Contact
Subscribe
Log in
Need help?
Innformer FaceBook
The MOV Informer
Also known as The Innformer
Home
Dirt Track Insider
Country Roads 100
@ The Bullring
@ The Bullring — 2025
@ The Bullring — 2024
@ The Bullring — 2023
2023 photo galleries
@ The Bullring — 2022
@ The Bullring — 2021
@ The Bullring — 2019
@ The Bullring–2018
Hillbilly 100
@ The Track With Zach / ZYRP
Karts
Karts — 2025
Karts — 2024
2023 @ Route 23 Speedway
@ OVS | Ohio Valley Speedway
@ Pennsboro Speedway
@ WVMS
All access
Evan Cunningham
Haunted MOV
Victory Gardens: Then and now
Disaster preparedness
Series: How to get a job
QRT to assist in Tyler County drug battle
Current issue
Weather
Back issues
Arts supplements
Subscription options
FAQ / Help
MORE
Crossword
Stuff to do
COVID-19 info — WV, Ohio & CDC
Election 2022
West Virginia general election
Ohio general election
Ohio primary May 3
Unofficial Ohio primary results
WV primary May 10
Unofficial West Virginia primary results
Open
1
2-3
4-5
6-7
8-9
10-11
12-13
14-15
16
Veterans Day See A8 Still Free! Ohio news Inside Pages A5, A8, B4, B5, B6 New team leader for WNF plan B7, C4, C9, C10, C19-C23 INNformer Page B7 Volume 6, No. 23 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 November 15, 2019 Matamoras Gold Star council Mothers Living discusses Memorial sewer system proposed for poor farm site test results By Lea Ann Butcher By Angela H. Cutrer MIDDLEBOURNE – Tyler County commissioners heard a proposal for the NEW MATAMORAS, Ohio – The fu- use of the County Home property, a ture of the villages sewer system took presentation from Sistersville Police center stage Monday, Nov. 4, at the Vil- Chief Rob Haught, opted out of a na- lage of Matamoras council meeting tional opioid litigation settlement and when an expert laid out the results of y build- discussed plans for a new judiciar the analysis of the village sewer system. ing at their regular Nov. 12 meeting. Nathan Davis, a former village admin- Cathy Post, rst vice-president of the istrator for the town of Waverly, now American Legion Auxiliary Depart- serves as associate water asset manager ment of West Virginia, requested a for Rural Community Assistance Part- piece of public land on which to place nership, a nonprot network in all 50 a Gold Star Mothers Living Memorial. states that serves communities in im- Gold Star Mothers are designated by the proving the quality of life by helping U.S. Department of Defense and are the small, rural communities operate their mother, stepmother, adoptive mother or drinking water and waste water sys- foster mother of a son or daughter who tems in an eiffcient, effective and sus- tainable manner, according to the died while engaged in an action against RCAP website. an enemy of the United States or an in- At a council meeting two years ago, ternational terrorist attack. Davis presented information on how Post will begin her term as American RCAP could help Matamoras water is- Legion Auxiliary president for the De- sues. RCAP serves more than 1 million partment of West Virginia in July 2020. rural households and reports that 83 Each year, the incoming president percent of water systems in the United takes on a special project and Post has States are identied as small systems. chosen Gold Star Mothers. RCAP partners with villages and towns Wetzel County veteran gives “A living memorial is a place of dedi- to “provide training for water operators, cation where families can go to reflect utility board members, nancial oiff- on the sacrices their children gave. cers and community members to help 45 years of volunteer service The project requires three acres for 60 prepare communities to manage their By Angela H. Cutrer trees, planted 12 feet apart. The 60 own water systems,” its website states. trees represent the states 55 counties, It also “works with communities and WETZEL COUNTY – Jimmy Colvin, 72, of Grandview doesnt do any- partners across the country to advocate and the ve branches of the military,” thing half-way. Hes used to doing things the correct way, so there are no Post explained. and generate economic opportunities for rural areas … [and] seeks to ensure shortcuts in his world. “The agricultural department of West As an only child, Colvin grew up to be a bit naive about the ways of the that every community has the resources Virginia or the West Virginia National needed to thrive.” world, he will tell you. When he was grown, he couldnt get any work on the Guard will supply the appropriate trees river at the numerous oil and gas companies because back then “You had Continued on page A4 to serve rst,” he said. Well then, Colvin thought, he will just have to serve. for the area. I would request apple trees and they would come at no cost,” she First he hauled cattle and worked at Viking Glass for a while before deciding continued. “A granite bench will also Flagman killed be placed with the proper inscription on the U.S. Army. He enlisted in Chicago then headed to Fort Polk, Louisiana, for basic training. He thought maybe hed work in communica- and a list of contributors on the back. in Rt 2 accident tion or perhaps some other technical eld for the Army. That cost is $3,000 to $4,000, which I Continued on page A5 will raise during my presidential year TYLER COUNTY – A flagman work- Continued on page A3 ing a construction zone south of Friendly in Tyler County was struck and killed Nov. 11. Marble According to a press release issued by King Tyler County Sheriff Brian Weigle, about 2:18 p.m. on Veterans Day the Tyler County Sheriffs Oiffce re- celebrates sponded to a call on WV Route 2 near Momentive for a vehicle versus pedes- 70 years! trian accident involving a flagman working a construction zone who had A new exhibit been struck by a southbound vehicle. celebrating the 70th The flagman, Dalton S. Smith, 23, of anniversary of the Fort Gay in Wayne County and work- founding of Marble ing for Rush, Kentucky-based High King opened Nov. 12 Line Services, was struck by a 2008 at the Grave Creek Ford Taurus operated by Melvin D. Mound Archaeological Powell, 78, from Waverly. Complex in Smith was transported by Sistersville Moundsville. The General Hospital EMS to SGH where semi-permanent he succumbed to his injuries and was exhibit includes pronounced dead. displays of marble- making, a company The cause of the accident is still under timeline and a investigation. The Tyler County Sher- wall-mounted mosaic iffs Oiffce was assisted by the Sis- of the companys logo tersville Volunteer Fire Department, made up of over Sistersville General EMS and the West 40,000 individual Virginia Medical Examiners Oiffce. marble. See page A8. INDEX Marble King turns 70 A8 Montroe Co. Commission B6 Holly Jolly Sistersville C5 Through the Years A8 WV: hunter/angler paradise C6-C7 Sistersville Council A2 LEPC B6 Paden City Council A2 RECIPES: Quick apps & desserts B1-B2 Mane Event B6 Puzzles C8 Letter to the editor A3 Regional roundup B4 Powhatan Christmas in Village B7 Football scoreboard C9 Regional roundup A5 Be wary of third-party offers B3 Sardis holiday cratf show B7 Classifieds C10 Preparing home for winter A6 Teen cartoonist B4 INSIDER Comics C11-C14 Tyler County BOE A6 Broadband fraud case B4 Events C15-C21 Sistersville Veterans Day A7 Wetzel Co. Commission B5 Feature: Bluegrass C2-C3 Crossword answer C21 Powhatan Point Council A8 Cops & courts B5 Happening THIS weekend C4 Happening NEXT week C22-C23
Scroll Up
1 
2-3 
4-5 
6-7 
8-9 
10-11 
12-13 
14-15 
16 
