ʻThings are happening hereʼ

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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
ʻThings are happening hereʼ
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NEW LOOK — A panoramic view of the skyline at the north end of Chester now that the old Taylor, Smith & Taylor pottery has been razed. The factory, idled for more than 30
years, had fallen into disrepair, posing a health and safety hazard to area residents as well as being an eyesore. The property, acquired by the Business Development Corp.
of the Northern Panhandle, has been remediated and is being marketed to the national and international business community.
Development site has ignited a spark in community
By LINDA HARRIS
Staff writer
Hancock County Commissioner Dan Greathouse figures
it’s no accident a local businessman decided to turn an
old office building at the north
end of Chester into upscale
apartments about the time the
last truckloads of debris were
being hauled away from an
abandoned pottery next door
that had sat empty for more
than 30 years before it was
finally torn down.
“Think about how often people abandon buildings and
don’t want to take care of
them, then look at what’s
being done up there,”
Greathouse said. “They’ve
(cleared) about 11 acres of
prime property, right off the
bridge as you come into town,
with a beautiful view. It tells
people things are happening
here, development is going to
happen, it’s an opportunity.”
What’s happened in Chester
is, by all accounts, unique: A
local development group, the
Business Development Corp.
of the Northern Panhandle,
dug deep and purchased the
old Taylor, Smith & Taylor
pottery, for $150,000, then put
together nearly $1.1 million in
federal, state, county and private funding for site remediation and demolition.
Now that it’s done, they’re
showing the property to
prospects, primarily in the
shale and transportation logistics industries, and hope to
parlay that $1.2 million investment into new jobs and new
revenue streams for a community that’s waited decades for
both.
But what’s exciting to local
leaders is the spark it’s ignited
in the community.
“It’s been a long time coming,” Chester Mayor Ken Morris said. “I’ve been working on
it for 20 years, and those guys
finally came along and got it
torn down. Now it seems like
everybody’s kind of picking up
on it.”
And not just in Chester.
After watching its job base
erode during the past decade,
the city of Steubenville is at
long last seeing the local economy shift gears: Ed Looman,
Eastern Ohio Projects Director for JobsOhio’s Appalachian
Partnership for Economic
Growth and the former executive director of Jefferson
County’s Progress Alliance,
said the latest statistics show
1,000 more county residents
are working today than in January 2012.
“That’s pretty phenomenal
growth,” Looman said, particularly since historically, Jefferson County’s employment
numbers trailed the state and
national averages in large part
because so many steelworkers
were displaced by the decline
of the local steel industry.
“There’s a realization
that, for all intents and
purposes, steelmaking
is gone,” Looman said.
“There’s an opportunity,
a
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DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL — This is an overview of the development potential of the former Wheeling
Corrugating property in Beech Bottom, acquired by the Business Development Corp. of the Northern
Panhandle for $200,000. The 600-acre parcel includes nearly 500,000-square feet already under roof
and about 150 developable acres, all with rail, river and highway access. BDC personnel said the property is drawing intense interest, particularly from companies in the oil and gas sector.
possibility that something may
eventually come back to
Mingo Junction that’s related
to steel, but the demise of the
local steel industry has led to
some fantastic opportunities
for the future because of
what’s been left behind — and
what’s been left behind is
riverfront property, large
tracts of riverfront property
with rail and road access, and
new owners that want to be
aggressive in marketing that
property so they can create
new jobs. They’re working in
concert with the city to market it.”
The results, he hopes,
will be just as transformative as the TS&T demolition has been in Chester.
“It’s an opportunity to
(create) new and different kinds of employment
opportunities going forward, that’s the hope,” he
said. “We’re not making
steel there any more, but
having that land and its
assets will give the county
opportunities going for-
ward that it hasn’t had before.
We’re talking 400-plus riverfront acres with rail and highway access — for a developer
that’s a dream come true, and
it’s a major focus for the
state.”
Looman concedes some of
their success, “particularly
with oil and gas, is just dumb
luck.”
“We happened to have 200
acres served by rail, located
along an interstate highway
and a sweet spot the drilling
companies want to explore,”
he points out.
Cadiz Mayor Ken Zitko said
his community, too, is seeing
unprecedented growth:
Income tax collections are up
$141,000 this year alone,
“which is significant for our
village,” he said. “We live on a
1 percent income tax, so every
little bit helps.”
Zitko credits the explosion
of the shale oil and gas industry in Harrison County for
Cadiz’s growth spurt: Not only
has the community been inundated with workers, but big
name players like MarkWest
and M3 Midstream are spending hundreds of millions of
dollars on processing plants
and infrastructure that will
bring jobs and generate revenue for decades to come.
Over in Hancock County,
meanwhile, BDC Executive
Director Pat Ford sees a
cause-and-effect relationship
between the pottery’s demolition and the growth spurt the
community is enjoying now
that it’s gone.
Chester’s development
boom, he said, is “a planned
result.”
“It’s a direct result of our
efforts to catalyze the redevelopment of the north end of
Hancock County,” Ford said.
“And I’m confident that you’ll
see other, subtle changes in
addition to the big improvements. You’re going to see
increases in property value,
you’re going to see people
wanting to move into the area.
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30 years if you drove
over the (Jennings Randolph) bridge your view
of the north end of
Chester was blocked by
that factory ... for the
last 30 years, people
have been looking at a
vacant factory in various
levels of disrepair.
Remove all that and you
see a green area, a view
of a neighborhood perfectly showcased
between the Ohio River
to the west and the hills
to the east, anchored by
a thriving, quaint central
business district. You
immediately see people
making major investments, and that’s going
to catalyze other, smaller
investments at the residential level. People have
been waiting a long time
for it.”
It’s the same kind of
thing Ford hopes to see
evolve in Brooke County,
where the BDC ponied up
$200,000 to acquire a 600plus acre parcel sandwiched between the Ohio
River and state Route 2 in
Beech Bottom. That site,
once the home of Wheeling Corrugating, includes
a 480,000-square-foot
plant plus another 150
developable acres, all
with river, rail and water
access.
that
would
show you
that,
you
could
drive from
Chester to Beech
Bottom and see
the changes.
“What we don’t want to
have happen is for that
plant down there to sit
idle for many years, with
no activity at all,” Brooke
County Commissioner
Tim Ennis said. “We felt
that now is the time to (do
it). We’ve got people
interested in the property
and wanting to develop
it.”
Ennis said the Beech
Bottom property, too, has
the potential to transform
its community.
“When you look at it,
it’s probably the most
developable property we
have,” he said. “It’s flat, it
already has water and
sewage going to it —
there’s several hundred
acres there with potential
benefit to the county.”
Ford said in both cases,
he said it’s critical that
“we don’t want to just
turn it over to the first
people who show up on
our doorstep.”
“Obviously, we’re getting a lot of interest, but
we want to make sure
we’re doing the right thing
for the Panhandle in determine what’s the highest
and best use (of the properties),” he said. “We’re
not just talking about
today, the investments of
today, we’re talking about
the investments and job
opportunities for the next
10-plus years.”
Ford and BDC Assistant Director Marvin Six,
however, said that it’s
going to mean developing
a new way of grading
their successes.
“In the State of West
Virginia, we’ve always
put our hopes for the
future in one or two
industries, whether that’s
coal or steel or glass,” he
said. “And when one of
those shuts down, it creates an incredible void
that can’t be filled
overnight. We’re still digging out of the void created by Weirton Steel’s
(downsizing), just as a lot
of other communities in
West Virginia are still
digging out of the void
left by the coal industry.
What we’re doing now is
filling those very properties where the void was
created, it’s that simple.”
And they’re trying to
avoid the mistakes of the
past in doing it: Rather
than one or two major
employers, he said they’re
looking at handfuls of
smaller, though no less
successful, enterprises.
“Those employers may
have anywhere from 20 to
50 people, but their
investments are also anywhere from a quarter-million dollars to $20 million
and they’re all good, family-sustaining jobs,” he
said.
“It might not look like
much compared to what it
was like 20 or 30 years
ago, because it’s happening
so gradually,” he said. “But
just think, if you’d left
Weirton five years ago and
came back today, it would
look substantially different. I could point to things
“And five years from
now, they’re going to look
completely different than
they do today. And when
you start seeing the
changes at TS&T, at Beech
Bottom and Three Springs
Drive, you’re going to see
a lot of other activity
occurring and filling in the
gaps in between them. I
think you’re going to start
seeing a lot of changes, but
it’s going to take some
major moves in those
three big sites to catalyze
activity in the smaller
pieces of property in
between. I think you’re
going to see a lot of synergies occurring in other
communities created by
the activity that’s going to
take place in our three big
holdings.”
