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Yummy Who ya meals gonna from pantry call? staples See B1 See C6 Still Free! Ohio news Inside Pages A3, A4, A5, A6, COVID-19 C3, C7, C16, C17, C20 INNformer Pages A2, A6-A7 Volume 7, No. 6 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 March 27, 2020 Tyler County Commission OKs budgets By Lea Ann Butcher MIDDLEBOURNE – The Tyler County Commis- sion approved several budgets, adopted resolutions and signed proclamations at their regular Tuesday, March 24, meeting. During budget meeting workshops Thursday, March 19, and Friday, March 20, the Wetzel/Tyler Health Department asked for $50,000 in funding. Commis- sioner Eric Vincent recalled they had given the health department $40,000 in the past and should continue with the same amount. The motion to give $40,000 to the health department passed unanimously. The commission also unanimously approved budgets for all of the county oiffces. This is Pat. Pat is a fearmonger, having gone into an unhealthy isolation mode, and a hoarder. “We want to thank everybody for their attention to Don’t be like Pat. This life-changing time is hard on all, but especially for those most at risk and detail and everything we did. Its a time consuming those too young to understand. Be kind and compassionate. Keep in contact with others but keep thing every year but it has to be done and we appre- that social distancing of six feet and groups smaller than 10. To help make things seem somewhat ciate your hard efforts,” Vincent said. normal, we’re got a few suggestions. Listen to local live music via Monroe Theatre’s Old Time Radio Show Saturday at 7 p.m. on their Facebook page. We have it on eggs-cellent authority Commissioners unanimously approved a $25,000 re- imbursement to the Tyler County Oiffce of Emer- that the New Martinsville United Methodist Church has over 1,000 delicious chocolate-covered gency Management for their matching of the eggs ready and waiting for you and your somebunnies’ Easter baskets! Give ’em a call at 304- EMPG18-48. The Emergency Management Per- 455-1422. More normality shows up at Witschey’s and Galaxy — they are not bare markets, formance Grant, which provides federal funds to states to assist in preparing for all hazards, was see story on C18. Check out At A Glance on C20 for a list of closed, canceled, postponed, rescheduled or restricted public access. Take the family fishing on a trout-stocking weekend! awarded in fiscal year 2018 and required matching See C23 for when and where. Together we will get through this! funds. Commissioners also signed a resolution allowing the Tyler County Board of Education to continue pur- Monroe County tackles oiffce closures suing funding for their bus garage and stadium up- grade projects. To do so, the BOE utilized the help of By Angela H. Cutrer staff separated during the pandemic and they will be the Tyler County Building Commission. taking their temperatures while working 10-hour WOODSFIELD, Ohio -– Monroe County Commis- “I wanted to point out how grateful we are and the shifts beginning April 6. board is for your assistance in being able to do this. sion approved a Prevention Retention Contingency They couldnt do this without you guys. They needed Policy March 23. Presented by Jeanette Schwall, the Auditor Pandora Neuhart asked if a decision had you to be able to set up that building commission and been made about hiring a human resources person. director of Monroe County Department of Job and now they can move forward with this issue. Timing- Family Services, Resolution 18-20, will use $37,394 Commissioners said they werent considering a new wise we could not have done this thing better,” said TANF money to service the community. hire now with the pandemic. Eddie McCliney, chairman of McCliney and Com- County Engineer Amy Zwick said she is splitting her Neuhart asked what she was supposed to do for people pany, based in Kansas City, Missouri. employees into three permanent crews to keep the Continued on page A5 Continued on page A4 Sistersville election: Tie in Second Ward SISTERSVILLE – Despite confusion over whether the Sistersville city election was to take place during the Stay Home Order, 42 residents showed up at the city building to cast ballots Thursday, March 26. In the Second Ward, unoiffcial results show incum- bent Councilman Greg Gage is tied with challenger Josh Rice 13-13. Rice, the husband of city recorder Heather Rice and son of incumbent Mayor Bill Rice, mounted a write-in campaign. In that race two pro- visional ballots have yet to be counted – with four provisional ballots cast overall. A provisional ballot is counted only after it is determined the voter is qual- ified to participate in the election. In Ward One, six votes were cast for Mayor Bill Rice, who was unopposed and no candidate was listed on the ballot for council. In the contested Second Ward 18 votes were cast for the mayor. In the Third Ward Randy Rutherford received six votes with five for Mayor Rice. Rutherford replaces Alexander King, who chose not to seek for re-election. PADEN CITY – Work will continue on the air stripper project during the Stay at Home Order, Paden In the Fourth Ward six votes were cast for the mayor City Mayor Clyde Hochstrasser told The INNformer late Monday night. “I say it’s a necessary con- with five for Councilman Brandon Chadock. struction project to get our water contamination issues taken care of,” Hichstrasser said. “I called the Health Department to make sure we are in agreement on this.” Construction on the $500,000 The council will meet Wednesday, April 1, to certify air stripper, which is expected to remove 99 percent of the PCE contamination, started in February. the votes and to determine the winner of the Second Work on essential construction projects will continue under the shut down ordered by West Virginia Ward council seat, depending on the provisional bal- Governor Jim Justice. lots and if a tie still remains. – Charles Winslow INDEX Candidate announcement A5 WV LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Classifieds C9 Neighbors helping neighbors A2 Area school honor rolls A5 Area lawmakers 2020 bill tracker B3 Puzzles C10 Column: Protecting wallet in world Tyler County COVID-19 prep A6 2020 completed legislation B4 Comics C11-C14 of COVID-19 A3 Perseverance key for businesses A6 Events C15-C17 Area government info A3 WV March 27 COVID-19 update A7 INSIDER Not bare markets C18 Clarington Council A4 Wetzel County Commission A8 Feature: Stuff to do C2 At a glance updates C20 Voting early, absentee urged A4 RECIPES: From the pantry B1 Who ya gonna call? 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