Published on Monday, May 4, 2009 by Daily Yonder Making a 'Sacred Zone' in Appalachia It's not enough to stop mountaintop removal coal mining. The goal is to build a new Appalachia. by Bob Kincaid "When people get caught up with that which is right and they are willing to sacrifice for it, there is no stopping point short of victory" --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 3 April 1968 Common Dreams - It is April 4, 2009, as I write. A year ago, a handful of community residents gathered on a mountain here in Fayette County, West Virginia, to pray for a mountain that has stood sentinel over our homes for generations. We prayed because, like so many other mountains in Appalachia, it, and we, are under attack. That attack is prosecuted is by a coal company willing to sacrifice us for a load of coal. A day more than forty-one years ago, Dr. King said, "It's all right to talk about the new Jerusalem, but one day, God's preacher must talk about the new N