Over 2,000 people gathered today in Buckhannon to memoralize the miners...
The beauty of small town living...
- ROSE
- Bomont, West Virginia, United States
- When you have no idea what you're doing, somebody else will ... or at least make something up & run with it.
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I'm watching the CNN special on this memorial. To a person, these guys (miners) they're interviewing are saying they'll go back in that mine & do what they do. It seems like the CNN anchor is trying to "lead" them & put words in their mouths. The miners are refusing to let themselves be led.
Mining is dangerous business. So is life. These guys are manly men. They're not afraid to get their hands dirty. You don't become a miner if you're too much of a sissy to git 'r done. They knew the dangers & loved the job anyway. Even if they didn't "love" it, they were providing for their families.
I don't know anybody in Upshur County, but every person they've interviewed has come across as intelligent, compassionate, spiritual & with both feet firmly planted on the ground.
Gayle Manchin is a beautiful person. She & the Governor have represented the citizens of WV admirably. I'm proud to be a West Virginian. (I might break out in song in a minute ... LOL)
(incidentally, one of the miners they're interviewing has an earring - anybody wanna tell him he's a girly-man??) teeheehee
Hey, Rose. The memorial was touching and the miners did themselves proud. My dad was a coal miner and he loved it. He was severely injured in a slate fall, almost electrocuted, and lost a finger, but even after he was disabled, he talked about it all the time and I know he would have gone right back to mining if he were able.
Coal miners are indeed a special breed.
There seems to be interest in saving the swinging bridge. There are several comments on Mike's Blog. You've probably seen them but if not, take a gander at 'em. Do you have any idea where the best place to start might be? I am willing to put some time and effort saving the bridge. There's just got to be way to do it.
The Buckhannon Delta has some very nice coverage on the miners (http://www.therecorddelta.com/).
I think it's highly ironic that the miners - who likely don't have college degrees & fancy letters after their names - get the job done day in & day out, yet the engineers & other highly educated ones can't figure out how to get back in. Maybe they should ask the miners.
brulz, how about the next commission meeting? It'd at least be a place to start. Senator White has always listened to what Clay County has to say & he's always been quick to respond when I've sent him anything. Hmm. I'm going to have to think about this ...
Mornin'Rose. Doing some catching up on what's happening on the blogs. Not a lot of chatting yesterday but about the outward appearance of folks and the K-Mart employee. Was down there right before Christmas. Very crowded. Saw people with piercings, tatts, all that stuff, but the only one that made me scoot off to the next aisle was a guy dressed in camo that smelled like a wet dog. lol. Anyway, thought some more about bridge. Going to do some searching and see if I can find anyone or anything that might help us in saving the bridge.
HurHerald News Website has a write up about the hate group from Kanas (God hates fags)that showed up at the memorial service for the miners. Seems like thats a dozen people that need to look into gaining some meaningful employment and do something about all that spare time they seem to have on their hands.
Good morning, y'all!
Hear! Hear! hippy!! We've got stacks & stacks of manuals, certifications, etc., at our house attesting to the fact that miners couldn't be uneducated even if they wanted to be!
Aside from the historical aspect of saving the bridge, are there any other incentives we could use?
Wasn't it actually used by the people who live across there. Don't they have to take "the long way around" now to get to town?
Yes Rose, start a Grand Old Opry type thing in the old court house, where I hear the acoustics are the greatest in conjunction with the radio station. To promote all the local talent we have and to put Clay on the map. Need a volunteer for Cousin Minny though.
morning rose; about the bridge, how does the school children and the mail get delivered across the river. the lone stranger
That's some good information hippy! Thanks! (I also like your word "goodern"! I hope you don't mind if I use that sometime.)
I found a couple of sites that that have pictures of the Elkhurst bridge:
http://www.bridgemeister.com/pic.php?pid=1010
That is the link to one. The other site is causing me to work for the pictures and I can't seem to locate them yet.
I also sent a message to one of the potential County Commissioners. Lets see if there is any response!
CB
Hey...."goodern" is one of my words. LOL I use it quite often (when speaking to people that know me well anyway). :P
We don't want to preserve the brudge, we want to use the bridge. If you let preervation groups take control then we can't drive across it.
We want th state road to fix it for vehicle use. After that, then a small park at one end.
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