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ledenews · 5 years ago

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Record Straight in St. Clairsville

It was a press conference staged inside the St. Clairsville Municipal Building Thursday morning simply so Mayor Kathryn Thalman could repeat herself in an effort to rid confusion for her constituents. Why the confusion? “Our water situation has been moving very fast. It’s very dynamic,” Mayor Thalman said. “And I was starting to hear some information that was not correct coming from social media and some other sources and I thought, let’s have a press conference and kind of let everyone know so we’re all on the same page.” So, council members, administrators, and members of the media were in attendance with some wearing face covering while observing social distancing requirements as outline by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. Flanked by engineer Jeff Vaughan of Vaughn Coast and Vaughn, along with Kelly Porter from the Belmont County Water & Sewer District, Thalman first touched on a bit of the city’s water history as it relates to the county. In 1960, two booster stations were installed by the county within city limits: (1) the East End booster station near the intersection of Rehm Road and U.S. 40; and (2) the Clark Rd. (Ohio 9 South) location near its intersection with Willow Grove Road. Those were designed to supplement the city, especially in case of a sudden lack of available water from the city’s reservoir.Fast forward to 1988, a major drought occurred and the reservoir’s water reached such low levels that swimming pools were not filled in the city.The situation bore an agreement between Bellaire, Belmont County and St. Clairsville to ensure a similar situation didn’t reoccur. The following year, a connection was made from Bellaire to Belmont County and from the county to St. Clairsville. The plan was to supplement, not replace the cities’ water systems.

Engineer Jeff Vaughan, who has been instrumental in helping the city through this predicament, points out some of the EPA-requested repairs the city has already taken care of.

Hitting the EPA’s Radar

Fifteen years ago, the county and city combined using a public works group to install a 12-inch line and booster station for the county to pump its groundwater directly into St. Clairsville distribution system at its water plant. Once that booster was put in place, the county could provide up to 325,000 gallons per day, as needed, to the city. With a dedicated supplemental backup ready to shoot clean water directly into the lines, slowly deteriorating conditions at the city’s water plant were overlooked, perhaps due to more immediate concerns. But in 2015, the deterioration finally caught the attention of the Ohio EPA as a lack of capital improvements at the plan raised a few eyebrows with the state agency. A year later, Aqua Ohio made its first overture to the city about the possibility of purchasing its water system. “I think it’s fair to say that from 2016 until recently,” Thalman said, “very little was done with the plant in anticipation of possibly selling the water.” Aqua and the previous administration worked up a contract, held ordinance readings at council and came to a third-and-final reading late in 2019 before the ordinance was indefinitely tabled after election results and a number of protests against the sale necessitated a further look at the situation. That additional look though added more time to the fixing of the water system’s various issues. So less than a month after Thalman took office, the city was delivered “findings and orders” from the Ohio EPA. In short, it’s an official list of what the EPA found wrong, what must be fixed, and a timetable for the repairs.

Kelly Porter with the Belmont County Water & Sewer District goes over some of the needed replacements and upgrades necessary for the county to be able to supply the city the full allotment of water needed, prior to the county's own system and new plant coming online in a few years.

Needing a Solution—Now

The EPA wanted answers and it wanted them now. It had given the city plenty of advance notice without proper action being taken. It wasn’t going to wait much longer. The administration quickly brought together a meeting of city officials, and representatives from both Belmont County and Martins Ferry to see what options were feasible and to come up with a plan for the EPA. Thalman explained the four options the group came up with were (1) to sell to Aqua Ohio, (2) purchase bulk water off of Martins Ferry, (3) purchase bulk water off Belmont County, and (4) finance the repairs to the water plant and reservoir and keep the entire production in-house. The fourth option, the mayor noted, “the fourth choice wasn’t really a choice at all.” In working with Vaughan, it was decided purchasing bulk water was the best option and that was the plan that was submitted to the EPA. It wasn’t voted upon nor set in stone, but the EPA needed a viable solution and the plan submitted to the state organization was that.

