Some of Kentucky’s well known writers, Wendell Berry, Bobbie Ann Mason, Mary Ann Taylor Hall and others writers spoke out against mountaintop removal at a community event at historic Union Church. They read excerpts from Kentuckians for the Commonwealth organized the tour for the writers and are organizing a “Mountain Witness Tour” in Perry County on May 13, which will show participants destruction from mountaintop removal mining and give members a chance to meet people affected by it.

For more information about Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, write to P.O. Box 1450, London, KY, 40743, or call (859) 985-7480.

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