ST. CLAIRSVILLE - The public will get the chance to see Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in Belmont County this weekend, but everyone attending will need a ticket, according to Belmont County GOP Chairman Kent Moore.
Those free tickets will be available today, he said.
Palin is slated to speak Sunday at Brush Run Park on Airport Road. Gates will open at 3 p.m., and those wishing to enter are encouraged to be at the venue by 3 p.m.
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Tickets can be picked up from 5-9 p.m. today at one of two locations: the Belmont County Republican headquarters, located at 408 S. Jefferson St. in Belmont; or at the satellite headquarters at 107 Plaza Drive, Suite A at Plaza West in St. Clairsville.
Tickets for the event will also be available from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday at both locations.
There are two reasons the presidential campaign of U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., wanted to come to Belmont County, according to Moore. He said the volunteers in the county have doing a good job and that the campaign also realizes "rural Ohio is important" to winning the state and the election.
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Tickets for vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's visit are available from 5-9 p.m. today at the Belmont County Republican Headquarters on Jefferson Street in Belmont or at its satellite office on Plaza Drive in St. Clairsville.
"We are excited, and we have been working on this for several weeks," Moore said. "This just shows how important rural Ohio is in this presidential election."
The campaigns of both McCain and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. are to be in the battleground state of Ohio this week.
In West Virginia, the regional Northern Panhandle Jefferson-Jackson Dinner will take place Saturday at the McLure House Hotel in downtown Wheeling. Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland is the keynote speaker, and West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin is expected to be in attendance.