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Campfire Summer WW2 LST cooking reading fun returns to area See page B1 See A10 See A8 Still Free! Inside Hillbilly 100 guide INNformer Page B9 Visit us online @ MOVinformer.com Volume 11, No. 17 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 August 23, 2024 PCHS open but... FOOTBALL FIELD USAGE UNCLEAR By Charles Winslow Court asking Wetzel County Schools Superintendent Cassandra PADEN CITY - While Paden City students, their parents and the hun- Porter be held in contempt after a school oiffcial sent out an email for- dreds of supporters of the Paden bidding some football games from City High School may be excited being played at the high schools that a West Virginia Court of Ap- field. peals ruling allowed for classes to Previously, in a move that led to resume at PCHS, another chapter PCHS award-winning marching in the story of the fight over the school opened. band [Biggest Little Band in the Land] to take to the streets in cele- On Aug. 19, the same day PCHS bration, the West Virginia Court of students were finding their seats in Appeals Aug. 12 refused to consider the classrooms for the new school Superintendent Porters Emergency year, attorneys representing the Motion to Stay Enforcement of the Paden City Athletic Association, the July 31, 2024, Preliminary Injunc- TOWN & COUNTRY DAYS, SEE A6-A7 Paden City High School Alumni As- tion, which put a temporary halt on sociation and 26 other people, filed the schools “temporary” closure PHOTO BY ZACH YOST RACING PHOTOGRAPHY a petition in Wetzel County Circuit Continued on page A2 Paden City Monroe Co. slates 76th Commission annual Labor gets project Day fest updates PADEN CITY – In a tradition By Charles Winslow started 76 years ago, Paden City WOODSFIELD – Site engineering will once again honor our nations for Bitdeer is progressing for their working men and women by host- new facility at the Hannibal Indus- ing their Labor Day celebration. trial Park and they are investing Music for the three-day event $100 million in Monroe County, kicks off at 2 p.m. Aug. 31 with Jason Hamman, Monroe County Ben Tharp taking the stage at economic development director, Paden City Park, where live told Monroe County Commis- music, free rides and inflatables sioners at their Aug. 19 meeting. will be available all three days. According to media reports, Bit- At 3:30 p.m. Talan Chamber will deer, a Bitcoin mining firm, has play, followed at 5 p.m. by the leased land at the Hannibal Indus- Back in the Day band. Saturdays trial park for 30 years and was at- “The Today Show,” CNN showstiv e drumming and percussion entertainment wraps up with tracted to the facility, previously Johnny Staats Project at 7:30 p.m. including “Larry King Live,” theskills to JSP. Rick, known to many part of ORMET, by the existing CBS Evening News, CMT Coun- West Virginians as a former West power infrastructure and utility try Music Television, as well as on Virginia University “Mountain- Johnny Staats exploded onto the switchyards capable of supporting eer” mascot, is an accomplished numerous iconic national pro- Nashville and national scene in large-scale electrical loads. The first pianist and vocalist, adds vocals, grams and stages (including the 2000, when his first CD, “Wires phase of the project, providing 266 and Wood” by The Johnny Staats Grand Ole Opry five times). piano/organ/synth and left-hand MW, is expected to be operational Project, was the talk of Music City keyboard bass to complete JSPs The Johnny Staats Project also by the third quarter of 2025. and quickly received international features West Virginia natives Rick precise yet rich and full array of attention and acclaim. Johnnys instrumental and vocal sounds. The infrastructure from ORMET is Poling and Roger Bush, who vocals and astonishing guitar and Sunday, Sept. 1: At 2 p.m. Rim still there, Hamman said. “In the Co- began playing music together mandolin speed and creativity lumbus area it would be seven to ten since their pre-teen and teenageShot will star t the afternoons en- have since won him a large and years out” and part of the area Bit- varied following worldwide. years. Roger is well-known in the tertainment with Midnight Out- mid-Ohio Valley area for his stellar laws playing at 4:30 p.m. Adam D. deer will use is being vacated by Cam vocals and also brings his distinc- Safety because they have outgrown Johnny has appeared on NBCs Continued on page A4 Continued on page A2 Sistersville Council votes to change street fees, remove downtown derricks By Charles Winslow city will collect no more and no less than current street fees generate. SISTERSVILLE – Residents of Sistersville will see a change on their city bills next month after Engineer Jesse Parker, from New River Associ- Sistersville City Council voted to alter how street ates, presented an informational update on fund- fees are calculated. ing scenarios for the next round of infrastructure projects, which could see the sewer portions of During their regular monthly meeting Aug. 12, bills rise dramatically. city council members voted unanimously to ap- prove the second reading to revise the citys Street Fee Ordinance. Currently, the city is looking at two new projects. The first is to expand the sewer system to Virginia Terrace, the neighborhood outside the city limits The new fee will be a flat $10 per month per property, replacing a system where fees were cal- near the elementary school. It would, according to Parker, service 40-some houses, all of whiche culated on street frontage and property owners would be required to hook into the system. The on corner lots and with alleys had to pay more money. current projected cost is about $3.6 million but would be reduced to $2.6 million with a $1 million The approval came after council held the re- grant promised by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito. quired public hearing, which was at 6:30 p.m., prior to the 7 p.m. start of the regular meetingThe second project is , wastewater treatment plant and is expected to be revenue neutral – that the Continued on page A2 INDEX Matamoras Council A8 Regional roundup B3 Sardis summer social A3 Cops & Courts A9 Prep football B4 Monroe Co. meet candidates A4 Summer library fun A10 @ The Bullring B5 Why Labor Day is holiday A5 Event calendar A11 Hillbilly 100 guide B9 Town & Country Days A6 RECIPES: Campre cooking B1 Area kart tracks B10 WW2 LST to visit region A8 Monroe Theatre marquee B3 Woodseld Council B11
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