Tuesday, April 10, 2012
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Putnam County to hold Democratic Convention Saturday, April 14
Manchin talks energy, jobs at John Amos plant
ELEANOR -- In order to participate in the West Virginia Delegate Selection Plan for the 2012 Democratic National Convention, Putnam County will hold its Democratic Convention Saturday, April 14, on the 2nd Floor of the Eleanor Fire Station in Eleanor, West Virginia. Registration begins at 3:30 PM with the convention beginning at 4:00 PM. Those present will elect 44 delegates from the three magisterial districts to the State Convention. The County Convention is open to all registered Democrats in Putnam County. The Convention will be followed by a Democratic Rally “Meet the Candidates” in the same location beginning at 5:30 PM. Free food & beverages will be provided. All Democrats welcome. For more information, call Travis Hoffman, (304) 757-0021, or email at travis@tyreeembree.com.
WINFIELD – U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., stopped at the John Amos power plant on Tuesday, April 3, to deliver a speech about the importance of energy to the overall economy of the United States. Manchin's stop in Putnam County came as part of a twoweek long series of public meetings and events throughout West Virginia that the senator has dubbed the “Fighting for Every Job” tour. “Not everyone sees the connection between energy and jobs, and that’s why I wanted to visit John Amos, the largest power plant in American Electric Power’s system,” Manchin said to a standing room only crowd that filled a large conference room at the power plant. “Here at John Amos, you use American coal to employ American workers to provide energy
By Jack Bailey jackbailey@theputnamstandard.com
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., spoke to a standing room only crowd inside the John Amos power plant on Tuesday about the importance energy plays to the nation’s overall economy. Photo by Jack Bailey. to Americans.” Manchin used much of his 30-plus minute speech to talk about the importance of coal to the overall energy plan for the United States. He said that while many in Washington, D.C., including the president
would like to see coal phased out as part of the energy producing pipeline in the United States it will be a major player for years to come. “Because although we can – and should – use other sources of energy like wind, solar, bio-
mass, natural gas – they simply don’t cut it,” Manchin said. “When coal makes up 39 percent of your energy production – and there’s nothing else out there that’s as dependable, reliable and affordable – you can’t survive without it. So the (Obama) administration shouldn’t try to kill it. Instead, this administration should be working on a true ‘all of the above’ approach.” Manchin said that thanks to technology, the use of coal in electric power generation is cleaner now than at any time in the nation's past. He pointed to the John Amos plant as a prime example of how coal can be used to generate electricity in a cleaner burning fashion. At John Amos, AEP spent more than $1 billion to install 'scrubbers' that dramatically reduce the amount of nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide emissions, SEE JOBS ON PAGE 3
Reflecting on Putnam’s past…
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This historic photo shows the town of Eleanor under construction in 1934. The men selected as homesteaders lived in the barracks in the background while they were building the town. The barracks later served as the school, a store, meeting hall and church. This and other historic photos can be found in the new book "We Love to Tell the Stories, A Pictorial History of Putnam County, WV" published by the Upper Vandalia Historical Society. Photo courtesy of the Upper Vandalia Historical Society.
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