Items Fixed and Changes Made

In the meantime, with the help of Vaughn and Don Smithberger with the city, all but two of the EPA’s orders were able to be taken care of, many for considerably less cost than previously anticipated. A brief rundown of the major fixes carried out by the city can be found in this earlier story on LedeNews. That was the good news. Items were fixed and the city’s submission of a five-year timetable to move to full purchase from the county seemed to meet the EPA’s expectations. And it did meet them, albeit with a slight significant change. The first, the EPA gave the city two years, not five, to get the switch made. That necessitated the plans to rebuild and reconnect the East End booster station on U.S. 40 as the county’s main booster at the city’s water plant does not have the hydraulic capability presently to pump the estimated 500,000-540,000 thousand gallons needed for daily usage. It will in a few years, as the county’s own system and water plant are receiving upgrades. But that East End booster will serve to provide the extra amount needed until the main booster can handle the full load. Then, that secondary booster can fill redundancy purposes for the system. The EPA also forced the city’s hand in that it mandated the reservoir must be retired as a surface-water option. This necessitated a number of changes be made to the previous contract between the city and Aqua Ohio. A new one must be drafted, and an ordinance would need read three additional times, either once per meeting, or in an emergency status provided five of the seven council members approve the move. No new contract has been completed yet, but Aqua officials have been in contact with the city in the last week. The company’s May 4 deadline for approval was rescinded. Council next meets Monday at 7:30 p.m. via teleconference for its first of two regular monthly meetings. Read the full article

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handeaux · 8 years ago

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17 Curious Facts They Never Tell You About The Tyler Davidson Fountain

Since 1871, the Tyler Davidson Fountain has symbolized Queen City pride, gracing Fountain Square, the civic heart of our city. And yet, as this icon approaches its 150th birthday, many Cincinnatians remain unaware of some of its most curious lore.

It’s a drinking fountain. Yes, the Tyler Davidson Fountain is a work of art but it was designed as a drinking fountain. You can still get a drink from the four statuary spigots surrounding the Genius of Water. The basins under each drinking fountain were intended to provide refreshment for horses and dogs.

Originally, each drinking fountain had an attached drinking cup. Into the 1800s, before the germ theory of disease caught on, all drinking fountains had metal cups on chains for drinking purposes since slurping from a spigot was considered unseemly. At its dedication, the Tyler Davidson Fountain was equipped with specially designed bronze cups. As late as 1987, at least two of these cups were reportedly still chained in place, although cups at other local fountains had been removed for hygienic concerns.

The fountain once provided ice-cold water. Underneath the fountain, as originally installed, was a cooling chamber, filled with ice and lined by a network of 2,000 feet of pipe through which the water for the drinking fountains flowed during the summer months. This underground ice chamber measured twelve feet deep and ten feet square, entered through an iron door in the surface of the esplanade.

The fountain is a monument to Temperance. The Tyler Davidson Fountain is among many Victorian monuments known as Temperance fountains. It was intended to keep Cincinnatians out of the downtown saloons. When Henry Probasco and his brother-in-law and business partner, Tyler Davidson, envisioned the fountain in the 1850s, the only way to get a drink of water in downtown Cincinnati was from a saloon or coffeehouse.

The fountain’s donor ended up broke. Henry Probasco was among Cincinnati’s richest men. As a partner in Tyler Davidson & Co., wholesale hardware merchants, he built a magnificent mansion in Clifton named Oakwood and collected art and rare books. Twenty years after he paid for the fountain, his money was gone and he was beset by creditors. He sold off the house, the books and the art. Only the intervention of friends, who arranged a job as president of Spring Grove Cemetery saved Probasco from complete destitution.

The fountain’s rededication plaque is on display in Green Township. When the Tyler Davidson Fountain was rededicated for its 100th birthday in 1971 a bronze plaque mounted on a pedestal was added, explaining the history of the fountain and the generosity of Frederick Hauck, who paid for the restoration. During the 2006 redesign of the Square, the pedestal was placed in storage, where it was discovered by a representative of the German American Citizens League, who talked the city into donating it. It is now on display outside the League’s museum on West Fork Road in Monfort Heights.

The fountain’s bronze is army surplus from Denmark. In 1864, on his way to unifying Germany, Otto von Bismarck of Prussia defeated the Kingdom of Denmark in a dispute over the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein. To recoup the costs of the war, the Danes held a national garage sale. The Royal Bavarian Bronze Foundry in Munich purchased many old bronze Danish cannons. Twenty-four tons of this Danish scrap were melted down to create the Tyler Davidson Fountain.

