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Bellaire hold Queens of Queens Pageant

Photo Provided Bellaire High School’s Queen of Queens Pageant, sponsored by the student council, will be held at 7 p.m. March 20 in the Bellaire High School Alumni Auditorium. There is an admission fee, and doors will open at 6 p.m. Contestants pictured, from left, are Abigail LaRoche, ...

Local veteran tells his story

BELMONT — Vietnam veteran and Belmont resident Kurt Turner recently published a book about his time serving in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, titled “I’ve Never Been to Heaven (But I’ve Been to Oklahoma).” “The only way that our stories get out is if we write,” he ...

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A DEMONSTRATION of Italian Cooking — Italy’s Regional Recipes will begin at 2 p.m. April 14 at the Sons and Daughters of Italy Uguaglianza Lodge 754, located at 3348 Belmont St., Bellaire. Tickets can be purchased at the lodge bar during Thursday Spaghetti Night or Friday Lenten Fish Frys. Call 740-676-3178 for more information. SUNDAY, MARCH 17, guest speaker Rod Thompson will be sharing at the 8:15 a.m. traditional service, 9:30 a.m. contemporary service, and the 11 a.m. blended service at East Richland Friends Church, 67885 Friends Church Road, St. Clairsville. The public is ...

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HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) 2. “Three-Inch Teeth” by C.J. Box (Putnam) 3. “A Fate Inked in Blood” by Danielle L. Jensen (Del Rey) 4. “Fourth Wing” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 5. “Iron Flame” by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) 6. “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store” by James McBride (Riverhead) 7. “House of Flame and Shadow” by Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury) 8. “Wandering Stars” by Tommy Orange (Knopf) 9. “First Lie Wins” by Ashley Elston (Viking/Dorman) 10. “Crosshairs” by Patterson/Born ...

Elec Simon returning to Buckeye Local

CONNORVILLE — Percussionist and Buckeye Local alum Elec Simon will be bringing his message and music back to the district with a series of appearances at local schools next week. Simon, a Smithfield native and Buckeye Local High School graduate, is scheduled to speak at Buckeye Local Jr./Sr. High School in Connorville at 12:30 p.m. and South Elementary in Tiltonsville at 2 p.m. on Thursday and North Elementary in Brilliant at 9:30 a.m. and West Elementary in Adena at 1:30 p.m. on Friday. Simon is known for entertaining crowds off Broadway and in traveling shows for “STOMP,” ...

Thursday Music Club of Wheeling auditions set

WHEELING — The Thursday Music Club of Wheeling will sponsor the annual Young Musicians Auditions at Vance Memorial Church in Wheeling on March 15-16. Sixty-six students will present memorized solo selections in piano and voice. This year’s judges will be John Allen Rose, piano, and David Scherrick, voice. Rose, an international prize-winning pianist-composer, has twice performed his own piano music at Carnegie Hall in New York City. His compositions, including solo works, opera, piano concerto, violin concerto, cello concerto, etc., have been performed in North America, Europe ...