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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 ...

Taking a Wild and ‘Wander’-ful Chance

WHEELING — Do you have to be able to draw well to be an artist? Attorney Cindy Fluharty always thought so. But, three years into a venture that started with the desire to create the kind of greeting cards she couldn’t find in a store, she’s not so sure. She has a sun-washed studio ...

Wheeling Park Students Ready to Rock

MOZART — There’s technically carpet on the floor and a dresser standing against one wall. But, Lunary is clearly a straight-up garage band in the same spirit as Nirvana, The Ramones and The Who. The only reason they are practicing indoors is there’s a spare bedroom in band member ...

Next Lunch With Books Investigates the Story Of ‘Foote: A Mystery Novel’

WHEELING — The next Lunch With Books program presented by the Ohio County Public Library will feature author Tom Bredehoft and will focus on his book “Foote: A Mystery Novel.” The program will take place at noon on Tuesday, Aug. 9. In the space of one weekend in Morgantown, West Virginia, private investigator Big Jim Foote finds himself at the center of two murder investigations. Suspected of one killing at a local festival, he locates the body of a missing person immediately after. The cops are watching him, and Big Jim has a secret he dares not reveal: he is a bigfoot living in ...

Space to Grow

BETHANY — There was a moment — quite a few years ago now — when Karen McFadden looked into the rearview mirror of her car and saw her college-launched daughter standing alone, quivering her lip and getting smaller and smaller as mom drove away. The daughter was the second and last ...