The Ohio Valley has a
rich and varied past and
many museums pay tribute to the past while others look to the future and
the youngest of Ohio Valley residents and visitors
to see the wonders of play
and fun.
A trip to Steubenville
finds
Historic
Fort
Steuben, which provides
history, educational and
cultural programs on the
site of an 18th century
military fort. The current
fort is a reconstruction of
the 1786-built fort, constructed for the protection of surveyors mapping the Northwest Territory.
A tour of the facility
includes a trip through
the reproduced blockhouses, officers’ quarters,
quartermaster and artificer shops, guardhouse,
hospital and commissary,
as well as a visit to the
First Federal Land Office
of the Northwest Territory, the
origin a l
structure
for
from Ohio, as well as the
personal desk of Edwin
Stanton, a Steubenville
native who served as Secretary of War under Presidents Abraham Lincoln
and Andrew Johnson.
The Weirton Area
Museum and Cultural
Center, with its new location at 3149 Main St.,
houses a variety of
exhibits, including the
desk used by Thomas
Millsop, the city’s first
mayor and president of
Weirton Steel, copies of
the Weirton Steel Bulletin, photographs of the
Weirton area from the
late 1800s and early
1900s, and numerous
other items.
As part of its planned
expansion, museum officials also are looking at a
replica of Holliday’s Cove
Fort and Weirton’s first
fire truck; a 1917 Model
T.
The Hancock
County Historical Museum,
located
on
stop and explore The
Museums of Oglebay
Institute.
The two museums sit
atop a picturesque hill
above Wheeling, once
known as the gateway to
the west. Located in Oglebay Resort, the museums
are surrounded by landscaped lawns and gently
rolling hillsides amid
Oglebay’s
seasonally
changing gardens. Built
in 1846 by Hanson Chapline, Oglebay Institute’s
Mansion Museum was
originally an eight-room
farmhouse.
The Wheeling Mansion
went through seven different owners before it
was purchased by Earl W.
Oglebay in 1900. Mr.
Oglebay made the mansion and its surrounding
grounds his family’s summer estate, and he called
the estate Waddington
Farms.
Upon his death in 1926,
after many renovations
and expansions of the
mansion, he willed his
estate to the
city of Wheeling in order
that it become a facility
for education and recreation for the region.
The mansion became a
museum in 1930.
Situated adjacent to
the Mansion, the Oglebay
Institute Glass Museum is
a treasure house of
sparkle and glitter. Featuring more than 3,000
examples of Wheeling
Glass made from 18291939, the Glass Museum
displays cut lead crystal,
Victorian
art
glass,
Peachblow, pattern and
depression and Northwood’s carnival glass and
many other glass examples showcasing Ohio Valley history.
Also found at Oglebay
Park is the Good Zoo, a
living museum of animals
for kids and adults of all
ages.
The zoo, aside from the
animals, houses a large
model-train exhibit and a
working train to carry
zoo-goers around the
grounds, offering views
of the animal exhibits.
Every visitor to the
Mountain State will enjoy
which
was moved adjacent to
the fort.
During the summer,
the fort is the home of a
free community concert
series at the Louis and
Sandra
Berkman
Amphitheater.
On Franklin Avenue,
visitors will find the Jefferson County Historical
Association
Museum.
Tracing its roots to the
early 1970s, the museum
takes a look back at the
lifestyles of 19th Century
Steubenville, the Transportation Gallery depicting modes of travel
through history, portraits of the various
U.S.
presidents
who
hailed
Ridge
Avenue in New Cumberland, showcases exhibits
connected to the area’s
industries,
people and
home life.
T h e
museum
is listed on
the National
Register of Historic Places.
Farther south, period
antiques, glittering glass
treasures and fun
heritage activities
await visitors who
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WASHINGTON, Pa. — Coen Oil Co. is expanding its
retail convenience store line, purchasing six Kwik
King stores in the Steubenville area, individual storefronts in Brilliant and McMurray, Pa., and a sevenstore chain in Pennsylvania and Maryland.
With the acquisitions, Washington-based company
now oversees 31 stores in four states — Pennsylvania,
Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland.
“The Ashbridge and Kwik King acquisitions, in
addition to the two individual sites, demonstrate Coen
Oil’s commitment to the retail convenience business,”
said Andy McIlvaine, Coen Oil president. “While we
have owned and operated our current sites for several years, we see the need to continue to expand our
footprint and offering to our customers.”
Kwik King is a full-service convenience store chain
offering a selection of hot and cold foods, including its
signature Kwik King fried chicken. In addition to food,
the stores offer many other products ranging from
coffee, fountain soda and bottled carbonated beverages to dairy products, beer and wine, snacks, confec-
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NEW OWNERS — Coen Oil Co., which is based in Washington, Pa., now owns this Kwik King store on University
Boulevard in Steubenville and other locations in Wintersville, Toronto, Weirton and Follansbee. Coen also acquired individual sites in Brilliant and McMurray, Pa., as
well as Ashbridge Oil Co.’s seven stores in Pennsylvania
and Maryland.
Wide variety of
shopping
offered in the
Ohio Valley area
Shopping in the Ohio Valley offers selections and
choices from big-box retailers to mom-and-pop
small businesses, giving consumers the choice of
volume buying and personal service, all without
leaving the region.
In Steubenville, the small businesses of downtown include two bakeries, a bookstore, antiques,
appliances and furniture and more. Downtown is
also home to the long-running and successful Thursday Farmer’s Market.
Further into the city, the bustling Hollywood
City Center continues to be anchored, as it has since
the early 1960s, by one of the busiest Kroger stores
in the area, as well as other major retailers including Office Max, JoAnn Fabrics and more, as well as
business offices, hair dressers, a gym, a UPS Store
and other locally owned shops, including a bakery,
a candy store, and Scafidi’s restaurant.
The Fort Steuben Mall continues to offer a variety of shopping choices, including anchors Macy’s,
JC Penney and Sears, as well as a Wal-Mart SuperCenter and various shoe stores, jewelers, clothing
and other retail outlets. An Aspen Dental office
opened in an outbuilding. Nearby, along Mall Drive,
the Tri-State Plaza is anchored by Kmart and Ollie’s
Bargain Outlet.
In Wintersville, the shops of the Goodwill
Plaza, the Riesbeck’s
Plaza and the
K r o g e r
P l a z a
anchor
a
business
district
t h a t
features
many
small,
locally
owned
shops,
offering everything
from
crafts
to
firearms
and
outdoor
gear.
One of the oldest
Harley-Davidson
dealerships in the
nation, Niedengard’s,
tions, tobacco and household and personal
care products. Some locations also offer
catered food, and all are equipped with
state-of-the-art gasoline pumps.
Coen acquired the six Kwik King
stores — two in Toronto, and one each
in Steubenville, Weirton, Wintersville
and Follansbee — from John and Rita
Riley, who spent the past 25 years building the brand.
“We believe we have established a
strong brand that has positive recognition in its markets for its distinctive product offering,” John Riley
said. “We are pleased to be able to
sell the Kwik King business to Coen
Oil and are confident that they can
continue to grow and expand this
platform.”
The property Coen acquired in
Brilliant, located at 1499 Third St.,
will be remodeled, as will the
McMurrary location. Both are
slated to open in April.
The deals come in the wake
of Coen Oil’s 2011 acquisitions
of Zappi Oil Co., a move which
company officials said had
served to bolster their commercial fuel distribution business.
“The Zappi acquisition was
an important strategic move
for our company,” McIlvain
said. “While we have had a
commercial fuel business
for many years, the CoenZappi combination allowed
us to materially enhance
our offering to our commercial customers, including the
drillers in the Marcellus
shale as well as the Utica
shale regions. Importantly,
our retail platform helps
service our commercial
fuel customers. Coen Commercial customers, including fuel drillers, can use
our stores for gas, diesel
and off-road fuel, as well
choose from the several
products we offer inside
our stores including food,
beverages and house-
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hold/personal care
products.”
Coen’s
original
holdings
include
a
large cluster
of stores in the
Washington,
Pa.,
area,
stretching
east as far
as Latrobe
and as far
south
as
N e w
M a r tinsville,
all offering gas
a n d
other
fuel
products.
