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Ohio news Inside Pages A2, A5, A6, B10, B11 Oil & gas news INNformer Page B3 Volume 6, No. 11 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 May 31, 2019 Investigator hired for Ben’s Run tank fire Dominion wants to ifnd out why tank ignited after lightning strike By Daniel Tyson adding the company is not releasing the cause or how much natural gas was TYLER COUNTY – Dominion En- ergy has brought in a third-party inves- released. tigator to examine why a million-gallon However, on Saturday night, Bob Orn- dorff, Dominion’s director of state and storage tank in the Ben’s Run area caught fire May 25 leading to the evac- local government affairs for West Vir- ginia, said approximately 640,000 gal- uation of parts of southern Tyler County. lons of natural gas were released from The investigator will work with Domin- a condensate storage tank, sending ion Energy Transmission Inc. to deter- plumes of black smoke into the sky for more than 12 hours. mine the cause of the fire, said The cause of the fire, according to a Samantha Norris, a spokesperson for West Virginia Department of Environ- the company. No injuries were re- ported. mental Protection, was lightning strik- ing the tank about 3:30 p.m. The fire “is an ongoing investigation. Norris said the tank had lightning pro- We are still assessing damage to Do- minion property” she said May 28, Continued on page A3 Ferryboat Festival canceled this year SISTERSVILLE – With the operation of the star of the show in doubt, plans for this year’s Ohio River Ferryboat Festival have been scuttled. The popular Ferry Fest, which started in 2014 and held at the end of July, drew hundreds of people each year to the ferry landings on both sides of the Ohio River where they listened to music, visited exhibits and cratfers – all to support the main attraction, the Sistersville Ferry. This year the Sistersville Ferry sits idle for want of a pilot. “Sorry to announce this, folks, but there will be no Ferryboat Festival this year. Due to the lack of a pilot for the boat and no guarantee that we will have a pilot soon, it would be too large a gamble to make such plans,” Alex King, organizer of the event, said in a statement. Tyler County Commission set to raze Poor Farm By Lea Ann Butcher Citynet’s closest location south of Clarksburg, down on-call for backup to Sistersville General Hospital. route 50 through Doddridge and into Tyler County MIDDLEBOURNE – Tyler County Commission Commissioner Mike Smith discussed the Ben’s Run then serve along Route 18, connect to Klondike voted to begin accepting bids for the demolition of railroad crossing, noting the Tyler County Develop- Tower, along Middlebourne and continue into Sis- the Tyler County Home, also known as the Poor ment Authority owns it and it is waiting to be repaired. Farm, at their regular meeting May 28. tersville.” The upgrade would give customers the op- “The wait is a good thing because it looks as though tion to purchase bandwidth up to 100 megabytes. they are going to be assisted by the state,” he said. The oiffcial announcement will be published in the Commissioners also granted Peters’ request for county paper in early June. Bids will be opened at 4 drawdown 10 for the Route 18 South water project. Commission Vice President John Stender gave an up- p.m. June 14 and approved June 25. “Contractors are finishing up service laterals. They’re date on progress at the Tyler County 4-H grounds. Also during the 55-minute meeting, Luke Peters of He said sidewalks were to be poured and a pump going to be at substantial completion within the next house was recently installed. the Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Council gave an up- week or two. We’ve got to schedule a review and walk- “We had a big graduation party on Saturday and it date about the county broadband project. thru with the engineer in June. From what I under- turned out well. They were pleased and we received stand the lines have been tested and they’re waiting “The deadline for the ReConnect funds is June 21. a nice note from them saying they were happy with on a couple test results,” Peters said. We’ve basically set a goal for June 12 or so to have the facility and the way it looked,” Stender said. that application done and the Citynet engineers are The commission also took ownership of an ambulance Commissioners agreed to donate $500 to the Fourth working on the details of that,” he said. “The project housed at the Sistersville Volunteer Fire Department. Mary Huff of the SVFD said the ambulance would be Continued on page A5 that we’re proposing right now is to run fiber from Early voting now underway for Middlebourne June 11 election MIDDLEBOURNE – Early voting for the The additional rate of levy in cents per $100 Town of Middlebourne’s June 11 municipal of assessed valuation on each class of prop- election and levy vote is underway. erty is: Class 1 1.25 cents, Class II 2.5 cents, Class III 5 cents and Class IV 5 Running for mayor are Steve Seago and cents. If assessments increase during the Charles DeLauder. Running for recorder term of the levy, levy rates will be reduced are Chad Swiger and Susan Pelikan. Can- so the projected tax collection will not ex- didates for town council are: Vera Hen- thorn, Dave Myers, Bill Jenkins, Josh Nash, ceed $6,260 in any fiscal year. The library’s levy is a renewal and rates paid Bob Allen, Bill Suter and Charlene Gal- luzzo. will not increase, librarian Rosanne East- ham explained. Also on the ballot is the additional levy to DRONE PHOTO BY BEAU BOWDEN Early voting occurs at the town’s city build- fund the town’s Tyler County Public Li- ing at 211 Stealey St. from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. All gave some. Some gave all brary for fiscal years 2021-2025. The levy Monday through Saturday. The last day for Memorial Day is not a ‘happy’ holiday or a celebration. will raise $6,260 annually with a total of early voting is June 8. It’s the day we remember and honor the men and women $31,300 raised during the term of the who died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. See levy. The revenue is also expected to gener- The City Building is also the sole voting sta- coverage of area Memorial Day observances on A6-A7. ate an equal amount of state funding under tion for the June 11 election and will be the current state library funding formula. open from 6:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. INDEX Regional roundup A5 Tyler & Wetzel DOH roads list A10 Events B5-B11 Tyler County rabies clinic A5 Sistersville alumni parade A11 WHEELING250 B5-B8 Back Roads: Lebanon A2 Cops & courts A5 Tyler County BOE A12 Puzzles B8 Editorial A3 Memorial Day events A6-A7 Comics A12 Crossword answer B10 RECIPES: Cold soups & salads B1-B2 Happening this weekend! B11 How to write a resume A4 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE SVFD donates to museum A5 May 20 special session A7-A9 Oil & gas news B3 Blame My Roots festival B11
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