguitch has no competition nor has State Representative Mike Noel of Kanab. The trend continues in the county where all county offices are uncontested: D. Maloy Dodds for Commission seat and Clare M. Ramsay for Commission seat B; Joe Thompson for county assessor, Wallace A. Lee for county attorney, attor-ney, Camille A. Moore for county coun-ty clerkauditor, Les Barker for county recorder, Than W. Cooper for sheriff, and Judy P. Henrie for county treasurer. In Garfield County School District 4, Bart Palmer of Tropic is challenging incumbent Trish Thompson, and in District 5 Gladys LeFevre of Boulder is running against Nile R. Sawyer of Hatch for the seat vacated by her husband, Commissioner Dell LeFevre. Among judges up for retention reten-tion are David L. Mower (Sixth District Court) and John W. Yardley (County Justice Court Judge). Contesting for the State Board of Education are Roger S. Swenson and Dixie Allen. Alsq challenging voters to consult their voter pamphlets for information are six constitutional constitution-al amendments and one initiative. initia-tive. In Antimony, balloting will take place at the firehouse, in Boulder at the Town Hall, in Cannonville at the Town Hall, in Escalante at the Senior Citizen Center, in Hatch at the Town Hall, and in Henrieville at the Town Hall. Voters in both Panguitch precincts 1 and 2 will cast their ballots at the courthouse and Tropic voters at the firehouse. All votes in Ticaboo will be cast by absentee ballot. |