March 27-28 are the dates for the 2012 WV Mine Drainage Task Force Symposium to be held in Morgantown, WV at the Ramada Inn.  Registration can be made through Patty Bruce at pbruce@suddenlink.net or go to:  http://wvmdtaskforce.com/symposium/index.cfm

Congressman David McKinley will be co-hosting with the US Chamber of Commerce and Vet Connection a Veteran’s Job Fair on Friday, March 30, 2012 at Lakeview Resort and Conference Center in Morgantown.  The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.  For additional information contact Pam Krushansky at pam.krushansky@mail.house.gov

The West Virginia Eleventh Annual CEDAR Golf Classic will be held on Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at the Twisted Gun Golf Course in Wharncliffe, West Virginia.  Registration will begin at 9 a.m. with golf beginning at 10 a.m. promptly.  Contact Bud Clapp at bud.clapp@nscorp.com for more information.

The WV Coal Mining Institute, the WVCA and the Central Appalachian Section of SME will be held at the Stonewall Jackson Resort May 3-5, 2012.

Registration information was sent out previously via e-mail with detailed information.  If you did not receive please let us know and it will be resent.

San Diego Union-Tribune

When it comes to evaluating President Barack Obama and the continuing surge in the cost of gasoline, a fair starting point is what administration officials have said on the topic. It is a matter of record that Energy Secretary Stephen Chu used to say that “we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe” – which are about double the U.S. level. While Chu disowned his comments before taking office, his policy prescriptions didn’t change.