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February 2002

Clean Elections Fact Sheet (was enclosed as an insert in E-Notes)
Bush's Energy Plan Will Sacrifice WV Hills
Laura Forman: A Tribute
Eulogy for Laura
Mountaintop Removal - Worse then Buffalo Slaughter?
A "Sister of the Heart"
Memories and Thoughts
Was It Just a Chance Encounter, or Was It a Final Good-Bye
Remembering Laura - Excerpts from Her Husband's Thoughts
On April 1, We'll Finish the Corps of Engineers Protest.  Be There!
MU Student Enviro Group Celebrates One-Year Anniversary
Laura Not Afraid to Speak the Obvious and to Help Others Find Their Voice
2002 International Year of the Mountains for This Threatened Resource
Money, Material Needed for Cabin-Raising Event on Kayford Mountain
Some Thoughts on Laura Forman and Her Work
In Memoriam
Miscellany

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Memories and Thoughts

"When the coal companies say it's an act of God, well, we have somebody on the Inside now!" 
Larry Gibson, OVEC board member.

"I am so sorry to hear of Laura's passing. In memory of her great spirit and tenacity we will rededicate ourselves to the work at hand." 
Tom FitzGerald, KFTC


Above - On the Summer Solstice 2001 Sludge Tour: Laura, Rick Eades, Maryanne Maul, Freda Williams; front, Judy Bonds, Janice Nease, outside Marfork Coal Company, after touring the massive Brushy Fork Mine coal sludge impoundment.

"May your delightful soul sit upon a tulip tree and guide us in our fight." 
Dan Kash, OVEC board member


A rare moment of relaxation on a friend's porch, listening to the night sounds.


Above, Laura's car - just a few bumper stickers! ... at right, cleaning up after the summer 2001 floods in Bulghar Hollow, Raleigh Co. - a valley fill is just visible in top center of photo.

"We really HAVE to keep fighting now, she'll come back and get us if we don't." 
Anonymous


In Logan County; a huge MTR mine is slated to go in above this house.

 

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