Coal mining practice examined by ACP founder’s film
ACP founder and WKU PJ grad Chad Stevens takes questions from workshop participants in the early morning hours of Friday, March 13, 2009 in Whitesburg, Ky. Stevens presented a 20-minute documentary film on the struggles surrounding the coal mining practice of mountain top removal in Appalachia. Photo @2009 by Dijana Muminovic
Day#4
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- Neon, Ky – Downtown Neon reflected on the window of an antique Ford car photographed on Wednesday, March, 11 2009. Photo by Wiqan Ang
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- Photo by Rebecca Barnett
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- Photo by John Crouch
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- Photo by Meg Shay
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- Jim McAuley begins his day at the country store with a cup of coffee and a newspaper. “Mama Mac” begins to prepare the food in the kitchen while Mr. McAuley awaits the first customers. The diner opens at 5:30 am, five days a week. Photo by Katie Simpson
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- Photo by Jon Garcia
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- Photo by Elio Pajares
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- Photo by John Crouch
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- Photo by Elio Pajares
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- Reubon, 5, Stephanie, 16, and Helen, 4, of the Long Family in Whitesburg, Ky, engage in story time. The three of the nine-member family take a break from the cleaning preparations for their mother’s surprise birthday party that would take place later that evening. Photo by Meg Shay
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- Photo by Rebecca Barnett
Day #3
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- Photo by Rebecca Barnett
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- Photo by Jon Garcia
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- Photo by Rebecca Barnette
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- Photo by Tanner Curtis
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- Photo by Katie Simpson
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- Photo by Phillip Andrews
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- Photo by John Crouch
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- Photo by Meg Shay
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- Photo by Jon Garcia
Day#2
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- Nine-year-old Christian Collins finishes getting dressed for school while his grandmother, Pam McIntosh, fixes his breakfast. Christian and his six-year-old sister, Pammy, live with Pam and their Papaw Jimmy. Photo © 2009 by Rebecca Barnett.
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- Five-year-old Keasten Mauk, left, lays a board across some steps to create a ramp at Whitesburg’s skate park, while his father, Josh Winskey, watches. Winskey brings Mauk to the skate park three to four times per week. “It’s (BMX-ing is) something that I can actually do,” said Winskey. “It’s the only thing to do (in this town), and I’m glad because it’s the thing I do.” Winskey said that he likes being at the skate park with his son because it makes for good bonding time. Photo © 2009 by Rebecca Barnett.
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- “I like being with my bird better!” yelled Makaia Toulse, 8, to her older sister and cousin who left her out in a game of basketball. The Pikeville, Ky. native goes with parents and sister every Sunday to visit family in Whitesburg, Ky. Photo © 2009 by Meg Shay.
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- Amos Riddle, 24, a machine technician takes a break from his work at J&R Rebuilt in Neon, Ky., a mine equipment repair shop, on Monday, March 09, 2009. Photo © 2009 by Wiqan Ang.
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- Headlights streak through the low lying fog as the dawn breaks along State Road 931 in Letcher County, Ky., on Monday, March 9, 2009. Photo by John Crouch
Good morning Letcher County
Headlights streak through the low lying fog early Monday morning along State Road 1679, shot from the vantage point of Kingdom Come State Park. Photo @2009 By John Crouch.
