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2A The Daily Sentinel Friday, November 6, 2020 THE GRAND 4-DAY OUTLOOK NATIONAL FORECAST AND TEMPERATURES WATER LEVELS AND FLOWS WEATHER HELPLINES AREA FORECAST COLORADO TODAY THURSDAY IN GRAND JUNCTION COLORADO TEMPERATURES WEATHER in store today High 71, Low 51 SATURDAY High 60 Low 38 MONDAY High 42, Low 26 SUNDAY High 49, Low 32 TUESDAY High 43, Low 24 Partly to mostly cloudy Sunset today 5:07 p.m. Sunrise Saturday 6:49 a.m. Temperature High 71 at 3:02 p.m. Low 40 at 7:04 a.m. Average high 56 Average low 32 Record high 75 in 1977 Record low 1 in 1932 High this date last year 62 Low this date last year 23 Precipitation For the period ending at 5 p.m.

0.00 in. Total this month 0.00 in. Average month to date 0.14 in. Total for year 4,68 in. Average year to date 8.24 in.

Relative humidity High Low High 70, Low 44, partly cloudy Rifle High 69, Low 44, partly cloudy Glenwood Springs High 67, Low 47, cloudy Grand Mesa High 59, Low 40, sunny Southeastern Utah High 74, Low 58, partly cloudy Denver area High 74, Low 50, partly cloudy Lake Powell 3,591 ft. Blue Mesa Reservoir 7,463 ft. Colorado River at Cameo 1,400 cfs Gunnison River in Grand Junction 1,050 cfs Gunnison River below Gunnison tunnel 383 cfs Current Grand Junction 243-0914 then press 1 Five-day forecast 243-0914 then press 2 Time local temperature 242-2550 Road Air quality advisory Mesa County 248-6990 counties 874-2172 Full moon Last qtr. New moon First qtr. Nov.

30 Nov. 8 Nov. 14 Nov. 21 UV index: 4 (moderate) Forecast High Low Precip UV Alamosa 65 31 4 Aspen 63 36 3 Burlington 79 52 3 Colorado Springs 73 48 3 Cortez 58 40 4 Craig 69 40 3 Denver 75 52 3 Denver Centennial 75 50 3 Durango 66 42 4 Eagle 63 33 3 Fort Collins 69 44 3 Greeley 70 38 3 Gunnison 61 32 3 La Junta 80 50 3 Leadville 55 28 4 Limon 75 43 3 Meeker 66 42 3 Montrose 70 46 3 Pueblo 76 45 3 Rifle 69 44 3 Springfield 80 49 3 Sunlight Mountain 63 40 3 Telluride 56 40 4 Trinidad 75 48 4 Wolf Creek Pass 41 31 4 City Yesterday Today High Low High Low Albuquerque, NM 75 46 71 49 Anchorage, AK 22 17 29 21 Atlanta, GA 70 53 73 58 Baltimore, MD 70 49 71 49 Bismarck, ND 76 38 64 35 Boise, ID 76 48 69 37 Boston, MA 68 56 70 47 Charleston, SC 75 64 77 67 Cheyenne, WY 72 41 70 46 Chicago, IL 69 51 71 53 Cleveland, OH 71 52 70 51 Columbia, SC 76 54 77 59 Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX 78 60 76 54 Des Moines, IA 72 48 73 54 Detroit, MI 64 49 67 48 El Paso, TX 83 50 81 53 Fairbanks, AK 6 3 31 20 Fargo, ND 61 45 69 42 Honolulu, HI 86 74 86 75 Houston, TX 78 56 79 60 Indianapolis, IN 69 46 71 45 Kansas City, MO 75 52 72 54 Las Vegas, NV 86 62 86 54 Los Angeles, CA 91 63 75 55 Memphis, TN 72 49 75 57 Miami, FL 82 75 83 77 Milwaukee, WI 71 50 68 54 Minneapolis, MN 66 51 72 58 Mobile, AL 78 62 79 65 Nashville, TN 69 44 73 48 New Orleans, LA 76 62 76 67 New York, NY 67 54 69 55 Oklahoma City, OK 75 56 74 52 Olympia, WA 54 42 53 32 Orlando, FL 85 69 84 72 Philadelphia, PA 68 51 72 49 Phoenix, AZ 97 74 93 70 Pittsburgh, PA 68 47 72 41 Portland, OR 60 47 52 34 Reno, NV 74 46 55 29 Richmond, VA 70 50 72 50 Roswell, NM 86 45 77 47 Salt Lake City, UT 74 52 75 53 San Antonio, TX 82 58 79 53 San Diego, CA 89 61 74 62 San Francisco, CA 74 54 60 48 Seattle-Tacoma, WA 55 45 52 40 Spokane, WA 58 43 51 36 St.

