COVID-10 Update – Ohio County.
Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department is announcing one (1) new positive COVID-19 case in Ohio County. Currently, the health department reports 41 positive cases, including one death. Case surveillance, contact tracing and monitoring continues for many of the reported cases. Ohio County and Ohio Valley residents are advised to limit public contact, implement social distancing, work at home where possible, wear a face covering when out in public or at work, wash your hands frequently and contact your personal physician if you become ill with fever, cough, or difficulty breathing.
The Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department is reminding Ohio Valley residents that if you are tested for COVID-19, you are to remain in home isolation until you receive negative test results. Individuals who test positive will be contact by a county health department and receive further instructions in regards to care and monitoring.
Sign-ups for Little Patriots.
On June 16, the Little Patriots football and Cheering organization will hold sign-ups from 6-8 p.m. at Generations Pub in the top-floor banquet room. Children ages 7-12 (by July 15.. 6 years old turning 7 by Aug 30) can play and cheer.
Free Clinic.
On Friday and Saturday, June 5-6, 2020, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department will be holding a Free COVID-19 Testing Clinic at Laughlin Chapel, 129 ½ 18th St., Wheeling, WV 26003. This open clinic is for those with or without symptoms, and no insurance is needed. Participants need to bring a driver’s license, photo ID, or other proof of address. Patients under 18 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. This is a mass drive-up testing clinic and participants will be tested either in their personal vehicles or at a walk-up location.
This special clinic is being hosted by the Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department and the Wheeling-Ohio County Emergency Management Agency with support from the West Virginia National Guard, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources and the West Virginia Office of Minority Affairs. For more information call the Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department at (304) 234-3682.
Helping Hilltoppers.
The pandemic has caused anxiety for all of us, including college students, and West Liberty University’s Foundation wants to help. “We are thrilled to announce that we have received a generous pledge from donor William Brenner, to initiate our Helping Hilltoppers Fund. These emergency funds will be used specifically for students affected by COVID-19 at this time of global crisis,” said WLU Foundation Executive Director Angela Zambito Hill. “We are very grateful to Bill for his generosity.”
Brenner, who resides in Chevy Chase, Md., will match the first $10,000 raised dollar for dollar, in memory of his wife Loretta “Lucky” Brenner, alumna. The Helping Hilltoppers fundraising campaign effort kicked off on May 26, and the eligibility of students who will benefit from the donations will be determined by the WLU Office of Financial Aid. Funds will not be available until July.
To donate to the Helping Hilltoppers Fund or to ask questions, please call the WLU Foundation office at 304.336.5635, or you may donate online at the secure website: wlufoundation.org/helpwlu. As always, thank you for your time and consideration. #GoWLU
Wheeling Reads.
George Ella Lyon, an award-winning Kentucky poet, was inspired to fill a notebook with short, descriptive lines about where she grew up after reading “Stories I Ain’t Told Nobody Yet” by celebrated Tennessee writer, Jo Carson. Eventually, her lists grew into poems, and she realized that “the question of where you are from reaches deep.” Soon after, she began teaching other people to write their own poems called “Where I’m From,” which grew into a worldwide phenomenon.
Wheeling Reads would like you to hear your own “Where I’m From” poems. We will video record and feature our favorites on the thirtieth of each month. The final winner(s) will be announced at the Upper Ohio Valley Festival of Books this fall. Tell us, readers, where are you from? Send us your own “Where I’m From” poems at wheelingreads@ohiocountylibrary.org. More details at https://www.ohiocountylibrary.org/news/7309.
Wheeling Reads is a partnership between the Ohio County Public Library and the Wheeling Arts and Cultural Commission designed to bring our city closer together through the shared experience of reading and discussing the same book. The Wheeling community chose the memoir “Educated,” by Tara Westover (2018, Random House), for the inaugural 2020 Wheeling Reads book. Learn more about Wheeling Reads at https://www.ohiocountylibrary.org/progr…/wheeling-reads/7196
Courses Offered.
Wheeling University’s “Summer of Purpose” program offers rising high school seniors, as well as incoming and current students, a dynamic collection of courses to take online throughout the summer. Courses offered during the summer sessions are being discounted to give students a ‘purpose’ this summer, said Wheeling University President Ginny R. Favede.
The program isn’t just for Wheeling University students. For the first time, the institution is offering rising high school seniors the opportunity to take collegiate level courses.
All classes will be taught by Wheeling University faculty in the Catholic, educational tradition. The next “Summer of Purpose” session for incoming and current students begins June 29 and continues through August 11. To learn more about the “Summer of Purpose” program contact the Wheeling University Office of Admissions at 304-243-2389, 1-800-624-6992 or admiss@wju.edu.
