| By Alvin Engelke
 By Alvin Engelke
alvinengelke@hotmail.com
There will be a sunrise service at the Burning Spring M. E. Church t 6:30 A. M. on Easter Sunday. Everyone is welcome and breakfast will be served after the early service. For meal details contact Peggy Tenbarge or Gay Park.
The Creston area neighborhood watch will meet April 9 at the Community Building.
Wirt County Commissioner Robert Lowe & Calhoun County Commissioner Robert Weaver, along with a Calhoun County Deputy Sheriff were all attending to business in Creston Saturday evening.
Reflecting the commotion caused by the Iranian crazies, the price of local Penn grade crude oil rose to $61.25/bbl. This time around the big news media are not going to make a big deal about gasoline prices since, they say most folks have credit cards and most wives work. This could be translated to mean "There is no election this fall so no big deal since Al Gore had been wanting higher gasoline prices for years".
Dutchmen's breeches, bloodroot, spring beauties and many more spring ephemerals are now in their glory as are peach and pear trees. The USDA's multiflora rose is growing and the Asiatic beetles (government ladybugs) are thick in area residences, churches, shops, etc. It is hoped that they leave and search for aphids on the pecan trees. Presently they are eating food in folks kitchens and biting people.
Delores "Grandma" Patterson, age 92, passed away after an extended illness. She is survived by a host of friends and family.
A number of local residents got to visit with the magistrates and the family law judge and now some are temporarily domiciled in Braxton & Doddridge Counties while others have hearings set for later dates.
Margaret Conners who had been a resident of Minnie Hamilton's extended care unit passed away after acquiring an infection while a patient in a Parkersburg hospital.
Some local residents are stunned that the congress would cut off funding to troops in the middle of the war on terror and one of West Virginia's congress critters, who had earlier visited with Saddam Hussein is now off to visit with the Syrian terrorists. His reputation has always been that he "took care or Arab interests" in the U. S. Congress. One could imagine the uproar if congress stopped funding in the middle of World War II. One would be hearing the T word.
While some say that a local column "should be local" the following example may be of value. Columbia Gas's Cobb compressor station at Clendenin is said to be operating at capacity and now, perhaps, only gas from Chesapeake wells will be handled. Gas from several Creston area wells goes through the Cornwell station just up the Elk River from Cobb Station and a shift to the Dominion system of other wells will immediately impact Creston.
Brandon and Andrea Ferrell were visiting Mr. & Mrs. Carl Ferrell and Amy.
Randy Tucker has been staying with C. Glen Arthur.
It was learned that Joe O'Ferrell is back in the drilling business over near Pullman. One is reminded of the firm of Jackson, Kelley, Holt & O'Ferrell.
Chesapeake has been picking up leases up the West Fork not too far from the Richardsonville oil field. The company continues to obtain drilling rights near the big "dry hole" that was drilled on Orchard Run.
Dominion has been acquiring coal bed methane leases in both Calhoun & Gilmer Counties. They have CBM wells in other counties.
Dennis Wine was spending some time over the weekend on the Richardsonville road.
The sale of the Hart place at the mouth of Rock Camp was adjourned to May 2 at the courthouse in Spencer.
Pam Drake who lives in Indiana is looking for stories about her ancestors, Daniel Davidson Arthur & Louisa A Saurborn . They are buried at the Snyder Chapel graveyard.
Carol Hagerty Wilcox and husband were calling on friends and relatives in Creston over the weekend. She is Edgar Hagerty's daughter.
Jammer (of the Katzenjammer Kids) went fishing in a popular local fishing hole and hooked Mr. Muskie himself (a 52" winner for sure) but Mr. Muskie took off for Parkersburg. He first ran out 100 yards of Jammer's fish line and then jumped up, waved goodbye, snapped the line and left looking up another time just to see the look on Jammer's face.
Officers Goines & Apgar caught some "sportsmen" who were baiting wild turkeys. One feller said that they used "yeller yelper corn." When asked where he fed the turkeys, he replied, "In front of my garage door and you know that I do not hunt them."
The local road crews have been using their heavy equipment to get some jobs done before it is hauled off to the big auction for the contractors.
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