The fountain’s sculpture was considered radically avant-garde. Legend has it that sculptor August von Kreling designed the fountain one beer-soaked evening at foundry owner Ferdinand von Mueller’s house in Munich. Seized with inspiration, von Kreling sketched his concept for a fountain on a tablecloth, using a lit cigar as his pencil – to the horror of Frau von Mueller. The design was radical because it features actual human beings instead of mythological deities or legendary figures. The foundry owner loved the innovation but could not find a customer for the unconventional design until Henry Probasco wandered into the shop 25 years later.

Fountain Square is, technically, one of Cincinnati’s public markets. Sometime before 1815, a market was constructed along Fifth Street when that thoroughfare was essentially the northern boundary of the city. By the 1860s, the Fifth Street Market was occupied almost entirely by butchers and almost everyone agreed it was pretty disgusting. When Cincinnati decided to build Fountain Square on the site, the butchers sued and their case went all the way to the Ohio Supreme Court. The butchers lost and, three days later, the city sent an army of workmen, guarded by a battalion of police, to demolish the old market. The butchers claimed that an early deed mandated that the location was to be used as a market in perpetuity. The city obliged by installing a little metal cart for selling flowers. Every year, the mayor ceremonially bought one flower, for one cent, to maintain the terms of the deed.

Fountain Square once featured public potties. Old photos of Fountain Square show a massive metallic pillar at the eastern end of the esplanade. This structure was functional as well as decorative – it provided ventilation for a “comfort station” or public restroom installed under Fountain Square in 1907. The downtown restrooms were so successful that the city built some more at Peeble’s Corner in Walnut Hills.

A prehistoric earthwork once covered Fountain Square. Robert Clarke, in his book about prehistoric earthworks constructed by ancient inhabitants of the Ohio River valley, described a huge elliptical mound extending from the west side of Race street nearly to Walnut, and from a little above Fifth Street to a little below Fourth Street. This mound appears on Daniel Drake’s 1815 map of the city.

You can find a piece of the fountain in England. Although Ferdinand von Mueller (often Anglicized as “von Miller”), director of the Royal Bavarian Bronze Foundry, gave Henry Probasco exclusive right to the designs created by August von Kreling for the “Genius of Water” and associated sculptures, he did sell one piece to another customer. A copy of the young woman giving her father a cup of medicinal water was erected in 1885 near London Bridge. Ten years later, it was moved to Clapham Commons, south-west of London within the Borough of Lambeth, where it overlooks a drinking fountain to this day.

The hands of the Genius of Water are replacements. When originally installed, the Tyler Davidson Fountain was supplied by two different sources of water. The drinking fountains pumped water from the normal city pipes running along Fifth Street. The decorative fountains up above got a direct feed from the huge water tanks once located atop Mount Auburn. That high pressure made a spectacular display, but also carried along a lot of mud which, in less than a year, clogged up the fountain. A clumsy plumber in June 1872 attempted to improve the flow by reaming out the delicate openings in the hands of the Genius of Waters. The result was a disaster, with waterfall-like spumes deluging the esplanade. The Royal Bavarian Foundry had to send replacement hands for installation. It was reported that the original bronze hands were donated to one of Cincinnati’s medical colleges.

Henry Probasco donated another landmark fountain to Cincinnati. Well, technically, Probasco donated a fountain to Clifton, which was an independent village at the time. Probasco served as mayor of Clifton before that suburb was annexed by Cincinnati and his grand estate, Oakwood, is located there .Probasco’s second fountain is located on Clifton Avenue at the intersection with Woolper. The Clifton Probasco Fountain, bronze and 10 feet high, is designed to allow comfortable drinking by humans, horses, dogs and birds.

Cincinnati has another sculpture cast at the Munich foundry. The bronze statue of a Civil War soldier known as “The Sentinel” in Spring Grove Cemetery was also cast at Ferdinand von Mueller’s Royal Bavarian Foundry. It predates Fountain Square. The lonely soldier was sculpted by Randolph Rogers and cast in Munich in 1865.

In honor of Henry Probasco’s gift, Fifth Street was renamed Probasco Place. Almost as soon as the Fifth Street Market was demolished, Cincinnatians began referring to that portion of the street as “Probasco Place.” City Council attempted to make the name official after the fountain was dedicated in 1871 by asking the city solicitor to draw up an ordinance extending the designation from Vine all the way east to Main. Although the newspapers and several businesses referred to “Probasco Place” in print until 1880 or so, usage eventually drifted back to “Fifth Street.”