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KEY TO RETAIL COMMUNITY — Located in the heart of Steubenville, Hollywood City Center plays a key role in the
city’s retail community. The 250,000-square foot plaza, which dates to 1965, is part of Teramana Enterprises.
offers not only new bikes but apparel, memorabilia
and service to the region’s bikers and those just
passing through.
In Weirton, the Three Springs Drive area has
been growing by leaps and bounds, with a new
anchor plaza in the form of a Wal-Mart SuperCenter,
soon to be surrounded by new restaurants and outlying plazas.
The Kroger on St. Andrew’s Drive, as well as
the Kmart Plaza continue to serve customers
with a variety of businesses, with the commercial corrid o r
continui n g
along
nearb
y
Penco
computer consultants to comic books available.
The area’s smaller communities offer a variety of
national retailers and small, locally owned stores, as
well as regional chains.
From the Toronto-based Kwik King stores,
which include gasoline and convenience items at
eight area locations, to the Riesbeck’s market
locations, countless family-owned groceries and
specialty foods stores, consignment shops for
clothing and other items, it is easy to shop in the
Ohio Valley.
Road, as well as along
the length of
Pennsylvania
Avenue
from
downtown to the
Pennsylvania
State line. Weirton
offers
locallyowned
businesses
with everything from
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— Kwik King stores in Toronto are among shopping sites
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in the Ohio Valley.
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Mosti Funeral Home a place of integrity, service
STEUBENVILLE — For
three
generations,
Mosti
Funeral Home has been guided
by two very important principles — respect and integrity
for clients.
Now in its 96th year, Mosti
Funeral Home is proud of its
well-earned reputation of caring, personal service and dedication to serving the families
of the local area in the same
manner, said owner Donald
Mosti.
“Our mission is to serve
families at their difficult time
by providing professional,
well-organized, quality personal services at a moderate
price,” Mosti said. “A family’s
customs, whether traditional
or non-traditional, religious or
non-religious, we will ensure
the family’s wishes will be honored. The staff members at
Mosti Funeral Home seek to
ease families through this difficult
decision-making
process.”
The funeral home also is
participating in the community
outreach program, Cell Phones
for Soldiers, and is a drop-off
site in Jefferson County.
Mosti Funeral Home Inc. is
a modern full-service funeral
home serving families of all
faiths and traditions from two
locations: Downtown at 321 S.
Fourth St. and at the Sunset
Chapel at 4435 Sunset Blvd.
The funeral home offers traditional funerals, cremations
with viewing and funeral
services, direct cremations,
pre-need funeral planning and
funding, cemetery monuments, pet cremations and a
full line of pet urns, caskets
and memorialization products.
Donald Mosti has been a
licensed embalmer and funeral
director for 62 years. He holds
licensure in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. His
son, David Mosti, has been a
licensed funeral director and
embalmer for 31 years and also
is licensed in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
Both directors are active in
the community and service
organizations. The funeral
home holds membership in the
Ohio Funeral Directors Association, the Belmont County
Funeral Directors Association
and the Ohio Embalmers Association.
The funeral home also has
recently acquired a 2013 Lincoln MKT Hearse and Limousine for the comfort and safety
of families.
David and Donald would like
to thank the families who have
entrusted the funeral home
with the care of their loved
ones over the years. The caring
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WELLSBURG — For
more than 25 years,
Drover’s Inn Restaurant
and Tavern has offered
quality food in a cozy setting.
And Mark Cooper, its
owner, has strived to
improve upon what has
made the restaurant a success.
In recent years he’s created two private dining
areas, each with seating
for up to 16, on the second
floor;
expanded
the
kitchen to increase its efficiency and added smoked
beef brisket, pulled pork,
salmon and baby back ribs
to the menu.
Drover’s Inn is best
known among Brooke
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WINGS, STEAK AND MORE Drover’s Inn on state Route 27 near Wellsburg is known sylvania residents for its
for its assortment of wings, smoked and broiled entrees and cozy atmosphere, in- variety of wings — buffalo
garlic, honey barbecue,
cluding a English-style tavern downstairs.
sweet and hot oriental,
mild, medium, hot, suicidal, atomic, hurt me, and a
recent addition, butter garlic — all available with
Cajun flavoring also.
But it also offers broasted half-chicken and breaded fantail shrimp, orange
roughy or New York strip
steak dinners; assorted
sandwiches and salads and
several desserts, including
homemade cobbler with
ice cream, turtle cheesecake and Milky Way silk
pie.
Its many appetizers
include chicken fingers,
beer-battered
shrimp,
jalapeno “bottle caps,”
breaded zucchini sticks,
deep fried pickles and
fried cheese ravioli.
Assisting Cooper are
his hard-working staff,
including Aaron Macom, a
cook at the restaurant for
24 years; and bartender
Dave Edwards, who has
served visitors to the tavern for 20 years.
Edwards knows regular
customers by name, and
the tavern may remind
patrons of the pubs of
merry old England.
On the National Register of Historic Places,
Drover’s Inn was built in
1848 as a resting place for
drovers herding livestock
along the WashingtonWellsburg turnpike when
West Virginia was still a
part of Virginia.
Antique furniture and
colorful glasswork displayed there are a
reminder of its historic
roots.
The restaurant itself
has four dining areas: the
blue room, which seats 32;
the red room, which seats
36; the sitting room, which
seats 14; and the back dining area, which seats 36
and includes two televisions and a fully stocked
service bar.
Cooper said he receives
a lot of take-out orders on
the day of the Super Bowl.
Over the years Drover’s
Inn has been a meeting
place for various groups
and has helped families to
celebrate various occasions, including holidays,
birthdays, anniversaries
and
weddings
(for
rehearsals and small
receptions).
For the warmer months
it offers a picnic shelter
for those who want to take
their gatherings outside.
Cooper said visitors to
nearby golf courses and
Brooke Hills Park often
stop by Drover’s Inn.
Drover’s Inn is open
from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Wednesday through Saturday and noon to 7 p.m. Sundays. It’s available to
groups of 20 or more on
Monday and Tuesday
evenings and for lunch on
any day, Cooper said.
Reservations are suggested and can be made by
calling (304) 737-0188, but
walk-ins are welcome. For
a full menu and other
information, visit the
restaurant’s
site
at
www.droversinn1848.com.
The restaurant offers
gift cards and a frequent
diner program, in which
patrons receive points for
all menu items that may be
used to purchase merchandise there.
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Fithyan is called on at all
hours, in all types of weather
and on weekends and holidays to
travel as far as Pittsburgh, Morgantown or Columbus to begin
funeral arrangements. He sees
this as an important service,
returning people to their communities and helping their families begin the grieving process.
“People have called at 2 a.m.,
in the middle of a snowstorm,”
Fithyan said. “Who do you call
on Christmas Day when everyone is with their families? It
doesn’t matter to us if there’s 8
or 9 inches of snow, we have the
equipment. Who do you call
when when finances may be an
issue for a funeral? We will work
with you. You can call us when
it’s 1 a.m., five-below and snowing. I consider it an honor to
bring back our community
members and care for their families, to help people who have
lost loved ones and need help
with the grieving process.”
As part of the commitment to
community, both funeral homes
are undergoing renovations. At
the Follansbee location, the exterior of the building is being
returned to as close to its original early-1900s appearance as
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READY TO HELP — Eric Fithyan, an Upper Ohio Valley native and
Chambers and James Funeral Home operator, is prepared to venture
out at any time, in any weather to return community members to
their families and assist with funeral arrangements.
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laws affecting cremation; and
participated in Follansbee Community Days, the Brooke County
Relay for Life and Wellsburg
Fourth of July celebration.
“We were here to celebrate
each milestone with the community,” said Fithyan.
In the past year, Fithyan has
been named to the Wellsburg
Chamber of Commerce Board of
Directors and selected to serve
on the Wellsburg Kiwanis board.
Chambers and James has
been recognized as a preferred
cremation provider by the Veterans Family and Memorial
Care.
“We’ve been selected based
upon our work that we do with
veterans services,” said Fithyan.
“They came to us based on our
community service and our outstanding commitment to veterans’ families.”
Fithyan said the recognition
reflects the business’ commitment to implementing technology and best practices to better
serve clients. The funeral home
also was recognized by Cremation With Care and Christian
Cremation Society for their commitment to dignified, veterans’
and simple cremation processes.
