Please remember, the following deadlines for the upcoming general election:

Early Voting Begins Oct. 24

General Election November 6th

Please make every effort possible to mobilize your friends and family to assist in getting out the vote.

This evening (Thursday), Friends of Coal spokesman and former Mountaineer Football Coach Don Nehlen and WVCA President Bill Raney will speak to the annual meeting of the Community Foundation of the Virginias about the War on Coal and the significance of the industry to Mercer and Tazewell  counties.  The annual meeting is being held in Bluefield, Virginia at Fincastle Country Club.

Paul Ryan will be in St. Clairsville, Ohio on Saturday, October 20th, around noon for a campaign/coal event.  We have been asked to attend and to bring as many miners and pro coal/pro Romney people as possible to the event which will be held adjacent to where “Jamboree in the Hills” is held every July.  The event will begin around 10 a.m. and Ryan will address the crowd at 12 noon.

To RSVP and get a ticket, visit www.mittromney.com/oh.  (All attendees will go through airport-like security and should bring as few personal items as possible.  No bags, sharp objects, umbrellas, liquids, or signs will be allowed in the venue.  Cameras, however, will be permitted.

Last Friday, October 12th, a grand opening ceremony was held at the new Mingo County Air Transportation Park (a.k.a. Appalachian Regional Airport) with Congressman Nick Joe Rahall as the keynote speaker.  The Mingo County Airport Authority and the Mingo County Redevelopment Authority hosted the grand opening and celebrated the fruition of one of Mingo County’s greatest public/private partnerships to date, one that the late Mike Whitt and so many others worked tirelessly and passionately to make a reality.

Elizabeth S. Power, most recently with Patriot Coal and wife of Dinsmore & Shohl’s Kip Power has joined Steptoe & Johnson PLLC as Of Counsel and will focus her practice in the area of energy law.

“Elizabeth brings a wealth of experience and skill to our energy law practice, said Energy Team Leader Sharon Flanery.  “Her in-house experience as an Assistant General Counsel at the Fortune 500 energy company adds new depth to our energy practice and added value to our clients.”