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More than just an advertisement Still Free! Inside Inside Events Voter ID education Page 27 INNformer Page 4 Publication of The Wells Inn Volume 4, No. 26 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 December 28, 2017 PTT Global Sistersville shows delays ethane gains, but WV loses cracker SISTERSVILLE – According to the federal govern- ment, last year Sistersville and Tyler County may have decision bucked a trend and actually had an increase in popula- tion, while other local communities, as well as the By Charles Winslow Mountain State itself, saw declines or had no change in the numbers. SHADY SIDE, Ohio – Government and But don’t get excited just yet. If the estimated numbers business leaders will have to wait awhile are correct, Sistersville may have added 11 people be- longer to find out if the Mid-Ohio Valley tween July 2015 and July 2016 with Tyler County will be home to a new multi-billion dol- adding 19, while the state of West Virginia may have lar ethane cracker. lost slightly over 10,000 in population. PTTGC America, the U.S. subsidiary of American CommunityThe numbers were contained in the Thailand-based PTT Global Chemical, Survey, a U.S. Census Bureau report issued earlier this posted an update on their website Dec. 21 month that contains five-year estimates of populations. stating: “PTTGC America will have a sig- nificant update that will demonstrate mo- While the full U.S. Census is conducted every 10 years mentum for this project early in 2018.” and attempts to count every single person in the United In February, PTT Global had postponed States, the government also issues detailed annual re- their final decision on moving ahead ports, based on estimated data, which is used by the with the proposed petrochemical plant various government entities and businesses to identify on the former R.E. Burger Power Station community trends. location opposite Moundsville. At that According to the Census Bureau’s models: time, the company indicated they would For Tyler County, as of July 1, 2016, there were an es- make a decision by the end of this year. timated 8,972 people living in the county. This is an in- While no reason for the delay was given, crease of 19 over 2015’s projection and 236 less than the decision on what may be Ohio’s the 2010 census number. largest industrial investment involves In the city of Sistersville, there were estimated to be many factors, ranging from design and 1,316 people on July 1, 2016. This is 11 more than es- environmental concerns to supply, labor timated the previous July and 18 less than in 2010. It and tax considerations. INSIDE! should be noted that it is also 17 people more than the “While a delay is disappointing, I don’t models said the city had in 2013, when the population believe it is a bad sign in anyway,” Mon- Our third arts supplement – featuring works of fiction, was set at 1,299. roe County Treasurer Taylor Abbott told poetry, artwork and photography – can be found inside In the county seat of Middlebourne, on July 1, 2016, The INNformer, after the announcement. this edition. Local artist Earl Stanley Yost again allowed there were 787 people, one less than the previous year “All signs point to this plant becoming a us to use one of his pieces on the cover. and 13 less than in 2014. In 2010 the town had 812 reality over the next five years. Projects people. Continued on page 3 Continued on page 3 Regional crews ready to battle wintry road conditions By Judy Anderson Winter arrived officially Thursday, Dec. 21. The area was treated to a white Christmas then entered an ex- tended blast of deep-freezing Arctic-type weather. BR- RRRRRR! As usual, local and state municipalities prepared for winter early in the fall and proved them- selves ready to keep the roads open and safe for travel with the Christmas morning snowfall. Joy Efaw, utility clerk of Paden City, said they have seven men and three trucks available to clear the roads. Snow plow blades (shown at right) have already been put on the trucks and they have a stock pile of cinders. Tena LeMasters, town manager of Middlebourne, re- available to keep state routes open. The district has a ported their trucks are also prepared for winter. LeMas- tal, school, senior citizens’ home and anywhere there are children and elderly people. The business district is budget of $5.7 million for snow and ice removal.” Dis- ters said Middlebourne has 20 tons of cinders and one trict Six includes Tyler, Wetzel, Brook, Hancock, Mar- likely to be cleared next along with any roads not four-man crew to keep the roads clean and safe for shall and Ohio counties. travel. cleared on the first run, he noted. Their municipality doesn’t use salt because “salt is hard on the roads, es- Chad Edwards, recorder for Sistersville, said his town First priority routes for WVDOT are all interstates, pecially asphalt and brick.” Paden City, Middlebourne major routes and high-traffic roadways connecting to has a dump truck with a snow blade and a cinder spreader. He added the crew goes out the same time as crews likewise don’t use salt on their roads. urban areas. Second priority are roads of “slightly less importance and traffic volume,” such as school bus the West Virginia Department of Transportation crews Carrie Bly Jones of the West Virginia Department of routes not included in priority routes. Transportation said, “District Six has 11,276 tons of to keep ahead of the snow as much as possible. Their priority is to keep emergency routes open to the hospi- salt, 97 vehicles to remove snow and 210 employees Continued on page 28 INDEX Editorial: A new year, what adventure awaits? 2 Voter ID education program 4 ARTS SUPPLEMENT 5-24 Ring in the new year with these recipes 25-26 Events 27
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