This year’s National Library Week will be observed beginning Sunday and continuing through Saturday.

The Marshall County Public Libraries–Benwood-McMechen, Cameron and Moundsville — will be celebrating several special activities.

The NLW theme is “There’s More to the Story.”

The Marshall County Commissioners have signed a proclamation to announce the county’s observance of National Library Week, and to call attention to the vital role libraries play in the county.

The celebration actually started early this month in Marshall County, as the Benwood-McMechen Library hosted Marc Harshman for a poetry performance.

Another extra special happening will take place today , with the Cameron Public Library celebrating its new building/location with guest speakers, food and library tours. This event will be open to the public starting at 11 a.m. at 1 Fitzgerald Avenue.

According to Marshall County Public Library Director Susan Reilly, story times for preschoolers and toddlers are among the most popular activities.

At the Moundsville Library, story hour is held Thursdays at 11 a.m. Story time at the Cameron Library typically occurs every other Monday at 1 p.m., while the Benwood-McMechen Library will be starting story times later this spring.

The Moundsville Library offers two monthly adult books clubs, one on Monday, and the other on Wednesday.

Among this coming week’s special events at the Moundsville Library are:

Monday at 6 p.m., it will be “History Alive! Charles Schulz.”

The cartoonist best known for creating the beloved Peanuts comic strip, featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the gang,” will be portrayed by James Froemel. It will be aimed at adults and older students.

Tuesday at 6 p.m., there will be a film showing of “The Fabelmans.” A historical drama rated PG-13.

Thursday at 5:30 p.m., the Pittsburgh Puppet Works: A Bee C’s Dee. It will be geared for ages 3-8.

All events are free and open to the public.

The Dedication & Celebration at the Cameron Library will begin at 11 a.m., today (Saturday), with welcome remarks by Master of Ceremonies James R. Stultz, president of the Moundsville-Marshall County Public Library Board of Trustees.

A prayer and blessing will be given by Rev. That Son Ngoc Nguyen, Pastor of St Francis Xavier Catholic Church. The Pledge will be led by members of Cameron American Legion Post No, 18, followed by the National Anthem by Danielle T. Earnest, MSGT. USAF (Ret).

Guest speakers will be Marshall County Commission president Mike Ferro, Marshall County Board of Education Superintendent of Schools Shelby Haines, Roseann Ferro, representative for Sen. Joe Manchin, Randall Reid-Smith, curator of the West Virginia Arts, Cultural and History and Ed Craig, Modular Genius, Inc.

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At the next Moundsville Council meeting a representative from JD&E will be present for the regular update on the new City Building.

The City Manager also gave council members a report on the 1% city Sales Tax payment for the 2023 First Quarter, which was $537,107.79. It was 8% over the first quarter and was the fourth straight quarter over $500,000.

Healy said that while the police department has four positions open, the fire department has one.

The next police department application date will be May 13, Healy stated.

He added that part-time positions are needed for lifeguards and desk clerks at Four Seasons pool.

The city manager also stated that there will be a Ribbon Cutting at 1 p.m. on April 28, it will the Tiffany Dlesk Spay/Neuter Clinic.

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Several Moundsville Council members will participate in the first “Conversation With Council” meeting to be held Tuesday from 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m., at Riverview Park.

Residents with questions they would like answered are invited to attend.

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Six new members to the Marshall County Community Development Fund were appointed by the County Commissioners at Tuesday’s meeting.

They are:

Bob Wilson, Lisa Zukoff, Carol Wood, Debbie Fogle, Kara Gray and Holli O’Neil..

The six will join three holdovers.

The development fund members are responsible for reviewing applications submitted for funding by county organizations. The county commission sets aside monies once a year to assist organizations with projects.

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A lecture titled, “Revisiting Grave Creek Mounds: Results and Interpretations of the 2016 Geophysical Survey,” will be given at 1 p.m., on April 29 by Dr. Alexander C. Corkum II, Project Geophysicist at Terracon, Inc.

