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4th time Preparing Warm them charm for your house up with Hillbilly 100 for winter fall flavors See A5-A6 See A9 See B1 Still Free! Ohio news Inside Pages A3, A4, A5, Beware hurricane scam A6, A8, A9, B6, B8 INNformer Page A3 Volume 9, No. 20 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 October 7, 2022 Paden City Police aim to improve capabilities with K-9, equipment By Charles Winslow with them while on patrol and asked PADEN CITY – Expanding the capa- the council to consider purchasing four Stag rifles. The price on the rifles bilities of the city police department and WVU Medicines tentative plans to would be roughly $1,000 each with ad- ditional costs for optics, flashlights, a open an oiffce, with the assistance of the Paden City Development Author- sling and a suppressor. The total pur- chase would be about $8,820, he said. ity, at the former American Legion were among topics discussed Oct. 3 by “The reason for the suppressor is Paden City Council in regular session. safety,” Lauer said. “Its not just safety for our oiffcers, we could go through During the 90-minute meeting, and after receiving permission to buy a bul- our whole career and never have to dis- letproof vest to outfit the newest mem- charge a rifle but in the event that we WNF gets new would – especially inside a building or ber of the police force, Chief Anthony inside a school, in a worst- case sce- Lauer, shown at right, continued on supervisor his quest to improve the capabilities of nario with multiple children – the per- his small four man oiffce. cussion that comes from these rifles NELSONVILLE, Ohio – The Wayne could cause severe hearing problems,” Pointing out his oiffcers are not he explained. National Forest has a new forest equipped with department -issued pa- “I think we need to continue to move trol rifles, Lauer said some of his oiff- supervisor. A Sept. 9 announce- toward getting some proper equipment ment stated Lee Stewart had taken cers bring their own personal firearms, different rifles with different setups, over the top spot from Acting For- Continued on page A7 est Supervisor Joe Kiloski. Kiloski was appointed in February follow- Thats a wrap for 2022 ing the departure of Carrie Gilbert. Ohio riverboat season As Forest Supervisor Stewart will The 2022 Mid-Ohio Valley sternwheeler-spotting season oversee the Buckeye State’s only wrapped up for the year Sept. 26 national forest. His last posting was with the American Heritage making the regions final port call District Ranger in the LaCroix Dis- trict of the Superior National Forest at the Marietta riverfront. The 295-foot long American Heritage, in northern Minnesota. He joined formerly the Queen of the the Forest Service in 2002 and is Mississippi, made three originally from Louisiana. He stud- trips to Pittsburgh this year. ied anthropology at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Project Lifesaver allows rst responders to “I look forward to meeting all our wonderful partners, stakeholders keep dementia sufferers from becoming lost and communities,” Stewart said in By Charles Winslow Project Lifesaver uses a transmitter a brief press release. “The Wayne minutes. Weve been successful at find- wristband that is a one-ounce, battery Help is available to keep safe people ing the subjects within 15 minutes.” National Forest has a great reputa- operated, wrist radio transmitter that who suffer from dementia or a devel- For more information, in Tyler and tion for ambitious collaborations emits an automatic tracking signal opmental disability through a program every second, 24 hours a day. The sig- Wetzel counties contact Tom Cooper at and I hope to build on those rela- (304) 758-5155. In Monroe County that will actively track their movements nal can be tracked over several miles on and prevent them from becoming lost, contact the Monroe County Sheriffs tionships to continue making a potentially life-threatening situation. the ground. Oiffce at (740) 472-1612. In Washing- southeast Ohio a great place to In Ohio, both Washington and Monroe ton County, call (740) 374-7677 ext. live, work and visit.” A lost person with any kind of demen- county sheriff oiffces participate in Proj- 4211. tia or a developmental disability may While the Wayne National Forest ect Lifesaver. In Tyler and Wetzel coun- “Anyone from Wetzel or Tyler County be unaware of his or her situation and may not call out for help. ties it is run through the Tyler County interested in putting a person on the has 830,000 acres within its procla- Emergency Management Oiffce. system can contact me,” Cooper mation boundary, a patchwork of Through Project Lifesaver, an active re- “We have had several calls to find eld- said. “We do not charge for the pro- sponse to the problem of locating peo- erly clients in the area,” Tom Cooper, only 244,263 acres – split into three gram, although most agencies have to ple with cognitive disorders who may non-continuous units, are actually Tyler County emergency manager, said. in order to cover the costs. We can in- part of the national forest – with the not be able to find their way home, local “We have only had one call for a child, stall the transmitter on anyone who has law enforcement and emergency man- who was located by the parents right the ability to take off and lacks the abil- rest – close to 586,000 acres – agement agencies can track and locate after the call was made. The national av- ity to tell authorities where they need people who are enrolled in the program. erage for finding clients is around 30 being held privately. to go back to.” The forest’s Marietta Unit includes holdings in Ohio’s natural gas rich Marble Fest returns Washington and Monroe counties. PADEN CITY – After a two-year absence Marble Fest returned Complicating matters, while the Sept. 23-24, albeit in a different city and with a new organizer. government can own both the sur- The inaugural Paden City Marble Fest was held at the citys river- face and mineral rights, in some front park organized by the Wetzel County Convention & Visitors instances the government owns Bureau in conjunction with Paden City. the surface acreage while the Until 2019, the festival, which was a three-day affair dedicated to subsurface mineral rights are still promoting the local history of marble-making, was held in Sis- retained by private concerns. In tersville and during the 20 years there the event attracted venders and collectors who came far and wide. addition to coal, within the Wayne’s proclamation boundary The Sistersville show was canceled in 2020 and was supposed to there are, as of November 2018, have been held in Paden City last year, but was again canceled, this more than 1,270 active oil and gas time over pandemic concerns. wells within the proclamation While smaller than in years past, Paden City marble maker Steven boundary. Strother II, owner of Serenity Oddfellow Marbles, said Friday that he was happy with his sales at the show. 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