Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Time: 7:30pm - 10:00pm
Location: Warner Theater, 147 High St., Morgantown, WV
The largest environmental film festival in the USA is hosted by The West
Virginia Rivers Coalition and sponsored in-part by Adventure's Edge. Not only
are these great films, but the proceeds support an important WV
resource...Rivers! For more info call 304.637.7201 or
_www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org_ (http://www.wildandscenicfilmfestival.org) .
Tickets are available at Adventure's Edge, 131 Pleasant St, Morgantown or
online at _www.wvrivers.org_ (http://www.wvrivers.org)
Maddy
Madeleine S. Hoden
Mountaineer Adventure Programs
Graduate Assistant
_mshoden(a)mail.wvu.edu_ (mailto:mshoden@mail.wvu.edu)
(814) 779-9265
Tickets are $8 in advance or $10 at door.
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FirstEnergy, owner of Jersey Central Power & Light,
agrees to buy Allegheny Energy for $4.7B
By _The Associated Press_
(http://connect.nj.com/user/njoapnews/index.html) , February 11, 2010, 8:13AM
Utility company FirstEnergy said today it is buying rival Allegheny Energy
for about $4.7 billion in stock in a deal that will create one of the
nation's largest power companies with customers from Ohio to New York.
The combined company will have about $16 billion in annual revenue and $1.4
billion in profit and serve more than 6 million customers in Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Virginia and West Virginia.
"The combination of our companies is a natural fit that will accelerate our
efforts to strengthen the operating performance of our generating fleet
while building on our long-standing dedication to customers, shareholders and
employees," Anthony J. Alexander, CEO of FirstEnergy, said in a statement.
Alexander will remain the top executive of the combined company, which will
be based at FirstEnergy's headquarters in Akron, Ohio.
The deal is expected to close within 14 months.
Shareholders of Allegheny, based in Greensburg, Pa., will receive 0.667
shares of FirstEnergy common stock in exchange for each share they own. Based
on Tuesday's closing price, those shares will be valued at $27.65 and
represent a 32 percent premium over Allegheny's closing price of $21.02 on
Wednesday.
Allegheny shares rose 19 percent to $25 in premarket trading.
The deal will also include FirstEnergy's assumption of $3.8 billion in
debt.