Nobody really knows who the naked woman is. Way back in 1875, just a few years after the fountain was dedicated, Mr. Daniel J. Kenny, an advertising salesman for the Cincinnati Gazette, published a remarkably useful book titled “Illustrated Cincinnati: A Pictorial Hand-Book of the Queen City,” within which he opines that the semi-nude woman leading her joyfully unclothed boy to the bath is, in fact, Thusnelda, wife of Arminius (aka “Herman the German”) who defeated Rome’s legions at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 A.D. Which is all well and good, but there is a competing theory that this maternal beauty represents one Lola Montez (aka Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, Countess of Landsfeld) an actress of Irish and possibly Spanish extraction who was the mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, who was the patron of Ferdinand von Mueller’s bronze foundry. The bottom line is, sculptor August von Kreling didn’t tell and isn’t telling.

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Water Woes: A Look at Estimated Costs

Resolving the St. Clairsville water situation is going to result in increased water and sewer rates for city residents going forward. That much is a certainty. Repairs are needed. Changes must be made. Neither is free. Increases are coming. The important questions of how much that increase will be, which entity will ultimately supply the water, and which will own the city’s water system are still up in the air. Engineer Jeff Vaughn from Vaughn, Coast and Vaughn gave his detailed report to city council this week outlining the city’s options and giving estimated costs, both for repairs, and increases in water and sewer rates depending on what avenues were taken going forward. Estimates are just that, estimates. They aren’t set in stone nor are they contractual. But they do help paint a picture and give council a better shot at making the best, and most cost-effective decision for its citizens. “Jeff was charged with drafting a term paper at 2 a.m. that was due later that morning at 8 and he was able to do it,” St. Clairsville Mayor Kathryn Thalman lauded. “We can’t thank him enough. There are still variables. We don’t have it in writing that the county is going to charge us this much; we have estimations. That’s the best info we have at the moment.” Vaughn talked at length about the city relying on purchasing bulk water from Belmont County and what that will require to bring it to fruition. He also discussed both as similar option with Martins Ferry to purchase bulk water, along with the original tabled purchase agreement made by Aqua Ohio with the city. In terms of the Aqua Ohio portion, the ordinance previously voted on and tabled became null and void after it was revealed changes to it were now necessary following updated orders from the EPA. According to Thalman, Aqua Ohio has agreed to step back from its May 4 deadline to approve the original agreement because of the changes. More details about that will be given during a 9:30 a.m. Thursday morning press conference at council chambers.

What’s Needed for County Viability?

Vaughan went into additional detail on what the city needs to do to be able to switch to purchasing its full allotment of water off Belmont County by the Ohio EPA’s deadline. Again, that deadline was hoped to be five years. It’s been whittled to two. But first, backstory. In the 1960s, the city and county together installed two connections from the county’s water system to the city’s lines. The first was the East End connection, adjacent to U.S. 40 and Rehm Road. The West End connection is at the intersection of Willow Grove and Clark roads. Both were in service until 2005. That’s when the two entities combined on a joint project with Ohio Public Works Commission funding that allowed the county to pump directly to the city’s main transmission line through a booster at the water plant. Flash forward to today. The booster at the plant can account for around 320,000 gallons per day; a sizeable amount but far short of the between 500-600k gallons needed by the city. Capacity isn’t an issue here. It’s hydraulics. “The county water plant can pump around six million gallons per day,” Belmont County Commissioner J.P. Dutton said. “Currently, we’re doing around 3.2 million per day, so we could more than meet St. Clairsville’s needs. But right now, it’s an issue of hydraulics.” That booster station is going to need, well, a boost, until the county’s Ohio 9 pumping station and the new water treatment plant slated to be built along the Ohio River in Bellaire near Muxie’s Distributing, comes online. That means the East End booster will need reestablished to help offset what the current booster at the water plant lacks in pumping capacity. Vaughn estimated that cost at around $518,000. The debt service on that upgrade Vaughn noted would be less than 70 centers per customer. Once that’s done, he said the county can provide the full requirement of gallons for the city and, once the new plant and Ohio 9 booster are finished, then the East End booster can service as a backup and help with redundancy.

