10 Fast Facts About Wheeling’s Doughboy Provided December 26, 2020 Wheeling’s Doughboy monument is back and better than ever. After a longer than expected stay at Venus Bronze Works in Detroit due to COVID-19, the 89-year-old monument has been returned to its home at Wheeling ...
Wheeling Park to Open Community Education Center in Partnership With Wheeling Country Day School Provided July 8, 2020 For decades, Wheeling Park was a popular community destination for roller skating, teen dances and a variety of community-based activities that have since disappeared as a result of changing trends. After mu...
Cold Hands, Warm Heart: Park Manager Loves His Work Nora Edinger December 20, 2019 Sometimes it takes a village. Other times, one guy will pretty much do. The latter seems to be the case with Nat Goudy, manager of Wheeling Park. Sure, he has plenty of staff as back up. But having started h...
Wheeling Nailers Find Temporary Home at Wheeling Park Ice RInk Provided October 7, 2019 Because of the unexpected failure of WesBanco Arena’s ice-making system, Wheeling Park Commission officials will open Wheeling Park’s Memorial Ice Rink early to provide the Wheeling Nailers with a temporary pra...
Bordas & Bordas Presents $10,000 to Oglebay Foundation’s Access to the Parks Program Provided September 30, 2019 Bordas & Bordas partner Scott Blass presented the Oglebay Foundation with a $10,000 check today, Monday, Sept. 30, at Oglebay’s Crispin Golf Course. The funds, proceeds from the Bordas & Bordas Amateur ...
Wells Fargo Advisors Funds Oglebay Foundation Efforts Provided September 13, 2019 Wells Fargo Advisors recently presented a $20,000 check to the Oglebay Foundation, which will provide scholarship funds for the foundation’s Access to the Parks program. Access to the Parks ensures all child...
BILL HOGAN’S MUSINGS: Poppa’s One, Two, Three Bill Hogan August 24, 2019 Driving through Wheeling Park, I noticed a sign — “Bandstand” — and followed it to the top of the hill. I haven’t been up there in decades. The last time was for a party we had there when the rails around the b...
Celebrate Youth Festival to Bring Thousands to Wheeling Park Provided July 29, 2019 Around 4,000 people are expected to descend on Wheeling Park on Thursday, Aug. 1, as the summer’s biggest bash for Ohio Valley kids and families — the 12th annual Celebrate Youth Festival organized by Youth Ser...
Ohio Valley Summer Event Guide Dedicated to ‘Scat’ Phyllis Sigal May 13, 2019 Four years ago, Robert “Scat” Scatterday, wanted to get the word out about all the summer concert events around the Ohio Valley, and put those events in one easy-to-access publication. He took his idea to the C...
Oglebay Foundation Honors Hess Family, Hydie Friend Provided April 25, 2019 At its second annual donor recognition and awards breakfast on April 24, the Oglebay Foundation honored the Hess Family and Hydie Friend for exemplary contributions to Oglebay and Wheeling parks. The breakfast ...
Skating Through History: An Ohio Valley Tradition That’s Alive and Well Christina Fisanick March 5, 2019 You can ask just about anyone who grew up in Wheeling about how they spent their winter weekends from childhood through adolescence, and they will likely have the same response: ice skating at Wheeling Park. It...
Parks to Host Job Fair Provided September 9, 2018 Are you looking for a rewarding full-time career, a part-time role or a seasonal position? If so, don’t miss the Oglebay and Wheeling Park job fair from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, at the Oglebay Pin...
Families Invited to Celebrate Youth at Wheeling Park Provided July 30, 2018 Celebrate Youth — a family tradition that began in 2008 — this year is set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 2. Wheeling Park will be hosting Youth Services System's 11th annual Celebrate Youth event, a f...
Spirit of Oglebay Award Goes to ‘Mr. Oglebay’ — Randy Worls Phyllis Sigal July 27, 2018 2 Every morning, Randy Worls wakes up with one thing on his mind: How to continue improving Oglebay and Wheeling parks. Sixty-four years — about 70 percent of the time that Oglebay has been a park — that’s how...
Mystery Theatre Offers Free Show Provided July 15, 2018 Mystery Theatre Unlimited will present a hilarious musical-comedy, murder-mystery to Wheeling Park’s Amphitheatre starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 17. As a part of the City of Wheeling’s “Two Tappin’ Tuesdays, ...
Dancing Down Memory Lane (Part 3): Park Dances — the ’80s Katherine Marsh July 6, 2018 If you’re from the Upper Ohio Valley, you may already be aware that the Wheeling Park Commission held summer dances for local teens during five decades of the 20th century — from the 1950s to the 1990s. The dan...
