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"I am completely smitten with the Lunch with Books patrons...who welcomed me like a long-lost cousin. It takes two to have a successful reading: an enthusiastic presenter and an engaged audience, and boy did the stars align for us." -Marie Manilla, Still Life with Plums

"Lunch With Books is an outstanding program -- one of the best in the country." -NPR Journalist Matthew Algeo, The President is a Sick Man


"With a new book in hand, I’ve visited a lot of libraries lately, and I think the Ohio County Public Library is my all-time favorite. People are kind and welcoming, and deeply appreciate a visiting writer." -Jaimy Gordon, Lord of Misrule (National Book Award)

“I wanted the book launch to be at Lunch With Books because it is the best library book program in West Virginia and because Wheeling and the Wheeling area was centrally involved in so many of the firsts in West Virginia sports.” –Bob Barnett, Hillside Fields: A History of Sports in West Virginia

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

May 5: Six Women of Wheeling

Jeanne Finstein & Judi Hendrickson will present Six Women of Wheeling: Snapshots of Wheeling's History Through the Eyes of Tryphena Hornbrook, Eliza Greathouse Zane, Elizabeth Campbell McLure, Sallie Maxwell Bennett, May Van Graveness Kitchen, and Gail Hamilton Holliday. Spanning the years from 1818 to 1969, each woman has a unique story; and each gives us a brief picture of life in Wheeling during her lifetime.
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

West Virginia Monsters!

On Tuesday, April 14 at noon at the Ohio County Public Library, Kurt McCoy will discuss his book, White Things: West Virginia’s Weird White Monsters. You know about Mothman but McCoy will tell us about the many other strange phantoms that lurk in our wooded hills like the Grafton Monster, Sheepsquatch, and the Morgantown Morlock. McCoy grew up in Moundsville, and he’ll tell us about the haunted hotel where his father's family lived, a report about a huge serpent that menaced the Mount de Chantal area, the UFO landings in Oglebay Park, and sightings of the "Vineyard Hills Frankenstein,” among other eerie things. Lunch With Books programs are free and open to the public. Patrons are invited to bring a bag lunch and free beverages are served. Please call the library at 304-232-0244 for more information.
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Top Ten Lunch With Books Programs

Program; Presenter; Attendance; Date

1. SAENGERFEST; Eintracht German Singing Society; 200; 07-17-10

2. A Lucky Child; Auschwitz Survivor Judge Thomas Buergenthal; 198; 03-04-11

3. Fashion Show; Civil War 150; 194; 11-20-11

4. Ruanaidh; Art Rooney, Jr. and Jim O'Brien; 168; 06-15-10

5. Follow the River; James Alexander Thom; 160; 06-05-08

6. Warwood Memories; 157; 12-18-12

7. The Quiet Man Pub Reading; 150; 08-30-12

8. Wheeling Then and Now; Sean Duffy; 146; 09-07-10

9. Bloch Brother Tobacco; Stuart Bloch; 131; 04-27-10

10. Reasons to Believe; Dr. Scott Hahn; 126; 08-21-07

Book Discussion Groups

The Ohio County Public Library facilitates book discussion groups for both young adults and adults. Currently, the OCPL offers two adult groups, which meet on the first Monday and third Thursday of each month.

In addition to its own growing collection, the OCPL has access to the book discussion collection of the West Virginia Library Commission.

To join or form a book discussion group, or for more information, please call 304-232-0244.

Meeting of the Minds Philosophy Group

The Meeting of the Minds Philosophic Inquiry Forum is facilitated by David Weimer. The group meets virtually every Tuesday at 6 PM. Call the library for meeting room locations.

For more information, visit www.firstknowthyself.org/m&mphilosophy.htm or contact group organizer, David Weimer, at 740 526-0985 or by email at dwwweimer@comcast.net..