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Job series: Antioch DRY RUBS: How to VFD holds Make it write a Field Day your way resume Carnival See B4 See B5 See B1 Still Free! Ohio news Inside Pages A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, School calendars B3, B5, B6, B7, B8, B9 INNformer Pages B5-B7 Visit us online @ MOVinformer.com Volume 12, No. 15 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 July 25, 2025 Woodsfield gets tough on parking violations By Charles Winslow except on Sundays and legal holidays. tion is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. WOODSFIELD, Ohio – The Village of Woods- B) In the two-hour parking areas designated in Most of the area once had paid parking meters field is getting serious about parking problems in subsection A, hereup, no person shall park a ve- thaty were removed during the downtown improve- commercial sections and residents and employ- hicle in such a way that the vehicle is not entirely ment project and some were on state roads, which ees better beware. They can now be charged with within the limits of the parking space so desig- is prohibited. As a result, numerous complaints a misdemeanor. nated by marked lines. were made by business owners that residents and Council approved Ordinance 09-2025, Monday, C) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, employees were taking up all of the parking spots. July 21, which amends Chapter 351 of the codi- whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor “You guys do understand that this is a result of fied ordinances relating to parking within the vil- misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the us removing the parking meters during the down- lage. The section reads: offender previously has been convicted or pleaded town project,” Village Administrator Kevin A) “No person shall park a vehicle for a period guilty to one previously convicted motor vehicle or Brooks said. “The ordinance was never updated, of time in access of two hours on a main street traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty so its kind of hamstrung the police department from Oaklawn Avenue and North Street to West of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within enforcing the two-hour parking downtown. Par- Marietta Street and East Marietta Street or on one year of the offense, the offender previously has ticularly in the four business quadrants. We have West Court Street and East Court Street be- been convicted of two or more predicated motor significant issues in one of the quadrants. tween the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on any day vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this sec- Continued on page A2 Popping the question on the Pool issues front stretch at Pack the Track night at Tyler County Speedway after the autograph session surface at makes a statement! Yes, both are racecar drivers and no, they Matamoras don’t compete in the same class. If some of you are shaking your heads, consider Josalyn Council Hibbard is the racer whose slo- By Charles Winslow gan might as well be: “All guts, no nuts.” Yeah, she has that T- MATAMORAS, Ohio – Spurred on shirt. Nick Gorby was in the top- by accusations made on an anony- less races photo spread shirtless mous Facebook satirical news site, with a sign lamenting “instruc- close to 20 residents packed the tions were unclear.” Their sense Matamoras Village Council meeting of humor certainly matches! Be demanding answers about the vil- sure to congratulate them when lage pool project. you see them out and about. In a July 14 post entitled “Council Member Under Fire For Question- able Pool Grant Spending – Now Eyes $1.8M More,” the New Mata- moras Reporter wrote “in a story thats raising more eyebrows than a cannonball at a public pool, Council Member Blaze Amos is once again making headlines – and not the good kind. “Just sometime ago, Amos was closely involved in securing a $75,000 grant to renovate the towns public pool. But the money SEE MORE TCS ACTION STARTING ON A6 seems to have evaporated faster than water on a July heatwave. The Continued on page A2 Tribute car set for Tyler demolition derby MIDDLEBOURNE – One car expected to in remembrance of my husband Dave.” Dur- appear in the demolition derby at Tyler ing Junes Dover Showdown, Sharon, along County Fair Monday, July 29, has special with her sons Hogan and Dylan Hamilton meaning for Woodsfields Sharon Hamilton. were brought out on the track and words The black Honda Accord, #73, with the were said in Daves remembrance. They “Cancer Sucks” logos, is a tribute car ded- spoke about how proud a father he was to her icated to Dave, her husband, who died from sons and how much of a car enthusiast he the disease in December 2024. was as he restored and painted old cars. Hamilton battled cancer for 5-1/2 years, “He drove a Honda Accord for his everyday which amazed his doctors, Sharon said. use and wanted that car to go to my nephew “He was well known and loved in Woodsfield Hunter Cline to run in a demolition derby,” and by his family. Everyone knew him and al- Sharon told The INNformer. “Dave loved ways says a kind word to us about him. The watching Hunter derby, so Hunter, brother- one thing Dave said during his battle with in-law Dave Cline, sister Trudy Cline, and cancer was that he felt that it made him a niece Jess McGee decided to run a tribute car better person,” Sharon said. Bell sworn in as WV Delegate William “Bill” Bell was sworn in Monday, July 14, as Delegate for the 8th District. The Paden City Republican was appointed by Gov. Patrick Morrisey to fill the vacancy left by David Kelly, who Morrisey appointed Commissioner of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation. “Bill Bell has shown himself to be a leader in his community,” Gov. Morrisey said. “I am confident he will be a dedicated public servant and a conservative fighter for the people of Doddridge, Tyler and Wetzel Counties.” He can be reached at 304-340-3226, 304-699-9321 or by email: bill.bell@wvhouse.gov. He has been a Paden City High School teacher for six years, primarily teaching social studies. This school year, following PCHSs consolidation into Magnolia High School, Bell has been assigned to teach fifth grade at New Martinsville School. INDEX Bullring photos A6-A7 How to write a resume B4 Another rain out A8 Antioch VFD carnival B5 Sistersville Council A2 OVLMS ditches Atomic A9 School calendars B5-B7 Artslink concert July 29 A3 RECIPES: DIY dry rubs B1 4-H camp returns B8 Fair livestock auction A4 Puzzles B2 Academia B8 Area Kart Tracks A5 Busy Aug. 9 in Ohio B3 Event calendar B9
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