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Still Free! More than just an advertisement Inside Inside Events Ferry radiothon benefit Pages 8-11 INNformer Page 7 Publication of The Wells Inn Volume 4, No. 6 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 March 23, 2017 Truck fire Sistersville highlights to prosecute cell phone water theft, problems in officials say SISTERSVILLE – Officials from Sis- rural areas tersville’s city hall and police depart- ment have a warning for residents who ALVY (STRINGTOWN) – A recent steal water. The city can and will prose- vehicle fire highlighted an all-too- cute, as a couple on Oxford Street re- common problem with local cellular cently discovered. phone coverage: Many sections re- People who turn their water service back ceive poor or no service. on after the city shuts it off will be Shirley Volunteer Fire Department was charged with theft of utilities and misde- dispatched during the evening of meanor charges will be filed by the city March 9 for a reported tractor trailer through the Tyler County Magistrate’s fire somewhere up Indian Creek in the Office. rural section of Tyler County. The “We have instances where people are exact location was unknown because turning the water back on after it is shut the original cell phone call, which was routed to the Wetzel County 911 dis- off for non-payment,” Rob Haught, Sis- patcher, had poor reception and was tersville police chief, said. “In one in- source showing the coverage and per- days for it to be restored. dropped before they could get all of stance the city had to padlock a meter formance of different providers, the needed information. “For me, it is a safety issue. If our showed that many sections of the re- only to have the individual cut the hasp landline is down and I must call for gion have, depending on the company, off to facilitate turning it back on.” Attempts to re-establish contact with an ambulance, 911, or the fire depart- the caller were unsuccessful. The Tyler either poor or non-existent service. Going forward, the city’s water depart- County dispatcher called another crew, Even such main roads as WV Route 18 ment I would need to get into my car, ment will be checking all meters, includ- lack adequate service on large sections drive down the road and up the hill working on a well pad on a hilltop ing those shut off, to insure they have not before making an emergency call. In overlooking the blaze, to get directions and many secondary roads are simply been tampered with or bypassed. to guide the department to the fully en- without service. situations like this, time matters and gulfed vehicle, which was actually on it would take me 10 to 15 minutes be- “We are warning residents not to do it,” an access road off of Walnut Fork and That means, of course, that in the event fore I could make a call,” she told The Haught said, adding the act of tampering INNformer. not visible from Indian Creek. of an accident, fire or medical emer- with a meter is a separate crime they will gency a caller either has to find some- The best local coverage is, according There were no injuries, although the also prosecute. one with a working landline or travel truck was a total loss. to OpenSignal, provided by Verizon – often miles – to get a signal strong As the city explores connecting to the and AT&T but if a traveler is using enough for a cell phone to operate. companies such as Sprint or T-Moble, Friendly Public Service District the The incident was the latest to demon- water department has to account for all strate the problem facing many resi- which are popular in other regions of For local community activist Chris usage. the country, they are out of luck, ac- dents in the rural sections of West Hoke, who recently spoke to the Tyler cording to OpenSignal, which indi- Virginia and Ohio, where a combina- County Commission about her lack of “Sustaining water loss is bad enough tion of topography and economics has cates there’s effectively no service cellular service, it’s a very real con- when we’re manufacturing it. But if we prevented the major communication outside of the Paden City and Sis- cern. She and her husband live in the go through with the Friendly water proj- companies from providing effective tersville city limits. cell service. Meade District of Tyler County where ect, that’s water that the city will be pur- she said her landline service goes chasing directly. Either way, stealing Can anything be done? Basically, down an average of four or five times A review of cellular maps provided by thanks to current Federal Communica- water from the city is stealing from the OpenSignal, an independent online re- a year for various reasons. It takes Continued on page 4 residents of Sistersville,” Chad Edwards, Sistersville city recorder, explained. Noted classical pianist plays TCHS While at Oberlin, Dett was introduced to the MIDDLEBOURNE – Acclaimed classical pi- anist Clipper Erickson presented the works of R. concepts then being promoted by European Nathaniel Dett, an early 20th century composer, composer Antonin Dvorak, who encouraged at Tyler Consolidated High School March 20 to Americans to “find their own voice” and merge cap the ArtsLink 2016-2017 concert series. the traditions of European classical music with During the day, Erickson, 60, gave a presenta- the ideals of American folk music. For Dett, this marriage of musical styles led him to compose tion about Dett and played examples of the a series of works, popular with all audiences at African American’s music to two assemblies of the time, that ranged from whimsical and upbeat piano pieces to intense choral compositions. students and later in the evening gave a free public concert in the school auditorium. His ap- Another, and later, outgrown of Dvorak’s influ- pearance in Tyler County was underwritten by ence on American music was the development the Stealey Community Fund. of the distinctly American sound of jazz. R. Nathaniel Dett, born in 1882, was a noted composer who attended the Oberlin Conserva- Erickson, who went to Juilliard, earned his mas- tory of Music, where he was the first black stu- ters degree at Yale and later his doctor of musi- cal arts from Temple University, did his dent to complete the five year course. Continued on page 3 INDEX Consumer fraud: Rentals 4 Regional roundup 7 2017 Legislative roundup Column: Opioid epidemic 2 How to keep a job 5 Events 8-11 OHIO Transportation bill 12 Oil & gas news 3 Caregiver respite 6 Classified ads 10 WV bill trackers 12-15
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