 By Alvin Engelke
alvinengelke@hotmail.com
Larry Hall, age 63 of Waterford Ohio, died suddenly Saturday at his home. The son of the late Ed and Madge Pepper Grim he was adopted by the late Harry & Nellie Hall. His death came as a shock to everyone that knew him and his family.
There were 261 riders on the Creston ATV poker run. Joyce Stover won the 50/50, Troy Bain won the winch while Shawn Hopkins, Richard Duskey and Barbara Parsons finished first, second and third respectively. Some returned covered with mud and all the rest were covered with dust.
Eugene B. Garrettson, age 84 of Parkersburg, passed away. He was the son of William W. and Clara Woodring Garrettson and had retired from ACME Fishing Tool Company.
A number of local residents attended the Republican dinner that was held in Elizabeth. Present were State Sen. Donna Boley & Jack, Mr. & Mrs. Larry Border, Mike Teets, Charles Minimah, Beth Walker Dan Greear, Jay Wolfe, Rebecca Cornett and Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito who was the featured speaker.
Nancy & Alvin Engelke, Jane, Scheny and Harrison Schenerlein returned after attending Harold Martin's funeral in Peoria Illinois.
Out in that country the corn and soya beans look fine and help wanted signs are to be found all around. Nancy's cousin's widow noted that she farmed 560 acres of grain as well as finishing 900 lb animals. She said that corn was about $4/bushel in her neighborhood.
Locals, like everyone else, are concerned about the problems with the banking system caused by the failures of the quasi-governmental "companies" Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Fraud had been rampant in the outfits for years and the present administration had tried 12 times since 2001 to bring the abuses under control only to be stopped by senators and congressmen like Chris Dodd, Hillary, Barry Hussein and Barney Frank who received vast contributions from the government created companies. Now the former "leaders" of the firms who made millions in salary & resigned to avoid prosecution are advising a presidential wannabee who admitted he had no idea about business and finance.
Lehman Brothers the big banking house that failed was involved in Al Gore's "global warming" carbon credit swindle. Some noted that "if anybody had it coming ..."
Several local oil field folks attended the Ergon fish fry and the Ohio Oil & Gas training held at the Washington County Fair Grounds. The first gathering was tasty and the second was very informative.
Chesapeake Energy announced that their much-hyped eastern headquarters building in Charleston is back on schedule. After the big fraud verdict against them in Roane County the company boss, Mr. McClendon, vowed not to build the structure unless the Big Boss had the legislature set the jury verdict aside. The firm has been holding meetings extolling the virtues of the company even though their leases allow deduction of taxes, expenses, etc in violation of the terms of the class action lawsuit.
The price of local Penn grade crude rose $10/bbl to $108.25. Local newspapers have ads looking for oil field workers and W. Va. has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the nation. Marathon Petroleum, CDX (Consolidation Coal Co.) and Continental Petroleum are all looking for leases in Wirt County. Carter Oil's spokeswoman said they were acquiring leases for Continental.
Anna Engelke & Adam Yates went to Dee Cee to view Shear Madness at the Kennedy Center. They also dined at the Bombay Club where the politically important are said to dine. They also attended the Treasure Mountain festival and watched the reenactment of the burning of Fort Seybert.
BD Oil Gathering's big pork barbecue is scheduled for September 26 at their shop on Mitchell's Lane near Marietta.
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