Chambers and James is located at 1030 Main St., Wellsburg,
and 1245 Main St., Follansbee.
Fithyan can be contacted by email at efithyan@gmail.com or
by phone at (304) 737-3551 or
(304) 527-1717. Visit the website
at www.chambersandjames.com.
Weirton Chamber continues
to work for the community
At the Wellsburg location, the
possible. The home originally
was constructed for the Follans- interior of the funeral home will
bee brothers, before becoming be updated to better serve
James Funeral Home, and it is a clients.
“There’s a reason we are
community landmark.
MINGO K OF C
called funeral homes,” said
Fithyan. “We want it to be comfortable, like coming home. We
want people to feel welcome,
have everything warm and comfortable.”
Many clients have long-term,
generational relationships with
the business, and Fithyan said he
appreciated the trust placed in
Chambers and James.
“Generations of families have
come here to remember their
loved ones,” said Fithyan. “This
is where they’ve said goodbye to
grandparents, aunts, uncles. We
take a lot of pride in serving
these families with dignity and
honor.”
Chambers and James’ commitment to community extends
to community involvement and
service. In 2012, the funeral
home worked with the Center
for Organ Recovery and Education (C.O.R.E.) by turning the
funeral lights green to raise
awareness for organ and tissue
donation.
The business participated in
the Wreaths Across America
program, helping ensure veterans’ graves in government
cemeteries were recognized,
and in Cellphones for Soldiers
and Operation Sweaters for Veterans.
Locally, the business participated in the Follansbee Chamber
of Commerce Christmas decoration contest, winning outstanding business Christmas decoration; worked with legislators
over the summer to address new
WEIRTON — Last
year was a successful
one for the Weirton
Area Chamber of Commerce, and officials
plan to continue their
work of serving the
region’s residents and
business community.
“Every
community
wants to grow and
increase their population and business. At the
chamber, we grow by
increasing
membership,” chamber President Brenda Mull said.
Membership in the
chamber, she said, can
provide a business with
greater visibility to the
community through its
Business After Hours
and Leads to Success
programs, as well as
weekly e-mails to the
membership and the
“Shop Around Your
Hometown” ad campaign, which provides a
single rate for advertising with local newspapers, radio and television.
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CHAMBER PROGRAM — Among the annual programs presented by the Weirton Area
Chamber of Commerce is the High School Business Symposium, which gives area high
school students a glimpse of the business world through exercises in teamwork, marketing, financial budgeting, product development and interview skills.
Mull said such expo- nesses, allowing busi- ing your community,”
Mull said. “I think it’s
sure can help attract ness to thrive.
“It’s all part of grow- important for a business
customers to the busito join the chamber.”
Mull said she believes
Weirton is fortunate to
have a good base of
locally owned businesses, many of which have
been in operation for
more than 70 years.
“To me, that’s huge
and also humbling,”
Mull said.
Chamber board Chair
Doug Finton agreed,
saying it is the local
establishments he sees
providing support for
many of the area’s
events and giving back
to the community.
“They’re the ones
that get active,” Finton
said.
The chamber also
works to make new businesses feel welcome to
the community through
grand opening events,
periodic visits and other
services.
“It’s important to the
success and survival of
that new business,” Mull
said.
The chamber provides a variety of programs and activities
throughout the year,
both for its members
and the community as a
whole.
One of its more
recent
developments
was the creation of the
annual Wine and Dine at
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Jeffco Workshop participants mix work, play
740-264-5151
Starkdale Presbyterian
Church and the School of
Bright Promise. Dayton
said crews also clean the
state Route 7 rest area at
state Route 213 seven
days a week. He said
there are two crews that
work 24 hours a day, 365
days a year cleaning the
rest area.
But there also is fun
time at the workshop.
The adults travel to
Pittsburgh Pirates baseball games, have two pool
parties in the summer
and there is the Halloween party.
“The main thing is providing them with employment and they get a paycheck. That’s what they
like,” Dayton said.
The workshop also has
partnered with the JB
Green Team in hosting a
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drop-off site for electron- FURNITURE MAKING — The Jeffco Sheltered Workshop has been making outdoor furic equipment at the facil- niture for more than 30 years and recently attempted to increase its market by atity at 256 John Scott tending home shows throughout the region. Working on a bench are, from left, Billy
Highway on Wednesdays Dandrea, Gary Harding and Dustin Smith.
from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m.
“The program enables nesses allowing us to
Adult workers at the recreation room to relax
Jeffco Training Center and play games during people who are not walk in their doors. A lot
on Cherry Avenue have a breaks from work. The presently involved in of the workers have been
center took an existing vocational services or there for years,” Giamos
open room and spent just graduated from said.
She said job coaches
$140,000 to renovate it school to gain competiemployment,” work with the workers at
into the recreation room. tive
The new recreation Giamos said. This proves the beginning, helping
room has arcade basket- to enhance the quality of them get adapted to their
ball games, pool and life in the people we jobs. But she said the job
ping-pong tables, a bowl- serve through competi- coaches are with them
ing game, a computer, tive, socially validated forever and check on the
checker table, an HDTV and integrated employ- workers monthly to see if
with DVD and Nintendo, ment. It is the goal of our they need any help.
Giamos said the Jeffco
Wii and a second televi- department to enable
each person who desires Training Center is looksion to watch movies.
“They truly love it. It community job place- ing to getting into jewelis utilized five days a ment to develop to their ry making. She said
week,”
said
Connie fullest potential and to workers will design the
Giamos, training center achieve a more independ- jewelry for sale and may
ent and productive role start production in the
habilitation manager.
spring.
There also is a fitness in society.”
“The jewelry making
Several business that
room at the training center that has treadmills, work closely with the gives them the opportunielliptical machines, exer- program are McDonald’s, ty to design bracelets and
cise bikes and weights Kroger Co., Burger King, other jewelry that will
for training, said Giamos. the Dove Restaurant, create contrast, balance,
The
community American Red Cross and unity and movement,”
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services Sodexo Campus Services she said.
WINDOW PROTECTORS — Crews at the Jeffco Sheltered Workshop work to fold card- program through the at the Franciscan UniverThe training center
board protectors that a window manufacturing company uses in shipping. More than 3 training center has about sity of Steubenville.
also puts on an annual
million of the protectors are folded and stapled every year at the Jefferson County De- 20 adults working in the
“We have been blessed musical for the communivelopmental Disabilities workshop.
with the community busi- ty.
community.
STEUBENVILLE —
The 170 adults served
through
the
adult
employment programs at
the Jefferson County
Developmental Disabilities program know how
to mix work and play.
And work they do.
The workers at the
Jeffco Sheltered Workshop have a contract to
fold and staple cardboard
corner protectors that a
window manufacturer
uses in shipping. The
crew assembles about 3
million of the protectors
a year.
There are about 65
adults at the sheltered
workshop who come to
work weekdays from 8:30
a.m. until 2:30 p.m.
“It is their place of
employment like anywhere else,” said Brian
Dayton, workshop production manager. “They
are busy from the time
they get here until it is
time to go home.”
Dayton said some of
the workers are faster at
assembling the corner
protectors than the DD
staff.
The
workshop
is
known to many area residents for its construction
of outdoor furniture. The
workers there have been
building picnic tables,
chairs and benches for
more than 30 years.
Dayton said the workshop has tried to expand
its market by attending
home shows in Wheeling
and Weirton. He said
there are now new orders
being sent to Wheeling
and Belmont County, as
well as Burgettstown and
Chester.
The workshop staff
also does a lot of subcontracting work for local
printing companies, such
as stapling and bulk mailings. Crews also do some
small parts assembly.
The workshop also has
several janitorial contracts, including AEP
buildings in Steubenville
and East Liverpool, the
Ohio Department of
Transportation garage
outside
Wintersville,
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Billy Petrella
exceeding
expectations
STEUBENVILLE —
Billy Petrella, M.S., an
independent
financial
adviser
at
Tri-State
Financial Services, has
exceeded the income production requirement of
$99,000 for the 2012 calendar year to become a
member of the prestigious Million Dollar
Round Table.
At age 25, Petrella
attributes his success to
“hard work, education,
client referrals and a
great client base that is
continually growing.
“My business has
grown the most through
client referrals,” he said.
