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More than just an advertisement Still Free! Ohio news Inside Pages 5, 6, 7, 14-15, Bridge dedication 19-25, 27 INNformer Pages 8-9 Publication of The Wells Inn Volume 5, No. 17 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 August 24, 2018 Noise, garbage, water issues top Sistersville Council By Charles Winslow tribution pipes along Route 2 and install new radio-read lem to plague the system, was thought to have been caused by debris damaging the river intake during Feb- meters throughout the city, as well as updating the SISTERSVILLE – The Sistersville City Council took ruary’s flooding. action to move ahead with the city’s water project, de- water department’s billing software. cided to have the city’s street crew start replacing water By connecting with Friendly and installing radio-readMeeks explained the costs associated with connecting lines on Wells Street and considered how to implement meters, Sistersville finally would be able to eliminateto Friendly could be paid for with a grant of $1 million a garbage rate increase during their regular monthly the deteriorating and problematic 130-yearand a low-interest loan for the remaining $3.55 million-old water meeting Aug. 13. plant and streamline the time-consuming and costlybalance, with terms of 1 percent over 40 years. Repay- monthly meter reading, which must be done individu-ing the loan would require the city to raise the water Tim Meeks, senior project coordinator for the Mid- ally and by hand. portion of the city’s monthly bills by 22 percent, or $10 Ohio Regional Council, gave a presentation regarding per month, according to an accountant with Bennett the proposal to connect Sistersville’s water system with Sistersville now draws water out of the Ohio River and and Bobbins, PLLC. Any rate increase would take ef- the Tyler Public Service District’s water wells in is relying on a temporary diesel-powered pump to pro- fect after the project is completed, in two to three years. Friendly. The $4.55 million project features the Sis- vide water to the plant following failure of the main tersville tie in with Friendly, replace sections of the dis- river pump in June. The pump failure, the latest prob- Continued on page 3 State of Tyler County: Speakers foresee bright future By Charles Winslow $3 to $4 million in the General Fund SISTERSVILLE – The Wetzel County and the “severance tax revenue in- Chamber of Commerce held its annual creased from $700,000 during the last fiscal year to $5.1 million this year.” State of Tyler County breakfast Wednesday, Aug. 22, at the Sistersville He then listed all of the projects the Center as five representatives from in- county has been working on, including the first phase of expansion of the pub- dustry, education and government lic service district’s water service out gave their assessment of the current and future regional outlook and needs. to Boreman Elementary School; the Tyler County Sheriff’s Office move After a brief introduction by Sharon from their old quarters next to the Thomas, the chamber’s executive di- courthouse to a better location, and the From left: Robin Daquilante, Ryan Thorn, Tina Rush and Luke Peters rector, and welcoming statements by county courthouse window replace- Chamber President Don Riggenbach expected to be built and a new accessLooking ahead, he said the second ment project has been completed, as phase of the public service district ex- and Sara Holler, administrator at the bridge from Route 18 installed. well as improvements to the security pansion is in the planning phase and Sistersville Center, Tyler County at the building. The county’s 911 cen- Vincent said the commission has pur- Commission President Eric Vincent more rural homes will have access to started the program by giving a gener- ter will move into the old sheriff’s of- chased the property to the south of the water; also that the county is working fice after some renovations. existing courthouse in Middlebourne ally positive assessment of the direc- with the Mid-Ohio Council and Tyler and that a much-needed new annex tion Tyler County is going. Several projects are in the works for County Economic Development to im- the future, including renovations at the will be built there. He said the county prove broadband access in the county “Tyler County is, I would say, in good is out of space for all of the records county-owned 4-H Camp, located on they need to maintain. Continued on page 8 financial condition,” Vincent said, with Route 18, where a new boys’ dorm is Paden City ready for 70th WRSG back Labor Day celebration in studios MIDDLEBOURNE – With construction PADEN CITY – In a trthe day it wadition thaas a big thingt ,” the life- work in their media center completed, dates back 70 years, this cominglong Paden City resident said. “We WRSG has moved back into their stu- Labor Day weekend Paden City will really looked forward to it.” dios with a minimum of disruption. once again celebrate the American Opening ceremonies for the 70th an- WRSG, Knights Radio 91.5, the student- worker and the city’s industrial her- nual celebration will be held at noon run radio station owned by the Tyler itage with a three-day extravaganza Saturday, Sept. 1, on Paden City’s County Board of Education and based in that will include hours of live music, Main Street, where the festivities the Tyler Consolidated High School’s a 5K Fun Run, a car show, crafts, former board of education offices, had to games, concessions and, of course, have been held since 2004. The free vacate their space during the summer to the Labor Day Parade. music starts with One-A-Cord taking accommodate the major HVAC up- the stage at 1 p.m., followed at 2:30 grades that are on-going at the school. Susan Wade, chairman of the Paden by the ever-popular local gospel “When we saw the HVAC people com- City Labor Day Celebration, saidgroup, The Carriers. Half Cracked is ing in with the blueprints, we knew it was that Paden City held its first Lascborheduled to play from 5 p.m. to 7 going to be a big deal,” said Greg Good- Day celebration Sept. 6, 1948. “That p.m. followed by Ivory Bridge, who fellow, the radio station’s general man- was the first Labor Day celebration will begin their two-hour-long per- ager, who continues to teach radio classes here and the reason for it was to cel- formance at 8:30 p.m. part-time after retiring from the district ebrate the working people. Back in Continued on page 27 in 2015 after teaching for 38 years. Continued on page 4 INDEX Regional roundup 6 Events 13, 16-25 Crossword answer 22 Labor Day events 7 Happening this weekend! 13 Belmont County Fair schedule 23 Editorial: Why Labor Day ... 2 Word search puzzle 7 School calendar pullout 14-15 Washington Co. Fair schedule 24 Middlebourne Council 4 Bridge dedication 8-9 Football schedules 19 Ohio River Sternwheel Festival 25 CodeRed system 4 Cops & Courts 10 Crossword puzzle 20 Town & Country Days 26 Sardis ice cream social 5 RECIPES: Hawaiian luau 11-12 Classified ads 21 Oil & gas news 27
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