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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

James B. Glasgow, director of the Alabama Center for Advanced Woodworking Technology and staff toured with Congressman Robert Aderholt and his staff along with over 90 participants in the annual Agriculture and Industry tour. The invitees witnessing coal being surfaced mined at a Drummond coal mine and witnessed a “shoot” where the coal seam is broken up after the overburden (earth) is removed. The group then when on to the Bear Branch Lodge to witness dog trials, skeet shooting, and have dinner. The Bear Branch Lodge sits in the middle of a reclaimed surface coal field. After dinner, director Glasgow visited with various invited tour members and presented Congressman Aderholt with a pen set lasered at ACAWT with the congressman’s name and the federal House of Representatives seal.

Fetch demonstration	Congressman Aderholt being presented pens by Director Glasgow
Blasting the coal for extraction.	Director Glasgow visiting with Nisa Miranda the Director of the University Center for Economic Development (UCED) at The University of Alabama.

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