Oglebay Park receives unclaimed property check at Women and Money Conference

WHEELING – State Treasurer John Perdue presented an unclaimed property check to Oglebay Park Friday in the amount of $2,495, to help kick off his “Women & Money” conference series.

"We’re always happy to reunite folks with lost property,” Treasurer Perdue said. “We’ve returned nearly $100 million to state residents over the years. And the folks at Wheeling should know they have a fabulous facility here at Oglebay.”

West Virginia routinely ranks among national leaders in the rate of unclaimed property return.

The check presentation occurred during a Treasurer’s Office “Women & Money” conference at Oglebay. Women & Money is a long-running conference series that began in 2002 and has crisscrossed the state from Huntington to Shepherdstown and Wheeling to Princeton. Friday’s event marked the 28th such conference.

Wheeling is the only city besides Charleston to host the event four times. Veteran speaker Dee Lee once again entertained and informed the crowd.

Bright Futures for 2011 Contest Winners

CHARLESTON – Fifteen West Virginia school children are on their way to a brighter future through SMART529 after winning regional awards in the 2011 When I Grow Up essay contest.

The 15 were selected out of nearly 3,000 entries from all over West Virginia, and each wins a $500 SMART529 WV Direct account. An additional $4,500 in a SMART529 account was awarded to Taylor Islay of Wood County, a student at Parkersburg Catholic Elementary, whose name was selected during a random drawing held at the West Virginia Culture Center in Charleston on May 4. The schools the children attend were also winners; each received $500 to support school programs.

For the first time, SMART529 awarded $2,500 cash to a West Virginia teacher who wrote an essay about how she planned to use SMART529 lesson plans in her classroom to encourage children to think about going to college.

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