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This article originally provided by WV Metro News
August 4, 2006
Grandpa Keeps Walking
MetroNews Talkline
Clay County
A 49-year old grandfather from Raleigh County was crossing the
Clay County line on Friday morning.
It was Day Three of his walk to Washington, D.C. as he calls for a
new school for students at Marsh Fork Elementary School in Raleigh
County.
"My issue is these children. These children shouldn't be in harms
way and they are," Ed Wiley told Hoppy Kercheval on Friday's
MetroNews Talkline. "You've got a lot of serious problems down there
at the school. It's not just with the silo and the coal dust. You
have the impoundment which has numerous violations on it."
Wiley's goal is to make it to the Nation's Capitol by September
12th. Wiley says he hopes his 455-mile walk will bring national
attention to a local issue.
He and others have formed Pennies of Promise campaign in hopes of
raising nearly $5 million for a new school.
The school building is 225-feet from a coal silo on the property of
a Massey Energy subsidiary. Massey has also asked the State
Department of Environmental Protection for permission to construct a
second silo.
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