County Rates and Estimated Increases

Vaughn noted the county gave the figure of $4.36 per 1,000 gallons of bulk purchase price. Since the county system only supplies the bulk water, St. Clairsville would still be in charge of distribution, any repairs and wastewater treatment. The city, should it not sell to Aqua, would continue to set its own rates. Vaughn noted that a current ordinance calls for $22.98 for city water as the base rate for 2,000 gallons of usage. That would go up to 24.98 in 2021 and 26.98 in 2022. From that point, with bulk water now being purchase from the county, rates would increase at a less steep rate, first at four percent, then three and on down to two. He noted the average monthly consumption for city customers is 3,109 gallons. That amount of usage would see a bill rise of 34.57 in 2000 to $43 in 10 years with all the costs and debt service estimated in the increases. The sewer side would see similar changes as the city’s wastewater treatment plant needs repairs. Once again, using the average usage rate of 3,109 gallons, sewer rates would climb from $25.54 in 2020 to $35.51 in the same timespan as the water. Conversely, Vaughn estimated the Martins Ferry connection would have a greater up-front cost. The Ferry water system currently has a 12-inch line out near Colerain that it could run down through Barton and connect with St. Clairsville’s lines somewhere on N. Sugar Street. Vaughn noted this will require roughly 6.5 miles of new water line ran, along with a pump station. Martins Ferry Water Superintendent Bill Suto, however, noted in an earlier story on LedeNews that he found a shorter path that cut the amount of line needed to approximately five miles. Vaughn assumed that the project would cost $6.2 million and, based on a 30-year zero interest loan secured by Martins Ferry as the operating entity, would cost St. C. customers around $7.20 monthly in debt service for the duration of the loan. Vaughn also noted he believed that the bulk price per gallon through Ferry was slightly higher than the county. “It was worth to go through the analysis as Ferry was doing it best to be good neighbors and was looking to sell some of its excess water,” Vaughn said. “We wanted to indicate what that would be in terms of real numbers. But it’s not economical because Belmont County is already connected and there is less cost. The mayor agreed, though she didn’t rule out the city’s neighbors along the river as a secondary option. “Right now, the most viable option is the county one because the connections are there,” Thalman said. “If somehow Ferry can get some funding and is able to pipe it into our system, that would give us two sources and we are open to that.”

Could Those County Costs Increase?

County water customers are still adjusting to the pangs of higher rates. In 2018, the minimum bill for water was $13 with a rate of $4.93 per 1,000 gallons. That jumped to $20 in 2019 for the minimum and $5.71 per 1,000 gallons. That was done so the county could finally quality for the $72 million in loans and grants provided by the USDA Rural Development program, the largest such award in state history for the program. Prior to that, county customers enjoyed quote low rates for a lengthy period of time. But as problems persisted and debt was incurred with the county system, rates were never increased to match, so general fund money had to be allocated to cover the debt. Not a sustainable plan. No state or federal agency was angling to offer up any funding either. “Our rates were so low for so long, we would ask for grants or loans and the state or federal agency would tell us they can’t justify giving us assistance when we aren’t charging the customers enough,” Dutton said. “We couldn’t qualify, so we had to raise them considerably Doing so allowed us to qualify for these two packages. It was a difficult decision, but at the end of the day it allowed us to secure 72 million dollars total in loans and grants.” Sixty of that $72 million is a 2.3 percent interest loan that will go toward water projects throughout the county, including $20 million alone for the new water plant and a good portion for the Ohio 9 booster station. The remaining $12 million is a grant. An additional $12 million award was issued just prior for sewer upgrades, with $3 million of that total being in grant form. Dutton said the county’s rates are tied to inflation and will be looked at periodically. He added the county had to get to a spot where the USDA felt comfortable making that 40-year commitment and that rates needed to increase and stay where necessary to honor that commitment.

Belmont County has had preliminary talks with both the past and current administrations in Martins Ferry about connecting to its water system with the option to purchase. Price hasn't even been discussed yet. However, with the possibility of a particular water-hungry customer loomings a few miles south and what most valley residents hope is a few months and one big announcement away, excess water may be needed for sale in massive quantities.

Joining Forces?