Louis, MO 75 48 75 47 Tampa, FL 85 70 86 72 Tucson, AZ 93 71 92 70 Washington, DC 69 48 74 45 LOCAL Get instant weather information at GJSentinel.com CHRISTOPHER Daily Sentinel PERCH WITH A VIEW A mannequin is set atop a billboard advertising the Discovery Auto Group at the intersection of U.S. Highway and 25 Road. By CHARLES ASHBY Charles.Ashby@gjsentinel.com House and Senate leaders from both parties picked their new leaders for the 2021 leg- islative session, and a couple of them are from the Western Slope. While Democrats in the Col- orado Senate re-elected Sen. Leroy Garcia of Pueblo as Sen- ate president, his new-second in-command will be Vail Sen.

Kerry Donovan, whose district includes Delta County. Donovan, halfway through her second term in the Senate, replaces term-limited Sen. Nancy Todd of Aurora as pro tem. had the people of Col- orado show that they believe that the right team to ad- dress their Donovan said. only did they return incumbents to their seats in large numbers, but ex- panded our majority.

Colorado needs us right now. We have an unprecedented crisis on our doorstep, and it is up to each of us to respond to that The other local lawmaker to remain in a high position is Sen. Bob Rankin, R-Carbondale, who is to remain on the power- ful Joint Budget Committee, the six-member panel that drafts the annual spending plan. Rankin, the ranking Re- publican on the JBC, officially won re-election when his Demo- cratic challenger for Senate Dis- trict 8, Karl Hanlon, officially conceded the race Thursday. On Wednesday, Rankin had only been winning re-election by 228 votes, but after more bal- lots were counted, primarily in Garfield and Grand counties, he extended that lead to 986 votes, winning to Results of election left Democrats with the same 41-24 majority that they cur- rently have, and a 20-15 lead in the Senate, one seat more than held the past two years.

In the House, Majority Lead- er Alec Garnett of Denver will become speaker, replacing term-limited Speaker KC Beck- er of Boulder. Senate Minority Leader Chris Holbert, R-Parker, won re-elec- tion in that same role, and Sen. John Cooke, R-Greeley, will re- main as his assistant. Holbert said that despite Re- publican losses in the U.S. Sen- ate race and in the Legislature, the GOP still has a role to play going forward.

our party even have rel- evance in Colorado since Sena- tor Cory Gardner lost his he asked. this election, this caucus represented of the population of Colorado, and today we represent Hell yes, we have relevancy, and we will represent the interests of our constituents and the princi- ples of our party, as we have in the past and we will continue to do Replacing Garnett as major- ity leader will be Rep. Danya Esgar of Pueblo. Three other Democrats vied for that seat Reps. Adrienne Benavidez of Commerce City, Leslie Herod of Denver and Chris Kennedy of Lakewood.