“Investing in the best
options and putting my
clients’ needs first has
paid off in huge numbers
of new investment dollars.
“As an independent
adviser, I can offer
numerous
investment
options from hundreds of
companies. This gives
me access to make
informed decisions with
my clients to design the
most custom portfolio
for their financial needs.
My main focus is wealth
creation and preserva-
tion, 401(k) rollovers,
retirement
planning,
Roth IRAs, college funding strategies and fixed
annuities at 3.05 percent
guaranteed, estate planning, legacy planning
and charitable foundation giving.”
The minimum to start
investing with Petrella is
only $250 or $50 per
month.
A graduate of Catholic
Central High School, he
graduated from Eastern
Gateway Community College (then Jefferson
Community College), and
was a member of Phi
Theta Kappa Honor Society. He transferred to
Robert Morris University, where he majored in
finance and minored in
international business.
He graduated with a 3.75
grade-point
average
from Robert Morris’
Master’s Degree in Organizational
Studies
department in 2012.
The Million Dollar
Round Table, founded in
1927, is the premier association of financial professionals, an international, independent association of the world’s
Museums
Linda Harris
FINDING SUCCESS — Steubenville native Billy Petrella,
an independent financial adviser, attributes his success
in the financial sector to hard work, education and client
referrals. Petrella also is co-owner/operator of Village
Sleep Center, 2528 Sunset Blvd. , Steubenville, and president of C. William Industries LTD, an Ohio based real-estate holding firm.
leading life insurance
and financial services
professionals from more
than 450 companies in 79
countries. MDRT members must demonstrate
exceptional professional
knowledge, strict ethical
conduct and outstanding
client service.
Its members are recognized internationally
for
providing
their
clients with exemplary
performance and the
highest standards of
ethics, knowledge, service and productivity.
Petrella also is coowner/operator of Village Sleep Center at 2528
Sunset
Blvd.,
Steubenville, and is president of C. William
Industries LTD, an Ohiobased real-estate holding
He
lives
in
firm.
Steubenville with his
wife, Nikki and they are
active members of Triumph of the Cross
Parish.
viewing the largest piece
of cut lead crystal ever
made - the Sweeney
Punch Bowl. Five feet tall
and weighing 225 pounds,
this crystal treasure is
world famous - a remarkable masterpiece of Victorian glass.
The Glass Museums is
one of the few places in
our region where the
beautiful art of glass
making can still be
observed and experienced by beginners.
Guests
can
watched
skilled glass artisans at
work and even try their
hands at the craft through
one-on-one workshops.
Crystal, carnival, colored and opalescent glassware made by the Ohio
Valley glass manufacturer H. Northwood & Company is the focus of this
new display of valuable
glass in the Northwood
Gallery. A tour of the
gallery will leave visitors
in awe as they discover
the work of one of our
region’s most respected
glass artisans, Harry C.
Northwood.
Located in the lower
level of Carriage House
Glass, the gallery is
housed in Oglebay Institute’s sparkling glass
museum.
The
Henry
Stifel
Schrader Environmental
Education Center , located on the grounds of Oglebay Park, is of interest to
those concerned about
Earth and its environment. Also of note are the
butterfly garden and the
walking trails throughout
the property.
In Wheeling, the Children’s Museum of the
Ohio Valley offers youngsters the opportunity to
play, discover and learn
as they work their way
through a calvacade of
exhibits, designed to
explore different interests and themes.
There’s also the Dennison Railroad located at
400 Center St. in Dennison, Ohio, which now
houses a museum, restaurant and gift shop. Open
year round, it offers a full
calendar of exhibits, special events and family
programs. The Museum
features exhibits within
the depot’s women’s waiting room, the baggage
room and the railway
express agency building
built in 1921.
Nearby there’s Faith
Ranch, a Christian camp,
riding stable, and retreat
center in Jewett. Ride the
trails on a 4,200 acre
ranch. There are many
bridle
paths
leading
through the woods and
fields in all 4 seasons.
Faith Ranch has over 130
horses and ponies for riders. In addition to daily
trail rides, Faith Ranch
offers summer camps,
day camps, family camps,
bible discovery camps, as
well as retreats.
Premier Technical Services sells, repairs computers
Premier Technical Services provides computer and networking repairs and sales in
the Weirton/Steubenville area.
They handle both PC and
Mac repairs for laptops or
desktops. Customers will find
their repairs to be significantly faster, less expensive and
better performed than that
offered at larger chains. PTS
is locally owned and operated,
as all repairs and support are
performed here rather than at
a remote office or outsourced
on the other side of the world.
PTS can handle any type of
computer repair. Initially all
systems are evaluated and
subjected to a rigorous range
of diagnostics. Once all issues
are known, a technician will
contact the customer and
advise them as to the best
course of action. Economy
and honesty are a vital part of
this process. PTS will never
recommend
unnecessary
services or upgrades, the
repair of a system after it has
passed its useful life or
replacing a computer if it is
not absolutely necessary.
Once the customer has
approved the necessary steps,
repair is performed. Sadly not
all systems can be repaired,
even in this worst-case scenario PTS can frequently
retrieve a customer’s valuable data.
As well as in-store repairs,
PTS also offers on-site service. They realize that bringing in a system is sometimes
inconvenient or impractical,
especially for their business
customers. In addition, certain types of service like networking can only be performed on-site. While not
every
problem
can
be
repaired on site, most minor
issues can be solved quickly
and easily.
In addition to repair services, PTS also sells refurbished and new desktops and
laptops. All refurbished systems are fully tested, upgraded as necessary and given a
clean software installation. In
many cases, those looking for
a system for basic or occasional use will be just as well
served by a refurbished system as by a new one. Their
refurbished systems are frequently of better quality than
bargain or sale new systems
at much less expense. PTS
also carries or can order most
replacement
parts
or
upgrades.
In their business they frequently see failed repairs
performed by well-meaning
friends or family or part-time
technicians looking to make a
little money on the side. In
their opinion, there is no substitute for experience and
knowledge. Premier Technical Services brings more than
25 years of combined experience to bear. They rarely
encounter a problem they
have not seen, often on a daily
basis. This allows them to
perform their repairs cheaper, faster and better than
those who only work on com-
CAR CARE
puters part-time or who have
limited knowledge.
They also frequently see
customers fearful or inexperienced with technology.
Those customers accept computer issues in exchange for
not having to listen to techno
babble or admit the limits of
their knowledge. At PTS, they
feel this is unacceptable.
They strive to make even the
complex
problems
most
understood by their customers. They would rather
their customers understand
what they have done and why
rather than rush them out the
door, wondering what they
have just paid for. Whatever
problem a customer may
have, Premier Technical
Services is ready to help.
EBCare affordable
cremation options
WINTERSVILLE
—
Danny Bove Jr., owner of
Everhart-Bove Funeral
Homes, announces a new
and innovative approach
to marketing cremation
choices. It is called
EBCare.
“Cremation is an alternative to ground burial.
You have choices when
you choose cremation. Our
exclusive EBCare clearly
defines those choices and
prices,” Bove stated.
“Everhart-Bove
has
been providing expert traditional funeral services
since 1976, and now we
provide expert cremation
services with EBCare,” he
continued.
Everhart-Bove Funeral
Homes provide services
from three chapels in Jefferson County. The Win-
tersville location is just
south of U.S. Route 22 and
state Route 43, 10 minutes
from state Route 7 and the
Ohio
River
at
Steubenville.
“With EBCare Affordable Cremation Options,
client families up and
down the Ohio Valley may
take
advantage
of
EBCare’s ease and economy. Services may be
arranged outside of our
funeral chapels; services
held when and where they
want them. We are the
only place the public can
get EBCare,” he said.
Brochures explaining
all the details of the
EBCare options are available for free by contacting
Bove at (740) 264-5252 or
e-mailing him at bovefuneralhom@yahoo.com.
Since 1977, Everhart
Memorials has been creating and installing quality memorials in the
Upper Ohio Valley at
modest charges.
The granite sold is
completely warranted
against defect. The carving and lettering are
crafted
by
expert
carvers right here in
Ohio.
Etchings are completed by either laser or by
an artist hand etching
the original work.
There are memorials
sold and set by Everhart
in nearly ever cemetery
in our area, including
bronze flat memorials.
Cremation
memorials
are offered either for a
single urn or multiple
urns.
Call Everhart Memorials for a detailed explanation of all the memorial options. Call (740) 7654521 in Richmond.
