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0 0 Happy 2 2 New Year! Still Free! Ohio news Inside Pages A3, A4, ARTS SUPPLEMENT A5, A7, A8, A9 INNformer B Section Volume 6, No. 26 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 December 27, 2019 Another usage proposal for Tyler County Home site By Lea Ann Butcher in a grassy area – either across from the have taken no action on the matter. on any given night and that vets have senior center in Middlebourne, by the twice the risk of being homeless over MIDDLEBOURNE – The Tyler An early December letter from the cemetery, at the Sistersville park by the other Americans. County Commission heard a new pro- West Virginia State Historic Preserva- river or at Conway Lake should it re- posal for the county home site among tion Oiffce cleared the way for razing quire acreage. She added that apple Hoke listed statistics about homeless- other items at their regular meeting the county home. Demolition is set to trees as mentioned in that proposal are ness among veterans, noting that while Friday, Dec 20. take place in January, according to high-maintenance and short-lived. many receive some type of compensa- Chris Hoke, owner of Rising Moon Commission President Eric Vincent. tion from Veterans Affairs, it is not “If trees are to be used as part of the enough to secure affordable housing in Farm and a Tyler County resident, ex- memorial, I suggest native trees. Native “Funds for demolition do not come a safe environment. pressed her concern about a Gold Star from the taxpayers but from royalties trees once established require little or Mothers Living Memorial that was on the property,” Vincent explained. “Community-based groups and pro- no maintenance and can live 100 years proposed for the site of the Tyler Hoke then suggested another use. “It is grams play a major role in returning County home. or longer. Oak, hemlock, flowering vets to a normal lifestyle because gov- wonderful to honor the veterans that dogwood and sugar maple are native “First, I want to say that I am not op- died in warfare. However we also need ernment services, money and resources trees,” she continued. are limited. The Tyler County home posed to having a Gold Star Mothers to focus on those veterans that come memorial here in Tyler County. Memo- In November, Cathy Patterson Post, in- home damaged, mentally or physically, would have been an excellent place for coming president of the American Le- these veterans in transition,” she said. rials for veterans are wonderful and al- that can no longer go back to the gion Auxiliary Department of West ways necessary, but I do disagree with lifestyle they had before and may end the location and the plan,” she said. Virginia, asked if the county home prop- up homeless,” she said. “I know demolition of the county erty could be used for a Gold Star Moth- home is a given but I would like to sug- Hoke said there are 744,000 homeless Hoke suggested the memorial be placed ers Living Memorial. Commissioners Continued on page A7 Paden City PCE contamination project to start in January PADEN CITY – With the Dec. 18 nalization of - nancing, work will start in January to address the PCE contamination of Paden Citys water, Mayor Clyde Hochstrasser said. “We received a grant of $570,000 from the USDA. Littman Construction was awarded the contract and will begin construction in January,” the mayor said. In February it was disclosed the chemical tetra- chloroethylene or perchloroethlyene (PCE) had been detected in city water wells at an average concentra- tion of 5.5 parts per billion (ppb), exceeding the EPAs maximum concretion limit (MCL) of 5.0 ppb. To address the contamination, Thrasher Engineering, who is handling the multi-million dollar upgrades to the citys water system, expedited the design and in- stallation of a new six-tray air stripper, a system where water cascades down and through slotted trays while air is pumped up and through it. According to a pres- entation made to city residents in April, Thrasher said USDA funding to bring broadband the system has been shown to be 99.9 percent effec- tive at removing the dry-cleaning chemical. to more of Tyler, Wetzel counties The air stripper was already part of the planned up- grades but, in response to the contamination and cit- By Charles Winslow partment of Agriculture announced that Tyler and izens concerns, the city requested the USDA fund PINE GROVE – Reliable broadband internet will Wetzel counties will receive a total of $7.7 million that section of the project sooner. through the USDA Broadband ReConnect Pro- soon be available to more than 1,300 rural Tyler gram to install 161 miles of broadband ber optic While the emergency project was expected to cost County homes, businesses and farms that cur- $500,000, New Martinsvilles Littman Construction cable in the two counties. bid came in $70,000 above that. They were the lowest rently lack access to the high-speed service. In Tyler County, $3.5 million is earmarked for 74 of the three bids received. The two other companies During a Dec. 18 presentation at Pine Grove El- miles of new broadband cable to create a service bid $792,400 and $746,000. ementary School, representatives of the U.S. De- Continued on page A9 Construction on the air stripper is expected to take six months. Charles Winslow Matamoras Council says goodbye to longtime mayor, clerk By Angela H. Cutrer NEW MATAMORAS, Ohio – After a heated discussion with Fire Chief Roger Weddel about increasing the de- partments lease amount on the city building, Matamoras Village Council members said goodbye to longtime mayor John Schmidt and Mayors Court Clerk Patty Martin. Council members have been discussing the upcoming lease renewals for the EMS squad and re department. The village now pays all utilities and all up- keep on the buildings housing the two departments and their equipment. Council member Jerry Felton noted utility bills show the village pays $310.16 a month for each entity while the lease is $265 each. Council mem- Continued on page A5 INDEX Cops & courts A4 ARTS supplement INSIDER Face your fears A2 Q&A with Rep. Kelly A6 Letters to the editor A3 New Year choices A7 Artwork B5, B10 Comics B11-B14 Monroe County Commission A3 Events A8 Fiction B2, B5, B16, B18 Puzzles B15 Regional roundup A4 THIS weekend A8 Powhatan Point Council A5 NEXT week A8 Poetry B4, B24 Crossword answer B22
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