EARLY WHEELING ON FILM

Jim Thornton of Creative Impressions Studios will be at the Ohio County Public Library’s Lunch With Books program on Tuesday, July 31st at noon to screen the fascinating DVD entitled, Early Wheeling. The DVD features over 200 still images of the city accompanied by audio accounts from the people who lived in the Wheeling during those days. The interviews were recorded as a part of the Spoken Word oral history project. Creative Impressions has published several books and videos on Wheeling’s history, including Doc Williams: Looking Back, Greetings From Wheeling: Historic Postcards, and Wheeling Island: A Photographic History. Books and DVDs will be available for purchase. Please call the library at 304-232-0244 for more information.

Special Program

Mountaintop Removal Mining

On Tuesday, July 24th at noon filmmaker Sasha Waters will screen segments of her award winning PBS documentary Razing Appalachia, a film that explores the controversial issue of mountaintop removal mining in West Virginia. It's the story of a remarkable grassroots fight against political inaction and against the second largest coal company in America. Ms. Waters will also show a brief clip from her new work-in-progress, a documentary called This American Gothic that uses the history of the famous painting by Grant Wood to explore the struggle of a rural Iowa town to survive in a 21st century economy. The film presentations will be followed by a question and answer session. Copies of Razing Appalachia will be available for sale. Please call the library at 304-232-0244 for more information.

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Cerrone Talks Preservation

On Tuesday, July 10th, Lunch With Books welcomed Wheeling resident Dominick Cerrone. An engineer and the owner of Good Mansion Wines, Mr. Cerrone shared before and after photos as well as stories of his experiences renovating two historic properties on 14th Street in East Wheeling. The event was co-sponsored by the Wheeling National Heritage Area Corporation.

NEW PROGRAM ANNOUNCED FOR AUGUST

DR. SCOTT HAHN

Popular speaker and teacher Dr. Scott Hahn will be at the Ohio County Public Library’s Lunch With Books program on Tuesday, August 21st at noon. Dr. Hahn has delivered numerous talks nationally and internationally on a wide variety of topics related to Scripture and the Catholic faith. Over 500 of these talks have been produced on audio and videotapes by St. Joseph Communications.

Dr. Hahn is currently a Professor of Theology and Scripture at Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he has taught since 1990, and is the founder and director of the Saint Paul Center for Biblical Theology. In 2005, he was appointed as the inaugural Chair of Biblical Theology and Liturgical Proclamation at St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Dr. Hahn has written numerous books and articles, including, most recently, Letter and Spirit (Doubleday: New York, 2005), Understanding the Scriptures (Midwest Theological Forum: Chicago, 2005), and Ordinary Work, Extraordinary Grace: My Spiritual Journey in Opus Dei (Doubleday Religion: New York, 2006). At Lunch With Books, he will discuss his latest book, Reasons to Believe: How to Understand, Explain, and Defend the Catholic Faith (Doubleday: New York, 2007). Scott Hahn has ten years of youth and pastoral ministry experience in Protestant congregations (in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts, Kansas and Virginia) and is a former Professor of Theology at Chesapeake Theological Seminary. He was ordained in 1982 at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Fairfax, Virginia. He entered the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil, 1986.


Copies of Reasons to Believe as well as other books will be available for purchase and signing.

Note: Although admission is free as usual, seating is limited. Due to Dr. Hahn's popularity, a close to capacity crowd is expected. This event will, therefore, feature theater style seating and tickets will be issued. Those interested may call the library at 304-232-0244 or come to the library to reserve a seat. You may pick up your tickets at the Reference Desk prior to the event.

New Programs Announced

A group of four new, high quality Lunch With Books programs have just been announced for late summer and fall 2007. They include:

Aug 7th: West Virginia Author A.V. Gallagher, The Ghost Army

If you have an interest in World War II history, join Charleston writer A. V. Gallagher at the Ohio County Public Library’s Lunch With Books program on August 7th at noon. A former journalist with both United Press International and the Associated Press as well as the Charleston Gazette, Gallagher will discuss his meticulously researched book, The Ghost Army. A work of historical fiction several years in the making, The Ghost Army chronicles the defeat of the German 6th Army by the Russians at the battle of Stalingrad. In the book, Gallagher explores the mysteriously bad decision making by one of Hitler’s best officers that led to the destruction of nearly 300,000 soldiers through starvation, exhaustion, disease, and enemy bullets. Copies of the books will be available for purchase and signing. For more information please visit www.theghostarmy.com or call the library at 304-232-0244.