Discuss your thoughts
with Wayne Everhart or
Mark Kincade. Whether
it is at the time of need
or before the need arises, it is a discussion
worth your time.
Call today for an
appointment.
Everhart Memorials:
Where value, price meet
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Blackburn Funeral Homes have new website
The
Blackburn
Funeral Homes of Hopedale,
Jewett
and
Bergholz invite patrons
to log onto its website,
introduced in 2011.
“It’s still a work in
progress and being
added to as employees
bring it up to date,” said
Claren
Blackburn,
owner, along with her
husband, Roy Blackburn. “The website can
be
reached
at
www.blackburnfuneralhomes.com.”
Blackburn
Funeral
Homes offer a variety
of services at reasonable charges, including
standard funerals, cremation services with
and without viewing and
funeral, direct burials
and prearranged services.
“(Clients) may create
their own wishes and
ideas and incorporate
them into whatever
service they wish,” said
Claren. “Families may
choose between caskets
of steel, stainless steel,
copper,
bronze
and
wood and vaults of concrete or steel. “We
thank
(clients)
for
choosing
Blackburn
Funeral Homes.
“We offer a minimum
service for $3,500, which
includes our services, a
20-gauge steel casket
and a one-hour visitation
before the service,”
Claren continued.
Blackburn
Funeral
Homes
are
family
owned and operated by
the Blackburns.
“We look forward to
answering any questions anyone might have
about our services,”
said Claren.
The main office in
Hopedale
can
be
reached at (740) 9372461; the Jewett chapel
at (740) 946-3351 and in
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Bergholz, (740) 768- NEW WEBSITE — The Blackburn Funeral Homes of Hopedale, Jewett and Bergholz now have a website for patrons,
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which can be visited at ww.blackburnfuneralhomes.com.
McBane Insurance continues tradition of excellence
McBane Insurance was
founded in 1900 and began
operations in the town of
Bergholz, Ohio.
Founder James McBane was
known as an honest, personable
businessman with a keen interest in young people. Four generations later, McBane Insurance is celebrating 113 years of
commitment and service to our
friends and neighbors.
When the agency was founded, no one needed car insurance because they drove horse
and buggies. Today, we travel
the world by Internet every
day. Even though we can be
reached via the Internet, we
believe that relationship with
our customers is our top priority. Principles that have
brought the agency into 113
years of service have not
changed. We still believe in ...
faith in God, service to customers and giving back to our
communities.
McBane Insurance and
Financial Services Inc. will
continue its tradition of excellence by offering its clients a
complete and competitive
range of insurance products
and services, including personal property and casualty-auto;
homeowners; umbrella; motorcycle; renters; inland marine
and boat insurance; commercial property and casualtycommercial property; auto; liability; equipment breakdown;
directors and officers; and
employee benefits; group and
individual medical; group and
individual life; group and individual disability; long-term
care; and IRAs and annuities.
McBane Insurance has
three locations offering our
customers convenience and a
more private and individualized setting to service their
needs. Our offices are located
at 262 Second St., Bergholz; 100
Welday St., Suite B, Wintersville; and 115 Canton Road,
Carrollton.
The Bergholz office has a
staff of eight employees representing more than 142 years of
insurance experience. The Carrollton office has a staff of two,
with 55 years of insurance
experience. The Wintersville
office
(relocation
from
Steubenville in November
2011), formed by the purchases
of the McGowan Insurance
Agency and Valuska Insurance
Agency in February 1998, has a
staff of four, who represent
more than 97 years of insurance experience.
All 14 employees of McBane
Insurance and Financial Services are licensed professionals
who are dedicated and prepared to put their experience
to work for you. Jim McBane,
Bill Bodle, Dave McBane and
Kathy Maguschak have all
earned their continuing commitment to the highest standards and ongoing dedication
to professional excellence.
This designation requires
extensive continuing education
each year.
McBane Insurance has been
the “more than one company”
since 1900 representing the following companies: Cincinnati
Ins. Co.; Ohio Casualty; Westfield Ins.; Grange Ins.; AutoOwners Ins.; Safeco Ins.;
Goodville Mutual; Progressive;
Mennonite Mutual; Affinity;
Municipal Mutual; West Bend;
Anthem BCBS; HealthAmeri-
ca; and Medical Mutual of
Ohio. McBane has been a member of the Professional Insurance Agents of Ohio and the
Independent Insurance Agents
Association of Ohio.
Our
website,
www.mcbane.com, features all
three agency locations with
employee e-mail addresses,
links to important sites, a section of frequently asked questions, information on the many
types of insurance coverage
available through our agency
and information on the many
companies we represent. Call
McBane Insurance today at
any of the following locations
for a complete and competitive
range of insurance products
and services: Bergholz, (740)
768-2112; Witnersvillle, (740)
264-2003; and Carrollton, (330)
627-7717.
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The Original
Steve’s Fish and Chips
McCauslen Any Occasion has Chamber
perfect floral arrangement
WEIRTON
—
McCauslen Any Occasion has the perfect floral arrangement or gift
item to suit any occasion, owner Mary Lyons
said.
The shop, located at
3131 Main St., features a
full line of live plants
and flowers, as well as
silks.
The new owners,
Mary and Gary Lyons,
also stock an assortment
of chimes, blankets, balloons, frames, garden
stones, dish gardens,
foundation
figurines,
angel sets and traditional and flameless tribute
candles, many of them
with inspirational messages.
McCauslen Any Occasion also does gift baskets filled with fruits,
snacks,
wines
and
cheeses,
including
themed baskets such as
a West Viriginia University basket they donated
to a recent United Way
fundraising auction.
The shop is open
weekdays from 9 a.m. to
4 p.m., and Saturdays
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
“We have extended
hours on holidays,” Mrs.
Lyons, a Weirton native,
said. “For instance, on
Valentine’s Day we’ll be
open until 8 p.m. to
accommodate forgetful
spounses
and
boyfriends.”
Orders are welcome,
though she advises calling early “for priority
delivery or pickup.”
Mrs. Lyons said the
shop also will take care
of out-of-town orders.
“Our customers can call
us with their information, and we’ll make all
of the arrangements for
them,” she said. “It’s
hassle free.”
She said the shop’s
three designers handle florals for any
occasion ranging from
weddings, birthdays
and anniversaries to
bridal and baby showers and funerals, “all
scaled to the customer’s budget and
needs.”
Staff Photo
OFFERS VARIETY OF GIFT IDEAS — Mary (Carpini) Lyons, the new owner of McCauslen
Any Occasion in Weirton, says it’s easy to make a statement with flowers. McCauslen
Any Occasion features a full range of live plants and flowers, as well as silks, chimes,
blankets, garden stones, dish gardens, candles and figurines. The shop, located at
3131 Main St., is open Monday through Saturday.
SUNSET CHRYSLER-DODGE-JEEP-RAM TRUCK-VOLKSWAGEN
2218 Sunset Blvd. Steubenville
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JEEP LIBERTY SPORT - 6,942 MI.......................................................................$22,498
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE - 12,643 MI..............................................................$30,998
DODGE RAM 1500 ST - 10,409 MI..................................................................$24,998
DODGE DURANGO AWD CREW - 22,673 MI...................................................$28,998
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO....................................................................$22,998
JEEP WRANGLER - 16,723 MI.........................................................................$21,998
JEEP CHEROKEE LIMITED - 23,004 MI..............................................................$34,998
JEEP LIBERTY SPORT - 25,362 MI.....................................................................$18,998
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LIMITED - 30,739 MI..................................................$33,995
JEEP COMPASS SPORT - 11,145 MI.................................................................$18,998
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO - 33,277 MI.................................................$24,998
TOYOTA TACOMA DOUBLE CAB - 23,791 MI...................................................$27,998
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN - 19,138 MI...............................................................$16,998
JEEP LIBERTY SPORT - 32,470 MI...................................................................$16,998
SUBARU FORESTER 2.5X PREMIUM - 36,598 MI...........................................................
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN - 57,364 MI...............................................................$15,498
JEEP PATRIOT LIMITED - 56,608 MI..................................................................$16,598
FORD F 250 SUPER - 36,457 MI......................................................................$24,998
JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED SAHARA - 67,706 MI..........................................$19,998
HYUNDAI SANTE FE GL - 65,214 MI................................................................$12,495
CHEVROLET EQUINOX LS..............................................................................$11,398
JEEP LIBERTY LIMITED - 37,585 MI...................................................................$16,998
CHEVROLET SILVERADO K1500.......................................................................$18,998
DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD - 68,343 MI........................................................................
