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A fall basket bingo will be held at 1 p.m. Oct. 5 at New Athens Firehall. Doors open at noon. The Belmont County Retired Teachers Association will hold a luncheon and meeting at noon Sept. 4 at Mehlman’s Cafeteria. Attendees do not need to make a reservation. Attendees will go through the line and pay for their own meal, so they should arrive by 11:30 a.m. Dues or scholarship donations may be paid by sending a check made out to BelCoRTA to Donna Kennedy, 105 Arlington St., Bridgeport, OH 43912. The program will be Tom Thomas presenting a tribute to veterans. The service project will ...

WALS Foundation and OCPL hosting nephew of Walter Reuther

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WHEELING — The Wheeling Academy of Law and Science (WALS) Foundation, in partnership with the Ohio County Public Library, is playing host on Friday, Aug. 29 to the nephew of one of Wheeling’s best-known sons — Walter Reuther, longtime president of the United Auto Workers Union. Alan Reuther, son of Walter Reuther’s brother, Roy, has written a new book about his father and uncles. “Roy Reuther and the UAW: Fighting for Workers and Civil Rights” was published in April of this year by Michigan State University Press. The event will serve as a pre-symposium book talk and ...

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A fall basket bingo will be held at 1 p.m. Oct. 5 at New Athens Firehall. Doors open at noon. The Belmont County Retired Teachers Association will hold a luncheon and meeting at noon Sept. 4 at Mehlman’s Cafeteria. Attendees do not need to make a reservation. Attendees will go through the line and pay for their own meal, so they should arrive by 11:30 a.m. Dues or scholarship donations may be paid by sending a check made out to BelCoRTA to Donna Kennedy, 105 Arlington St., Bridgeport, OH 43912. The program will be Tom Thomas presenting a tribute to veterans. The service project will ...

Best Sellers By The Associated Press

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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “For Richer for Poorer” by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) 2. “We Are All Guilty Here” by Karin Slaughter (Morrow) 3. “Atmosphere” by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine) 4. “My Friends” by Fredrik Backman (Atria) 5. “Onyx Storm” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 6. “Scarred (collector’s ed.)” by Emily McIntire (Bloom) 7. “Not Quite Dead Yet” by Holly Jackson (Bantam) 8. “The Pumpkin Spice Café (deluxe ed.)” by Laurie Gilmore (One More Chapter) 9. “The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk” by Carissa Broadbent (Bramble) 10. “Never ...

Culture in the heartland

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By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — It was in Cedar Rapids, surrounded by cornfields, where Iowa artist Grant Wood painted “American Gothic,” the iconic 1930 portrayal of a stern-looking woman and a man with a pitchfork in front of a white frame ...

McDougals mark 50th wedding anniversary

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Andy and Patty McDougal of Trappe, Maryland, are celebrating 50 years of marriage. They were married at the Clarington Church of Christ in Monroe County on Sunday, Aug., 17, 1975 in a small ceremony. On Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, they were honored in a celebration of their long marriage by ...