Republicans sing for a win
SINGING FOR JOHN MCCAIN — Shirley Schalk listens in appreciation as Don Jordan blows his trumpet and Jean Schalk plays her guitar during a Jefferson County Republican Party songfest Saturday. Jean Schalk and Jordan played music and lead local McCain and Palin supporters in a musical parking lot rally at the local Republican Party campaign headquarters on Sunset Boulevard. - Dave Gossett
STEUBENVILLE — Local Republicans turned to music and songs Saturday in order to encourage voters to support the McCain-Palin ticket. Local musician Jean Schalk of Steubenville strummed her guitar in the parking lot in front of the Jefferson County Republican Party headquarters on Sunset Boulevard, singing to passing motorists and urging them to, “not fall for the lies of the liberals because John McCain is the right man.” Schalk said she wrote the song as a way of supporting Sen. John McCain and his campaign for president. Schalk’s mother, Shirley Schalk said she came up with the idea for a campaign songfest, “ a way to do a little sharing, make a little noise and show Steubenville that we all care about our future.” “I have put the word out to everyone I know and have invited students from Franciscan University of Steubenville to join us. We will keep singing today as long as people are here,” said Shirley Schalk. “I have been here since 1980 when my daughter Jean was a student a
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Congressman promotes pro-life issues
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Red Cross to offer courses to area
WINTERSVILLE — The American Red Cross Jefferson County Chapter will be offering the following classes:
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¯ Bloodborne pa
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Weirton native Bruce Ginier embraced the poet’s words and traded the West Virginia hills and the Ohio Valley for the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Cosumn
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