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This Week in Moab: Candidate Debate and Walk to End Alzheimer's, October 12–18 - Moab Sun News

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Ballots are going out and Election Day is Nov. House District 3, and we'll be transcribing and fact-checking it afterward. Saturday pulls in every other direction at once — Moab's first Walk to End Alzheimer's at Swanny Park, the 23rd Castle Valley Gourd Festival, and the White Mesa Ute community's 10th annual walk to the uranium mill, all inside the same few hours.

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