Because none of the four won a majority in the first round of voting, Esgar ended up winning it after a second and third run-off vote. Historically, the majority leader becomes the next speak- er, meaning that Esgar stands a good chance to win that top job if the party retains control of the House after the 2022 elec- tions. The House Republicans have not yet met to chose their own leaders, but House Minority Leader Patrick Neville of Cas- tle Rock announced last month that he seek a new term in that role. That caucus is set to meet on Monday to decide who will replace Neville in that job, and who will get other lead- ership rolls. Legislators elect their new leaders for 2021 session Western Slope lawmakers include Donovan, Rankin By CHARLES ASHBY Charles.Ashby@gjsentinel.com Voters set a record in turning out for election, but not by much.

More than 3.3 million Colora- dans had cast ballots this year out of the 3.6 million active voters, meaning the turnout rate reached to nearly The previous record was set in the 2016 presidential year, when 86.7% of active voters returned their ballots. is an historic said Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold. Coloradans voted in this elec- tion than in any previous elec- tion in our history, even in the midst of a While more Democrats than Republicans had cast a ballot in this elections, a greater percent of active GOP voters did so. About of all active Dem- ocratic and of unaffiliated voters cast bal- lots this year. Those same percentages were repeat- ed in the 3rd Congressional District, where Republican Lauren Boebert defeated Demo- crat Diane Mitsch Bush to That happened primarily because Mitsch Bush do nearly as well as she needed in Pueblo County, which has the largest percent- age of Demo- cratic voters in the 29-county district.

The latest results show that Mitsch Bush won it by 0.31%. in a county where Democrats make up the majority of voters, compared to the Republi- cans. Unaffiliated voters make up of the electorate. showed strong, and was a good indicator of how eager the community is for leadership in fighting to get the economy back open for said spokeswoman, Laura Carno. campaign made a strate- gic decision to invest heavily in both time and resources there, and it paid The numbers indicate that Pueblo Democrats come out to support Mitsch Bush because only of them cast ballots, while more than of Republican voters there voted.

Mesa County, the most-popu- lated GOP county in the district, went decidedly for Boebert, casting for her compared to for Mitsch Bush. Coloradans set new voting record BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SALT LAKE CITY A wom- an stole a car that had been left running with a baby inside it, picked up a friend and aban- doned the child on a porch about 10 miles away, police said. The driver, Angel Marie Jas- so, 34, and the friend, Roddy Mike Montes, 20, were arrested on suspicion of child kidnap- ping, and the baby was not hurt after it was left on the porch in Plain City, the Deseret News re- ported, citing a police affidavit. The car was stolen after the mother and another per- son parked the car and went inside a home to talk with some- one they knew, police said. Jasso drove to house and told him that had sto- len a car and there was a child in the affidavit said.

The two drove on and eventu- ally dropped off the infant on a front porch, still strapped to her car seat, the affidavit said. An Amber Alert was issued for the missing child, and two women found the infant later that day. Jasso and Montes were ar- rested after a police chase. Montes out a window of a police vehicle, shattering after he was detained, accord- ing to the affidavit. Jasso to knowing she should have called police to return the the affidavit said.

Both were booked into the Weber County Jail on suspicion of child kidnapping and failing to stop at the command of a law enforcer. Jasso was arrested on suspi- cion of stealing a car and run- ning from police. Montes was arrested on suspicion of dam- aging a police car. Pair held in car theft with baby inside DENVER Eight people were arrested during a small protest in Denver on Wednes- day night, police said. The arrested, all men and women in their 20s, were most- ly accused of disobeying lawful orders but one was accused of having a prohibited weapon and another of assaulting a police officer, according to a warrant.

Police said they recovered a handgun, a knife, a hammer and bear spray. 8 arrests made in small Denver protest Fronts Pressure Cold Showers Rain T-storms Flurries Snow Ice High Low Warm Stationary 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 0s National weather Forecast for Friday, November 6, 2020 NATIONAL SUMMARY: Most areas from Arizona to Maine can expect dry weather and sunshine with well-above-aver ge temperatures today. Record highs will be challenged. Spotty showers will extend from Florida to the Car- olina coast with brisk easterly winds. A plunge of cold air will be also bring strong winds, low-elevation rain and mountain snow to the West.

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