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WV 2024 WV Legislative black bear session harvest underway See B4-B7 See A7 Still Free! Ohio news Inside Pages A4, A5, A6, Meatless entrees A8, A9, B3, B8, B9 INNformer Page B1 Visit us online @ MOVinformer.com Volume 12, No. 04 The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 February 21, 2025 Monroe County Commission hears request to continue satellite location use for seniors By Charles Winslow the Sardis CARES community group, returned “There were hundreds of people served and we WOODSFIELD, Ohio – A lengthy discussion to the commission to talk about the senior meals were so appreciative of that. It was tremendously about continuing satellite locations for senior provided last year at satellite locations, including successful and you got to see how happy the in Sardis, the Midway Community Center and people were together.” meals dominated the Monroe County Commis in Beallsville. Hulsey showed the commission examples of what sion regular Feb. 18 meeting, a day later than “They were extremely well attended. There were other counties around are doing. Belmont, for usual because of the Presidents Day holiday. hundreds between the service site for the river example, has a total of 11 sites, 10 that are staffed Shelly Husley, a Sardis resident and president of front, and Midway and Beallsville,” she said. Continued on page A4 Wetzel BOE chooses site on Short Line for new school By Charles Winslow NEW MARTINSVILLE – Members of the Wetzel County Board of Education have expressed their preference for the location of their proposed new high school campus and authorized the engi neering company to make sure the site is suitable for the project. During a 40-minute special board meeting Monday, Feb 17, the board voted 3 to 2 to have Bridgeport , West Virginia-based Thrasher Group start the due-diligence site investigation of a 100-acre lot lo cated along Short Line Highway, Route 20, just west of the intersec tion with Fluharty Run Road and about 2.5 miles from the intersec tion of Short Line and Route 7. The site, referred to as the Fluharty property because of its location, was one of two presented to the board During the vote board members the entire county. He said both the northern end of Steelton ‘you could by Thrasher during their regular ses Christine Mitchell and Jimmy Glas Short Line and Route 7 flood and go to John Marshall and the people sion Tuesday, Feb. 11. The other scock voted against the Fluharty site wondered how students would be in Paden City could go to Tyler and property, referred to as the Blake with Mitchell expressing a prefer able to get back home. He said he the people past Folsom can go to property, is 66 acres located in ence for the Blake property prior to was also concerned because the stu Harrison and North Marion is only Maud along Route 7. the vote. dents from Folsom, Smithfield, 20 minutes from Hundred, so we Board President Linda Fonner ex Glasscock, the lone board member Jacksonburg and Hundred-Littleton have this option at all the locations.” plained that if the Fluharty site who voted against consolidation in would have long bus rides. Glasscock responded: “So what proves to be unsuitable, then the November, repeated his opposition “From Littleton to both the Flu youre telling, what youre saying, is board can have Thrasher review the to having just one high school for harty and the Blake property would that you want to lose all our kids?” Blake property. be 44 minutes, and thats with the Superintendent Cassandra Porter, driving, not with the bus,” Glasscock participating by phone, said that be said. “Its 30.6 miles, thats not fair cause of school choice having stu to our kids, that is absolutely not fair dents go to other counties was an to either piece of property. If you go option from Folsom its 27 miles, this is not fair to our kids in the Short Line Glassock also offered his opinion area. We are forgetting about the that the $120 to $130 million that Hundred area, we are forgetting the board is planning on spending about Short Line area, we are forget for the new campus could be better ting about the Littleton area.” spent on improving the two existing Glasscock also said he was aware of high schools. two other property owners who of It was estimated the Fluharty site fered properties for consideration will result in an estimated 1 million but they were not the ones that student miles per year, which is one Thrasher presented. “This is wrong, student traveling one mile multi we are not treating the taxpayers of plied by the total miles transported this county fair.” and the number of students. Later in the meeting Fonner said, With the vote, Thrasher was author “You could say to the people in the Continued on page A3 Sistersville Council learns progress of New Beginning By Charles Winslow “We transported nine separate trips to clients in New Beginnings, Soles continued, has been en SISTERSVILLE – Hearing the progress of a re and around the Sistersville area in December. dorsed as a site for the CTN-0123 clinical re cipient of some of the citys opioid settlement That number increased to 21 in January and we search project. According to the National money and a discussion on acquiring some of the hope to see those numbers increase as word gets Institute on Drug Abuse, the overall objective of properties targeted for demolition were among out about regarding our van. We have trans the project is to expand access to medications items Sistersville City Council discussed at their ported these clients not only to their appoint that combat opioid abuse “We are one of seven regular monthly meeting Feb. 10. ments but to the pharmacy and grocery store as sites nationwide to participate in the study,” she well.” said. The study will compare the effectiveness of Sarah Ingram Soles, from New Martinsville- Soles said New Beginnings, Westbrook Services an oral form of suboxone against an injectable based New Beginnings expressed her groups and Jill Ash, from the Tyler County Family Re treatment, Brixadi. Its a paid clinical trial and gratitude for the $85,000 council gave them back source Network, will meet Friday, Feb. 28, at noon lasts for six month. in September. She said the recovery and behav at Sistersville Church of Christ Annex “to start the In other business, council approved a drawdown ioral health organization used the money to pur ball rolling” on restarting a Tyler County Preven of $13,5421.63 to cover legal fees of the Simme chase a van and hire a driver. tion Coalition and anyone interested is invited. Continued on page A2 INDEX Monroe Theatre marquee A6 Woodsfield Council A9 Puzzles B4 WV hunter ed classes A7 TCHS archery A10 WV legislators at work B6 Tyler County Commission A2 WV black bear harvest A7 RECIPES: Meatless entrees B1 Renaming Spruce Knob? B6 Abbott & river industry A8 Wetzel FFA/4H sale B3 What’s new at Bullring B8 Monroe Seniors A4 Frontier BOE A8 How a bill becomes law B4 Little Pennsboro schedule B8 Latest internet fraud A5 Moscow jail release A9 WV lawmakers’ bill tracker B4 Event calendar B9
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