Dancing Down Memory Lane (Part 2): Park Dances — the ’70s Ellen Brafford McCroskey July 5, 2018 1 Those were the days — the decade of love, disco, equality, environmental awareness. Those of us who came of age in Wheeling in the 1970s remember that era well. One of the teenage rites of passage here in the F...
Dancing Down Memory Lane (Part 1): Park Dances — the ’60s Bill Orkoskey July 4, 2018 I just heard that they are having a recreation of the teen dances held at the White Palace at Wheeling Park on July 6. It is in honor of the dances from the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s. Unfortunately, they missed my d...
Oglebay’s Access to the Parks Program Provides Opportunities for Togetherness Laura Jackson Roberts July 4, 2018 When we think back to our own childhoods in the Ohio Valley, we likely find our memories are inextricably intertwined with the green hills of Oglebay Park. There are many storied traditions. Some families spend...
Park Drive-In Movies Bring Back Memories Hanna Perry June 29, 2018 As I sat in my car for the weekly drive-in movie at Wheeling Park, I found myself recollecting memories from my childhood. The nostalgia and uniqueness of the movie experience reminded me of the trips I took in...
‘Sport of a Lifetime’: Tennis Club Sets Plans for Season Provided April 29, 2018 The Wheeling Oglebay Tennis Club has a full slate of activities scheduled for area youth and adults for the spring and summer of 2018. Membership Round Robin and Picnic The year’s festivities will begin on Sa...
Oglebay, Wheeling Park to Host Job Fair Provided March 12, 2018 Looking for a rewarding full-time career, a part-time role or a seasonal position? If so, don’t miss the Oglebay and Wheeling Park job fair from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 20, at Oglebay’s Pine Room. A...
Scenes Seen in Wheeling – Part 2 Steve Novotney July 4, 2017 2 There are problems, and there are issues, no doubt, and no one is denying that fact. And no one is ignoring any of it either. Not the drugs; not the out-of-towner criminal influence; not the crumblings ca...
Wheeling Park Revives Drive-In Theater Steve Novotney June 29, 2017 2 It’s the word. “Grease,” that is. John Travolta as “Danny,” and Olivia Newton-John as "Sandy”? Yes, that “Grease,” and the movie will play Friday evening drive-in style beginning around 9 p.m. in the l...
Wheeling Park Commission Partners With Billy Casper Golf On Operations At Oglebay and Wheeling Park Herb Faulkenberry March 14, 2017 Wheeling Park Commission has selected Billy Casper Golf (BCG) – the highly respected and innovative manager of golf courses, country clubs and resorts - for the management of all golf operations at Oglebay and ...
Memories of Monkeys at Wheeling Park Steve Novotney March 10, 2017 9 They threw their poop at people. It’s true. It happened. Those monkeys and their poo-flipping at visitors at Wheeling Park were a reality during several decades in the first half of the 20th Century, w...
Wheeling Park Ice Rink Holds Warm Memories Steve Novotney January 14, 2017 6 There were those cruises from Rax to DiCarlo’s or from Hardee’s to McDonald’s and the rides to Wilson Lodge’s arcade or through the Festival of Lights during the winter months, but that’s when transportation ot...
Expats: ‘We’ll Be Home for Christmas’ Steve Novotney December 10, 2016 8 There’s something here in Wheeling that isn’t there, a draw of sorts that lures hundreds of homecomings each December and only a small part of the rationale apparently pertains to squared pizza slices or fish s...
Time to Hit the Ice at Wheeling Park August West October 21, 2016 Today marks the opening of the Wheeling Park Memorial Ice Rink. The opening also signals the completion of a $560,000 upgrade to the facility with the installation of new chillers for ice making and other impro...
Dogs Get Their Day in the Sun – National Dog Day Jeremy Morris August 25, 2016 Friday August 26, is National Dog Day and Oglebay and Wheeling Park are joining the celebration. You and your pooch can enjoy a wide array of activities that will include walks with a Veterinarian, demonstratio...
Relay For Life Relentless In Battling Cancer Steve Novotney August 10, 2016 There’s that moment, the one all fear and never wish to experience, and it’s always followed by the question, “Am I going to die?” Millions across the world, unfortunately, have confronted such moments and t...
Monumental Effort To Move Famous Statue Under Way Steve Novotney July 17, 2016 As a pre-teen boy in Wheeling, Court Micker found himself fascinated with everything involved with the Civil War, so that is why he climbed a hilltop within Wheeling Park. High above the Doughboy statue beyo...
