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BBC World Today and More Calendar Items
MTR On BBC World TV Today Aug. 19, “BBC World” will air a segment on mountaintop removal, featuring OVEC members, taped in Charleston, Kayford Mountain, and Artie West Virginia on July 27. The segment airs on BBC4/World between 3 - 3:30 p.m. EST. Some folks, depending on your computer capabilities, may be able to watch the segment on the BBC website.
In case you aren't in the habit of checking the OVEC Events Calendar page, here’s a couple of other upcoming events:
Sept 4: Making Contact, a weekly international radio program from the National Radio Project will satellite-uplink a story on our refusal to meet with U.S. Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton. The satellite uplink makes the program available free to 160 public radio stations across the United Sates and Canada. If you don't hear the story locally it will be available on-line. Check the Project's website to see if the show airs in your area; the show doesn't air in W. Va., but it does play on WMMT in Ky.
September 6 - 8: 14th Annual Fall meeting of the WV Environmental Council at the Bluestone Conference Center, Hinton, WV. Featured events include a Coal Sludge Impoundment Forum and a discussion with Delegate Mike Caputo, both on Saturday. Tent and cabin bed lodging available. Call 346-5905 or visit www.wvecouncil.org for more information.
October 10: Flooded Out Film Festival; Capitol Theater, Charleston, WV. Films include: "All Shaken Up," "Coal Bucket Outlaw," "Razing Appalachia," and "The Buffalo Creek Flood-An Act of Man." For more information call OVEC at 304-522-0246.
Library Of Congress Victory Steve Fesenmaier sends thanks to everyone who wrote the library of Congress asking that MTR have its own subject heading. In an earlier Action Alert!, we asked you to write Mr. Yee at the Library of Congress. Here’s a letter from him:
Dear Mr. Fesenmaier:
In response to documentation received from Sandy Berman and you, a Cataloging Policy and Support Office subject cataloging policy specialist has proposed the subject heading MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL MINING on August 6, 2002. Subject to review by a subject heading editorial process, I fully expect that this subject heading will become an approved LCSH subject term in a couple of weeks.
Many thanks for writing us!
Tom Yee Assistant chief Cataloging Policy and Support Office Library of Congress Washington, DC 20540
A note from Jennifer Osha, who is organizing an effort to compile a CD of songs about MTR:
Has coal mining touched your life or the life or a loved one? Are you worried about the impacts of mountaintop removal in your community? Use your talents to help spread the word. Aurora Lights, a 501(c )(3) non-profit, in conjunction with FEC III publishing studios, will be producing a CD of songs about mountaintop removal and its impacts on the people and land of Appalachia. Proceeds will benefit local activist organizations and flood victims.
We are calling for submissions of music to be included on this CD. Contributions of art and photography will also be considered for the CD cover. All advice, suggestions, and ideas are welcome. If you aren't artistic, but want to help, letters of support and donations will be helpful as we seek additional grants to cover expenses.
Submissions should be received by October 1, 2002, through email or snail mail. Please send a self-addressed stamped envelope if you would like your submission returned. Thank you! Please send correspondence to Jennifer Osha, Aurora Lights, RR1 230-G, Aurora, West Virginia. 26705. jen_osha@yahoo.com.
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