Article: GOV. MANCHIN, PRESIDENT KOPP SIGNS BOWLS TO HELP FIGHT HUNGER

HUNTINGTON, W.Va., March 5 -- Marshall University issued the following news release:

"I'm going to try to make that 'h' a little better," Gov. Joe Manchin said today as he carefully signed one of the first bowls produced for the 2009 Empty Bowls campaign during a visit to Marshall University's Huntington campus.

The autographed bowl will be auctioned off on April 7 at the Empty Bowls event. All proceeds benefit the Huntington Area Food Bank, which supplies food to 17 counties in the Tri-State area. Painting his signature on the bowl was difficult, but Manchin said he has signed even trickier autographs in his four-plus years as governor.

"Do you know how hard it is to sign a baseball?" ...

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