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Charleston-area activities on July 3 and July 4
~With thanks to Anna Sale of the Sierra Club~
July 3 and 4: Annual Independence Day Celebration on Kayford Mountain
Join Larry Gibson and other members of the Stanley
Heirs Foundation on Kayford Mountain this Saturday from 1 to
5 p.m. and Sunday from 12:30 p.m. until ? Please bring drinks and
a covered dish to share. Stan McDaniels provides the music on
Saturday. There's gospel singing and a church service on Sunday.
From Kayford Mountain you can see--and sometimes feel
(blasting)--mountaintop removal coal mining in action.
Directions to Kayford Mountain:
Take I-64 East from Charleston. Take the exit right after the first toll, #79 (Sharon-Cabin Creek). Go right at the bottom of the ramp and make an immediate left onto Cabin Creek Road. Go 7.5 miles to the Y at Leewood and take the right fork. Go almost 4 miles and come to blacktop and dirt. At left-hand corner, take the one-lane bridge across the creek. Stay on this road for nearly 2 miles up the hill. Follow the guard rails to the end where you will come to a large white rock. Bear right for 0.1 mile to Stanley Heirs' Park. Ask folks how to get to the cemetery, from which you can see mountaintop removal.
July 4: Bush in Charleston--Rally to Hold the Bush Administration Accountable for its Environmental Policies
Bush will be somewhere in Charleston on July 4. Join the Sierra Club and WV Patriots for Peace at 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 4 at the Robert C. Byrd Building, 300 Virginia Street, E., to ask him: At What Cost?: The Bush Administration Policies Hurt West Virginians!
Take I-64 East from Charleston. Take the exit right after the first toll, #79 (Sharon-Cabin Creek). Go right at the bottom of the ramp and make an immediate left onto Cabin Creek Road. Go 7.5 miles to the Y at Leewood and take the right fork. Go almost 4 miles and come to blacktop and dirt. At left-hand corner, take the one-lane bridge across the creek. Stay on this road for nearly 2 miles up the hill. Follow the guard rails to the end where you will come to a large white rock. Bear right for 0.1 mile to Stanley Heirs' Park. Ask folks how to get to the cemetery, from which you can see mountaintop removal.
July 4: Bush in Charleston--Rally to Hold the Bush Administration Accountable for its Environmental Policies
Bush will be somewhere in Charleston on July 4. Join the Sierra Club and WV Patriots for Peace at 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 4 at the Robert C. Byrd Building, 300 Virginia Street, E., to ask him: At What Cost?: The Bush Administration Policies Hurt West Virginians!
Special guest appearance by Uncle Sam and the
Statue of Liberty. Come out on Independence Day to rally in
support of a vision for America--where coalfield communities have
clean water, our mountains are protected, and we are moving
forward toward a safer, cleaner future. For questions on the
rally contact Anna Sale, WV Sierra Club Conservation Organizer at
342-3182 or anna.sale@sierraclub.org
How has BushCo hurt us (us being people who breathe air and drink water)? Due to lack of several extra full-time staff members, we can only begin to count the ways (see below) and can only focus on some of the breaks Bush gives his Big Coal friends/funders, but there's a great compendium available if you click here.
How has BushCo hurt us (us being people who breathe air and drink water)? Due to lack of several extra full-time staff members, we can only begin to count the ways (see below) and can only focus on some of the breaks Bush gives his Big Coal friends/funders, but there's a great compendium available if you click here.
Click: Proposed gutting of buffer zone rule--a break for
mountaintop removers
Click: Proposed
mercury rules--a break for coal-fired power plants
Click: Trying
to punish whistleblower Jack Spadaro--a setback for the safety of
miners and coalfield residents
Click: Ordering the IRS to stop
investigating synfuel scams, which are bilking taxpayers out of
billions of dollars
In case you haven't had enough, you'll find links to more stories about BushCo's favors to Big Coal--at your expense--when you click here.
In case you haven't had enough, you'll find links to more stories about BushCo's favors to Big Coal--at your expense--when you click here.
All Weekend and Beyond: Fahrenheit 9/11
For another side
of what Bush is doing, you might want to take in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit
9/11, which is opening in Charleston over a week earlier
than originally scheduled.
Click for times: Marquee Cinema,
Southridge (south of Charleston on
US119). Also showing at the Park Place Cinema, in downtown
Charleston, 600 Washington St. and at Cinema4 in Huntington. Check www.ourshowtimes.com or
www.f911tix.com/results.php?st=WV.
Have an
excellent Independence Day weekend!
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