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Still Free! More than just an advertisement Inside Inside Circus comes to town! Sardis Dairy Bar re-opens Page 13 INNformer Page 3 Publication of The Wells Inn Volume 4, No. 9 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 May 4, 2017 Kendle returns to lead PC Police Department By Charles Winslow type operator for the West Virginia State Department has suffered from a high Police, as well as being the first certified turnover in leadership and on the patrol PADEN CITY – Former Tyler County resource officer at Tyler Con- level. Paden City Mayor Joel Sheriff Earl “Bob” Kendle Jr. has come solidated. He also served as a Davis believes that Kendle’s out of retirement to take over the helm of the Paden City Police Department. Tyler County Deputy Sheriff leadership will be instrumen- for 28 years. tal in rebuilding the small de- Paden City Council voted unanimously partment. May 1 to offer the chief’s position to the Also, Kendle was the Sis- veteran lawman. The post has been va-tersville Police Chief for al- “Chief Kendle not only cant since Bob Postlethwait retired at the most 18 months before being brings 30-plus years of law end of February. (See story on page 5) elected sheriff in 2008. He enforcement experience to was re-elected to his second Paden City, but also the lead- In his 38-year career, the 1975 Paden ership experience that council term in 2012 but, under West was looking for. I want to welcome City High School graduate has held nu- Virginian law, could not stand for elec- merous law enforcement positions in the tion to a third consecutive term. Chief Kendle to the Paden City Police area. He worked for the Middlebourne Department and I look forward to work- ing with him,” Davis said. Justice calls Police Department, was a radio and tele- In recent years, the Paden City Police special session for budget CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice issued the official call May 3 for the May 4 special session. The proclamation from the governor outlines the four separate bills that will be taken up by the Legislature to fix the budget crisis. The four bills are the result of bi- partisan negotiations. Passing all of the legislation will fully implement the governor’s road building plan to create 48,000 jobs and spare West Virginians from painful cuts. Bill #1 – Revenue • Income tax reduction • Military retirement exemption • Consumer sales tax • Corporate Net Income Tax Historic Sistersville Ferry resumes operations • Wealthy West Virginian Tax Tyler County’s floating bridge returns for its 200th year of service May 4 with dedicated captain Bo Hause at • Coal Severance Tax Reform • Gas Severance Tax Reform the helm. This valuable resource -- the last ferry that crosses the Ohio River between West Virginia and Ohio • Historical Tax Credit -- will operate from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the weekends between the Bill #2 – Road Funding Sistersville and Fly, Ohio, landings throughout the season. Be sure to support the radiothon to benefit the ferry • Gasoline Tax from 4 p.m. Friday, May 19, through 4 p.m. Saturday, May 20. Then get ready to have a blast at the 2017 Ohio • DMV Fees River Ferryboat Festival, which expands to three days this year, July 28-30. Bill #3 – Road Funding • Parkways Authority Middlebourne town offices prepare to move Bill #4 – Teacher Pay Raise • 2% raise for classroom teachers MIDDLEBOURNE – As soon as the State Fire Marshal’s of- fice does their inspection, the offices for the Town of Middle- bourne will move from their current cramped Main Street INDEX location below the county court house to a historic former church on Stealey Street. Letter to the Editor 2 In an example of the adaptive re-use of a historic structure, Sardis Dairy Bar 3 last year Middlebourne took possession of the dormant Saint Lawrence Mission located at 211 Stealey Street and renovated Restaurant review 4 the large wooden structure to serve as the new town hall, com- Regional roundup 6 plete with individual offices and a large open area that can be used for meetings and well as small live performances. 100 Days of Gov. Justice 7-8 “I am looking forward to moving into the new space,” Tena 2017 Legislative roundup Lemasters, town manager/ treasurer, exclaimed. Local lawmakers’ bills 9 United Brotherhood and by 1968 became the Stealey Street Currently Lemasters shares a small room at the former Main United Methodist Church. The Catholic Diocese of Wheeling- Governor vetoes budget 11 Street water plant with the town’s assistant treasurer and the Charleston took possession of the church in 1992 and operated mayor. After their three desks, there is just enough room left WV bill tracker 10-12 over for the small table where the town council meets. it as the Mission of the Paden City Catholic Church until 2015 when they put the wooden structure on the market before sell- Events 14-19 The small block building, built in 1925, needs structural repair ing it to the municipality for the nominal sum of $1. Classified ads 16 due to settlement issues with its stream bank location. The improvements, budgeted at $20,000, included new fur- naces, building offices, replacing windows and painting. The new facility was constructed in 1906 as a church for the
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