Capon Valley Coalition

Are you still searching for a reason to oppose the TrAIL power line through our Capon Valley?

Search no farther.

In the United States , about 2,000 children and 27,000 adults are diagnosed each year with leukemia. The incidence of leukemia is more common in men and boys than girls and women, and also more likely to occur in white people than black. Exposure to high-energy radiation (such as World War II atomic bomb explosions) and intense exposure to low-energy radiation from electromagnetic fields (such as power lines and electric appliances like electric blankets) have been linked to leukemia. Studies are being conducted to further understand this link.

I don’t know about you, but I can avoid electric blankets. How do I avoid TrAIL?

That comes from the Cancer Treatment Centers of America at www.cancercenter.com/leukemia.cfm.

Read it yourself.

The Moorefield Examiner carried this report on Feb. 14, 2007.

Open the PDF file and read it here.

(This is a large file and may take some time to open if you are using a dial-up connection. Please be patient. You also need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to open it.)

Allegheny Power has put up new route maps on its APTrAILinfo.com Web site.

You have to look carefully to notice the differences in the routes.

You have to really look carefully to notice that they are changing Route numbers.

A diligent property owner in Ashton Woods in Hardy County makes the point that those of us who wrote letters to protest the power line and cited specific route numbers to make our protests more specific now appear not to know what we are talking about.

Allegheny could just say, “That route doesn’t go through there.”

In fact, the note at the bottom of the page — you DO read fine print, don’t you? — says, “The routes have been adjusted and differ in some locations than those displayed at our public open houses in November and December.”

Let’s be clear.

We OPPOSE ALL ROUTES.

Allegheny has not made a case for this power line.

Don’t oppose one route. Oppose the entire project. Sign the petition.

Say NO to TrAIL.

Hardy County supporters. It’s your turn to make an impression on your County Commissioners.

We have a 15-minute slot at 2:30 p.m. next Tuesday, Feb. 20, at the County Courthouse in Moorefield.

We need people to show up, stand up and be counted. Literally. Numbers matter. That’s why it is so important to sign the petition. Numbers mean strength.

Retirees, make a day of it. Go over for lunch and stay for the meeting.

The Hampshire County Commissioners voted unanimously today to oppose the Allegheny TrAIL Power Line and to oppose the designation of a National Interest Energy Transmission corridor proposed by PJM and to be decided by FERC.

The exact resolution is forthcoming, and we will post it here as soon as we get a copy. (2/24/2007: Here is a PDF file of the official resolution signed by the commissioners.)

A delegation from the Capon Valley Coalition spoke before the vote and reported that the commissioners listened courteously and sympathetically. We appreciate the commissioners’ hearing and their support in this vital matter for the Capon Valley.

We have hopes that the Hampshire Review will report on this important development.

Hardy County folks, get your letters in to your commissioners. (Contact information appears on the Take Action page.) And sign that petition. Your voice matters, but you have to speak loudly enough to be heard.

Don’t forget your state lawmakers, Congresswoman Capito and U.S. Sens. Robert Byrd and Jay Rockefeller. They ALL need to hear from you. Now you can mention in your letters that your Hampshire County Commissioners stand with you!

Say NO to TrAIL.