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Tickets at the Door for "Final Assault"
Religious Groups and Enviros as Terrorists? Will the Real Fruit Loop Please Stand Up?
Tree Huggers' Ball T-Shirts Are In
Sustaining the Mountains: Ecological Citizenship for the 21st Century
The History and Future of Transportation Speaker Series
BE SURE TO CHECK THE OVEC WEBSITE ON APRIL 14 FOR MAJOR NEWS!
APRIL 18: OVEC FUNDRAISER / RECEPTION
Newsflash: Tickets will be available at the door! A wine and treats reception will follow the performance.
We hope you'll join us on April 18 for "Final Assault," a play by actor David Selby about people working to stop mountaintop removal. Yes, it a drama put on by the Charleston Stage Company, but you're in store for some laughs, too. You might recognize some of the dialogue from news.
The tickets for the OVEC fundraiser (April 18) performance of "Final Assault" are $20. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and the play begins at 8 p.m. at the WVSC Capitol Center Theatre, 123 Summers St., Charleston. Volunteers to help us clean up after the reception or to bring hors d'oeuvres are, of course, welcome. E-mail vivian@ohvec.org if you would like to help. More info here.
RELIGIOUS GROUPS AND ENVIROS AS TERRORISTS?
Whaaa? Did you catch this article by Ken Ward--"State could be terror target, official says"
Herb Lattimore of the state Department of Emergency Services says West Virginia could be a likely terrorist target. From the article:
Potential domestic terrorist groups, he said, include religious organizations, racial hate groups and environmental activists.
"Think of West Virginia - coal mining, strip mining," Lattimore said. "You've got people like my tree-hugger wife who, if I let her, would go out and put nails in all of the trees to keep them from being cut down."
Lattimore said that potential terrorists are everywhere.
"I know there are other people running around," he said. "You know there are. "We all know of a few fruit loops - he's walking around with his aluminum foil over his head to keep the messages out."
------------ Well, we'll ignore his trouble with tense agreement, but we won't ignore these ridiculous comments. (I bet his wife didn't ignore the comments either!) How many deaths can be associated with the coal industry in West Virginia? At the very minimum 100,000! How many acres have been blown up by religious groups and environmental activists? The Gazette Vent Line number is 304-357-4451 or e-mail readersvoice@wvgazette.com. For letters to the editor: letters@wvgazette.com.
TREE HUGGERS' BALL T-SHIRTS ARE IN
The 2003 edition of our Tree Huggers' Ball are in. They look great! This year we have ball caps and new totes, too.
The National Wildlife Federation's April edition of its magazine for kids, "Ranger Rick," features the mag's comic critters encountering mountaintop removal in West Virginia. The series will continue in the May issue.
SUSTAINING THE MOUNTAINS: ECOLOGICAL CITIZENSHIP FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
An Earth Week Symposium April 23-24: The Center for Folklore and Ethnography & the Institute for Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania present Sustaining the Mountains: Ecological Citizenship for the 21st Century.
To get at the last of the coal in Central Appalachia, the coal industry is taking down the mountains. Can the mountains and communities of Central Appalachia survive the national demand for coal-fired electricity? At this earth week symposium, coalfield community leaders, musicians, and artists join an interdisciplinary gathering of Penn faculty and students to explore mountain-sustaining alternatives for ecological citizenship. If you are interested in attending this event, call 215-898-7352 or 215-573-3164.
The groups Kentucky Heartwood, Heartwood, Western Land Exchange Project, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, and Resource Stewardship Council have sued to halt mountaintop removal on Daniel Boone National Forest. See the news coverage here and here.
The Bush administration is threatening more devastating changes to the Clean Water Act! Take web-action by visiting: www.savethecleanwateract.org.
THE HISTORY AND FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION SPEAKER SERIES
Monday, April 21, at the Huntington Public Library (9th St and 5th Ave) at 6:45pm. Speakers include Karen Nance on the Underground Railroad. The series is presented by Transport America. For more info e-mail: transportingamerica@hotmail.com.
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