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More than just an advertisement Still Free! Inside Welcome, Sistersville brewery SHS alumni! Pages 6-7 INNformer Publication of The Wells Inn Volume 3, No. 9 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 May 27, 2016 Summertime & the livin is easy Locals plan to Activities abound travel, camp or for seasonal fun head to the beach and learning, too! By Lea Ann Butcher By Lea Ann Butcher On a warm spring afternoon, a drive School is out for summer and you’re around Tyler and Wetzel counties re- probably wondering just what you’re vealed that people hard at work were going to do with all the free time. daydreaming about their upcoming Local parks and recreation boards summer plans. After all that rain, the and libraries have a plethora of ac- mere sight of the sun makes day- tivities to keep you and the little ones dreaming about going to the beach, entertained all season long or at traveling and spending time out- least until they go back to school. doors hard to resist. At the New Martinsville Walmart MAY gas station, attendant Phil Harlan The mini-golf course at Bruce Park said he just wants to be happy this in New Martinsville is now open. summer. After taking into consider- Hours are Monday through Thurs- Ready and waiting day from noon until 10 p.m., Fridays ation the natural beauty of the Sistersvilles rebuilt docks are in the water and stand ready for a bevy of from noon until 11 p.m., Saturdays Mountain State, Harlan said he from 11 a.m. until 11 p.m. and Sun- boats with Memorial Day weekend marking the traditional start of would probably spend some time days from 1 p.m. until 9 p.m. Prices camping, hiking and fishing. “I like summer. However, we must take time to remember what the holiday doing stuff outdoors,” he said. honors those brave men and women who have paid the ultimate price are $3 per person over 4 years old , because to protect our freedom. Originally known as Decoration Day and half price on Tuesdays. Speaking of camping, Tyler County soldiers decorated the graves of their fallen comrades, the remembrance Magistrate Assistant Toni Vancamp dates from the end of the Civil War and was first observed on May 30. The paddleboatsat Lewis Wetzel said she will be camping at Pigeon Park are ready to go. Hours are Mon- t Memorial Day became its official title in the 1880s, but the holiday didn day through Saturday from noon Forge in Tennessee and staying in a legally become Memorial Day until 1967. Then in 1971, it was one KOA next to Dollywood. of several moved to ensure long weekends in the Uniform Monday until 7 p.m. and Sundays from 1 p.m. She was not the only one with plans Holiday . Act. Now we mark it on the last Monday in May until 7 p.m. Prices are $3 per boat for camping. “I might go camping, I and half off on Wednesdays. love North Bend,” said Abi Warner, JUNE Sistersville Subway sandwich artist. The New Martinsville Public Li- A cabin in the woods counts asbrarykicks off their summer read- camping, too. “We’re going to stay ing programJune 1. This library in a cabin in Hocking Hills (Ohio) in has reading programs for toddlers June. I guess we’ll be doing what- (read to me), children (independent ever it is you do in the woods,” said readers), teens and adults. Everyone Tyler County Magistrate Assistant must be registered for the programs Nancy Haught. by June 1. Call NMPL at 304-455- Myrtle Beach seems to be the most 4545 to register. popular beach destination this year. The children’s program is called On Kylie Cozart, sales associate at Label Your Mark, Get Set Read! Partic- Continued on page 17 Continued on page 18 INDEX Familiar Face: Doc Boone 4 Taking back our Oil & gas briefs 14-15 Welcome home, alumni 2 Hannibal locks & dam 5 communities 8-9 Classified ads 16 Its my turn 3 Sistersville brewery 6-7 Events 10-14 Paden City candidates 20
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