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Show ' ?t:- ' Beaver Dam Lodge on the north side of Panguitch Lake is preparing for an October 1 opening for its new 10-room Judge Don V. Tibbs ruled Monday Mon-day in Sixth District Court in Pan-guitch Pan-guitch in favor of Joseph Smith in Smith's bid to challenge Big Water mayor Alex Joseph for the town mayor s scat. Smith and William Wagner and Wagner's wife Carol Wagner had filed declarations of candidacy with Big Water town clerk Belinda Joseph, the two men for the mayor's post and Wagner's wife for a town council seat. Belinda Joseph on the advice of Municipal Attorney Elizabeth Joseph returned the declarations of candidacy to all three, notifying them by letter that they had failed to meet residency requirements of lodge. The facility is complete with restaurant, store, lounge and bar. An RV park and parking lot will be built later. Court Rules For Mayor Candidate one year in the community. All three filed suit against the town to have their candidacy declared de-clared valid. In court on Monday, only Joseph Smith prevailed, and his name will appear on the Primary Pri-mary ballot for the October 3 election. elec-tion. Smith, a Democrat, will run against two other Democrats seeking seek-ing the mayor's seat. If Smith wins, he will be listed on the November ballot, challenging incumbent Libertarian Alex Joseph. Both Wagner and his wife, who failed to convince the judge that their residency met requirements, had filed as Libertarians. LaMar Winward, a St. George attorney, served as co-council with Elizabeth Joseph for Big Water; Donald Sherer, also St. George, represented the three plaintiffs. Both Elizabeth Joseph and Belinda Be-linda Joseph claim to be wives of Alex Joseph and Carol Wagner is alleged to be a plural wife of William Wagner. |