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Still Free! More than just an advertisement Inside Inside Bullring racing schedule Hidden in Plain Sight returns Page 19 INNformer Page 2 Publication of The Wells Inn Volume 5, No. 5 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 March 8, 2018 Forest Service A dog-gone tight fit! PC mayor to update land addresses management water issues, plan for Wayne ballfields National Forest at council By Charles Winslow NEW MATAMORAS, Ohio – In a move meeting that could lead to a showdown between environmental activists, the natural gas By Charles Winslow industry and mineral rights owners, the PADEN CITY – During a sometimes U.S. Forest Service recently announced contentious 90-minute meeting March 5, it will begin revising its land manage- Paden City Mayor Ken Stead and the ment plan for the Wayne National Forest city council addressed issues ranging in April and is planning a series of public from the problems plaguing the city’s meetings for later this month. water system, to a second reading of a The forest, which includes a significant water rate increase and what to do with portion of Washington and Monroe coun- city-owned baseball fields. ties, is the only national forest in the Buck- Opening the meeting, Mayor Stead led eye State and is comprised of a patchwork off by acknowledging the continued of some 244,263 acres owned by the fed- problems with the city’s water system. eral government within a proclamation boundary of 830,000 acres, into which the “We have been experiencing some major forest is authorized to expand. problems in town, as you all know, with While the U.S. Forest Service controls the city water system,” Stead stated. “We the surface of the federally owned land, have had colored water here and there, the federal Bureau of Land Management we have no water here and there, and we administers the subsurface mineral have some major problems that we are rights, which includes natural gas and trying to address, with the funds we have oil. Further complicating the issue is the SPD seeks donations for K9 unit available to use right now – which is fact that almost 60 percent of the mineral very, very small.” SISTERSVILLE - Now that Sistersville Police Department K9 prospect Thor He explained some of the problems with rights under the federally owned forest parcels are still privately held. is approaching the completion of his training, Police Chief Rob Haught is seek- the water stem from the antiquated Like in West Virginia, ownership of the ing donations to equip his cruiser so telemetering system, the equipment used he can take the sleek black German to maintain water levels in the city’s Stop by the City Building Satur- surface land in Ohio can be separate Shepherd on patrol. day, March 17, from 9 a.m. to 5 storage tanks, has been largely inopera- from that of the subsurface minerals, tive and is being pieced back “Up until now I’ve used a plastic box p.m. for a car wash fundraiser, even when the surface is owned by the together. Sometimes the telemetering government. kennel that sat on the back seat. That weather permitting, to help worked well when he was a puppy, system allows to tanks to run dry while The forest service’s current land man- Thor get a kennel insert for the other times it over fills the tanks. but now that he’s an adult and 85 agement plan, which dates back to 2006 SPD K9 cruiser. Cost is $20 with pounds he’s outgrown it,” Haught “We know it is a problem, but the water and was revised in 2012, is “the principle said. $10 going to the K9 Unit Fund. document that guides the decisions of is safe to drink,” said Stead, referring the discolored water. Thor was purchased personally by Chief Haught, who has also been paying the Forest Service managers. It directs where and under what conditions an ac- for the dog’s equipment, food, veterinarian bills and grooming costs out of his “You may not want to wash your white tivity on a national forest can proceed.” own pocket. He has also been handling most of Thor’s training, as he did with clothes with it,” he added. “We will con- Mauser, the department’s first K9 officer. Typically a detection dog can cost a tinue to work on it the best we can with “The Forest Service manages the sur- Continued on page 2 Continued on page 3 Continued on page 10 Mountaineer NGL nears final permitting stage in Ohio By Charles Winslow project’s final permits and that he ex- CLARINGTON, Ohio – After months of pects approval from state regulators and Gov. John Kasich this summer. delays, the natural gas liquids (NGL) When completed, the $150 million un- storage facility slated near Clarington, derground natural gas storage facility Monroe County, is again moving for- f ward. will be able to store 3 million barrels o liquid petroleum gasses in caverns At a Feb. 22 energy conference at Ogle- carved out of the Salina Salt formation some 6,700 feet below ground. Salt cav- bay Resort, David Hooker, president erns have been successfully used for of Denver-based Mountaineer NGL Storage, announced that later this month bulk storage of liquids for over 50 years and are considered safer and more eco- his company will submit to the State of Ohio the paperwork needed for the Continued on page 2 2018 W V Le gi sla tu re 5-9 Paden Cit y cop s & c ourt 10 Bullr ing 2018 sc he INDEX dule 19 Clos er lo ok a t a f e w bil ls 5 Ev en ts 11-1 9 DEP perm it 20 Hidd en in Plai n Sight r eturn s2 Loca l la wm ak er s’ bills 6-7 Clas sified ad s1 REC IPES : Iris 5 h f are 21-2 2 LEPC m ee ting 3 Com plete d le g isla tion 8-9 Cr os sword pu zzle 16 T yler Cou nty Com m ission2 3 Regional r oundup 4 Clar ingto n V illa g e Cou ncil 10 Cr os sword an swer 18 W or d sear ch puzzle 23
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