As previously mentioned, the county can pump roughly six million gallons per day. Martins Ferry’s system has the capacity for 7.5 million with a few upgrades. The Purple City is only using and/or selling less than half of its pumping capacity. Combined that’s quite a lot of gallons potentially available for sale to say, perhaps a planned for large-usage customer that may set up somewhere near Dilles Bottom? Or it could be used for any potential major investments that could be coming to the St. Clair Commons section of the county seat. Dutton didn’t name specifics but did note the county has been in contact with Martins Ferry about water purchase. “We’ve had preliminary conversations with Martins Ferry, both with the prior mayor and the new administration,” Dutton said. “We think long-term, there is a lot of value working with other water systems in Belmont County. Our first priority right now is focusing on the USDA package and getting those projects going. At the same time, if there is some way we could team up, that would be a good thing.” Read the full article

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6@6 - March 5, 2020

Interstate 70 Update.

Construction will continue in Sections A (Fulton) and C (Elm Grove) Westbound where crossovers are in effect. The Market Street ramp closure and the McColloch Street Extension closure will continue through Friday. There will be intermittent single lane Eastbound and Westbound closures during daytime hours (7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) to allow for line striping operations. Westbound lane closures from Exit 2A through the span of Fulton Bridge will continue. There will be intermittent Westbound traffic slowdowns to allow for the installation of reflective pavement markers at Crossover #4. Along Ohio Route 7, the right Southbound lane will be closed between the North 5th Street Exit in Martin’s Ferry and the US 250 Exit in Bridgeport. This closure will take place during daytime hours (7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) and will continue through Friday.

Boil Order.

The City of Wheeling Water Department issued yesterday a Boil Order on 03.04.2020 for the Fulton area. Affected addresses are 388-404 National Rd (even only). Customers should boil water for 48 hours after service is restored.

Stop the Bleed!

The Marshall County Health Department will be conducting a STOP THE BLEED training at the Marshall County Health and Business Expo at the Moundsville Penitentiary on March 7th, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. This class is free and open to the public.

Beethoven!

Wheeling Symphony Orchestra (WSO) announces the next concert of its 90th season, Beethoven at 250, featuring violinist SooBeen Lee, conducted by Music Director John Devlin. The performance will be held Friday, March 13 at 7:30 pm at the Capitol Theatre in Wheeling, WV. Happy Birthday, Beethoven! Celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday with the WSO. His Seventh Symphony is one of his most celebrated works, both energetic and dramatic. And, hear two living, female rock stars in action, back-to-back! First, Pulitzer-prize-winner Caroline Shaw’s haunting Entr’acte, a gorgeous work for strings based on a string quartet by Haydn. Then, violinist SooBeen Lee makes her debut with the WSO in Mendelssohn’s indelible Violin Concerto, a piece filled with heart and virtuosity. Prior to the concert, patrons can purchase a pre-show, prix fixe dinner in the Capitol Theatre Ballroom starting at 5:30 pm for $30 per person. Reservations can be made by calling the box office at 304-232-6191. Concertgoers are also invited to attend Concert Talk at 6:30 pm in the ballroom for a behind-the-music talk with Maestro Devlin. Immediately following the performance, the board of directors cordially invites attendees to stay for a post-show reception with Maestro Devlin and other members of the symphony orchestra.

Cline Scheduled for Panhandle.

Natalie Cline, a Democratic candidate for WV 1st Congressional District, is hosting a town hall in both Wetzel and Marshall counties this weekend. Cline, a Democrat from Parkersburg, is proud to be running for US Congress in WV’s 1st District. She is running a campaign for the people of West Virginia, not for the corporations. Natalie refuses to take corporate cash, will not hide from a tough conversation, will stand with the working people, will never cross a picket line, and will fight against the corrupt politicians in office. On Saturday she will be at Barista Café in New Martinsville (326 N. Main Street) from 6-8 p.m. On Sunday, Cline will be at The Sanford Center (1600 3rd Street) in Moundsville from 12:30-2:30 p.m.

Chief Deputy on the Airwaves.

Marshall County Chief Deputy Bill Helms, a candidate for Sheriff, will be interviewed this afternoon at 2 p.m. on The Watchdog (98.1 FM WKKX and 97.7 FM WVLY) to explain the department’s hiring process, the upcoming testing, and why it has been difficult in recent years to attract local residents to a career in law enforcement. Read the full article

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