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More than just an advertisement Ohio news Inside Pages 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, More drug busts 11, 15, 20, 21-23 INNformer Page 2 Publication of The Wells Inn Volume 5, No. 18 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 September 7, 2018 Paden City celebrates 70th annual Labor Day parade By Charles Winslow PADEN CITY – Despite temperatures soaring into the upper 90s, large crowds turned out Monday, Sept. 3, for Paden City’s 70th annual Labor Day parade and Jimmy Fortune’s evening concert. “This is great and I am really happy with the turn out,” Clyde Hochstrasser, mayor of Paden City, Clarington NG told the INNformer. “I think there were far more people this year than last.” Storage waiting The yearly Labor Day parade lasted over an hour and was complete with units from the local police and fire departments, a mule team, marching bands, on permits beauty pageant winners, politicians and, of course, a good showing by labor unions, for whom the CLARINGTON, Ohio – While it has taken longer three-day-long event was organized to honor. than anticipated for the State of Ohio to issue While the children received candy, as customary, permits for the natural gas liquid (NGL) storage from parade participants a special mention must be facility slated for Clarington, Monroe Country, made of the folks from Paden City’s First Baptist the project’s developer said he hopes to know Continued on page 3 later this year what the status of the project is. “We are feeling pretty optimistic at this point,” David Hooker, president of Denver-based Mountaineer NGL Storage, told The INNformer. “The State agencies have been very respon- sive this summer and we should know where we stand on final permits in October.” Initially, Mountaineer expected to have con- struction on the $150 million project under- ground natural gas storage facility already underway but now it looks like construction may start next year. In an earlier interview, Hooker explained that “as expected, Ohio regulators are being very cautious, because our facilities will be the first 50th WV Oil & Gas Festival Sept. 13-15 ‘permitted’ NGL storage facility in salt caves in SISTERSVILLE – The 50th annual this festival began on a small scale the state.” at 5 p.m., followed by a gospel con- West Virginia Oil & Gas Festival cert sponsored by the Ministerial in August 1970 to celebrate the oil When completed, the facility will be able to Association at 5:30 p.m. then the kicks off Thursday, Sept. 13, in and gas industry past, present and downtown Sistersville and at the amateur talent show at 7 p.m. store more than 3 million barrels of liquid pe- future. The festival was originally city park. This year’s Oil and Gas troleum gasses in subterranean caverns held on the streets of Sistersville, Man of the Year is David A. Fresh- The 2018 West Virginia Oil and Gas but as it continued to grow it was carved out of the Salina Salt formation some Festival Juried Art Show at the water, founder and chairman of 6,700 feet below ground. Elsewhere, salt cav- moved to the city park. Gold Derrick Gallery inside the Conserv Inc. based in Spencer, Gaslight Theater runs Thursday erns have been successfully used for bulk stor- West Virginia. “We were an oil boom town many age of liquids for over 50 years and are years ago,” she explained. “A lot of through Saturday. Freshwater was chosen because of the economic prosperity we con- considered safer and more economical than The Sistersville Museum will be his “outstanding achievements and tinue to enjoy today is because of above-ground tanks. leadership in the West Virginia oil open Thursday, Friday and Saturday and gas industry,” according to a re- oil and gas, so it’s important that we to get a sense of what life in Sis- recognize the people who work for The project is the first planned storage facility lease from the event’s board of di- tersville was like during the oil in the Marcellus and Utica Shale plays and that industry.” boom. “We’ll be opening early and rectors. staying late,” museum owner Terry could supply PTT Global Chemical’s proposed Admission to this three-day cele- He will be honored at a special in- Wiley said. ethane cracker planned for Shadyside in Bel- bration honoring the oil and gas in- vitation-only luncheon at the his- mont County. dustry is free. The festival officially The park will be packed with peo- toric First Presbyterian Church, opens at 10 a.m. Thursday with a Saturday, Sept. 15. Following the ple enjoying great food and learning Mountaineer NGL Storage, a subsidiary of En- program for senior citizens at 1 p.m. about antique gas engines during luncheon Freshwater will serve as followed by the Mountain State ergy Storage Ventures, expects to create 200 marshal for the Grand Oil and Gas the weekend. There will also be a country store and craft booths. Plus construction jobs and 15-20 full-time positions Trophy Parade. Bluegrass Express. Most of the ac- game booths to keep the little ones when the facility is completed. tivities, though, take place that Festival Director Barb Vincent said evening: the flag-raising ceremony Continued on page 13 INDEX Regional roundup 5 Word search puzzle 8 ArtsLink 2018-19 schedule 14 Free pipeline training 6 RECIPES: ‘Garden’ party 9-10 Happening this weekend! 15 Letter to the Editor 2 Sardis VFD gets new pumper 6 NARO conference 11 Crossword puzzle 19 Paden City Labor Day 3 Paden City Council 7 DEP permits 11 Football scoreboard 20 Duffy VFW 4 Wayne National Forest update 7 Events 12 -23 Classified ads 22 Hill Covered Bridge 5 Marble Festival 8 Oil & Gas Festival 12-13 Crossword answer 23
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