Picture:
L-R: Troy Andes, CEDAR BOD; Jim Mullins, CEDAR VP; Debbie Mudd, CEDAR
Coal Fair Mgr.; Georgene Robertson, CEDAR President; Britnee Gibson,
CEDAR student; Adam Gibson, CEDAR student; Governor Joe Manchin, III;
Steve Hopta, CEDAR Secretary-Treasurer; Phil Montague, CEDAR BOD; Bill
Raney, WV Coal Assoc. President; Marty Petrunyak, CEDAR BOD; Ron Lemon,
SWVCTC VP Development
The last week of April (April 26 – May 2, 2009) will commemorate Coal
Education Week in the Mountain State, as officially declared by
Governor Joe Manchin III.
The Governor presented the proclamation to the CEDAR Board of Directors
during a ceremony Tuesday, April 7, at 10:30 a.m. in the West Wing
governor’s reception room at the State Capitol.
The week will include a Regional Coal Fair held at the Harless
Community Center in Gilbert, a picnic/tour on Tuesday night to
recognize all the winning students with WVKM radio station live
interviewing students, and Southern West Virginia Community and
Technical College videoing winning students, and the presentation of
student awards on Saturday. CEDAR educates students, teachers and
parents about coal and its benefits through grant initiatives, coal
educational fairs, and scholarships. The Tug Valley Mining Institute
will host their monthly dinner meeting on Thursday night at the Harless
Community Center with guest speaker, Steve Leer, Arch Coal Chairman and
CEO. Pocahontas Land will have a coal tree exhibit on display and
Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College’s Coal Academy
will have a display and volunteers there to work with the CEDAR program
during this very exciting week.
For more information, contact Georgene Robertson, President of CEDAR of Southern West Virginia, 304/792-8433