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Newcomers Club The Wheeling Newcomers Club will meet at Wheeling Country Club at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. The program will feature a gift exchange; participation is optional. After the program, luncheon will be served. There is a cost for the meal; a vegetarian option is available. For more information and to make a reservation, call 740-391-1944. Wheeling Class of ‘50 Wheeling High School Class of 1950 will hold its monthly luncheon at Generations Restaurant, 338 National Road, Wheeling, at 1 p.m. Monday. The event is open to all former students, friends and visitors. Sand Hill ...

Books Make Great Gifts This Holiday Season

(StatePoint) For young and old alike, books make great holiday gifts. To wow your favorite readers this season, consider the following titles, which will allow them to become armchair explorers, travel back in time, or even take an inner journey to learn more about themselves. ∫ Send your loved one on a global journey that explores the innovations and ingenuity of the world’s most iconic structures with “Man-Made Wonders of the World.” Featuring breathtaking images, this celebration of the world that humans have built over thousands of years features the history, architecture ...

Dunfee Honored for Her Live Healthy, Live Well Programming

HERSHEY, Pa. — Lorrissa Dunfee, Family and Consumer Sciences educator at the Ohio State University Extension Belmont County, was honored recently at the National Extension Association for Family and Consumer Sciences’ 85th annual session, whose theme was “Nurturing the Richness of Lifelong Learning.” She was a member of the Live Healthy, Live Well team that received the First Place National and First Place Central Region NEAFCS Innovation in Programming Award at the conference held Sept. 30-Oct. 3, in Hershey, Pennsylvania. In receiving the award, Dunfee was ...

Central Students to Collect Food This Saturday

WHEELING—Students, faculty and staff will take to the streets of Wheeling today to distribute bags for the 49th annual CCHS Canned Food Drive. The “signature bags” are brown paper bags with distinctive flyers attached. Pick-up for the drive is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 7 beginning at 10 a.m. A host of volunteers will hit the streets again, this time to pick up the sacks that people have generously left out. The event benefits the Catholic Charities 18th Street Center and is the largest single food drive in the state of West Virginia. The items collected are used to stock ...

Artworks Around Town Features Works by Susan Dorsch

Editor’s Note: Each month, Artworks Around Town will tell us about its member artists. This week will feature artist Susan Dorsch. WHEELING —Artworks Around Town member artist Susan Dorsch is a native of West Virginia currently living in Wheeling. Her talents cross over many lines and ...

Enchanted Breakfast Tickets Available

WHEELING — Tickets are on sale now for the first Enchanted Winter Breakfast to benefit the Winter Freeze Shelter operated by Youth Services System. The event takes place from 9-11 a.m. Dec. 14 at Generations Pub, 338 National Road. Guests young and old are invited to dress in costume and ...