Open house set for today

FOLLANSBEE — A Caring Place CASA is celebrating 25 years of serving the community with an open house event scheduled from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. today at the nonprofit, located at 613 Main St. in Follansbee.

A dinner will be held at Vito’s following the open house, with diners expected to arrive at 6:30 p.m.

The cost is $35 per ticket or $55 for two tickets.

To purchase tickets or to donate, visit childsplacecasa.com.

Sheetz offering free coffee

Sheetz convenience stores will continue to celebrate the holidays by offering customers one free self-serve coffee from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Day.

Patrons who are registered for a My Sheetz Rewardz card can redeem this deal by adding it under the “offerz” tab on the Sheetz app. The offer can be applied only once, per member through the holiday dates, according to officials.

Reward members can save on additional items through the holidays as well under the “offerz” tab, including receiving 10 cents off per gallon of gas when purchasing a $25 Sheetz gift card, $1 off any cooler item and a free bag of fryz with a $10 or more food or beverage purchase.

Toronto native creates documentary

ELKINS, W.Va. — Former Toronto resident Tim Tye has created a documentary which explores the “deep spirituality of John Denver’s words and music.”

A talent agent and manager in Nashville, Tye made the big-time before moving to the mountains of West Virginia, where he now works as an artist and filmmaker.

The short film is entitled “The Spirituality of John Denver’s Words and Music and How it Spoke to My Soul.”

The documentary explores the wisdom woven throughout Denver’s lyrics, according to Tye, and how his worldview shaped Tye’s own life — blending biography with tribute in examining Denver’s songs.

“I live to inspire and to be inspire,” Tye stated. “It appears that I’ve been successful in conveying some good vibes for some folks with my films. I am happy. My aim is to make more people happy.”

The 33-minute film is streaming on YouTube and can be viewed by visiting youtu.be/YQaX1HiExD8.