Jewelcor Management, Inc. Applauds Western Ohio Financial Corporation's Decision to be Acquired by WesBanco Inc.

Jewelcor Management, Inc. Applauds Western Ohio Financial
Corporation's Decision to be Acquired by WesBanco Inc. 


WILKES-BARRE, Pa., April 5  /PRNewswire/ -- Activist investor Seymour Holtzman,
President of Jewelcor Management, Inc., the owner of 152,747 shares of Western
Ohio Financial Corporation , congratulates the Board of Directors of Western
Ohio Financial Corporation and John Raisbeck, its CEO, on their decision to be
acquired by WesBanco Inc.  in an effort to enhance shareholder value.

Mr. Holtzman said, "Although I had hoped for a better price, I am pleased that
Mr. Raisbeck and the directors of Western Ohio acted responsibly in hiring
Freedman Billings Ramsey to seek out an acquirer."

"Obviously, in view of these circumstances, there is no need for Jewelcor
Management, Inc. to run a slate of directors at the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders as it previously announced." 

DATASOURCE: Jewelcor Management, Inc.



CONTACT:  Seymour Holtzman, Jewelcor Management, Inc., [phone],

ext. 23

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