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Winds of Change Newsletter, December 2009 See sidebar for table of contents
Good-bye to Jim The Mountains and the Mountain
People Will Miss You
OVEC staff and the volunteers who knew and loved him
extend our deepest sympathy to Jean Foster and the relatives of Jim
Foster, of Bob White, WV.
Jim left us on Nov. 1, after an extended illness.
In September, OVECs executive director Janet Keating
had sent the following letter to Jim:
On behalf of the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition
(OVEC), please accept this Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding
Citizenship.
We are so fortunate that you have been such a beacon of
light advocating for an end to mountaintop removal coal mining. No one
would know better than you all of the losses associated with this mining
technique.
As a union miner, you have shown great courage by
speaking out on behalf of the mountains, the forests, the streams,
wildlife and of course, your community. In the face of adversity, you
refused to back down on your views. You serve as a real inspiration to
others! If everyone took their obligations of citizenship as seriously
as you have, what a better world this would be.
Thank you, Jim, for sharing your life and wisdom with
OVEC. Many people have been moved to action by your words. We are truly
honored that you came into our lives.
Thanks to filmmaker BJ Gudmundsson, Jim Foster can
continue to inspire the ever-growing movement to end mountaintop
removal: www.patchworkfilms.com.
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