2020 Viennese Winter Ball Sponsors Announced

The Viennese Ball Committee has announced the sponsors for the upcoming Viennese Winter Ball to be held at Oglebay’s Glessner Auditorium on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020. Sponsoring the 2020 Cotillion are Gary and Missy Glessner. The dessert party at the event is sponsored by the ball’s executive ...

November Calendar

Nov. 1-30 — Oglebay Institute’s Schrader Environmental Education Center, Oglebay Park, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Nov. 1-30 — Good Zoo, Oglebay Park, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 1-30 — Oglebay Institute’s Mansion Museum, Oglebay Park, Nov. 1-8: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Nov. 9-Jan. 5: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. (Exceptions: closed Nov. 28, Dec. 25 and Jan. 1.) Nov. 1-30 — Oglebay Institute’s Glass Museum, Oglebay Park, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 1-30 — Oglebay Institute’s Stifel Fine Arts Center, 1330 National Road, ...

Special Activities

Church Women United Church Women United will meet at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, Boggs Run Road, Benwood, at noon Friday. There is a cost for the luncheon; reservations are to be made today by calling 304-242-5552. The program will be World Community Day with a theme of “Resolve to Love.” Garland Flowers will sing various church songs. Moundsville Class of ‘59 Moundsville High School Class of 1959 will meet at Perkins restaurant in Moundsville at noon Monday. Ladies League The Ladies League of Marshall County will meet in John Marshall High School’s commons at 7 ...

Dining out is no longer reserved for celebrating milestones or other special occasions. Many people dine out regularly for meals. A 2016 Gallup poll found that 61 percent of Americans eat dinner out at least once a week, and 16 percent are frequent diners, eating out three or more times per week. People who regularly dine out may have noticed some of the growing trends that have emerged in recent years that are helping to shape dining experiences ∫ Picked-on-property offerings: Many restaurants now serve foods grown, picked and processed on the premises. Rooftop or small ...

Congregation of St. Joseph Loves and Serves the Dear Neighbor

WHEELING — The soft clicking of knitting needles could be heard last weekend at the St. Joseph Retreat Center at Mount St. Joseph. It was a special meeting of the Knitting Circle that gathers regularly at the center operated in conjunction with the Congregation of St. Joseph at the Ohio ...

Rare ‘Book of Hours’ Returns Home

One of the most valuable books in the area returned home recently to West Liberty University’s Elbin Library after restoration performed by the Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) in Philadelphia. The 15th century illuminated “Book of Hours” is a Dutch manuscript ...