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO......................................................................$9,998
FORD F150 - 69,123 MI.................................................................................$15,995
DODGE RAM 2500 QUAD DIESEL - 33,646 MI.................................................$30,998
SATURN VUE - 71,640 MI.................................................................................$5,995
NISSAN XTERRA 4.0.........................................................................................$9,598
CHRYSLER PACIFICA LIMITED.............................................................................$5,998
DODGE RAM 1500 SLT, 44,993 MI..................................................................$18,998
CHEVROLET SILVERADO Z71.............................................................................$9,995
DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD - 71,733 MI...........................................................$13,998
JEEP WRANGLER SAHARA - 78,092................................................................$14,698
JEEP LIBERTY SPORT - 76,897 MI.......................................................................$9,398
GMC ENVOY - 56,212 MI...............................................................................$11,998
JEEP WRANGLER X - 83,291 MI...................................................................................
JEEP WRANGLER X.........................................................................................$12,998
DODGE DAKOTA SXT - 63,993 MI.....................................................................$7,998
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO......................................................................$4,998
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE...................................................................................$3,998
JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE..............................................................................................
JEEP CHEROKEE SPORT.....................................................................................$4,998
CHEVROLET SILVERADO K1500.........................................................................$6,498
CHEVROLET K1500...........................................................................................$2,998
VOLKSWAGENS AVAILABLE
VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT SE - 12,567 MI...........................................................$20,998
VOLKSWAGEN EOS KOMFORT - 10,956 MI....................................................$26,998
VOLKSWAGEN CC LUXURY - 12,876 MI..........................................................$26,498
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SE - 19,913 MI..............................................................$16,598
VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN SE - 13,753 MI..........................................................$21,998
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA LIMITED MANUAL - 25,504 MI.......................................$13,998
VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SE.................................................................................$13,995
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VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN SEL - 30,300 MI........................................................$16,998
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EOS LUXURY - 55,172 MI.......................................................$16,998
EOS TURBO - 39,102 MI.........................................................$17,998
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JETTA TDI - 62,066 MI.............................................................$15,998
PASSAT 2.0T - 54,890 MI........................................................$11,598
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CHRYSLER 200 TOURING- 10,631 MI..............................................................$17,598
DODGE CHALLENGER - 12,683 MI..................................................................$27,998
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CHRYSLER 200 TOURING - 24,676 MI.............................................................$14,998
DODGE CHARGER R/T - 18,673 MI.................................................................$27,998
CHEVROLET CRUZE LS - 18,295 MI..................................................................$12,998
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HYUNDAI SONATA GLS - 27,844 MI...............................................................$15,998
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DODGE CHALLENGER - 59,878 MI..................................................................$16,998
CHEVROLET AVEO - 58,864..............................................................................$8,998
CHRYSLER PT CRUISER TOURING.......................................................................$8,998
HYUNDAI SONATA - 21,031 MI......................................................................$14,998
DODGE CALIBER SXT........................................................................................$7,998
CHEVROLET COBALT LS - 39,454 MI..................................................................$9,998
CHRYSLER 300C AWD - 70,203 MI..................................................................$18,598
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FORD FOCUS - MANUAL..................................................................................$7,995
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PONTIAC G6 SE - 75,198 MI............................................................................$8,995
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BMW 325CI - 59,482 MI................................................................................$15,998
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740-282-3261
Held in the early fall,
the Wine and Dine provides an opportunity for
area residents to come
together for an evening
of cameraderie while
sampling a variety of
food, wines and other
beverages.
Recent installments
have seen the addition
of carriage rides and a
“man cave,” featuring
cigars and hard liquor.
“We try to have something for everyone.”
“It was bigger than
the year before,” Mull
said of the 2012 Wine
and Dine, explaining the
annual event at Williams
Country Club provides
support for the Chamber’s education programs, such as Leadership Weirton and the
High School Business
Symposium, as well as
the community Christmas lights on display
throughout the holiday
season.
In addition to the
Christmas lights, the
Chamber is responsible
for organizing the annual Weirton Christmas
Parade, which takes
place the Saturday following Thanksgiving.
Two years ago, the
Chamber decided to
hold the parade at night,
with participants decorating the entries in
lights. It’s something
which seems to have
caught on with the community, according to
Mull.
“Our night Christmas
parade keeps growing,”
she said. “Each year we
try to make it larger and
more exciting.”
For the past several
years
First
Choice
America
Community
Federal Credit Union,
Tri-State
Audiology,
West Virginia Northern
Community College, and
Weirton Medical Center
have been faithful sponsors.
In 2012, the parade
went a step further with
the addition of holiday
fireworks, sponsored by
Hancock County Savings Bank, Cattrell Companies, Marsh Pipe and
Supply and MedExpress.
Other programs, such
as the High School Business Symposium and the
annual Ladies Day at the
Chamber continue to see
growth in both community support and participation.
Approaching its 15th
year, Ladies Day provides a chance for local
businesswomen to spend
the day networking,
shopping from local
vendors and enjoying a
fashion show among
other activities.
Each year has a new
theme, and Mull said the
vendors each find ways
to decorate their booths
to reflect the theme.
“It’s appreciated that
our businesses have as
much fun as we do,” she
said.
Ladies Day has grown
from having room for
100 attendees to more
than 300 and continues
to sell out each year.
The
High
School
Business Symposium,
meanwhile, has seen
participation in recent
years grow to include
high schools in Ohio and
Pennsylvania in addition
to the four local West
Virginia high schools.
“We want to continually improve our services to our businesses,”
Mull said.
STEUBENVILLE
—
Mike’s Sweeper Center,
147 N. Fourth St., has
offered the finest in vacuum cleaners, sweepers
and rug shampoos, as well
as repairs, for more than
50 years.
The center has been a
mainstay of the downtown Steubenville business district offering
quality products and
hands-on, one-on-one customer service by owners
Ruth and Mike Malarcik.
“We’ve been in business 53 years,” said Ruth,
adding the business is
known for treating the
customer right. “We’re a
mom and pop business
where you go to get
sweepers and (items)
repaired. People come
find us because they
need repairs.”
Ruth said the
business offers the
best products at
affordable prices, including trusted brand names
such as Hoover, Royal,
Sanitaire, Eureka and
Panasonic. The business
also offers rug scrubbers
for rent or purchase, as
well as supplies, said
Ruth.
“We pride ourselves in
offering quality products
and services with the best
customer service,” she
continued. “We pride ourselves on a job well done.”
Mike’s Sweeper Center
is open from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Mondays through
Fridays. To reach the center, call (740) 282-2244 or
(740) 283-3151.
Mikeʼs Sweeper
Center best for
sweepers, repairs
THAT’S
The SPOT!
Massage Therapy
You Don’t Have To Live
With Pain.
Call 304-281-1013
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
Rt. 2, Moundsville, WV
STRESS IS THE NUMBER 1 CAUSE OF
MOST DIS-EASE. MASSAGE HELPS YOU
MANAGE YOUR STRESS.
ATTENTION STYLIST
Break away from
commission, pick your own
days and hours in a friendly
atmosphere.
Reasonable rent,
Call Joyce or Patti at
304-723-2187.
Plumbing Technician
If you are mechanically inclined,
we will provide on the job
training. Must have valid drivers
license. Background check and
drug testing mandatory.
304-670-5486
needed for
Weekend Supervisor
at Carriage Inn of
Cadiz.
740-942-8084
EOE
DRIVER
PART TIME
Thursday thru Saturday. CDL
Class A. 24 hours/week.
$22/hour.
740-942-4126
Retail Sales Person
2 days to start +
fill ins as needed.
Experience a must
, flexible hours,
must be 21 or older.
304-374-6474
Assisted Living Nurse
Aide, part time, will
train. Must be willing
to work night shift.
TRUCK DRIVER
NEEDED
Experience in working forklift, stepdeck trailer and pneumatic bulk
tanker. Must have clean driving
record. 7 day week job, on call.
Call: 513-260-9706 or
903-881-5934
CEMETERY
SALES
We are looking for caring
and motivated individuals for
Sales Counselors.
If you have been
considering a career change,
but have been waiting for an
opportunity that offers a
rewarding career &
advancement into
management.