Aug 14th: Wheeling author Dr. Richard Mullin, The Soul of Classical American Philosophy

On Tuesday, August 14th at noon, Dr. Richard Mullin, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Wheeling Jesuit University, will discuss his new book: The Soul of Classical American Philosophy: The Ethical and Spiritual Insights of William James, Josiah Royce, and Charles Sanders Peirce. The book explores American Pragmatism and the potential of the human spirit. It is written in a straightforward style understandable to the non-specialist without watering down the thought. Dr. Mullin, who taught philosophy at WJU for thirty years, resides in Wheeling. Copies of the books will be available for sale. Please contact the library at 304-232-0244 for more information.

Aug 28: eBay Day at the Library!

Would you like to learn how sell your Extra stuff on eBay? You are invited to a free class at the Ohio County Public Library on Tuesday, August 28, 2007 beginning at noon and ending at 2:30 pm. Sponsored by the United States Postal Service and the OCPL’s Lunch With Books program, the class will be taught by Dina Lord, SBS, eBay Ambassador for the Pittsburgh District United States Postal Service. The class will include an introduction to buying and selling on eBay, the world’s largest and best known internet auction web site. Attendees will learn how to: register and get started; develop listings; use shipping labels through eBay/Paypal; pay for postage online; and use smart U.S. Postal Service shipping solutions, like free carrier pick-up at your home or office. Free educational materials designed to help you with your listings will also be available. For more information, please call the library at 304-232-0244.

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Sept 25th: Wheeling's Paul McGinnis, USS Indianapolis Survivor

Wheeling resident Paul McGinnis, a survivor of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in the Pacific Ocean during World War II, will appear at the Ohio County Public Library’s Lunch With Books program on Tuesday, September 25th at noon. The heavy cruiser Indianapolis was sunk by Japanese torpedoes in 1945 after delivering materials used to make the atomic bomb later detonated over Hiroshima. Mr. McGinnis was among the 317 who survived from a crew of nearly 1197 men. The remainder died from dehydration, exposure, and shark attack as the men drifted at sea for several days. The tragedy was the worst at sea loss of life in the US Navy’s history. Mr. McGinnis told his full story in the book Only 317 Survived. For more information, please call the library at 304-232-0244.

Celebrate the 4th!

Revolutionary War Patriots of the Ohio Valley

Join us for an Independence Day celebration at the Ohio County Public Library. Representatives of the Ebenezer Zane and George Washington Chapters of the Sons of the American Revolution will be at the Library’s Lunch With Books program on Tuesday, July 3rd at noon to talk about Revolutionary War Veterans of the Ohio Valley. The Ebenezer Zane Chapter has published a 4 volume set entitled Revolutionary War Patriots, which contains a wealth of records and genealogical information about the patriots who are buried or lived in the local counties of Ohio and West Virginia. Please call the library at 304-232-0244 for more information.

LWB Welcomes Fever

Three members of the Cabin Fever String band delighted a Lunch With Books audience of 48 people with an informal hour of old time country, gospel, and bluegrass music. Scott Black played fiddle, Richard Pollack played banjo (clawhammer style) and tin whistle, and Bob Heyer played guitar. The three also perfomed three part harmonies, answered audience questions about their music, and took a few requests. During a few songs, Scott Black thrilled the audience with demonstrations of freestyle Appalachian clogging. The band played a mix of Appalachian fiddle tunes, age-old ballads, and traditional bluegrass favorites, including a pair of songs from the Carter Family as well as Man of Constant Sorrow, re-popularized by the film, O Brother Where Art Thou. The Cabin Fever String Band has been entertaining audiences all over the tri-state region since 1986, including performances at Jamboree In the Hills, the Belmont County Fair, and Bluegrass in the Hills among numerous other events.