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Still Free! More than just an advertisement Inside Inside Push for pipelines Ghost stories Page 16 INNformer Page 15 Publication of The Wells Inn Volume 4, No. 21 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 October 19, 2017 Halloween Sistersville Council appoints Heinlein to seat SISTERSVILLE – Sistersville City Council appointed a new itably and has funds available to cover next season’s start up Parade council member at the Oct. 10 meeting at the fire hall as well and all of the required insurance payments. He added there as discussed issues relating to the water project and replacing were still five charters scheduled in October and that he was a fire truck. negotiating with the Solvay plant in Pleasants County to trans- returns to The council voted to appoint Charles “Chuck” Heinlein to the fer equipment to an island for them. Second Ward seat vacated when Bryan Owens resigned in Au- A council member asked about the possibility of extending the Paden City gust after purchasing a home in Paden City. In a 3-2 vote, season through October, but Rice explained the ferry lost Heinlein won out over Connie S. Boyd to complete the five By Charles Winslow months remaining in the term. Abstaining was council member $2,300 last October. “Once the fairs and festivals are done the traffic slows down. The main thing is for us to be in the black.” Brandon Chadock, acting CEO of the Sistersville General PADEN CITY – After a hiatus of Hospital, where Boyd works and Heinlein serves on the board He also said the city is working on grants to replace the ferry’s more than a dozen years, the of managers. aging engines and transmissions. The ferry was shut down Halloween Parade, a once- much of August because of mechanical issues. cherished childhood tradition, “It was great to see people wanting to get involved,” Mayor Bill Rice said. Heinlein previously served on the city council returns to Paden City Tuesday, and Boyd is very active on the planning commission. Rice noted he has applied to FEMA to have that agency reim- Oct. 31. burse the city for the costs of cleaning up and repairing damage to the city docks from the July 29 storm. Gene Rice, operations manager for the Sistersville Ferry, re- “They used to do the Halloween ported the ferry ended its regular 2017 operational season prof- Continued on page 2 parade with the high school band in the lead when I was a child,” explained Susan Postlethwait, a King of the Blues to play city council member who co-or- ganized the event with Susan PC Fall Festival Wade of the Paden City Ameri- can Legion Auxiliary Post 86. PADEN CITY – Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous pipeliner, noted blues singer Jonathon “Boogie” Long will perform from 5 p.m. to 6:30 “My friends and I would look for- p.m. at the Paden City Fall Festival Saturday, Oct. 21, at the city park.The ward to it all year! We would plan event opens at 10 a.m. and runs through 6:30 p.m. In 2011 Long, who hails out our costumes. It was so much from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, won the Guitar Center’s “King of the Blues” fun,” Postlethwait exclaimed. competition, beating out more than 4,000 other contestants. He has also played with legendary bluesman BB King as well as sharing the stage with The parade, which will again be such standouts as Jimmy Vaughn, Greg Allman, ZZ Top, Dr. John, Rockin’ led by the Paden City High Dopsie, 3 Doors Down, Ellis Hall, Ann Wilson, Henry Gray, Lil Ray Neal, School band decked out in Hal- and Lou Marini of the Blues Brothers Band. “A pipeliner is paying his air- loween costumes, will line up at fare, fee and expenses,” Joel Davis, former mayor and co-organizer of the festival, said. “This pipeliner said he wants to do this because the area com- the fire hall on Main Street at 5:30 p.m. with step off at 5:45 munities have been so nice and accommodating to him and his fellow workers and he wants to give back.” p.m. The band will lead the ghosts, ghouls and super-heros down 4th Avenue to the high school football field, where the Shirley Community Center to re-open kids will parade around in front By Charles Winslow of parents and judges. Wade said that costumes will be SHIRLEY – After over 15 years of sit- ting empty and unused, the Shirley Com- judged in the following cate- munity Center is being brought back to gories: prettiest, ugliest, most life, thanks to the efforts of residents in original, most Halloween, scari- this Tyler County village. est and funniest. The auxiliary During the warm autumn afternoon of also will be distributing treat Oct. 14, close to two dozen people at- bags to all of the participants as tended a meeting in the building to dis- they leave the field. cuss what can be done with the more than a century old structure and to start Following the parade, Paden the process to formally establish a group City’s trick or treat will occur to oversee it. between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., which was extended from previ- Elected to the board of the civic organiza- Alliance and Fellow-tion, to be the Shirley ous years to accommodate the ship Hall, were Jeff Brown, president; parade. center had been regularly used for func- and community clothes closet,” said Jef f Pamela Smith, vice president; Tammy Brown, adding it would be a good place “I am absolutely looking forward Huggins, treasurer, and Linda Norris, sec- tions ranging from community dinners to offer educational programs and hold to hosting live music events. Grandpa to doing this and will love seeing retary. Elected as custodians (trustees) flea markets. were Tim Brown and Greg George. Jones and Stringbean, the banjo players the kids in costume,” Wade said. and comedians from the much-loved Prior to the meeting several of those at- His son, Michael Brown, 14, a freshman For more Halloween and trick or HeeHaw television show, were known to at Tyler Consolidated, said he was ready tending expressed optimism about the have performed there. to volunteer because he “wanted to sup- treat information, see page 14. prospect of once again seeing it fully functional. In years past, the community “We would like to open a food pantry Continued on page 19 INDEX Regional roundup 5 Events 8-14 Ghost stories 15 Tyler County authors 3 Cops & courts 5 Football schedules 11 Oil & gas news / pipelines 16 Dally Library Escape Room 3 Back Roads: Crematorium 6 Classified ads 12 Autumn recipes 17 Middle Island Harvest Festival 4 Restaurant review 7 Halloween events 14 Health corner: Flu 18
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