Dec 12, 2020
It’s easy to get wrapped up in the holiday season. And even though it comes at the same time every year, so many of us procrastinate, waiting until the final few weeks to buy gifts and plan dinners.
While the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting restrictions and mandates have taken a lot of the hustle and bustle out of the season, we ask that you take a closer look at your family and friends, neighbors or even the average passerby. Many are struggling through unemployment and might be finding it hard to take care of their basic necessities. They might have to choose between putting food on the table or taking prescription medicine; spending their money to heat their home or buying a few holiday gifts for their children.
has successful drive-through
WINTERSVILLE A drive-through collection effort initiated by the Wintersville Woman’s Club was as successful as it was appreciated.
Club President Pat Ketzell expressed gratitude for the support shown by the club membership and general public who responded to the club’s call for a variety of donations.
The collection took place during a two-hour time frame on Dec. 3 in the parking lot of St. Florian Event Center in Wintersville.
The club received 15 blankets for local dialysis patients, which Ketzell explained were intended to have been collected at the club’s November meeting, but it had been canceled.
for Dec. 19 at Beatty Park
STEUBENVILLE A holiday hike is planned for Dec. 19 beginning at 10 a.m. at Beatty Park, 711 Lincoln Ave., in Steubenville’s South End.
It will be canceled only if it’s raining, according to Flora VerStraten-Merrin of Friends of Beatty Park, who noted, “This is not a walk. It is one to four hikes.
“We will be hiking all four trails so come and hike them all or just one or two,” she noted. “The first hike (Red Trail) is up through the park and looping to the cemetery and back and includes crossing the creek (over stepping stones and wood boards). Dogs are not allowed in the cemetery so if you bring your dog, you’ll have to wait at the pavilion or near the property line of the cemetery for us to loop back. The cemetery is very serious about the ‘no dogs rule, ” VerStraten-Merrin said.