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Still Free! More than just an advertisement Inside Inside Ferry documentary update WV DEP halts Rover work Page 16 INNformer Page 34 Publication of The Wells Inn Volume 4, No. 15 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 July 27, 2017 Sistersville Ferry: 200 years in operation & counting 3rd annual Ferryboat Festival launches fall fair season he newly expanded 3rd annual Ohio River Fer- ryboat Festival kicks off the fall fair and festi- Tval season this weekend, July 28-30, with three days chock full of entertainment and activities in cel- ebration of 200 years of operation for the Sistersville Ferry. Be sure to check out our special section on this historical event on pages 4-23. Following hard on its heels is the 55th annual Tyler County Fair, which runs from Monday, July 31, through Saturday, Aug. 5, at the fairgrounds on Route 18 near Middlebourne. Then it’s Wetzel County’s 57th annual Town & Country Days Monday, Aug. 14, through Saturday, Aug. 19, at the 4-H Campground in New Martinsville. Day celebration, Sept. 1-4, which isn’t really a fair or Sept. 5, through Sunday, Sept. 10, at the fair grounds Next we cross over to Ohio for the annual Monroe a festival but deserves mention all the same. Or stayat 45420 Roscoe Road in Richland Township. County Fair Monday, Aug. 21, through Saturday, on the Ohio side and enjoy the annual Washington Aug. 26, at the fair grounds on State Rt. 26 North, As is typical with a county fair, each offers something just outside of Woodsfield. County Fair from noon Monday, Sept. 2, through 10 for everyone -- from entertainment to rodeos and p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, at the fairgrounds, 922 Front agricultural and livestock events. Each is a celebra- Then it’s back across the river for Paden City’s Labor St. in Marietta. The Belmont County Fair is Tuesday, tion of the rural way of life! Connectivity summit draws community leaders to Marietta By Christopher Selmek choice,” Clyburn said after her introduc- tions services are available in rural com- MARIETTA, Ohio – Federal Communi- tion at the town hall meeting. “Now, you munities. This summit is a stop in her na- may have some local coverage. But let’s tionwide #ConnectingCommunities cations Commission commissioner face it – and I heard it a lot today – that listening tour and she is gathering stories Mignon L. Clyburn visited Marietta, coverage could be spotty and those Ohio, Tuesday, July 18 for an Ap- about the challenges rural communities datalinks make it less useful for taking palachian Ohio-West Virginia Connec- face in accessing broadband. advantage of more bandwidth intensive tivity Summit. The summit was“If I had to rank how the FCC was pri- activities than that fixed connection can oritizing fast, affordable broadband, ro- comprised of a daylong workshop at handle. bust consumer protections, I would have Washington State Community College “I will not stand before you pretending followed by an evening town hall at Ma- to have all the answers this evening,” she to give the FCC a B+ on getting broad- rietta High School attended by around band to communities most in need, a C continued. “I am here this evening be- 250 concerned citizens from all over the on broadband affordability, and an F on cause I care. I am here to let you know Ohio Valley. broadband consumer protections, let me that I’m willing to work with you to According to the FCC, in the rural com- tell you why,” Clyburn said. “On broad- come up with innovative solutions, be- munities of southeast Ohio and northern band deployment we have acknowl- cause the solutions of the past haven’t West Virginia, nearly one-fourth of the edged that we have a problem and that’s worked all that well. Because we still population – 14.5 million people – lacks a critical first step. It is unacceptable to have persistent gaps when it comes to me – like it is to you – that over 20 per- access to high-speed internet service. connectivity.” cent in rural America do not have high Clyburn’s message is that this is unac- speed broadband. The FCC has initiated ceptable in an era when broadband plays The goal of the Appalachian Ohio-West several proceedings over the past few a key role in jobs, education, health care Virginia Connectivity Summit was to months that look at subsidizing fixed and and social connections. bring together key players from across mobile broadband in areas that are un- the country to brainstorm strategies for served today. We have also looked at “Six percent of those living in rural bringing broadband access to rural com- making certain structural changes to our America have a choice of provider and, munities. Commissioner Clyburn is a if my math is right, that means 94 per- rules, so that it is easier and less expen- former chairwoman of the FCC and de- cent of those who do not live in urban or scribes herself as a champion of ensuring sive for companies that deploy this often densely populated areas have only onethat robust, affordable telecommunica- Continued on page 3 INDEX Ferryboat Festival schedule 4 Tyler County Commission 25 Classified ads 30 Letter to the editor 2 History of the ferry 6-8 Paden City Park Board 25 Tyler County Fair schedule 33 Ferryboat special section 4-23 Summer safety 24 Events 26-33 Oil & gas news 34-35
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