SMART Centre Market Archives

A VIEW FROM THE MOON: First Footprints on the Moon — 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11

July 20, 2019

For untold generations, human beings had looked at the moon and wondered ... What was it? Was it a God? Was it a place? What was it made of? Did anyone or anything live there? Only poets, writers, philosophers ...

Party On, Kids!

Stacey Miller Sacco

June 14, 2019

Editor’s note: In an effort to help Wheeling families navigate what’s offered here, this story presents some options for kids’ birthday parties. Be on the lookout for an upcoming story on children's summertime ...

A VIEW FROM THE MOON: SMART-Center Turns 25 — 50 Years Ago (Part 1)

Robert E. Strong

April 30, 2019

In elementary school, I labored under the common misconception that persists with most youngsters unabated to this day. I thought that “Science” is the accumulation of random facts and figures about a field of ...

Grand Vue Park Offers Grand Adventure Leadership Camps

Ben Bolock

March 8, 2019

If you ask adults to reminisce about their youth, many will give memories of their experience at summer camp. Summer camps can be some of the best times of a child’s life. They provide opportunities for youth t...

A VIEW FROM THE MOON: Total Lunar Eclipse — Sun, Earth, Moon Syzygy

Robert E. Strong

January 19, 2019

Allow me to introduce you to one of my favorite words, a word that may be new to most of my gentle readers: “syzygy.” Syzygy (pronounced: sizz-ah-gee) is the alignment in a straight line of three or more c...

A VIEW FROM THE MOON: The Golden Anniversary of the Apollo 8 Earthrise Image

Robert E. Strong

December 15, 2018

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For the vast majority of the human tenure on this planet, the surface of the Earth — or very near the surface — was the sole domain of human direct first-hand experience of the universe. Other than the occasion...

EVENTS: Holiday Festivities, a Gallery Hop, the Rise and Fall of Bill Lias … and More

Weelunk Staff

December 6, 2018

ART ABOUNDS It’s Holiday Pop-Up Weekend at The Drawing Room, 1425 Chapline St., Unit 1, in Wheeling. The studio space is a work progress, but stop by to see and shop work by local artists and vendors. Happ...

A VIEW FROM THE MOON: An Introduction

Robert E. Strong

October 16, 2018

Years ago, nearly 46 to be more exact, I was a freshman in high school. I was 14 1/2 years old, it was a Saturday morning, dawn was shining on the still sleepy city of Richmond, (East) Va., and I was heading to...

Do Your Bidding; Drink Some Chocolate; Check Out Some Tin

Weelunk Staff

May 3, 2018

MMM ... CHOCOLATE Do you like freshly baked, cooked, grilled and melted chocolate? How about chocolate beer? If so, then you will LOVE the 29th annual Chocolate Extravaganza, 1-3:30 p.m. Sunday, May 6, at Te...

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