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Happy Thanksgiving! Still Free! More than just an advertisement Inside Inside Back Roads: St Marys Bridge Mountaineer Xpress project Pages 4-5 INNformer Page 9 Publication of The Wells Inn Volume 4, No. 23 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 November 16, 2017 Tyler County Sheriff’s Office offers ALICE training By Charles Winslow secure, as well as provide members with training and a tem have previously been trained in ALICE tactics and MIDDLEBOURNE – In the wake of the tragic church skill set that will raise the level of survival in the event three Tyler County churches already have reached out an active shooter situation were to occur. to Tyler County Sheriff Brian Weigle to in- shooting Nov. 5 in Sutherland Springs, Texas, which quire about the program. “This training can be utilized by the mem- left 26 people dead and many more injured, the Tyler Interested area churches are encouraged to bers no matter what environment they may County Sheriff’s Office will be offering A.L.I.C.E contact Lt Huffman by calling the Tyler training to Tyler County churches. find themselves,” Huffman said, adding that County Sheriff’s Office Monday through A.L.I.C.E., which stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, the training is available for all ages. Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at (304) 758-4229. “The thought that it can’t happen here is the Counter and Evacuate, is a civilian response to an ac- “We hope that all of the county’s churches tive shooter. “The training is essential to survival in an train of thought we are trying to change, active shooter event,” Lt Shannon Huffman, one of two Huffman told The INNformer. “In the last will take advantage of this potentially life- saving program,” Huffman concluded. month we have seen active shooter events certified ALICE instructors in the department, ex- “Fear is weakness and knowledge is plained. occur from one of the most populated cities strength. The ALICE training will prepare citizens of in the U.S. to a small rural community.” The Sheriff’s Office will come to the church and give our community with the knowledge to survive an active The staff and students of the Tyler County school sys- shooter event, thus making our community stronger.” advice on ways to make the building safer and more China deal may bring gas storage hub to Tyler County From staff reports Included in the projects expected to come out of the whopping $83.7 billion 20-year investment in West Virginia shale developments by China Energy an- nounced last week is an underground natural gas storage site – and a location in Tyler County is among the top three prospects. VETERANS, WE SALUTE Bens Run possesses the appropriate un- derground geological formations for an YOU! THANK YOU FOR underground storage facility, according to Jody Murphy, executive director o YOUR SERVICE f A large crowd was on hand at the the Pleasants County Development Au- Veterans Park at the Sistersville thority as well as the Pleasants Area waterfront for the Veterans Day Chamber of Commerce. remembrance. Three Paden City The other two possibilities are a northern High School students had the Upper Panhandle site and one in south- honor of singing the national ern West Virginia. anthem as Sistersville’s honor guard came to attention. Following “We want the storage hub up here,” Mur- the pledge of allegiance, Kent phy told the media. He added he was Leonhardt, state Commissioner of ready, willing and able to promote the Agriculture, gave the keynote project. address. Leonhardt, a decorated This major investment in the Mountain retired Marine colonel and VFW State – while not yet binding, but a step life member, spoke about how forward – also could include two gas- veterans kept the foundation of fired power plants, facilities for our Constitution alive as they over- methanol, a plant for biodegradable came adversity through history. products and an initial investment of $4 billion in the Appalachian Storage Hub. INDEX Paden City council 6 Mayors choose ornaments 8 Sistersville, Middlebourne councils 2 Regional roundup 6 DEP permits 9 Column: Always something 3 Sardis craft fair 7 Events 10-15 Letters to the Editor 3 Ohio election results 7 Football schedules 13 Back Roads: St Marys bridge 4-5 Cops & courts 8 Classified ads 14
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