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Members and Friends,
Please read the foreword below from the Lexington Coal Exchange President, Joe Stearman and related emails that follow. The PNC article that initiated this action can be found at the bottom of this email. The action the Lexington Coal Exchange Board of Directors has taken is to move our checking account from PNC to another bank. It is a small thing but it makes a statement. Together we can make a difference.
Shirley,
Please advise our membership of the action we have taken to change banks in an attempt to signal our protest of PNC’s stance against our industry. We must “Stand Up for American Coal Jobs” and remind PNC Bank that “Coal Powers America”. Also by forwarding this message to our membership ask them to do what they can to support our action and to likewise do whatever they can do individually and corporate wide to make their feelings known as well.
Thanks,
Joe
PS. Let Friends of Coal and FACES know what we’re doing and ask for their support.
www.friendsofcoal.org
www.facesofcoal.org
Here is the article.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/K/KY_MOUNTAINTOP_MINING_BANK_VAOL-?SITE=VACUL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
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The initial announcement of the West Virginia Friends of Coal license plate was sent to all Coal Bits recipients and the Friends of Coal data base last week and we have the beginning of our 250 initial applications being returned. If you did not receive or misplaced your application, you can find it on either WVCA’s or FOC’s websites: www.wvcoal.com or www.friendsofcoal.org. Or contact our office and it can be e-mailed directly to you. As per the instructions, the application MUST be completed in its entirety (every block completed) and returned to our office with a $70.00 check made payable to WV Coal Foundation. The new WV license plate has been designed to look about the same as Kentucky’s, Virginia’s and Tennessee’s plate so the FOC will have a resounding presence on the highway. Look forward to processing your application!
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The WV Department of Motor Vehicles has released the West Virginia Friends of Coal license plate application, which is attached. The design of the license will be just like the above with the exception of CS will change to FC.
Please review the instruction sheet and complete the application as instructed.
The application, along with a $70.00 check made payable to the WV Coal Foundation, must be MAILED back to our office (original signature is a must).
We must have the original application with signatures in order to submit to DMV. Once we have received 250 applications, we will send all of the applications and one check to the DMV, at that time they will contract to produce the WV FOC license plates.
So, the sooner you complete and return, the sooner the plates will be issued. If you have any questions, please give us a call at 304.342.4153.
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You won't want to miss out on the biggest pro-coal event of the year! Next Friday, November 12, 2010 at the Waterfront Place Hotel and Event Center in Morgantown, we are remembering the sacrifice and hard work of the men and women of the coal industry in a country music tribute concert!
Featuring recording artists The Trailer Choir, Davisson Brothers Band and West Virginia native Matt Jones, the Remember the Miners tribute is saluting the men and women who mine West Virginia coal!
As a Friend of Coal/FACES of Coal member you get a preferred ticket rate... Go to morgantowneventcenter.com and use the promo code: focrtm. You'll save 25% off the ticket price!
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Renews call for fight against anti-coal agenda of Obama Administration
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Coal Association and Friends of Coal would like to congratulate Senator Joe Manchin on his election to the unexpired two-year term of the late-Sen. Robert C. Byrd. Manchin has been strong and effective governor. We believe he will continue to be a strong voice for coal and the West Virginia coal miner in Washington. He has repeatedly stood up to the Democratic leadership in Congress and to the Obama Administration on our people’s behalf while trying to break the logjam of permits from the federal EPA.
Read more: Coal Industry Congratulates Senator Joe Manchin on Win
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Concert Features Country Musical Guests Trailer Choir with The Davisson Brothers Band and Matt Jones
MORGANTOWN, W. Va.—Remember the Miners (RTM) is pleased to announce the inaugural Remember the Miners Tribute Concert. RTM is a public awareness campaign established to honor the legacy of all miners; and to raise awareness about the sacrifices that coal miners and their families make for our country.
“It's important to honor and thank the men and women of the coal industry who do the good and honorable work that makes America great,” states Chris Hamilton, the vice president of the West Virginia Coal Association. “The Coal Association is supportive of this campaign and hopes to see you at the celebration in Morgantown. It will be a tremendous event in celebration of West Virginia coal."
Read more: Remember the Miners Hosts Tribute Concert to Honor Miners
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Appalachian Institute student intern Grace Williams, contributed to this news release.
WHEELING, WV, Oct. 11, 2010 — Wheeling Jesuit University’s Student Life Department, the Rev. Clifford M. Lewis, S.J. Appalachian Institute and the WJU First Year Experience team will host a moderated forum about the benefits and costs of coal at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010 in Troy Theatre, located in Swint Hall.
The forum is open to the public and will feature Chris Hamilton, senior vice president of the West Virginia Coal Association and co-chair of the Mountaintop Mining Coalition, along with WJU professor and environmental scientist Ben Stout and the Rev. Dennis Sparks, director of the West Virginia Council of Churches.
Hamilton is an official Friend of Coal and Sparks represents a group that took a stance against mountaintop removal mining recently.
“This forum will be a good opportunity for students to see firsthand the difference between the industry of coal and the environment of coal, and the benefits and implications it has for West Virginia,” said Rob Kulpa, director of Student Life. "It's an opportunity for students to learn more about a controversial topic, significant in Appalachia."
Participants will have an opportunity to voice their own opinions on coal mining and coal burning, and the effects on the Appalachian community, environment and economy.
The Friends of Coal is a volunteer organization that consists of both West Virginians and others. Membership is free and the group works to inform and educate people about the coal industry and its vital role in the state's future.
The 130-year-old Council of Churches is the oldest, largest and one of the most powerful religious groups in the state, representing nearly 3,000 Christian churches of various denominations, with nearly 600,000 parishioners among them, or roughly one out of every three residents of the state.
The coal forum is open to students, faculty and all Wheeling Jesuit community members, as well as the general public.
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The Association and Friends of Coal are participating in the dedication ceremonies for New River Community and Technical College at Ghent, WV on Friday and Saturday. New River has a new, expansive training facility adjacent to the Turnpike at the Ghent exit (#28). *** Presentation of State Championship trophies to the winners and runners-up in the cross-country state meet at Cabell Midland High School in Milton. Trophies will be presented in each of the three classes. ***
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I have lived in Wolfe County my entire life, and until this past year, we have never had a park. Because of coal severance money (the money Big Coal companies give back to communities), we were able to build a park. Those big coal companies help many eastern Kentucky counties by improving hospitals and roads, funding volunteer fire departments or upgrading schools, among many other improvements.
Read more: Letter to the Editor: Mountaintop Development Benefits Ky.
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