It may only be December, but the Undo's Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival Committee is already preparing for the 2020 event. They are holding a Christmas Gala fundraiser for the festival at Undo's West this weekend. It will feature an Italian dinner, cookie table, dancing, entertainment by Ray Massa's EuroRhythms, and an Italian auction.

"We want to do something all year round, because for a couple years we did suffer financially, luckily the Sparachane's and Undo's helped us out and the Italian Festival is better than ever. But, we want to keep it getting better and brighter. Of course, the biggest thing is the students, the scholarships, and that's what all the money from the festival goes to.