 This trustee August is hotter than ever at Appalachian Wireless, as they are slashing all normal contract pricing on all smartphones by 50% when you sign up for service. Better service, bigger saving, serving you for the last 25 years at Appalachian Wireless. A few months ago, in recognition of Earth Day, Food City partnered with friends of Cole in Pikeville to develop and sell reusable shopping bags showcasing reclaimed surface mine projects across the region. In addition to helping the environment, another goal of the project was to raise money for a scholarship fund to benefit displaced coal miners and their families. And officials with Food City said the community's support exceeded their expectations. We had 23 stores that participated in the sale of the bags and in a period of four days we sold over $40,000 worth. And that $40,000 will be divided among nine regional colleges and universities to be distributed via scholarships to out-of-work coal miners, their spouses, or their children. The schools that are participating, you can pick up an application there. There will be a list of those on the screen, available for you to see. If you need to call me or Julie, you can call the store or Food City and we will tell you what schools are on the list. Julie Wilson with friends of Cole in Pikeville knows this project has the potential to help many miners and their families in eastern Kentucky and in southwest Virginia. Our coal miners now that are displaced, they need to further their education in some other field so we hope by making these scholarships possible that it will, you know, keep our people at home, keep our children at home, keep our jobs at home and just make the economy much much better than what we are seeing. In addition to the $40,500 raised by the sale of the bags, Collins says many of the participating colleges have committed to doubling the amount given to their schools to fund the scholarships. The deadline to submit the applications is November 30th. Reporting in Pikeville for EKB News, I'm Shannon Deskins.