LINCOLN COUNTY SINCE 1870 75¢ THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 9, 2018 Vol. 149, No. 10 electioN 2018 liNcolN couNty electioN results LincoLn county Sheriff Democrats win US Senate, governor; Lee, Kerry D. (Indumbent) - 1,376 Schimbeck, Evan W. - 549 LincoLn county Lincoln County sheriff re-elected recorder-Auditor Elmer, Amy Nicole - 1,097 By Dave Maxwell Attorney General Adam Laxalt in only over Democrat Clint Koble on a count of McCleary, Bob - 823 Washoe and Clark County. The vote was 167,427 to 120,191. In Nevada, Democrats did well in the 477,000 for Sisolak and 437,690 for Lax- Democrat Aaron Ford edged Repub- LincoLn county U.S. House and the Senate, as well as alt. lican Wes Duncan out for attorney gen- commissioner, diStrict B electing the state’s first Democratic gov- It was the same story again for Lt. Gov- eral in a tight race, 453,290 to 449,030. Lister, Bevan - 1,464 ernor in over 20 years. ernor. Democrat Kate Marshall topped Incumbent Republican Barbara Cega- Hibble, Ron - 454 Washoe and Clark County, alone, de- Republican Michael Roberson 483,244 vske topped Democrat Aaron Nelson for cided several of the important races in to 419,155. She won Washoe and Clark secretary of state by a count of 465,096 to LincoLn county SchooL the state, outvoting the other 15 counties. County and he won all the rest. 458,632. diStrict truStee, diStrict B Jacky Rosen won only two of Neva- In the U.S. House, Democrats won Democrat Zach Conine won the job of Hansen, Carol J. - 1,256 da’s 17 counties, Washoe and Clark, in three of the four Congressional districts. state treasurer over Bob Beers on a vote Harr, Carolyn (Incumbent) - 576 the race for the Senate seat held by Dean Dina Titus retained her seat in District 1, of 456,943 to 451,081. Heller. However, that was all she needed defeating challenger Joyce Bentley. Susie In Lincoln County, Clerk Lisa Lloyd JuStice of the PeAce, to join Catherine Cortez-Masto as the Lee won over Danny Tarkanian in Dis- said her numbers showed that there was meAdow Valley state’s second Democratic Senator. The trict 3, and former Congressman Steven a strong turnout of voters this year. Cowley, Mike D. (Incumbent) - 847 total was Rosen, 486,794, and Heller, Horsford defeated another former Con- Locally, voters selected Heller over Childers, Jeff - 524 438,516. gressman, Cresent Hardy, in District 4 Rosen by a wide margin of 1,547 to 283. Steve Sisolak, Clark County Commis- by a vote of 120,888 to 101,748. Voters also went for Laxalt over Sisolak StAte AssemBLy sion Board chair, took the governor’s Republican incumbent Mark Amodei Hoff, Dennis - 462 office in the same manner, outpolling held onto his House seat in District 2 > See ELECTION, Page 6 Romanov, Lesia - 124 LincoLn county Assessor Holt, Mark (Incumbent) - 1,800 commuNity liNcolN couNty LincoLn county cLerk Lloyd, Lisa (Incumbent) - 1,825 LincoLn county diStrict Construction Attorney Frehner, Dylan V. - 1,758 progressing LincoLn county treasurer Frehner, Shawn (Inc.) - 1,806 on new LincoLn county commissioner, diStrict A power district Brackenbury, Jared - 1,751 LincoLn county headquarters commissioner, diStrict d Phillips, Kevin J. (Incumbent) -1,656 By Dave Maxwell StAte AssemBLy, diStrict 33 Construction is underway on the new Ellison, John C. (Incumbent) - 1,182 administrative headquarters and oper- ations building of the Lincoln County SuPreme court JuStice, Power District (LCPD). SeAt f Located on the east side of U.S. 93, just Silver, Abbi - 1,262 Sarah Judd a bit north of the entrance to Cathedral None of These Candidates - 482 Wylee Mitchell of Pioche competes in barrel racing at the Alamo High School Gorge State Park, work has been pro- Rodeo event held Nov. 2-4. gressing since mid-August. GoVernor District General Manager Dave Sisolak, Steve - 266 Luttrell said, “We have been looking at Laxalt, Adam Paul - 1,440 this for over 10 years and just waiting until it made the most sense to move for- u.S. houSe of reP. diStrict 4 Over 100 compete at ward with construction. This past win- Horsford, Steven A. - 304 ter, the board decided it was time to start Hardy, Cresent - 1,538 moving forward. We hired an architect Alamo youth rodeo from St. George for the design this past u.S. SenAte spring. Put the project out to bid in the Rosen, Jacky - 283 By Sarah Judd W donated half the price and the club summer and awarded the contract to Heller, Dean (Incumbent) - 1,547 paid the other half. The average winners Watts Construction of St. George.” The Alamo High School Rodeo Team of each event received $100 for first, $75 Some years