PREPARED TO HONOR — The Weirton Lions Club will hold its Flags for Heroes event to honor active-duty military personnel and veterans. Flags will be on display during Memorial Day, the Fourth of July and Veterans Day. The cost to sponsor a flag, along with a tag of the person’s name and branch of service, will be $50. Returning sponsors will be charged $30, officials stated. -- Contributed

WEIRTON — Get ready to come and dance the night away, as the Weirton Lions Club prepares to hold its upcoming Dancing Through the Decades event, scheduled to take place from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. May 3 at T. Kosciusko Hall, located on Weirton Heights. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.

The evening will consist of music from the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, that will be provided by disc jockey Keith Shreve. Tickets will cost $35 per person, which includes appetizers, desserts and three tickets toward a Chinese auction.

Tickets can be purchased using PayPal or Cash App at Sweet Temptations Pastry Shop, located on Lindberg Way in Marland Heights. Tickets also can be purchased at the Top of West Virginia Convention Visitors Bureau on Three Springs Drive in Weirton, or by calling (304) 670-7216 or (304) 670-3361.

Attendees are asked to come dressed in their favorite decade attire to be entered into the Lions’ best dressed contest, although costumes are not required. In addition to a Chinese auction, a 50/50 drawing will take place. Proceeds raised throughout the evening will go toward Lions’ community projects, including vision care and childhood cancer initiatives.

The club is preparing to offer its fifth-annual Flags for Heroes event to honor active-duty military personnel and veterans. The Lions, working in collaboration with the American Legion Post 10, will display American flags at the War Memorial in front of the Weirton Walmart.

According to officials, first-time sponsors who give a donation of $50, will have a flag displayed with a personalized, commemorative tag attached, along with the honoree’s name and branch of service. Returning sponsors will make a $30 donation, officials said. The flags will be on display for the holidays of Memorial Day, the Fourth of July and Veterans Day. At the end of the season, the flag tags will be given to the sponsors as a remembrance of their sponsorship.

Application forms are available from any Lion, at Sweet Temptations Pastry Shop, at the visitor’s bureau or by calling (304) 670-7216.

Proceeds will go toward the Lions’ community projects.