Below:

• Sunday, Oct. 5: Help Save the View on the West Virginia Quarter

• Oct. 11: Turning of the Leaves on Kayford Mountain

• Movies About Mountaintop Removal Screening Around Nation, on TV

• Books About Mountaintop Removal in the News

• Reminder: Oct. 14 Deadline to Register to Vote in West Virginia

• West Virginians Want Clean Energy Poll Shows; Join CLEAN

• On the Road (Show) Again with Dave Cooper

Help Save the View on the West Virginia Quarter
This Sunday, Oct. 5, please come to the Blessing of the Mountain III at 3 p.m.  Join community members on Fire Tower Mountain, near Hawks Nest State Park. Directions and details here.

Gauley Mountain as seen from Long Point in the New River Gorge in Fayette County (one of  the state's hottest tourist destinations) is depicted on the West Virginia quarter.  Will we have to reissue this quarter with a decapitation-er, depiction of a massacred mountain?

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Oct. 11: Turning of the Leaves on Kayford Mountain
On Oct. 11, please join Mountain Keeper extraordinaire and OVEC board member Larry Gibson on Kayford Mountain for the Turning of the Leaves Festival. Larry still has a few slots open for musicians. If you would like to play, please contact Tricia Feeney at 304-360-2110 or Danny Chiotos at 304-886-3389. 

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 Movies About Mountaintop Removal Screening Around Nation, on TV
The work of OVEC volunteers, board members and staff, as well as that of volunteers and staff from  other regional groups, is documented in several documentaries that delve into the topic of mountaintop removal. There will be plenty of opportunities to see these films this fall. All the filmmakers have websites that encourage you to host your own screenings of the films. Host the documentaries and help educate the public about this ecocidal coal mining method that must be ended under the next administration.

If you are near Sutton, WV this weekend,  stop by the The West Virginia Filmmakers Festival to catch Rise Up! West Virginia and Burning the Future: Coal in America. For schedule details, click here.

Rise Up! and Mountain Mourning screen in Charleston, WV on Nov. 22 as part of  the West Virginia Sierra Club Coal Film Festival. 

Burning the Future just won the prestigious International Visual Communications Association's Clarion Award for feature films. Here's more info on the award and a listing of other awards bestowed upon the documentary. The film screens tonight at the Mill Valley Film Festival (near San Francisco) and  Oct. 11 in Pittsburgh.  On Oct. 18, OVEC organizer Maria Gunnoe, who is featured in the film, will attend a special screening hosted by Earthjustice in San Francisco at the Kabuki Theater. BTF shows on Nov. 6 in Shepherdstown, WV as part of  the American Conservation Film Festival.  Find other screenings across the U.S. here.  

Another excellent film, Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-Energize America, is scheduled for broadcast on public television stations in dozens of cities across the U.S. this month as part of  National Energy Awareness Month. Click here to find local screening information. 'Kilowatt Ours" is an award-winning film that provides simple, practical, affordable solutions to America’s energy crisis and shows how we can save electricity, save money and make a difference for ourselves and the planet.

The award-winning films Black Diamonds: Mountaintop Removal and the Fight for Coalfield Justice and Mountain Top Removal are other great films on the issue. See their websites for purchasing information and tips on how you can get involved in helping to end mountaintop removal. And check OVEC's online calendar page for upcoming screenings.

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 Books About Mountaintop Removal in the News
At noon on Oct. 11 at the West Virginia Book Festival, held at Charleston Civic Center, Ann Pancake will read from her novel "Strange As This Weather Has Been."

This morning, West Virginia Public Radio aired a story that includes an interview with Dr. Shirley Stewart Burns speaking about her non-fiction book "Bringing Down The Mountains." Listen to the story here. 

For anyone seeking a deeper understanding of how mountaintop removal affects families and communities, both these books are essential reading.

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 Reminder: Oct. 14 Deadline to Register to Vote in West Virginia
Vote, vote , vote. In West Virginia, for this election, you must register to vote by Oct. 14. Details here.  

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 West Virginians Want Clean Energy Poll Shows; Join CLEAN
On Sept. 26, the Charleston Gazette reported "W.Va. favors alternative energy, poll shows."  OVEC joined with CLEAN (Citizens Lead for Energy Action Now) in releasing three surveys conducted by the polling firm Opinion Research Corp. We hope you've joined with CLEAN, both for their action alerts and in signing their Call to Action.  Wanting clean, green jobs, healthy communities and healthy, forested mountains isn't just some pie-in-the-sky idea. A study just released by the US Confernce of Mayors says the U.S. could generate 4.2 million new "green" jobs in the next 30 years. 

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On the Road (Show) Again with Dave Cooper
Dave Cooper's Mountain Top Removal Roadshow is touring this fall. Check out the website and think about asking Dave to your neck of the woods to help build the movement to end mountaintop removal.

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