As part of his doctoral research, he employed ground penetrating radar, electrical, resistivity tomography, and drone-based photogrammetry to capture data both above and below the surface of the Grave Creek Moundsville.

Locals are invited to join him as he explores the results of this survey work and what he learned along the way.

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The Limestone Presbyterian Church congregation will offer a Creation Seminar on May 5, from 7-9 p.m., and May 6, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Speaker Dan Meredith has for more than 20 years’ experience not only speaking but teaching about creation and evolution.

Registration for the event will begin at 6:30 p.m., on May 5. On May 6 at 9 a.m. there will be registration and coffee hour.

Reservations can be made until April 28 by mailing a $10 check to cover lunch on May 6tg made payable to Limestone Presbyterian Church to Janet Allen, 2398 Dowler Rd, Moundsville, WV 26041.

Call or text Karen Coffield at 304-780-9864.

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Second grade students at Cameron Elementary School recently hosted a lemonade stand to raised $1,039 for Marshall County Schools Special Olympics in conjunction with April’s Autism Awareness Month.

The students made a business plan, created advertisements and sold lemonade to classmates, faculty and staff at the school. They asked for $1 per purchase.

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Marshall County Schools had seven students earn 1st place honors in the West Virginia State Social Studies Fair, while eight others finished 2nd, two received 3rd place, and two others received honorable mention.

Division I Winners: (Elementary):

1st Place–Ella Allender- “Finders Keepers” – Political Science; Lauren McGrew- “First Ladies. Their Lives, Roles and Lasting Legacies” -US History.

2nd Place–Emma Earliwine/Kaci Lake–“The Fears People Have”- Psychology; Gavin Picket- “Leonardo da Vinci, The Renaissance Man”-World History.

3rd Tapanga Antill/Gemma Lammers- “The History of the Mound’ Anthropology- Andrew Skrzyneki/Kacey Thames- `Moundsville Penitentiary” – State & Local Studies.

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Division II Winners (Middle School)

1st Place–Zoe Zervos “It’s All Greek to Me: Greek Dessert Origins”Anthropology: Savannah Baker/Tessa Dougherty- “Space Race”- Political Science; Leah Skidgel – “Pepperoni Rolls: Taste of WV”- State and Local Studies; Allison McGraw- “Ellis Island” – US History.

2nd Place–Ella Finley/Sara Hess – “Twins-Double Trouble” – Psychology; Chloe Pickett -“Irene Sendler/Polish Resistance WWII- Sociology.

3rd Place–Caki Lucey/Rylee Bouaghan- “7 Wonders of the World” – State and Local Studies.

Honorable Mention:

Emma Dehner/Lilly Bergen – “How Clocks Changed Our Lives” – Sociology.

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Thirteen Moundsville Middle School students, under the direction of Gifted English Language Arts teacher Kimberly Ghaphery, participated in the annual Explore the New Manufacturing Video Contest for middle schools, was recently informed that are the Northern Regional Winner for 2023: Best Manufacturing Message.

The team consisted of Lexi Landis, Irelyn Lowe, Halley Hill, Sadi Willis, David Durig III, Lorelei Williams, Adam Evans, Kaelyn Wyatt, Fiona Renn, Elin McGuire, Lillie Goddard, Brayden Slaughter and Owen Berisford.

The team of 13created a video about Paul Wissmach.

Preparation for the video entailed an initial visit to the company and the creation of a storyboard that was approved by the manufacturer and the Express team. They visited the facility for a second day of recording by the student production team. Students then edited the video to fill the three-minute time limit. The MMS team submitted draft video that included team participation, three complete interviews and a solid manufacturing message that highlighted the company’s best product.

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Cameron High School’s indoor track will be open to the public April through October.

April and May, on Sundays from 4pm-7pm.

June and July, Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6pm-9pm.

August, September and October, every Sunday from 4pm-7pm.

The entry door will be in the back of the building door, No. 23.