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QRT new West Virginia Remember warrior in legislative to Tyler County update spring drug battle forward See page A5 See page B1 March 8! Still Free! Ohio news Inside Pages A4, C2-C4, C6 Haunted MOV C20-C21, C22-C23 INNformer Pages C2-C4 Volume 7, No. 4 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 February 28, 2020 Wayne oo late National T yler Forest wants for T to replace pine County with native Home hardwoods Ann Butcher NELSONVILLE, Ohio – The Wayne By Lea Tyler County National Forest’s Athens Ranger MIDDLEBOURNE – eral District seeks public feedback by Commissioners heard from sev March 23 on a proposal intended area groups and addressed other items to convert planted pine to young , Feb. 25, meeting. Tuesday at their native hardwood forest. Ac- Tyler Citizens If approved, the Marietta-Athens The newly formed to pro- together Pine Project proposal would author- tion Group has come places ize the harvest of about 3,050 acres tect and enhance historic sites, through- of planted pine to encourage the of interest and natural settings to at- . Their mission is re-establishment of native hard- out the county usinesses for tourists and small b wood trees. The forest that regrows tract would be a mix of trees native to the economic and community growth. said group president, elikan, area; they will create young, brushy Earnie P forest to provide a diverse wildlife the Tyler County Home could still be were looking at a they habitat. Natural regrowth could be saved and was rehabilitated and that supplemented with planted trees. county home tourist attraction in Cadiz, w a “The wildlife in Southeast Ohio is County school is no . She said plenty of state grants adapted to hardwood forests. Ohio the project, with to assist ailable Dense pine plantations with only upgrades bring were av taxes. one species of tree don’t provide fun to learning without raising our native wildlife with the food and the e a chance in getting we hav “Do habitat they need,” Athens District she asked. Members of the demolition halted?” Ranger Jason Reed said. were told demolition had already The areas under consideration are Tyler County They val was un- with asbestos remo located in Athens, Hocking, Mon- School Board begun arkersburg-based Empire ay and P roe, Perry, and Washington coun- derw recently toured as awarded the demo- ties in the Athens Ranger District of Builders, who w the Wayne National Forest. improvements lition contract and paid $138,000, . that day to the site made to would bring cranes This proposal includes some timber this. We harvests that would create tempo- Sistersville “We were concerned about rary clearings greater than 40 Elementary School. brought in a forensic engineer from to was recommended us. He acres. The National Forest Man- Bright colors and Columb He urg. agement Act (36 CFR 219) allows us by a firm out of Clarksb with an temporary clearings greater than inviting study went through it and came back was almost $6 mil- that it 40 acres, provided the public is areas paired with assessment . We would all together to put back given 60 days’ notice and the Re- some amazing lion , years ago e that 40 ved to sav gional Forester reviews the pro- have lo technology should ,” Com- e the money t hav posal. These larger harvests are but they didn ohn Stender said. proposed to facilitate the removal be enough to spark mission President J and replacement of pine planta- the imagination very frugal to be “We are supposed tions with native hardwoods. tax- the county the money from and desire to learn with them as much as to benefit Because the Marietta-Athens Pine in most anyone payers and just that, Putting $6 million in Project fits within a Categorical Ex- no matter the age. possible. has noth- clusion under the National Environ- to make it structurally sound, See the story and ” he con- the insides of it, with mental Policy Act (36 CFR 220), this ing to do 30-day scoping period may be the more photos on A2. tinued. only designated opportunity to Continued on page A6 comment on the project. Public comments can be made to Wheeling Hospital walks away from SGH Dan Giannamore at Wayne Na- tional Forest, 13700 U.S. Hwy 33, Nelsonville, Ohio 45764, by March SISTERSVILLE - Three years after negotiations started, one Since then SGH had reduced their total liabilities to approx- month after the Sistersville City Council approved the Asset imately $3.5 million, including $1.5 million owed to Wheel- 23, specifically stating they are in reference to the scoping period for Purchase Agreement and one week after they fronted SGH ing, Brandon Chadock, CEO of Sistersville General said. more money, Wheeling Hospital abruptly walked away from “SGH was surprised by the decision to withdraw from the the Marietta-Athens Pine Project. Comments should directly taking over the city-owned Sistersville General Hospital. transaction project so abruptly; we had no indication, as ev- relate the proposed action to a re- “Today we made the diiffcult decision to not pursue further idenced by them providing the additional operating capital source impact. Include your name, discussions with the leadership of Sistersville General Hos- the week prior to the change,” Chadock explained. pital about acquiring the hospital,” Doug Harrison, chief ex- current physical mailing address, “The administrative team along with the Board of Managers phone number and signature. ecutive oiffcer of Wheeling Hospital, was quoted as saying in SGHs Feb. 14 press release. have already begun identifying opportunities to enhance rev- Or call to discuss this project at enue and decrease non-value expense and we have been able (740) 753-0101 during normal busi- “We did so based on our assessment of the overall healthcare to prepare a suiffcient path forward,” Chadock said. Our em- ness hours (M-F, 8 a.m. to 4:30 market in the immediate region, as well as the limits such a ployees are used to the ebb and flow of change that comes p.m.) or submit comments elec- purchase would likely create as we undertake our own ef-with working in healthcare – they are ready for the challenge. tronically to comments-eastern- wayne-athens@fs.fed.us. forts to expand clinical programs and services at Wheeling We have had a lot of opportunity to prepare ourselves for an Hospital.” acquisition and so we are primed and ready. SGH is actively Information about this and other exploring all of our options with potential partners.” projects being developed and an- Wheelings move came as a surprise to Sistersville hospitals alyzed can be found on the Wayne administration. The original proposal, agreed to by the city Sistersville General Hospital operates three medical clinics, in February 2017, had Wheeling Hospital acquire all of the inpatient and outpatient care, a 24-hour emergency room National Forest website at http://www.fs.usda.gov/projects/w assets of SGH in exchange for the assumption of all of and a the variety of ancillary services. It has approximately 170 ayne/landmanagement/projects. healthcare facilitys obligation and debts, which at the time employees and an annual payroll exceeding $7 million. were estimated to be $5.5 million. Charles Winslow INDEX RECIPES: More fish A7 Happening THIS weekend C6 Tyler County BOE A2 2020 racing schedule C7-C7 WV LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Classifieds C9 Wetzel County Commission A3 Area lawmakers 2020 bill tracker B1 Puzzles C10 Matamoras Council A4 2020 bill action B3 Comics C11-C14 Cops & courts A4 INSIDER Events C15-C21 Monroe County Commission A4 Feature: Haunted MOV C2-C4 Crossword answer C21 Tyler County Commission A5 WRSG goes Hollywood C5 Happening NEXT weekend C22-C23
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