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More than just an advertisement Still Free! Inside Inside Events Stone Energy returns Pages 12-14 INNformer Page 10 Publication of The Wells Inn Volume 3, No. 12 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 July 8, 2016 Reliable Hardware moves after selling building By Charles Winslow Weekley, owner of Reliable Supply, on why he decided to sell the large two- SISTERSVILLE Changes are coming to the commercial section of Wells Street story yellow brick and block structure at 701 Wells St. following last week’s sale of Reliable Supply’s building to local entrepreneur When he purchased the building he en- Terry Wiley. visioned being able to expand the hard- ware business he had just acquired from After operating out of the former Miller’s Pharmacy location on the corner Jerry and Carmen Silliman, who founded of Wells and Diamond streets for the past Reliable in 1970. five years, Reliable Supply moved a The 32,000-square-foot building, origi- block north and reopened in its former, nally built in 1969 by the G.C. Murphy va- and smaller, location at 623 Wells St. riety store chain, had sat empty for several “Sistersville just won’t support that large years and looked to be a good investment. Continued on page 8 of a hardware store, explained Andy Splash Pad to open Region assists in soon in Middlebourne relief efforts By Lea Ann Butcher By Lea Ann Butcher MIDDLEBOURNE For a town that has never The extreme rainfall between Thursday, June had a public pool, it’s no surprise residents are ex- 23, and Friday, June 24, caused some rivers to cited for the new splash pad to open at the city swell to record levels. In Kanawha County, where several fatalities occurred, the Elk River park. Mayor Charlie Delauder said the pad won’t open crested at 33.37 feet Friday morning, rising more than 27 feet in less than 24 hours. until the end of July while the city waits on more concrete work and an anti-slip surface and fence The disaster caused 23 fatalities, numerous water rescues, power outages, structural dam- to be installed. age and displaced thousands of people. “We’ve got to wait 28 days for the concrete to “The flooding we experienced Thursday and cure inside there. Once it cures we’ll be able to do into [Friday] is among the worst in a century for the remaining things, like a five-foot concrete pad some parts of the state, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin around the outside with a fence to keep people said, declaring a state of emergency in 44 of from running in off the grass and plugging up West Virginia’s 55 counties Friday, June 24. stuff. Barely 24 hours later, Pres. Barack Obama de- “We’ve got a recirculation system to reuse and treat the water just like pool water, so that will clared the flooding a “major disaster Saturday, PHOTO: © David T. Stephenson. 2016 save money in the long run, Delauder explained. June 25, giving federal disaster status to hard hit Greenbrier, Kanawha and Nicholas counties. The poignancy of an apparently hand-crafted Funding for the $55,000 project was provided by heirloom rocking chair captures the the Stealey Community Fund. Nine more counties have been added to the fed- desolation of the flooding. Imagine mom in “I can’t say enough good things about that fund, eral disaster declaration, for a total of 12. Those the bedroom rocking a newborn, grandma on without it the town of Middlebourne wouldn’t be counties are Clay, Fayette, Jackson, Lincoln, the porch stringing beans. Now, it’s just ready able to do anything. If she knew what she had Continued on page 4 for a debris pile. See related story on page 5. Continued on page 8 INDEX Column: A flood-ravaged Hopkins’ farewell 9 Events 12-14 Familiar Face: Charlie memory lane 5-7 Michael Huff at WRSG 9 Country Roads store 15 Delauder, Middlebourne mayor 3 Northcraft benefit 8 Oil & gas briefs 10-11 Classified ads 16
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