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Still Free! More than just an advertisement Ohio news Inside Pages 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18 Help solve a mystery! INNformer Page 2 Publication of The Wells Inn Volume 5, No. 14 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 July 13, 2018 Clarington Sistersville likely to OK Council eyes BP expansion once-a-week By Judy Anderson garbage service CLARINGTON, Ohio – The BP expan- SISTERSVILLE – Issues involving trash sion project, dilapidated buildings at the pick up in the city, progress on the mu- old ballfield and residences in violation nicipal water system and a proclamation of village ordinances were among the top- declaring the last Saturday in July as Fer- ics discussed at the regular July 5 meeting ryboat Day were among the items dis- of the Clarington Village Council. cussed during the productive monthly Mayor Doug Wagner handed out a two- meeting July 9 of the Sistersville City page use and maintenance agreement for Council. two alleys (one runs east/west behind BP Mayor Bill Rice told council the city- store and Apple Alley, which runs north owned garbage trucks had been sidelined and west and adjoins the existing BP sta- again due to mechanical problems and that tion. Hartley Company’s attorney sent the city “can’t find anyone to work on the the agreement in an effort to expedite the trucks.” The city’s 2013 Freightliner broke project. Wagner said the agreement was down only a couple of days after it was re- pretty straightforward but village attor- turned to service and is costing the city ney Carolyn Flannery had yet to read it. $2,000 in towing fees every time it has to The mayor said he had already asked be hauled to the shop for repairs. Hartley’s attorney to make one change: adding that Hartley Company would pay Rice said that, as an option, he had for removal and replacement of concrete talked to Solid Waste Services about if the Village needed to access the sewer Ohio Rt 7 slip costs tripled having that company take over garbage line in the alley. He added they had pick up for city residents and businesses. agreed to make that change or any other NEWPORT, Ohio – Stabilization work continues on the hillside above While Sistersville customers now pay change the Village wanted. Wagner said Ohio Route 7, just north of Newport in Washington County, at the lo- $16.50 for twice-a-week pickup, going he didn’t want to drag the process out cation of February’s massive landslide. with the private hauler would increase and council agreed a special meeting rates to $18.97 per household for once- should be called so the agreement could While the work was originally scheduled to be completed June 1 and a-week pick up. Those bills could also go be signed and forwarded to Hartley. cost between $1.5 and $2.5 million, site conditions require the con- Council member Judy Wiggins said she tractor, Columbus-based Kokosing Construction, to employ a slower up based on the company-added fuel sur- method of dirt and rock removal. The total cost of the project is now charge. The other choice is for the city to had received several complaints about reduce pick up to once a week, to reduce estimated to be $6.7 million. the old. She said she had been told the costs as well as wear and tear on the ve- roof over the dugouts is coming down hicle, then buy a new garbage truck. and some buildings or shelters are falling “The contractor has been performing ‘slushing’ on the State Route 7 Either way, costs to city residents will apart. The field is now used for football landslide, which is a process to excavate material from a safe dis- and council agreed to check with Danny tance using a bucket attached to a system of cables and winches,” likely go up. “We are hurting in the gen- Ashley Rittenhouse, public information officer for ODOT District 10, eral fund, the garbage rates are too low Lallathin to see if the team was still and, as mayor, I am telling you that we going to use the field and to look into de- explained. cannot keep hauling,” Rice said. “If we molishing the buildings. Wiggins said are staying in garbage, we should get the Rittenhouse said this phase is expected to finish within the next cou- she also had received complaints about Freightliner fixed and trade it in and ple of weeks and “a finalized design for the project will be completed the limestone put down on the road by raise the costs to $19 per month” for the new ballfield to curb dust. Someone once this operation is finished.” once-a-week pick up. had told her they had trouble washing See page 6 for update on road work for additional slips. the limestone off of their vehicle. She “We have got to stop kicking the can Continued on page 6 Continued on page 3 CSX Railroad track work expected to continue through July By Charles Winslow tervals to insure safe train movements. SISTERSVILLE – Work continues day and night on Creosote is an oil-based preservative used to prevent the CSX Railroad’s Ohio River Sub Division line, deterioration caused by weather and insects. Used which extends through this region. railroad ties are not suitable for residential landscap- ing, cautions the Environmental Protection Agency. “This is part of our cyclical maintenance that we do every 7-10 years,” a CSX spokesman explained to Complicating the replacement work is that it has to be The INNformer. “We are replacing cross ties and re- done while the rail line remains in operation and the newing the road crossings.” 80-plus members of the construction crew must insure The tie replacement project started at the northern end that the 8-10 train movements a day are not delayed. of the line in Benwood, near Wheeling, and will con- The Ohio River Sub Division was originally con- tinue south, part of the railroad’s annual $2 billion structed in the 1880s by the Ohio River Railroad be- system-wide maintenance program. Cross ties are cre- fore being acquired by the Baltimore & Ohio and later osote-treated pieces of wood used to keep the rails the becoming part of the CSX System. Where once trains correct distance apart and are replaced at regular in- Continued on page 7 INDEX Regional roundup 5 Monroe Powwow 7 Classified ads 16 Old-time mystery 2 PCHS alumni awards 5 Consumer fraud 8 Happening this weekend! 17 Pack the Track at Bullring 3 Paden City Council 6 RECIPES: mayo-free salads 9-10 Crossword answer 18 4th of July events More road work in Ohio 6 Events 11-18 DEP permits 19 New Martinsville 4 Sistersville 4 Local pleads guilty 6 Crossword puzzle 15 Word search puzzle 19
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