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Marble Emanuel’s Legislature King @ Restaurant OKs aid to White does it Pleasants House right! Power Station See A2 See A9 See A6 Still Free! Ohio news Inside Pages A3, A5, A7, New WNF forest supervisor A9, B6, B8, B9 INNformer Page A5 Volume 6, No. 15 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 July 26, 2019 Slip repairs, paving set for region’s roads 16 of 25 Monroe County projects are Paving Route 2 from New Martinsville landslide repairs costing $7 million to Sistersville spli t into 3 projects LEWISVILLE, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Transportation The denture-jarring, bladder-bursting ride along West Virginia will spend tens of millions of dollars on Monroe County road- Route 2 is coming to an end, but not any time soon. ways in 2019 and 2020, according to a recent presentation by The West Virginia Department of Highways has announced the departments District 10 leaders. a schedule for a three-pronged paving project along The majority of the projects are landslide repairs. Of the Route 2 from New Martinsville to Sistersville. 25 slated projects 16 are labeled landslide repairs with costs approaching $7 million, a handout is- There are three separate projects, one each in the sued by ODOT states. towns of New Martinsville, Paden City and Sis- tersville, Brent Walker, a spokesman for the “Slips are a major part of our plan,” said WVDOH, said. Darla Miller, deputy director for District The 1.6-mile-long portion in Sis- 10, which includes Monroe County. tersville is slated to go to bid in No- Of the 16 landslide repairs all but vember and be a Spring 2020 one have been awarded to con- project. The Paden City proj- tractors. The final landslide repair ect is 1.70 miles long and was project, she said, is in the develop- awarded to Kelly Paving, ment phase. which is to be completed by While District 10 doesnt have a traiffc October. The New Martinsville congestion problem, Miller said the issues project is 1.5 miles long and will be facing ODOT there are unusual: mainly hills performed at night to alleviate traiffc con- and soil and rivers – the trifecta for landslides. cerns, starting later this summer depending on the contractors availability, Walker said. She said motorists will start seeing more ODOT proj- Most local leaders are shy to publicly blame truck ects, thanks to the recent 10.5 cent gasoline and 19 cent traiffc from the oil and gas industry for Route 2s diesel tax increase approved by the state legislature and frame-rattling condition, but off the record leaders have governor. a lot to say. Walker said the WVDOH is aware of the con- “We will be able to move funds to maintenance and build safer cerns and are working with the industry to address the issue. highways,” she said. “The 14-mile section (in addition to most of the main routes in this Also, municipalities will see increased funding for their streets/roads district), between New Martinsville and Sistersville, is a road that has departments. Monroe County will see about $1.5 million in funding, seen a large increase of oil and gas traiffc. While it has taken a toll on the Continued on page A5 Continued on page A5 Tyler County Sardis adds parade to Community Center Social volunteer reghters SARDIS, Ohio – The small riverfront community of Sardis of the 1960s-1980s and shared in the Sardis C.A.R.E.S. will come alive with something for the whole family during cookbook,” explained Shelly Hulsey, president of Sardis group elects oiffcers the evening of Saturday, July 27, with the Second Annual C.A.R.E.S, the active community organization. “Also on the MIDDLEBOURNE – Members of the Sardis Community Social. menu are chicken and noodles and shredded chicken sand- Tyler County Volunteer Firefighters wiches.” Association elected oiffcers during The festivities will start at 5 p.m. when the first parade to the regular monthly meeting July 18 be held in Sardis since 2011 kicks off. The parade, organized Our group will be offering pie and My Very Own Blanket, a by the Sardis Volunteer Fire Department, will line up at 4 at Middlebourne VFD’s meeting hall. group that makes blankets for foster children, will be offer- p.m. and travel up Mound Street and onto Ohio Route 7,ing ice cream,” Hulsey added. A train tide, petting zoo and Re-elected as president was Paden by Ables Cheese, then proceed down to the community cen- balloon animals are also on the agenda with the VFD and City’s Jim Richmond. Sistersville’s ter. EMS offering tours of their vehicles and giving out free fire- Jason Wayne was elected vice man hats to the kids. president, Mitch Wilcox, of Shirley’s A free Bluegrass concert will be held in the air-conditioned gym at the Sardis Community Center between 6 p.m. and department, was elected as secre- At 8:30 p.m. the Sardis VFD Auxiliary will show the movie 8 p.m., where food will be sold by the Dally Memorial Li- tary/ treasurer and James Chap- The Lion King outside on the lawn of the community cen- brary. “The library is offering ‘carnival Sloppy Joes as made ter, with snacks available. Be sure to bring blankets and/or man, also of Shirley, as public by the volunteer fire department during the Carnival Days lawn chairs! information oiffcer. Terms are for one year and all candidates were DEP air monitor shows normal unopposed. In attendance were representa- before, during, after tank re tives from all five of the volunteer departments that cover Tyler Dominion Energy is still investigating the late May tank fire in Bens County, including Sistersville, Mid- Run area, but the states environmental protection agency believes dlebourne, Alma and Shirley Vol- lightning caused the blaze. “Were still in the review stages of the analy- unteer Fire Departments and the sis,” Samantha Norris, a spokeswoman for the energy company, said. Paden City Volunteer Fire Com- A few days after the fire, Dominion Energy hired a third-party in- pany. While Paden City’s company vestigator to examine why the tank containing 564,000 gallons of is based in Wetzel County, their fuel caught fire. coverage area includes the Tyler A report provide by the West Virginia Department of Environmen- County portion of the city. tal Protection to The Innformer shows lightning strike may have During the meeting a proposal to caused the fire, which burned for more than 12 hours. conduct a county Fire School in “The oiffcial cause was originally listed as a lightning strike. The spring 2020 was brought up and WVDEP has not been notified of any other potential causes,” Terry monthly countywide training for Fletcher, interim communication director for the DEP, said. department members will resume The Bens Run Natural Gas Terminal is a single-tank facility lo- on the 4th Monday of each month. cated between Momentive and the Tyler County line with Pleasants Training was held in Middlebourne County. Natural gas was fed to the million-gallon tank from the July 22 and the next session is at 6 Hastings Gas Processing Facility in Wetzel County. p.m. Aug. 26 at the Sistersville de- The DEP is still awaiting the third-party report from Dominion, partment. he said. The next regular meeting of the During the evacuation of the southern part of Tyler County, resi- Tyler County VFA is 7 p.m. Aug. 16 dents expressed concern with air quality. However, DEP monitor at the Middlebourne VFD, located shows air quality remained level. The WVDEPs air monitor in Vi- on Main Street. Charles Winslow enna – the closest to the site – showed air quality levels before, dur- Continued on page A5 INDEX Back Home Festival A4 Tyler County Commission A7 Events B3-B9 Marble King @ White House A2 WV Roadkill Grandma Queen A5 Tyler & Wetzel DOH roads list A8 Fair schedules B4-B5 American Legion Post 48 A2 New PCMS football uniforms A5 Restaurant Review: Emanuel’s A9 Crossword answer B5 Wetzel County Commission A3 Matamoras Council A5 Comics A10 Classifieds B6 Monroe County Commission A3 Special legislative session A6 Tyler County BOE A10 Puzzles B7 Cops & courts A6 Happening this weekend B9 Familiar Face: Robby Parsons A4 RECIPES: Savory & sweet B1-B2
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