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FALL BACK 2 a.m. Sunday Its time to change Lest we forget: A2 clocks & batteries! Out of Attic See A7 Still Free! Ohio news Inside Pages A3, A7, B4, B6, C4, Security at Tyler Courthouse C5, C7, C8, C19-C23 INNformer Page A3 Volume 6, No. 22 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 November 1, 2019 Washington, Monroe county voters will decide levies, special elections Tuesday When local Buckeye State voters go to the polls for the Nov. 5 General Elec- tion, in addition to voting for their elected oiffcials they will have a chance to decide on local taxes and issues. In the village of Matamoras voters will decide if the local Par Mar store, lo- cated on State Route 7, will be allowed to sell beer, wine and mixed beverages and if the store will be permitted to sell beer on Sundays between the hours of 11 a.m. and midnight. Site work underway at proposed cracker plant Also on the ballot is a proposed five- year additional tax levy, commencing SHADYSIDE, Ohio – While no final investment decision has been announced, preliminary work at the 500- in 2019 and first due in calendar year acre site for the proposed multi-billion dollar ethane cracker plant in Belmont County was observed to be 2020, for the village of Matamoras for underway during the last the purpose of current operating ex- week of October. penses. The rate of the proposed addi- tional levy is not to exceed five mills for PTT Global Chemical Amer- ica, a subsidiary of Thailand’s each dollar of valuation, which PTT Global Chemical, and its amounts to 50 cents for each $100 of valuation. partner, South Korea-based In Monroe County, voters in Claring- Daelim Industrial Co. Lmt, ton will decide on two village levies. cleared trees at the Dilles Bottom site of the former R.E. The first is a 3.0 mill tax levy for the maintenance and upkeep of the Clar- Burger Power Station in the spring and grading work now ington Cemetery and the second is an- other 3.0 mill tax levy that will go appears to be in progress. toward covering current village ex- If the long-delayed approval penses. is granted, the cracker plant In Bethel Township, the 2 mill current operating expenses levy is up for re- is anticipated to bring in newal, as is the Monroe County Exten- thousands of construction jobs as well as lead to thou-sion Levy. The countywide 0.7 mill sands of long-term jobs cre- levy was first passed in 2000 and re- newed in 2004, 2009 and 2014. The ated by the industries that levys funds are used in 4-H, Agricul- would utilize the ethylene produced. ture and Natural Resources, Family and Consumer Sciences and Commu- nity Development. Murray Energy les Chapter 11 bankruptcy ST CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio – Murray Energy Holding Corp, the countrys largest privately held coal mining company, announced that Murray Energy and certain of its subsidiaries voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday, Oct. 29. St Clairsville, Ohio-based Murray Energy and its subsidiaries have nearly 7,000 employees and operate 17 active coal mines in Ohio, West Virginia and four other states. In Ohio, its American Energy subsidiary operates the Century Mine in Beallsville and in West Vir- ginia, through Murray American Energy, it runs the Marshall County Coal Company, the Ohio County Coal Company as well as five other mining operations. Locally, it also maintains rail and river port coal-loading facilities in Powhatan Point, Ohio. Ghosts, ghouls, goblins & zombies galore! The company said in a press release it has entered into a restruc- With the fear that Mother Nature was planning on playing a drenching trick on chil- turing agreement with some of its lenders, representing about 60 percent of Murrays $1.7 billion in liabilities. The company re- dren making their rounds on Halloween, several municipalities in the Mid-Ohio Valley ported it has received $350 million in credit to keep operating as it moved their dates for trick-or-treating from Oct. 31 to other days. restructures. As part of the agreement Bob Murray, who is currently the com- Trick or treat in Sistersville and Middlebourne is scheduled for 6-7 p.m. Monday, Nov. panys chairman, president and CEO, will stay on as chairman but 4, with Sistersville’s Halloween Parade line-up set for 7 p.m. New Martinsville and , Robert Moore. will be replaced as president and CEO by his nephew Powhatan Point were moved to Saturday, Nov. 2 ,with Powhatan Point from 5-7 p.m. Murray Energy is the eighth coal company in a year to file for bank- and New Martinsville 6-7:30 p.m. ruptcy. – Charles Winslow Football scoreboard C8 INDEX PCHS Homecoming A6 ChiliFest B6 Monroe Co. Commission A7 SHS alumna Eva Steortz B7 Puzzles C9 COLUMN: Lest we forget A2 Paden City trick or treat A8 INSIDER Classifieds C10 Letter to the editor A2 RECIPES: Sides & desserts B1-B3 Comics C11-C14 Matamoras council A3 Feature: Stage Struck C2-C3 Tyler Co. Commission A3 Regional roundup B4 Happening THIS weekend C4-C5 Events C15-C21 Sistersville’s Hocus Pocus A4 Tyler County BOE B5 19th Amedment pop-up C6 Crossword answer C21 Wetzel Co. Commission A5 VOCA grants B5 Christmas in the Village C7 Happening NEXT weekend C22-C23
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