A royal visit: Events draw plenty of people to town
MITCH CASEY The Marietta Times
The sternwheel of the Delta Queen dwarfs the passing Valley Gem Thursday during the Queen’s visit to Marietta.
Ann Grimm of Vienna, W.Va., came to get a glimpse of The Delta Queen Thursday while it was docked on the levee in downtown Marietta.
“It’s an icon that puts it into perspective how important the days of river navigation were,” she said.
Grimm’s chances to see the boat again might be limited.
A 10-year exemption to the Safety at Sea Act, which bans overnight cruises on steamboats with wooden superstructures, was defeated in the U.S. House of Representatives on April 24. The exemption would have allowed the Queen to continue operating.
Thursday was the first time the boat has stopped in Marietta this year, beginning what could be its final series of visits to the area.
Grimm said she has been on the Queen and once took a tour on it up to Pittsburgh. She said the steamboat is an important part of the history of Washington and Wood counties.
“It’s like entering a different time period,” Grimm said.
Tourism officials upbeat about upcoming season
Spirits were high and so was foot traffic Thursday at the Fenton Art Glass gift shop in Williamstown.
Three tour buses had stopped to deliver tourists for shopping and glass plant tours. It’s the kind of day that makes Fenton folks smile.
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A former Washington County sheriff’s detective will not face felony charges out of a March incident in which he was accused of assaulting a man.
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Local parades and marching band competitions will soon be missing one district’s band, with the Belpre board of education expected to eliminate the program later this month.
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RIPLEY, W.Va. — Former President Bill Clinton will stop in Ripley tonight to campaign for his wife and presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton.
The “Solutions for America” event, featuring Bill Clinton, will take place at 7:30 p.m.
Shirock rocks MHS
Marietta High School students didn’t spend the last class period of the day Thursday sitting at their desks, but crowded around the auditorium stage, dancing, singing along and cheering for the band Shirock.
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