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Still Free! More than just an advertisement Inside Inside Events Tyler Consolidated alums Pages 11-15 INNformer Page 6 Publication of The Wells Inn Volume 3, No. 4 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 March 18, 2016 Sistersville boat docks ready by May 1 By Charles Winslow SISTERSVILLE -- After a year’s ab- sence, Sistersville’s Allen Lee Maxwell Memorial Boat Docks should be back in the river and ready for boats by May 1, according to Gene Rice, operations manager for the Sistersville Ferry and Boat Docks. “We are waiting on a few more 55- gallon drums for the docks,” Rice explained. Last year the boat docks never made it into the water for boating season. The Sisters former Sistersville Boat Club docks had deteriorated to the point they were to invade unserviceable and an expected dona- tion of the materials needed for the re- the ville pairs never happened. This spring Rice has already pro- By Lea Ann Butcher West Virginia becomes cured 30 of 80 barrels needed and re- ceived a $3,500 donation from ide by side or miles apart Sistersville Planning Commission. Ssisters are connected by the Constitution Carry state Lowes in Marietta is also assisting heart and by the celebration of with a 10 percent discount on all ma- sisterhood known as SistersFest. By Charles Winslow terials purchased there. CHARLESTON -- For the first time The Boat Club, which formed during This festival of sisters and friends 16 years of age or older since the 1930s West Virginia resi- Sistersville’s heyday, gave up the has been celebrated annually in dents will be able to legally carry a docks to the city in the early 1980s concealed handgun without a permit. after their membership declined to Sistersville since 1999. March the point where they could not main- 18 and 19 marks the event’s Effective June 5, West Virginia joins tain them. 17th year and slumber party is this year’s theme. Vseven other states considered ermont Carry or Constitution Carry states. With an eye toward developing its required training — is no longer Continued on page 9 Mountain State residents, 21 years and needed within the state’s boundary. tourism and increasing commerce, older, who can legally own a handgun, the Sistersville Ferry Board took may carry a concealed handgun within Additionally, West Virginia residents over responsibility for both the Boat the boundary of the state without first who are 18 but under 21, and who are Club docks, located at the Charles INDEX obtaining a permit or training. not otherwise prohibited by law, can Street Landing, as well as the Tran- Familiar Face: Tom Cooper, The West Virginia Senate overturned obtain a Provisional License to carry sient Dock at the city park. a concealed handgun. Members of Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s veto of “Our goal is to continue developing Tyler County emergency the military in this age bracket are HB4145 March 5 by a 23 to 11 vote. not required to have a permit. our greatest asset, the Ohio River,” manager 3 Rice said, adding he would like to see The day before, the House of Dele- It should be noted that the new law All Together Tyler County 5 gates voted to override 64 to 33. Local boat rentals at the docks in the future. legislators Sen. Kent Leonhardt and only pertains to state residents in The renovated Maxwell Memorial West Virginia. State residents who Backyard Auto Body 6 Del. William Romine voted for the Docks will be a total of 270 feet long override. wish to conceal carry in the 37 states and will charge $6 per foot. Part of Annies Attic 8 with which West Virginia has reci- the proceeds will be used to offset Previously, while state residents procity will still be required to have insurance costs for the ferry and the could legally open-carry a handgun Oil & gas briefs 10 a valid West Virginia concealed carry rest will be used for repairs and up-
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