DANCING LIKE THEY USED TO — Several couples, along with individual guests, attended the Sept. 5 dance at the Big Band 200 Club in Wheeling. The next and final dance of the year will take place on Saturday. For information, contact Membership Chair Ben Safranski at (740) 461-2770. -- Contributed

WHEELING — For former Steubenville resident David Burton, being president of the Big Band 200 Club in Wheeling has been a gift.

The once grand, but now, “quite small dance club” offers interested residents an opportunity to participate in dances held throughout the year.

Approximately two dozen couples are taking advantage of the club, Burton noted the 200 in the club’s name refers to the membership it once had.

“There was once a limit of 200 couples,” he explained. “There were many people inter

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