At the May 21 Tug Valley Mining Institute’s dinner meeting, six 2015 scholarship recipients were named. Two $6,000 scholarships were awarded to Erika Coleman and Caroline Hatfield, both of Belfry High School. Four $750 scholarships were awarded to Benjamin Fitch & Aaron Tackett of Sheldon Clark, and Adriana Fleming of Logan High School and Olivia Ooten of Tug Valley. Congratulations to these students.
Gary White, past WVCA President and Board Member and Interim President of Marshall University was the speaker and discussed the new Engineering Facility at Marshall, which was partly funded by donations from several mining related firms, including J. H. Fletcher and Art Weisberg, founder of State Electric.