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Water Project Named After Jessica-anybody Heard About This? From the Parkersburg News and Sentinel

#1 User is offline   Matt Wiser 

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Posted 29 August 2007 - 09:07 PM

Has anyone heard about this? A water project in Jessica's hometown has been named after her. According to the article, it's supposed to go out to bid in a month or so. At least there's no waiting period for such things, unlike a road or building being named for someone. The Time "10 Questions" piece mentioned a horse (or a horse race) named after her also. wink.gif

The link to the Parkersburg News and Sentinel article:

http://www.newsandsentinel.com/include/art...articleID=19642
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Posted 07 February 2008 - 02:34 PM

an update on project

http://www.newsandsentinel.com/page/conten.../id/501869.html

Dedication ceremony will be held in Wirt
By BRETT DUNLAP, bdunlap@newsandsentinel.com POSTED: February 6, 2008 Save |

ELIZABETH — A dedication ceremony will be held today for a Wirt County water project that will supply water to more than 200 residents.

Community leaders, residents and others will gather around 2 p.m. in Elizabeth for the dedication of the Jessica Lynch Water Project. If the weather is clear, the gathering will take place at the Wirt County Courthouse. If it is raining, the ceremony will be moved to the fellowship hall at the Elizabeth Baptist Church.

Officials with the town of Elizabeth have been working over the past few years to secure funding for the $4.5 million project, which would bring municipal water service to some of the outlining areas of Wirt County, said Elizabeth Mayor Ken Stempowski.

The project was named the “Jessica Lynch Water Extension Project,” because of the Wirt County native’s notoriety as a prisoner of war in the Iraqi War and the fact her family’s home is in one of the areas where water lines are planning on being extended.

The water lines would be extended along W.Va. 5, 14 and 53 as well as around Wells Lock and other areas. For many years, people have had to rely on inadequate well service or have water trucked to their property.

Stempowski and former Elizabeth Mayor Lewis Full have been working to extend water lines throughout the county to encourage development and improve the lives of area residents.

‘‘This project will help the community by helping these outlying areas with water,’’ Stempowski said. ‘‘These people will no longer have to haul water in to their properties. They will have city water.’’

Full, who is also planning to attend the ceremony today, said the project will benefit a lot of people.

‘‘We will be getting water out to people who really need it,’’ he said.

The project calls for the installation of thousands of feet of water lines and a 100,000 gallon water storage tank.

Elizabeth has already received grant money from the Appalachian Regional Commission, Small Cities Block Grants, the Rural Utilities Service and other loans and funding to finance the project.

A few years ago, the town of Elizabeth completed a $1.5 million water project, which included upgrades for Elizabeth as well as lines being extended into the Palestine area, River Road, Rose Hill Road. Tower Road, along W.Va. 5 and Fish Hatchery Road. The project also shut down the local water plant so the town now purchases its water from the Claywood Park Public Service District.

The water for these new extensions will also come from Claywood Park PSD, Stempowski said.

Lynch is expected to attend Wednesday’s ceremony as well as a representative from the office of U.S. Rep. Shelly Moore Capito, representatives from some of the organizations providing funding for this project as well as various county and city officials. The contractors awarded the contracts on the project are also suppose to have representatives present. Stempowski said they are planning to do a ribbon-cutting to commemorate the beginning of the project.

Stempowski said a preconstruction meeting will be held earlier in the day and the official loan closing on the project will take place at 11 a.m.

The mayor expects work on the project to begin soon and work is expected to take between nine months and a year to be completed. Subscribe to Parkersburg News and Sentinel
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