At the June 20 Tug Valley Mining Institute (TVMI) dinner meeting five 2013 scholarship recipients were named. The two top $6,000 scholarships were awarded to Austin Banks, Mingo Central High School and Gideon Workman, Belfry High School. Three $1,000 scholarships were awarded to Sydney Chapman, Mingo Central High School, Casey France, Logan High School and Courtney Lester, Mingo Central High School.
Dr. Christopher Bise, WVU Professor and Robert E. Murray were guest speakers.
Over the last seventeen years, TVMI has awarded 99 (ninety-nine) students $228,250 in scholarship monies. Applications are available in November and may be obtained from Marsha Williams at the First National Bank of Williamson or from TVMI board members. The scholarships are open to students from Mingo, Logan, Wayne counties in WV and Pike & Martin counties in Kentucky.