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Monroe Back to Theatre school open calendars again for 4 districts See A2 See A6-A7 Still Free! Ohio news Inside Pages A2, A3, A4, A10, Reporting phone outages A11, A12, B4, B7, B9, B10 INNformer Page A10 Volume 6, No. 16 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 August 9, 2019 Injunction seeks Paden City to stop Monroe Council talks Care Center sale Here’s a grants, By Daniel Tyson sneak peek bonds, police WOODSFIELD, Ohio – An injunction seeking to at what’s headed halt the sale of the Monroe County Care Center was PADEN CITY – Updates on the filed in July claiming the transaction was illegal after your way starting USDA emergency grant, rethinking the commissioners failed to follow the competitive bid- proposed Utility Board, agreeing to ding process as required by Ohio law. with Issue #17, issue bonds and police issues were The legal action brought by Jerusalem resident Car- among items discussed by the Paden son McCurdy is suing all three county commission- Aug. 23: City Council during their 57-minute ers after Tim Price and Carl Davis voted to sell the A special regular monthly meeting Aug. 5. facility, while Mick Schumacher cast a nay vote. In Fred Rader, community development June the commissioners signed a Letter of Intent to tabloid-size director for the Mid-Ohio Valley Re- Purchase with Alternative Living Solutions of Ohio gional Council, told Mayor Clyde allowing the for-profit company to purchase the fa- entertainment Hochstrasser and council members cility for $500,000. The lawsuit contends the price is that one of the final steps necessary fo r below market value. section. We’ll still the USDA’s emergency grant – to ad- It states: “The commissioners “have a duty and obli- dress PCE contamination in the water gation, as elected oiffcials of the taxpayers of Monroe have the regional supply, will take place at 2 p.m. Aug. 15 County, to maximize the process of any county when the city will be presented with the owned property. This can only be realized by [the] event calendar, grant’s letter of conditions. fair and competitive bid process.” Rader also said he had spoken with Sen. Either a permanent or temporary injunction is being puzzles and ... Shelley Moore Capito’s oiffce about ad- sought by McCurdy. ditional matching grants for which a few surprises! Paden City may qualify through the US The lawsuit continues: “The Ohio Revised Code Army Corps of Engineers. He said he which covers selling county property states an adver- will coordinate with Thrasher Engineer- tisement must be placed in the general circulation ing to put together a preliminary appli- newspaper once a week for four consecutive weeks. cation for additional sewer work. Continued on page A3 Continued on page A5 Town oiffcials reel Matamoras levy on November ballot from FCC ruling MATAMORAS, Ohio – Voters in the an additional levy of 2 mills would be Transportation that eight storm drains on franchise fees Village of Matamoras have a chance in $200, 4 mills would be $400. Again, as- need repairs or reconstructed, a project November to ease their village’s finan- suming a property value of $100,000,” that will run into the tens of thousands By Daniel Tyson cial struggles. he explained. of dollars. In one Ohio Valley village, the During the council meeting July 15 , ODOT told the village in a two-page According to the popular website Best- Federal Communication Commis- leaders voted to place a 5-mill levy on letter they can use funds from $26,000 places.com, the median cost of a house the Nov. 5 ballot aimed at giving the the village will receive from the increase sion’s recent decision to allow in the village is $114,600. cash-strapped village much need finan- in gasoline and diesel taxes to help pay cable providers’ non-financial in- Council was hesitant to place the levy cial help. If approved the funds would for the repairs. kind contributions to be sub- on the ballot, given the village’s history go into the general operating account, tracted from franchise fees was of rejecting tax increase. “That wouldn’t even pay the taxes on just another slap in the face. helping with infrastructure, parks and this project,” Mayor John Schmidt said. general upkeep of the village. “Put it on there and see what the peo- For months, the Village of Mata- ple have to say,” said Councilman Jerry Also, the council met in executive ses- If approved the levy will bring in be- moras has called its cable tween $29,110 and $43,670, according Felton, before the vote. sion for 32 minutes to discuss person- provider asking for its franchise In the past few months, the village has nel issues with Police Chief Jarod to Matthew Livengood, Washington fees, which haven’t been paid in Smith. The session was called by been plagued by unexpected costs, years. Village of Matamoras Treas- County’s auditor. A firmer amount Council member Janet Schwaben to ranging from vehicle repairs to infra- urer Carol Evans Danver estimated should be available by council’s next the surprise of most members. All meeting later this month. structure issues. members except Councilman Greg the outstanding balance is in the Just recently, the village received a no- “In a nutshell, every mill would be Knowlton reluctantly voted.– Danie Continued on page A5 l $100 of taxes on a $100,000 home. So, tice from the Ohio Department of Tyson Piece of Ohio River boat-building history heads home By Charles Winslow United States, as well as the last surviving Claring- ton-built boat is coming home to Monroe County,” HANNIBAL, Ohio – It’s been a long time coming but soon the J.A. Cresap, last of the Clarington-built Abbott said. “This project is the first of its kind be- boats, will be returning to Monroe County, restored tween the museum and the Army Corps of Engi- to its original appearance and put on permanent dis- neers. We are so grateful for the Pittsburgh District play at the Hannibal Locks and Dam. Corps and are thrilled to be working with them.” The wooden-hulled, stern- heeled towboat J.A. Cresap Taylor Abbott, president of the Ohio Valley River Museum, announced the donation of the 96-year-old was constructed in 1923 at Clarington’s Mozena Brothers Boatyard under a commission by Joseph Cre- wooden towboat to the museum July 26. “The last sap, a Moundsville boat operator who also owned the surviving wooden-hulled boat of its kind in the Mary Ann, another Mozena Bros.-built passenger ferry that ran between Moundsville and Dilles Bottom. One of hundreds of boats and barges built in Clar- While she could have been planned for ferry opera- ington over a 63-year period, the J.A. Cresap is a tions, Abbott, who is also the Monroe County treas- member of a class of versatile towboats that were once a common sight on the Ohio River. urer, said the journal of his great-great-grandfather- who worked for the Mozena Bros. and later became Sixty-six feet long and 16 feet wide, the 27-ton J.A. an owner in the succeeding boat yard, showed Josep h Cresap was originally powered by a 40 hp St Marys oil-fueled engine. Her flat bottom and relatively light Cresap also ordered a coal barge at the same time a s the towboat. weight gave her just a two foot draught, which al- lowed her to operate in the shallow water conditions s The J.A. Cresap remained in service until Cresap’ often found on the Ohio before river levels were death in 1943 when it was sold to Crain Bothers Inc. . raised in the 1960s. Continued on page A3 INDEX Tyler & Wetzel DOH roads list A8 Comics A12 Crossword answer B4 Monroe Theatre free concerts A2 West Virginia news A9 ACP court brief A12 Events B5-B11 Monroe County Commission A3 BLM resumes auctions A10 RECIPES: Summer bounty B1-B2 Fair schedules B6-B7 Regional roundup A4 Familiar Face: Josh Fulks A10 13 going on 30 B3 Puzzles B10 Tyler County BOE A5 Bad buildings A10 Church marks 180 years B3 Football schedules B10 2019-20 school calendars A6-A7 Sardis community social A11 Classifieds B4 Happening this weekend B11
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