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More than just an advertisement Still Free! Inside Inside Co-ed softball is a hit! WWII vet recalls U-boat capture Page 22 INNformer Pages 10-11 Publication of The Wells Inn Volume 4, No. 16 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 August 10, 2017 Paden City citizens express concern about survey lines By Christopher Selmek PADEN CITY – About a dozen citizens crowded into the Paden City Council chambers for their regular meeting Aug. 7, several of whom were upset the city did not seem to be enforcing property lines. Public comments began with Susan Spence complaining about a neighbor who had put See story on up a privacy fence and cut sev- planned water eral of her trees in the process. disruptions Then Brad Hibbs stood to ex- press his continued disapproval in Paden City of a neighbor, who he declined on page 2. to name, building a porch that was two-and-a-half feet too close to his house. “I’m trying to be peaceful about this, because I am the nicest person in this world, but I’m tired of getting The Sistersville ferry was not alone in facing problems from the high water levels and the debris jerked around. I think a lot of people in this town have heading downstream on the the Ohio River over the weekend following flooding upriver. The had it,” Hibbs fumed. “I’m tired of seeing this guy do Sistersville city docks, above, were clogged with detritus, although it was quickly cleared by the city. this to the town. He’s telling you guys: ‘I don’t give a dang what you say. I’m doing whatever I want.’ And it sounds like a lot of people in this town are doing the High water, debris sideline service same thing.” According to Mayor Joel Davis, the property owner has at Ohio River Ferryboat Festival refused to get his property surveyed and the city did not SISTERSVILLE – Compared to the devastation and Sistersville Ferry had to suspend service during the have the money to do it for him. Several other citizens commented it was this property owner ’s responsibility to Ohio River Ferryboat Festival, effectively cutting flooding caused elsewhere in the region by the the festival in half. get the land survey to prove he was operating entirely heavy rains of July 27-28, Sistersville’s experience within his own property. Despite being given a stop work was little more than a minor annoyance. - order, Hibbs claimed the neighbor was continuing to per On Saturday the ferry had to close early because of form work on Saturday and was planning to sell the trailer But it was still an annoyance, all the same. the increased speed of the current and the substantial to someone who would be unaware of the violations. about of debris in the river, ranging from tree limbs According to Tom Green, from the National and tires to refrigerators and even shoes, had raised “They told him the day he dropped that trailer not to Weather Service Pittsburgh office, the automated safety concerns. On Sunday, which was a clear and put the porch up and he did it anyway,” Hibbs contin- monitoring station in Burton, Wetzel County, recorded 5.42 inches of rain during the two-day pe- warm day – perfect festival weather – the ferry had ued. “OK, so that means I can go out here and just do to remain closed because the water level was too riod. Burton is just east of the heavily flood-dam- whatever I want to do, because that’s what he’s telling aged village of Hundred. high for the ferry to land at the Fly, Ohio, landing. you guys: that you have no authority, nobody around here is going to do anything about it, so he’s going to “If that landing was fixed, we would be running As the water made its way down from the interior do it anyway.” today,” Capt. Herman “Bo” Hause lamented Sunday. valleys to the main rivers, it increased in velocity Hibbs and Spence agreed that they were frustrated and On a happier note, the Sistersville city docks, which and washed a substantial amount of debris into the that their only recourse was to appear before city coun- were installed last year, were able to raise with the rivers. While the Ohio River didn’t reach flood cil. Recorder Tamra Billiter answered they had done stage, it did increase in depth by several feet. river level and did not suffer any damage. The de- bris that collected was quickly removed by city em- the right thing and that the council needed to hear from For Sistersville, the storm’s aftermath meant that the ployees. concerned citizens before they could proceed to inves- Continued on page 2 SGH adds hours in Middlebourne FUN AT MIDDLEBOURNE – Patients fromyears and holds a master of medical science degree from Marietta College. THE FAIR! Middlebourne and the interior of Tyler County will once again have the option The midway to be seen at Sistersville General Hospi- In addition to a new electronic medical is always a tal’s Middlebourne Clinic. records system, which will make it eas- magnet for ier to order prescriptions, increased With the addition of Physician Assistant staffing and hours are planned in the the young near future as the hospital’s transition and the Jared Rehl, the clinic’s new hours are 7 young at a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Wednes- goes forward. heart. See day, which will allow people to be seen more Tyler after work. Earlier in the summer the Middlebourne County Fair Clinic patients had to travel to Sis- coverage on “I am excited to be here. It’s a really nice tersville or to the St Marys Express Care because of staffing shortages and pages 4-5. facility,” said Rehl, who has worked Continued on page 2 for SGH for more than four and a half INDEX Gov. Justice switches 6 Events 12-19 Monroe County Fair schedule 19 Farmers Exchange 3 Making of Mountain 7-8 Classified ads 15 Ferryboat Festival 20 Patty Dawson 3 Oil & gas news 9 Football schedules 16 Tyler County Commission 21 Tyler County Fair 4-5 WWII veteran remembers 10-11 Town & Country Days 18 Sistersville co-ed softball 22
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