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WV Oil & Movies Gas Festival Breads & return to preview spreads Monroe See B1 Theatre See C6-C7 See C2 Still Free! Ohio news Inside Pages A2, A8, C2-C3, C4, State of Tyler County C5, C8, C15, C20, C21, C23 INNformer Page A7 Volume 6, No. 18 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 September 6, 2019 Paden City Council OKs nancing By Charles Winslow PADEN CITY –Approving the financ- ing for the $500,000 emergency water project and signing the interim financ- ing note for the city’s water system project were among the few issues taken up during the uncharacteristi- cally short monthly meeting of the To all of those who labor, we salute you! Paden City Council Sept 3. One thing about parades in this area: They will be chockfull of bands, beauty queens and princesses, floats – Before the 32-minute meeting, council and since this was a Labor Day parade, plenty of union folk from around the state – and, around here? Bubbles, held the required public hearing for the lots and lots of bubbles because they are just plain fun! Something about bubbles just brings out the kid in all note ordinance, which will result in the of us. For more scenes from Paden City’s 71st annual Labor Day celebration, see page A4. city borrowing money as part of the in- terim financing of the water plant up- grade project. No one from the public showed up for the public hearing. During the regular meeting Mayor Clyde Hochstrasser held the third reading of the note ordinance, which passed without opposition from the council members present. Council voted to permit Hochstrasser to sign an agreement that will fund the $500,000 emergency water project re- lating to the city’s efforts to address the PCE contamination issue. Cuncil also agreed to put the city’s old John Deere tractor out for disposal. The tractor runs but apparently has a bad drive train and council approved getting rid of it on a ‘as is’ basis. The junker’s bucket will also be included in Sistersvilles NAPA store closes the deal. SISTERSVILLE – After taking care of the automotive parts to the blue single-story metal building at 614 Wells St. in 1984. Council also approved a request to, needs of Tyler County customers for almost 50 years, Sis- once again, advertise for a police oiffcer tersville’s NAPA closed its doors for good Aug 31. In August 2016 the store was sold to Bridgeport, West Vir- after the latest candidate declined to ginia-based Amtower Auto Supply, also a NAPA member, as continue his training at the West Vir- “Sad to say that the business from Sistersville and Tyler ginia Police Academy after his first day. part of a deal that saw several Morgan stores change hands. County area was not enough to sustain the location,” said While discussing park and pool Coun- Kevin Amtower, president of Amtower Auto Supply Inc. “Its Amtower said all of the Sistersville staff have been offered cilman JP Springer exprressed his dis- like a punch to the gut to close the Sistersville store.” positions at his company’s New Martinsville store. He added his company does not own the building and, with two pleasure over the status of the camera system at the park. Not all of the cam- When the store opened in April 1970 it was owned by theyear s left on their lease, they will be looking to sublease it. eras have been installed or are opera- Morgan Auto Parts chain, a National Auto Parts Association “Anyone interested in subleasing can contact Mark Am- distributor, and was located at 242 South Wells St. It moved tower at (412) 254-3655.” Continued on page A2 End near for Newport slip repair NEWPORT, Ohio – More of the than 18tunnel, ” said Matt Bruning, press secretary for ODOT’s Central months after the massive landslide, work is finally winding down at the site Oiffce in Columbus. of the February 2018 slip on Ohio In February 2018 an 800-foot section of Route 7, just north of Newport in Washington County. the hillside started to slump – with part of it giving away completely, sending dirt, trees and boulders down to the “We’ve been working through several challenges and there is light at the end Continued on page A2 Work at Conaway Run Lake complete By Charles Winslow CENTERVILLE – Repair work and improvements have been completed at 30-acre Conaway Run Lake in Tyler County. “The Division of Natural Resources invested more that $650,000 to bring the Conaway Run Lake Dam into compliance with the WVDEP Dam Safety reg- ulations,” said Andy Malinoski, press secretary for the WV Department of Commerce. “In addition to bringing the dam into compliance, they also improved bank fishing access by installing an angler access path across the face of the dam.“ While the lake level was lowered to complete dam modifications, the DNR Continued on page A2 INDEX Maroney arrested A6 Tyler & Wetzel DOH roads list B6 Football scoreboard C8 Upscaling feedbags A6 Climate change positives B7 Puzzles C9 WNF conference call A2 State of Tyler County A7 INSIDER Regattafest C10 Opinon: Moving WV forward A3 Candidate Smith A8 Comics C11-C14 Paden City Labor Day A4 Regional roundup A8 Monroe Theatre C2-C3 Classifieds C15 Happening THIS weekend C4 Tyler County Commission A5 RECIPES: Breads & spreads B1-B3 Events C16-C21 Familar Face: Barb Stegman A5 Talking to kids about drugs B4 Sternwheel Festival C5 Crossword answer C21 New app, website for WVNCC A5 Petrochemical downstream jobs B5 WV OIl & Gas Festival C6-C7 Happening NEXT weekend C22-C23
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