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FRONT PAGE A1 Stansbury football eliminated from playoffs by Dixie Flyers See A10 TOOELETRANSCR IPT SERVING TOOELE COUNTY BULLETIN SINCE 1894 TUESDAY November 6, 2012 www.TooeleTranscript.com Vol. 119 No. 45 50¢ Tooele County residents take two House seats Utah House District 21 Utah House District 68 35% 60% 19% 74% 3,443 5,889 1,186 4,708 Dave Swan D Doug Sagers R Tom Nedreberg D Merrill Nelson R aged to pull down 35 percent of AP file/Pablo Martinez Monsivais by Tim Gillie the vote for House District 21. President Barack Obama waves as he is introduced before speaking to supporters during a campaign event at McArthur High School on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012, STAFF WRITER For Swan, it was a second in Hollywood, Fla. Obama was re-elected to serve a second term, beating Mitt Romney by 97 electoral votes. defeat for public office after he For the first time in 30 years, unsuccessfully ran in 1994 for when the state Legislature Salt Lake County Assessor before convenes in January there will moving home to Tooele. be two people from Tooele “I campaigned hard and gave County sitting in the House of it my all,” said Swan. “I won’t rule Obama wins four more years Representatives. out another run for office at this Grantsville resident Merrill time.” Though popular vote was split, electoral gap saw president coast to victory Nelson, an attorney for the Salt Swan admits that he initially Lake City-based law firm Kirton did not plan to run for office this by Lisa Christensen ward to sitting down with Gov. McConkie, will join Rep. Doug year because he knew that Utah STAFF WRITER Romney to see where we can Sagers, R-Tooele, in the House. Republicans would turn out in President of the United States work together to move this Nelson pulled down a com- droves to support Mitt Romney’s Americans said “yes” to four great country forward.” manding 74 percent of the votes presidential bid. more years of Barack Obama NATION UTAH TOOELE COUNTY Romney, in a concession in House District 68, which Two years ago, Sagers defeated as the president of the United speech from Boston, also 100 stretches south from Grantsville 18-year Democratic incumbent States yesterday. thanked his supporters for a to include parts of Juab, Beaver Jim Gowans with 52 percent of Obama won re-election by 75 73% 74% hard-fought campaign, and and Utah counties, along with all the vote to win his first term in a wide margin of 303 electoral asked them to help cultivate 50% 49% of Millard County. He managed the House. votes to Romney’s 206, with 50 a bipartisan relationship with 303 206 to carry four of the five counties, “I feel honored and humbled Florida being the only state too Electorial Electorial 25% 23% their political opposites and to losing only in Juab County to by my win,” said Sagers. “I have close to call by press time. The 25 support the president in lead- his Democratic opponent Tom always looked on politics as pub- popular vote was much closer, 0 ing the nation. Nedreberg, who serves on the lic service. We have some tough with Obama taking 50 percent Obama Romney Obama Romney Obama Romney “This is a time of great chal- Eureka City Council. decision ahead for the state. With to Romney’s 49 percent, with 1 lenges for America and I pray Voters in Tooele and Stansbury the federal government facing percent unaccounted for, tion, regardless of who they “[Romney and I] may have that the president will be suc- Park sent Doug Sagers back to sequestration of funds, it will In an acceptance speech backed in the campaign. He battled fiercely but that’s only cessful in guiding our nation,” the House with 60 percent of mean cutbacks in federal funds given from Chicago, Obama also stressed the need for uni- because of our love for this Romney said. “I so wish that the vote. David Swan, Sagers’ thanked his supporters and all fication and bipartisanship in country,” Obama said. “In the Democratic challenger, man- See HOUSE page A7 ➤ who participated in the elec- the future. coming weeks I also look for- See OBAMA page A6 ➤ CLOSING TIME Maegan Burr Maegan Burr Democrats (l-r) Rick Pollock, Kurt Alloway, Erik Strindberg, Stone Republicans (l-r) Renee Milne, Shawn Milne, Brittany Adams, Blair SUN AND MOON SEVEN-DAY FORECAST FOR TOOELE Pollock and George Young check election results atUV a party INDEX in Pine Hope, Sandy Critchlow and Steve Pruden watch election results The Sun Rise Set WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Tuesday night at the Tooele County Building. Wednesday 7:06 a.m. 5:19 p.m. Canyon Tuesday night. Thursday 7:08 a.m. 5:18 p.m. Friday 7:09 a.m. 5:17 p.m. Saturday 7:10 a.m. 5:16 p.m. Sunday 7:11 a.m. 5:15 p.m. Monday 7:12 a.m. 5:14 p.m. Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Tuesday 7:14 a.m. 5:13 p.m. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ The Moon Rise Set Milne winsnumber, the greater commission the need for eye and skin seat Wednesday 12:02 a.m. 1:30 p.m. protection. 0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Thursday 1:05 a.m. 2:01 p.m. by Tim Gillie tory,” saidVery Milne. High; 11+ Extreme“I think voters with 72 percent of the vote, was commission that she wanted to Friday 2:10 a.m. 2:31 p.m. Saturday 3:17 a.m. 3:04 p.m. STAFF WRITER made it very clearALMANAC that they want knocked out of the race at the take care of, including tackling Sunday 4:28 a.m. 3:40 p.m. the countyStatistics to for go the weekin endinga different Nov. 5. Tooele County Republican con- budget issues, economic devel- Mostly sunny and Cloudy, showers Mostly cloudy with Cold with sunshine Monday 5:41 a.m. 4:21 p.m. Partly sunny and mild Partly sunny Cloudy Temperatures Tuesday 6:56 a.m. 5:08 p.m. pleasant possible; windy, cooler snow showers possible and some cloudsIn January, Shawn Milne will direction and that direction is vention in April. opment, and securing funding leave the Tooele City Council to towards moreHigh/Low fiscal past week responsibil- 71/38A month before the election, for relief services. Last New First Full Normal high/low past week 57/36 69 43 64 40 42 30 38 23 36 25take a seat 44on the30 Tooele County48 32ity.” Average temp past week 53.5Johnson put herself back on the A predicted $4 million short- Commission. The Normalcounty average commissiontemp past week 46.5ballot as a write-in candidate. fall in revenue that lead to lay- TOOELE COUNTY WEATHER Daily Temperatures High Low Nov 6 Nov 13 Nov 20 Nov 28 Milne garnered 59 percent of race this year took a few twists. On election night, she finished offs and wholesale elimination Maegan Burr Shown is Wednesday’s the vote in the race to claim the Incumbent Republican com- in fourth place with 470 votes of some county departments Forecasts and graphics provided by weather. Temperatures are Wednesday night’s lows and only county commission spot missioner Colleen Johnson, for 3 percent of ballots cast. in September dominated the Sherry Tomboc and Roseann Davis shut down a voting machine at the AccuWeather, Inc. ©2012 Wednesday’s highs. up for election this year. who was re-elected without a Johnson said she felt like she Tooele Armory Tuesday night after the polls had closed. “It was a very decisive vic- Democratic challenger in 2008 had unfinished business on the See MILNE page A12 ➤ UTAH WEATHER Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Logan BULLETIN BOARD A8 Grouse 65/34 Wendover PrecipitationAIR QUALITY (in inches) INSIDE Creek 62/41 Knolls Clive WEATHER Lake Point Tuesday CLASSIFIEDS B5 65/36 66/43 68/44 63/44 HOMETOWN B1 Ogden Stansbury Park Good High Schools A 50-year nursing 68/47 Erda 67/42 finish top in state career OBITUARIES A6 Vernal Grantsville 69/44 Pine Canyon Wednesday Salt Lake City 59/31 69/42 59/37 OPEN FORUM A4 Tooele 65/47 Bauer Good marching band 69/43 Last Normal Month Normal Year Normal See B1 SPORTS A10 68/41 Tooele Week for week to date M-T-D to date Y-T-D Provo Roosevelt 69/43 competition 63/36 62/40 See Stockton SnowfallThursday (in inches) Price complete 68/41 See A7 63/38 Good Nephi forecast Rush Valley 70/41 68/40 Ophir on A9 62/39 Source: www.airquality.utah.gov Delta Manti 71/43 68/38 Green River Last Month Season 69/38 Dugway Week to date to date Richfield Gold Hill 68/42 70/41 Moab 65/41 SNOWPACK Hanksville 72/41 Beaver 72/39 Vernon Tooele Valley-Vernon Creek Basin 69/41 Ibapah 68/39 70/40 Snow Water Equivalent as of 12 a.m. Monday Rocky Basin Mining Vernon Settlement Fork Creek Cedar City Blanding Snowcover 0.0 0.7 0.0 St. George 70/43 65/41 Average 0.9 0.8 0.0 77/53 Kanab 74/40 Eureka Percent of average 0% 88% 0% 62/41 Source: Utah Natural Resources Conservation Services A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT-BULLETIN TUESDAY November 6, 2012 PAR tax renewal tops roundup Halloween stabbing of smaller election results suspect arrested by Lisa Christensen by Rachel Madison continue the program.