The Kanawha Valley Mining Institute 23rd Annual Hatfield Open Golf Outing is sent for Tuesday, September 18, 1012, beginning at 11 a.m. at the Brier Patch Golf Club in Beckley, WV.

To register for this event go to:  http://www.kvmi.org/Registration.html

There will be $1,600 in golf prizes for the winners of the golf events, plus chances for additional hole-in-one prizes, as well as numerous door prizes.  Every golf participant will receive a special gift.

OGAN, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Dozens of coal supporters gathered in Logan Saturday afternoon for a march and a rally at the West Virginia Freedom Festival.

Groups such as Citizens for Coal, The West Virginia Coal Association, and the Logan Coal Vendors came together for the rally.
They were joined by local miners and their families who found strength in their numbers and the common cause.

"Every coal miner in this county should stand up and scream that it's time for change," miner Randy Atwood, who works at Aracoma said.

Cherrie Nelson, a miner's wife who lives in Logan, was happy to attend a movement so close to home. "We came to support coal and the coal jobs in West Virginia," she said. "We need these jobs."

 

The two web sites (www.wvcoal.com and www.friendsofcoal.org) were utilized 1,819 times in distributing letters to our Senators, asking for their support of the Inhofe Resolution. We thank each of you for taking the time to send letters.

The Logan Coal Vendors and Citizens For Coal associations are going to stage a Coal Rally tomorrow, Saturday June 23rd at the Madison Coal Fair at 12:00 noon. They will be at the equipment display where Fox News will be interviewing. Fox News is doing a story on the effects of the EPA regulations overreach and its effect on our way of life here. If Jay Rockefeller's slap down on coal pissed you off as it did us please show up and have your say. The equipment display is in front of the courthouse. Bring your signs and stickers!  -- Jim Winkler, Logan Coal Vendors and Roger Horton, Citizens for Coal

On Wednesday, June 20 and West Virginia’s Birthday a gathering of the ten finalists along with their parents joined sponsors at West Virginia Wesleyan College to honor the nominees and announce the winner of the 2012 West Virginia Scholarship.

The nominees and their respective schools were:  Jackson Carey, Brooke High School; Andrew Mellert, Ripley High School; Emily Stasny, Richwood High School; Mary Casto, Musselman High School; Jordan Danko, Ann Flesher & Kathalyn Maxon, Ravenswood High School; Summer Peyton, Logan High School; Rachel Ransom, Jefferson High School; and, Allie Roberts, Parkersburg High School.