ago, LCPD had another ar- Ballot QueStionS hosted this a rodeo Nov. 2-4 at the Alamo for second, $50 for third place and $25 for chitect make a design, “but this is about Question 1 Rodeo Grounds. fourth place. half the size of what that one was, but Yes - 902 One hundred and seven participants Tyler Bundy, 18, of Alamo, has been will be more than double what we cur- No - 1,013 arrived to compete in events such as participating in rodeos his whole life. rently have,” Luttrell said. Question 2 goats, chute dogging, steer wrestling, As a senior, this was his last high school He said the construction of the new Yes - 649 team roping, breakaway, tie-down rop- rodeo in Alamo. During the grand en- headquarters will be done in a series No - 1,257 ing, poles, bulls, bareback, saddle bronc, trance, Bundy thanked his parents for of stages. “This first stage is the 4,300 Question 3 barrels and ribbon roping. The trap taking a boy and making him a man. He square-foot administration section and No - 1,743 shoot and rifle shoot were held at the also thanked his mom for holding him 1,500 square-foot operations area. They Yes - 205 Meldrums. Cutting up was held at the up when he didn’t deserve it and his dad are two separate buildings, connected by Question 4 Whipple Ranch. for the calluses on his hands, the sweat a little breezeway. Then, in another 12-18 Yes - 985 The Alamo High School rodeo team on his brow, and the dirt in his nails. months, we’ll start moving the ware- No - 920 consists of Tyler Bundy, Macady Bundy His parents, along with the club mem- house and the maintenance shop. That Question 5 and Troy Bundy. bers, put together a send-off package for way we can kind of keep the costs under Yes - 636 The Alamo Junior High rodeo team college which he carried with him dur- control. It will take about three years No - 1,279 consists of Morgan Carter, CJ Christian, ing his final lap of the arena on his horse. to fully move from up on the hill [at the Question 6 Dakota Ewing, Skyla Johnson, Zoey Bundy’s favorite event is steer wrestling. Caselton Mine] to this new site.” Yes - 429 Perkins, Sydnee Spencer, Myla Walch His horses’ names are Streak, Dusty and He said the operations building “is a No - 1,490 and Dylan Williams. Big Enough. His favorite place to rodeo dedicated building that has all our elec- Prizes for the winners included is Nationals in Wyoming. trical systems and grids and will be a For additional results, visit weighted pads, made by Broken W Cow- He explained, “I love that in rodeo, limited access.” silverstateelection.com boy Gear, to the all-around cowboy and cowgirl winners of the weekend. Broken > See RODEO, Page 3 > See POWER, Page 2 history World War I ended 100 years ago this month | Page 3 sports Panthers fall short of title game for first time in 10 years | Page 5 page 2 Lincoln County Record || The Week of Nov. 9, 2018 your seVeN-day forecast today saturday suNday moNday tuesday wedNesday thursday 59/23 59/27 50/22 53/25 58/29 61/30 61/30 Sunny; seasonably cool Sunny; seasonably cool Plenty of sun; cooler Plenty of sun; cool Sunny; seasonably cool Partly sunny Mostly sunny calieNte city couNcil News By Mary Cordle build tourism, and preserve the integrity of our small-town heritage.” The Caliente City Council met for its Gubler added a possible motto, regularly scheduled meeting Nov. 1. “Caliente, let us warm you up.” During the public hearing, comments Councilman Steve Rowe suggested were received on potential applications having a contest, where the public can for funding under the next fiscal year’s suggest and vote on a motto. State Community Development Block The council approved the mission Grant (CDBG) program. statement, tabling discussion of the Deputy City Clerk Amanda Anderson motto for a further meeting. suggested that the council apply for a grant The planning board recommended Mary Cordle for phase two of the Depot’s restoration, that the council approve the annexa- A choir sings during the National Day of Prayer meeting held Nov. 4 in Caliente. and a motion to that effect was carried. tion of approximately 253.1 acres of land A recommendation from the plan- owned by 3J Cattle. The annexation was ning board for a City of Caliente Mission approved. Statement was presented by Council- It was brought up that kids have been Prayer meeting held in Caliente man Regan Gubler, who read the state- climbing on the Box Car Museum. Any- ment: “The City of Caliente is focused one who sees them climbing needs to re- By Mary Cordle well and Andy Robinson provided pi- on enriching the lives of our citizens and mind them to stay off.