WEST LIBERTY — West Liberty University Creative Arts Therapy student’s 2020 Exhibition is now on display at the Towngate Gallery in Wheeling through Feb. 28. Located on the first floor of Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre, 2118 Market St., the exhibition includes studio arts as ...
WEST LIBERTY — Best-selling author, historian and social commentator Sarah Vowel will be the guest lecturer at West Liberty University’s Hughes Lecture on Thursday, March 26. Her most recent book (2015) is titled “Lafayette in the Somewhat United States.” Chronicling General ...
The 39th annual Viennese Winter Ball takes place on Saturday, Feb. 1 at Oglebay’s Glessner Auditorium. Ellen Culler and Roanne Burech are co-chairs for the Ball. Other members of the committee, and their responsibilities, are: Kelly Bettem, ball decor; Karen Blair, ball flowers; Stella ...
MOUNDSVILLE — Do you have a talent you would like to share? Plans for the second annual Moundsville’s Got Talent competition are underway. In the style of America’s Got Talent, 10 different acts (chosen from a screened audition process) will perform for a panel of three qualified judges ...
WHEELING — Santa’s elves at the AEP Mitchell Plant once again delivered a sleigh overflowing with toys to Youth Services System, just in time for Christmas 2019. For nearly 10 years, Mitchell Plant employees have taken up a collection of money and toys to provide Christmas gifts to local ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 as ...
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 ...
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 ...
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: ...
By HEATHER ZIEGLER Life Editor It’s four days before Christmas, a day celebrated by Christians throughout the world. Are you ready? Everywhere we turn, we have reminders to shop for this or that. The malls have been busy. If you are like me, you have fretted over the perfect gifts for ...
The trend in gift wrapping this holiday season is toward jazzy yet sustainable options. Consider beautifully folded fabrics or understated, brown or green masking paper topped with colorful washi tape or sprigs of green instead of easily crushed store-bought bows. “There’s a lot of ...
WHEELING — Most of us know them as those grown men who wear funny hats and ride around in miniature Tin Lizzie cars during holiday parades. Others will tell you they are larger-than-life heroes. Members of the Wheeling Osiris Shrine are among the memberships of 200 temples/chapters around ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The Belmont County Tourism Council Board and Executive Director Barb Ballint are proud to announce the “Mattox Award.” This award, named in honor of the late John S. Mattox, who was curator and co-founder of the Underground Railroad Museum in Flushing, will be ...
Eastern Star Miriam Chapter 1, Order of the Eastern Star, will meet at Monument Place, 91 Kruger St., Wheeling, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. A Christmas party and gift exchange will be held. Members are asked to bring instant cocoa for a backpack project. December birthdays will be ...
The Wheeling Central Catholic High School Class of 1970 is planning its 50th class reunion for July 31 and Aug. 1, 2020. The class graduated 250 students. Reunion organizers have lost track of the following classmates and if anyone has any contact information about them, they are asked to ...
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 ...
(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 ...
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 ...
