| By Alvin Engelke
 By Alvin Engelke
alvinengelke@hotmail.com
The Creston spring ATV poker run will be held on Saturday, April 16 starting at the Creston Community Building. Folks should mark their calendars for a fun filled day.
Residents who live up the West Fork and on Ann's Run had a power outage Sunday when Junior Wilson's timber crew brought a tree down on the power lines. Allegheny Power was called out to make emergency repairs. In addition a telephone pole was broken and presently the cable is held up with a forked walnut tree that had been cut earlier. All this might be termed bringing lots of attention to a previously low profile logging operation.
Rev. Paul Williams filled his regular appointment at the Burning Springs M. E. church. He and the comely Sierra Starcher provided special singing.
Little Lilly was consulting with Dr. Cain and is now feeling much better.
Nancy & Jane Engelke attended the basket bingo fundraiser for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer research foundation sponsored by Kristen Morrison, Miss West Virginia USA. After the basket bingo party, a send off party was given for Kristen. She will be representing West Virginia in the National USA competition in Baltimore.
Gerald McKown was calling on Rodney Lynch and other area friends.
Donna Sue Ferrell has a new (to her) automobile.
The Creston area had more snow although not as much as other sections experienced. Hairy Bitter cress and other spring flowers are growing and blooming. The Blankenship hill at the hear of Ann's Run became slick Friday evening but by Sunday most of the wet snow had gone away.
Creston native Jimmy Tucker, who now lives in Leesburg Florida, was visiting friends in Creston Saturday evening. He was also calling on his old high school sweetheart Wanda Grim Juart. Jimmy told some stories about when his mother used to baby-sit the Creston news columnist.
Logan Lowe was calling on her friend Hope Starcher.
Wirt County Commissioner Robert Lowe and Calhoun County Commissioner Robert Weaver were attending to business in Creston over the weekend. They also discussed the big plan to "replace home confinement with check in centers".
The price of local crude oil rose to $50.50/bbl reflecting world prices. Because of the communist takeover of Venezuela, Red China now gets their oil. That country had been providing 17% of America's needs. Many years ago some local residents helped drill wells down there. The takeover of Venezuela was facilitated, in part, by a fraudulent "election" that was certified by Jimmy Carter who is also responsible for the now nuclear mullahs in Iran which also has Chinese and Russian support.
Austin Westfall celebrated his fifth birthday with a party Sunday afternoon.
E. H. Russell and Glen Edward Arthur were among those calling on C. Glen Arthur.
Dorothy Lynch was attending to business in Grantsville.
Mr. & Mrs. Junior Hughes were calling in Creston Saturday.
Becky Starcher noted that additional recipes are still needed for the Creston Community Cook Book. Of course, her mother's fudge should be included.
R. W. "Spark" Arthur reported he was getting along fine after his surgical visit at the hospital and is now able to work making and fixing knives again. He had some of his handiwork at the Creston auction. Bessie Arthur was there too and fetched some fine chili and Rosalie White brought a strawberry cake that was a big hit.
M. C. Pursley was attending to business in Creston one day last week.
Local residents have been watching large flocks of turkeys and herds of deer. One fellow has an old gobbler who lies down and reaches into a bucket to eat corn and sunflower seeds. Residents in the sheep growing parts of the state report that with the increasing coyote population turkeys are becoming scarce and the deer population is down. One sheep man noted that when fawns are available the coyotes eat them and leave the lambs alone. Also the coyotes get in packs and hunt deer (and other animals).
Alvin Engelke attended the day at the legislature with the W. Va. Farm Bureau. It would seem that one of the main objectives of the folks down at the Mouth of the Elk, this session, is to be sure that the state is made safe for gambling (called gaming among the sophisticated elite). The powers that be also seem intent upon passing legislation to "allow" county consolidation, which is described "as government for the 21st century." One would do well to go back and read George Orwell's book 1984 as well as Animal Farm.
As usual the "Taste of West Virginia" reception was fine and a significant number of legislators attended. Local residents were able to talk with Sen. Donna Boley and Delegates Larry Border and Bill Anderson.
The national media have been having a heyday with their stories on the "beautiful people" and their troubles with the law. It would seem that it is a goal to make the convicted felon who just left Camp Cupcake, as they call it, in West Virginia a wealthier woman. One might conclude that they do not want the wrath for which she and her political buddies are famous to come down on them. Of course out in the land of fruits and nuts the trial of an accused child molester is being made into a circus. Meanwhile Braxton County made the national news after a female teacher was charged with abuse of a six year old. It's that kind of monkey see; monkey do but the peasants cannot buy protection.
The Comely Redhead, a/k/a Tara Settle and Jayson "Hoss" Donley were united in Holy Matrimony on Saturday, March 5. She will now be known as Mrs. Hoss. | 
