A MESSAGE FROM THE FRIENDS OF COAL:

Well, here are some highlights from the final installment of the Friends of Coal Bowl. We hope you enjoyed the series and we are proud of our sponsorship. We treasure our relationship with both schools and hope this series can be resurrected in the near future.

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Check out the newest episode of the Coal Seam in preparation for the last Friends of Coal Bowl next month in Morgantown.

“We are happy with today’s decision. The Obama EPA has been acting like a schoolyard bully. It has routinely broken the laws, ignoring the limits to its authority established by Congress and usurping theauthority of the states to determine their own environmental standards.

“In doing so, they have run roughshod over anything or anyone. They have destroyed jobs at a time when millions across this country are desperate to find work.  They have tried to impose a regulatory regime thatamounts to forced economic suicide for this country. 

The following individuals have agreed to chair the designated primaryoperations committees:

Environmental & Technical:  JohnMcDaniel of Arch Coal

Health & Safety: Terry Hudson of PatriotCoal

Public Relations:  Sarah Smith of AlphaNatural Resources

Government Affairs:  Gary Whiteof James River Coal/International ResourcePartners

The 6th Friends of Coal Bowl is set for September 1stin Morgantown, WV – registration forms for theWaterfront Hotel and the official WVCA registration form have been distributedand responses are being returned.

The Waterfront Hotel in Morgantownwill be headquarters for the Friends of Coal Bowl.

Wewill be doing a few things a little differently at this year’s Coal Bowl.  TheTechnical Session that was scheduled for 10 a.m. on Friday has been changed toa Membership Meeting that will begin at 2 p.m. on Friday.  There will not be a golf outing, as originally indicated.  Fridayevening at 6 p.m. we will join Remember The Miners for a VIP reception and the2nd Annual Bob Huggins Fish Fry at the Waterfront.  This FishFry will feature Jerry West and will benefit Remember the Miners scholarshipprogram and the Norma Mae Huggins Cancer Research Fund.  This event shouldbe a lot of fun as it was last year.

Saturday will begin with a bus departing the main entrance of the hotel at 9a.m. with the pre-game tailgate tent opening at 9:30 a.m. with a brunch typemenu and all of our legislative, government and both Marshall & WVU friendsbeing invited to join us.  The game begins at 12 noon and tickets areavailable through the Association at $60.00 per ticket.  After return tothe hotel we will be having a post-game buffet dinner.