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Carpenter claims TCS quality win’ Celebrating with Earl Hill Independence Memorial See A8 trophy See A5 Still Free! Ohio news Inside Pages A3, A4, A5, A6, B6 How to write a resume INNformer Page B7 Volume 10, No. 14 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 July 14, 2023 Konopacky resigns from Sistersville Council By Charles Winslow partment and he and his wife were ac- After questions about whether the city was liable and if their insurance com- tive in community organizations in- SISTERSVILLE - After serving for pany would cover the losses, council cluding Tyler Alive! nine years and nine months, Third voted unanimously to table the issue. It Ward Councilman Phil Konopacky an- Council will appoint a replacement to nounced his resignation at the end of serve out the remainder of his term. was noted the city had never paid claims relating to water line breaks. the July 10 meeting of the Sistersville Bankers Corner Coffee Shop owner City Council. The citys ownership and responsibility Terry Wiley submitted an invoice for of Wood Street Extension was also on “This is my last council meeting. I am over $12,000 to the city relating to a loss the agenda. he alleged occurred when a water line announcing my retirement and resig- According to research conducted by the nation,” said 74-year-old Konopacky. broke beside his building, on the corner city, and their attorney, the road was His wife of 43 years died last year and of Wells and Diamond streets, Saturday, given to the Urban Renewal Authority May 27, during Alumni Weekend. by developer Joseph Pope and a com- he said his 11 children decided it was time for him to move back to Califor-The break flooded the buildings base- pany called “Happy Endings LLC” in nia after living in Sisterment and the insville for 16voice included the cost 1981. City council never voted to ac- years. Konopacky was a past president of repairs, as well as the loss of income cept ownership and while county and wages. Continued on page A2 of the Sistersville Volunteer Fire De- Monroe County high-speed chase ends in Paden City PADEN CITY - A high speed chase on Independ- ence Day ended in Paden City with one woman taken into custody and transported to an area hospi- tal for evaluation. According to law enforcement, the incident started with a traiffc stop in Monroe County, Ohio, where Rachael M. Maier of Monaca, Pennsylvania, sped away from the stop, crossed the bridge in New Mar- tinsville then onto WV Route 2. After a pursuit, which reached speeds of close to 100 miles an hour between New Martinsville and Paden City, Maier was brought to a halt in Paden City. The suspect reportedly had been tossing articles of cloth- ing out of the window and when the chase ended she exited the vehicle topless and bear-hugged a utility pole. When ordered to lay on the grass she was heard saying she was allergic to grass. According to Timothy Haught, Wetzel County pros- ecuting attorney, she faces a charge for alleged fleeing in Wetzel County. The West Virginia State Police, Wetzel County Sher- iffs Oiffce, Division of Natural Resources and the New Martinsville and Paden City police departments were involved in the apprehension. Matamoras Council moves forward with levy, answers questions about cemetery By Charles Winslow strapped village and if the measure fails, then cuts would have to be made. MATAMORAS, Ohio – Voting to put the villages levy on Novembers ballot If approved, the levy would generate and answering questions about the vil- just an estimated $25,400. At the beginning of the hourlong meet- lages role in maintaining the Grand- ing a village resident asked members to view Cemetery were among issues brought up July 3 when the Matamoras address two rumors she had heard: the Village Council met for the first of their village had voted to raise taxes to clean two regular meetings. and maintain the Grandview Cemetery and if council entered into any sort of With Council President Terry Dunn Hochstrasser, Richmond sworn presiding, council used a parliamentary contract, water bills would raise to procedure to hold all three readings, by $300 a month. in as Paden City councilmen title only, of Ordinance 1455 to ensure Councilman Blaze Amos said Grand- view Township voters had approved a the measure is placed before village By Charles Winslow voters during the general election. permanent 1 mill levy last fall to PADEN CITY – Former Paden City Mayor Clyde Hochstrasser was sworn in Ordinance 1455s title states “An ordi- maintain the cemetery, not Mata- moras voters. as First Ward Councilman July 3 during Paden City Councils regular monthly nance declaring that the amount of meeting and presided over by Recorder Sheila Ervin. Currently the township pays for half of taxes that may be raised within the 10 Hochstrasser, who lost re-election as mayor in 2020, ran unopposed for the coun- the costs of maintaining the cemetery mill limitation will be insuiffcient to cil seat during the recent municipal elections and takes the seat vacated by Scott provide for the requirements of the Vil- with the cemeterys perpetual care Dalrymple, who chose not to run. lage of Matamoras, Ohio, and it is nec- fund paying the remainder. Council member Jane Beattey said the perpet- essary to levy a tax in excess of that Also sworn in was Jim Richmond, who also ran unopposed. limitation for the purpose of providing ual care fund has been largely depleted funds for payment of the current oper- and “is going away because it is out of During the 80-minute meeting, frustration over the lack of communications from money.” Thrasher Engineering was expressed by Third Ward Councilman Don Dillaman, ating expenses of the village and de- claring an emergency.” She added the perpetual care fund may who noted the city hasnt been receiving any information from the Bridgeport- based company since the departure of Thrashers Logan Alastanos. During a previous meeting council said be the beneficiary, along with the the 3 mill levy is necessary to maintain Methodist and Baptist churches, of the “We are not getting any information from Thrasher. 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