Call Today
304-232-1870
NURSE
PRACTITIONER
part time/PRN
6-12 daylight hours per week
to perform physicals & followups.
WV license required.
Competitive salary.
Send resume to:
cbyers@crchealth.com
or mail to
Wheeling Treatment Center
40 Orrs Lane
Triadelphia, WV 26059
is
expanding again! We’re
seeking the following
professionals to join our
WEIRTON and
WHEELING home health
agencies:
We offer top pay and a
friendly, team based
environment. For
consideration, contact our
Recruitment Director at 866605-2340, email your resume
to recruiter@intrepidusa.com
or see our full ads on
www.careerbuilder.com
EOE M/F/DV
CONSTRUCTION
INSPECTOR
Needed
ODOT or Turnpike inspection
experience preferred.
Certifications preferred include
ACI Grade 1 Concrete, ODOT
Asphalt Level 2, and/or related
NICET certifications.
:
•Monitoring work for compliance
with plans and specifications
•Preparing written reports,
calculations, client interface and
related work items
•Monitoring of heavy highway,
water & wastewater works,
underground utility installation
and municipal infrastructure
improvements.
Must possess a valid Ohio
Driver’s License,
have a good driving record,
reliable transportation and proof of
insurance.
Send resume to:
Box X-16, 401 Herald Sq,
Steubenville, OH 43952
DRIVERS
WANTED
to transport railroad
crews in the Mingo
Junction, OH area. Paid
training, benefits, &
company vehicle
provided.
Starting pay $.16 per mile
or $7.85 per hour while
waiting.
Apply online at:
FIELD GAS PIPELINE
WELDERS
Integrity Kokosing
Pipeline Services is
seeking field gas pipeline
welders.
Applicant should be able
to qualify with the AP
1104 welding code.
SMAW downhill, pipe
layout, and fitting
experience is preferred.
Must have a valid driver’s
license, a good driving
record and be a minimum
of 21 yrs of age as
required for company
driver’s license.
Position requires 100%
travel in Ohio and
surrounding states
after initial training is
completed.
Send resume to:
IKPS, Attn: Rob Lewis,
P.O. Box 225,
Fredericktown, OH 43019
email:
mailto:ral2@kokosing.biz
or fax:740-694-1481. EOE
SITE FOREMAN &
HEAVY EQUIPMENT
OPERATORS
Full Time
Paid training, 401K, Medical
& Dental Benefits, must be
able to pass a background
check, have a valid driver’s
license, and dependable
vehicle,
Highland Hills.
Call John:
or
NEW NAPA AUTO
CARE CENTER
Wintersville, OH
We need Mechanics &
Technicians.
Must have experience,
be dependable & hard
working.
Apply in person or
fax resume
740-283-3704
Available
Psych RN
LPN
MSW
P.T.
O.T.
Home Health Aide
Q 3 weeks on-call RN
: hbright@
associatedhh.com
Executive Director of
Human Resources
and Organizational
Development
Belmont College is accepting
applications
for the full-time,
executive level position of
RECEPTIONIST
•Maintain & Repair
Diesel Tractors & Trailers
•
Medical As Low As
$28.62.Family $18.12
Individual/Week
•Hourly Pay
•Opportunity for Training
•Requires Minimum
1 year Industry Experience
High School Diploma or GED
.
-EOE-
Production
Technician
WTOV-TV in the Wheeling,
West Virginia/ Steubenville,
Ohio Television Market is
looking for a Full Time
Production Technician.
Duties include Master
Control, non-linear editing
(Avid), and directing.
Experience with automation
helpful. A background in TV
production and a degree in
radio/television or
communications are
preferred.
Ideal Home Health Care,
a rapidly growing home care
agency, is currently seeking a
, Director of Clinical
full-time
Services.
The ideal candidate is selfmotivated and reliable with
home health care experience.
OASIS knowledge & computer
skills required.
Excellent compensation and
benefits package.
Interested candidates may
apply:
www.AIMNTLS.com
SUNSET,
VW, CHRYSLER,
DODGE, JEEP
★Mechanic/Technician
-Top Wages depending
on skill level/Up to over
$20/hr
-Experience required
(VW/Chrysler experience welcomed; not
necessary)
-Sign on bonus available
•$1500 SIGN-ON BONUS
•Medical As Low As
$28.62.Family $18.12
Individual/Week
•Local Positions-Home
EVERY Night
•Earn $50,000+
•EVERY Friday is Pay day
•24/7 Live Driver Support
•No Out of Pocket
Expenses
•Requires CDL-A
★Accountant/
Comptroller
-Experience & Education
required
★Body Shop
Technician
-Excellent Pay, Benefits
-Experience Necessary
2218 Sunset Blvd
Phone: 740-264-1696
Fax: 740-264-2709
CHANGE, Inc., Family
Care Pharmacy is hiring
a part-time
. We are
looking for someone who
is a Pharmacy Technician
or someone who would
like to become a
Pharmacy Technician in
training. (If you are hired
as a Pharmacy
Technician in training
upon hire you will be
required to complete a
Pharmacy Technician
Trainee Notification to the
WV Board of Pharmacy.)
Please send your resume to:
CHANGE, Inc.
Attention: Administrative
Services Manager
3136 West Street
Weirton, WV 26062
Applicant must have a high school
diploma or GED and be able to work a
varied schedule including Saturday
hours. Applicants must have computer
skills. Customer service experience is
preferred but not required.
Applicantions and/or resumes will be
accepted at the above address thru
February 11, 2013.
EOE
PAPA JOHN’S
Now Hiring
All Positions
Apply in person at:
4052 Washington Street,
Weirton.
Regis Salon
now hiring
STYLISTS
many benefits including
health, dental & 401K
Call Candace at:
740-264-2626
Front Office Position
Full time Front Office
Receptionist for four
companies
General clerical duties
including
•filing •data entry
•Correspondence
•Mircrosoft Office especially
Word, Excel & Outlook
•Organizational skills & attn to
detail
Please submit resume to:
A.R.M. Inc.
1506 Fernwood Rd.
Wintersville, OH 43953
PAYROLL/BENEFITS
SPECIALIST
•High School Diploma required.
Associateás Degree or
equivalent from two year college
or Technical School preferred.
•Proficient Computer Skills,
including E-Mail, Microsoft
Applications, Kronos, Internet
Resources, Web-Based
Communications, and related
Facility Software.
•Must be able to demonstrate
inititative, strive to continually
improve processes and
relationships.
•Must posess effective leadership
skills and organizational skills.
•Ability to prepare clear, concise
reports and maintain accurate
records.
Must maintain a high level of
customer service satisfaction
qualities. Competitive wage and
unique benefit package available.
Send confidential resume to:
East Liverpool City Hospital
has an immediate
management opening for a
Full Time Payroll/Benefits
Specialist in the Human
Resources Department.
Qualifications Include:
•Associate’s Degree or a
minimum of 3 years
experience performing a role
substantially similar to the
essential functions of the job
description.
•Ability to prioritize and multitask in a flexible, fast paced
and challenging environment.
•Demonstrate strong and
effective verbal, written, and
interpersonal communication
skills.
•Must be team-oriented,
possess a positive attitude
and work well with others.
•Excellent time management
and follow-up skills.
•Superior organizational and
analytical skills with keen
attention to detail and quality.
•Must possess a
demonstrated ability to work
with sensitive information in a
confidential manner.
•Proficiency in Word and
Excel.
•APA certification required
within 18 months of hire.
Must maintain a high level of
customer service satisfaction
qualities. Competitive wage
and unique benefit package
available. Send confidential
resume to:
Attention: Human Resources
Dept.
Attention: Human Resources
Dept.
www.AIMNTLS.com
***Excellent Pay,
Benefits & Stability***
Sunset Motors
For additional information, see
http://www/ .
belmontcollege.edu/jobs.
DIRECTOR OF
CLINICAL SERVICES
for local eye doctor office.
4 days per week.
Optical experience helpful.
Send resume to:
Box X-15,
401 Herald Sq
BUSINESS OFFICE
SUPERVISOR/
REGISTRATION
East Liverpool City
Hospital has an
immediate management
opening for a Full Time
Business Office
Supervisor.
425 W. Fifth Street
East Liverpool, OH 43920
EOE M/F/H/V
425 W. Fifth Street
East Liverpool, OH 43920
EOE M/F/H/V

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