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Panel at Ohio County Public Library To Dive Into Banned Books Week

WHEELING — In observation of Banned Books Week, the Ohio County Public Library’s weekly Lunch With Books program will welcome a very special presentation on the topic. The program will begin at noon on Tuesday, Sept. 20. Launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries, Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. According to bannedbooksweek.org, it highlights the value of free and open access to information by bringing together the entire book community — librarians, booksellers, ...

Saving Snaps and Scraps Of Wheeling’s Past

WHEELING — Some stories fit between two hardback covers, clearly designed for neat tucking onto a library shelf. Other tales — especially the ones that are ultra specific to the city, the county or a single institution? Not so much. Storing these kinds of stories generally requires boxes of photos, letters and documents of every sort, according to the archival team at Ohio County Public Library. And, sometimes, even more space is needed. Such is the case with a Santa suit that was hauled out for Christmases past at Cooey-Bentz Co. in South Wheeling and for whopper scrapbooks ...

Woodcarvers Show Returns to Oglebay

WHEELING — The Oglebay Woodcarvers Show has returned to its original location in Oglebay Park’s Pine Room at the Crispin Center after a one-year relocation. This 43rd annual carving experience will feature numerous local and distant carvers exhibiting many works of wood art ...

Labor History Revisited

WHEELING — The annual Reuther-Pollack Labor History Symposium is set to take place on Saturday, Sept. 3, at First State Capitol, to mark the Labor Day Weekend. The Wheeling Academy of Law & Science (WALS) Foundation, in partnership with the Ohio County Public Library and the United Auto Workers International (UAW), will present the sixth annual Reuther-Pollack Labor History Symposium at the First State Capitol at 1413 Eoff St. in Wheeling. The event will feature labor historians Dr. Joe Trotter, Dr. Anne Lawrence, Dr. John Hennen and Teen Vogue’s Kim Kelly. A presenter at the ...

Antique-Selling Business Spans Three Generations in Wheeling

WHEELING — As Debbie Lund bounded from floor to floor of a mammoth Victorian in Woodsdale, it was clear she knew every light switch and exactly where to duck one’s head when walking through the basement. That’s the kind of thing that happens when an antiques expert has spent months ...

WLU Welcomes Japanese Educator

WEST LIBERTY — West Liberty University welcomed a new international visitor this August as Manami Kawazoe of Japan moved onto campus and began her role as an official Japan Outreach Initiative Coordinator. The Japan Outreach Initiative (JOI) is a joint program of the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnerships Department in Japan, and the Laurasian Institution, USA that brings volunteer Japanese coordinators to regions of the United States where Japanese culture is less accessible. “I am so very pleased to have welcomed Manami here on campus, as part of its 20th year cohort ...