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Cattle Rancher to Discuss Work, Life at Martins Ferry Public Library

MARTINS FERRY — At 6 p.m. Jan. 13, Martins Ferry Public Library will hold a special program given by Darol Dickinson, general manager of Barnesville-based Dickinson Cattle Co. LLC. This program is free and open to the public. Dickinson will discussing a day in the life of a cattle rancher ...

Bender’s Career ‘In the Books’

By LINDA COMINS Staff Writer WHEELING — After 43 years of dedicated service at the Ohio County Public Library, Gail Bender’s career is officially “in the books.” Bender, 62, retired from her position as a library clerk and shelver at the end of December. The Martins Ferry resident ...

Self-Taught Artist Greg Siegwart Expresses Life in Various Mediums

Editor’s Note: Each month, Artworks Around Town will tell us about its member artists. This month will feature artist Greg Siegwart. WHEELING — Greg Siegwart was 10 years old when his parents gave him his first set of oil paints. It was the beginning of a lifetime of joy and discovery ...

Special Activities

Newcomers Club The Wheeling Newcomers Club will hold a meeting and luncheon at Belmont Hills Country Club, St. Clairsville, at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. The program will feature Nicole Snodgrass, owner of the Restore Yoga +Wellness business in St. Clairsville. She will discuss and demonstrate the concept and benefits of yoga. Luncheon will be served after the program. There is a cost for the luncheon; a vegetarian option is available. For more information and to make a reservation, call 740-391-1944 today. Lunch With Books Lunch With Books will feature “Memories of Ohio Valley ...

World traveler and noted artist Janet Wang will appear in the Studio Gallery at Artworks Around Town on Friday, Jan. 3. A free public reception from 5:30-8 p.m. will open the show for the month of January. Wang will present pieces in all three of her favorite mediums, oil, pastel and ...

January Calendar

Jan. 1 — NEW YEAR’S DAY. Jan. 1-31 — Oglebay Institute’s Schrader Environmental Education Center, Oglebay Park, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Jan. 1-31 — Good Zoo, Oglebay Park, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Jan. 1-31 — Oglebay Institute’s Mansion Museum, Oglebay Park, Jan. 1: closed; Jan. 2-5: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday; Jan. 6-31: closed. Jan. 1-31 — Oglebay Institute’s Glass Museum, Oglebay Park, closed. Jan. 1-31 — Oglebay Institute’s Stifel Fine Arts Center, 1330 National Road, Wheeling, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. ...