 By Alvin Engelke
alvinengelke@hotmail.com
Rev. Carlos Nutter filled his regular appointment at the Burning Springs M. E. Church and served Holy Communion.
The big Creston ATV Poker Run is scheduled for Saturday, September 19 at the Creston Community Building. The folks setting up the run, well, didn't get lost - just came out somewhere else. It should be a great ride in some fun country with plenty of water and mud for those who want to play. Some of the holes are deep so one should bring tow straps, come alongs, extra fuel, etc if one wants to play. Of course one can avoid the bad holes but, of course, there is no avoiding the fords that are in the route. They should be fun.
Casper Shuman reported that there were 417 riders on the LK Shrine run.
Butch Goodnight moved to Creston and Jessi Butler moved back to Elizabeth.
Mr. & Mrs. Cooter Marks were visiting Mary Newton and family down in the Deep South.
Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Ray Starcher and Carol spent some time at their cabin at Cremo.
Charles & Euell Russell were consulting their physician at the Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center. Both received good reports. They then dined at the Koffee Kup. Also there were Martha & W. S. Deel. Martha is the daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. Roy Douglas of Cherry.
Anthony Cox is now home and undergoing therapy as an outpatient. There was a party for him on September 6. Those attending included Anna Engelke and Keith Collins.
Fred Bish is scheduled to have eye surgery.
The Grim reunion is scheduled for September 12 at the Creston Community Building. Also on the 12th there will be a Tea Party meeting across from the Court House in Parkersburg for those who cannot participate in the march on Washington D. C. to protest the conversion of America into a banana republic. Many of the big eared one's advisors (called czars) speak of the wonderful revolution in Venezuela, the great leadership provided by the "dear leader" Fido Castro, etc.
While some talk about 'compromise' in the health care/health insurance "reform" it is clear that, again to cite the big eared one and his advisors, that the Cuban plan is where they intend to go, lip service to whatever has to be said to sell the program. One must remember that if one is a "liberal" one is morally superior and it is ok to "misguide" the rubes for they wouldn't know any better anyway. When they say "it will cut costs" this obviously means that senior citizens will be denied care and then die just like Terri Schiavo. Then, as suggested, the population of the nation will decrease (some of them said there were too many of us and they want to keep the illegal aliens). One of their spokespersons said 150 million (half the present number) would be ideal.
Mildred Mayne, sister of Virg Batten, age 89, passed away. She was the mother of the late Roger "Hair Bear" Mayne.
There were lots of folks from elsewhere visiting over the Labor Day weekend and many took advantage of the great weather to observe game, go four wheeling, fishing, swimming and just playing in the water, bicycling, etc.
There will be a wiener roast September 19th at the Bell Chapel church at Munday and afterwards there will be a gospel sing. All are invited.
Kenneth Belt was attending to business in Creston over the weekend.
While the big Calhoun water project doesn't impact Creston (which has good wells, etc.) the talk does. Some have said that the engineer, who has local kinfolk, was a school buddy of one of the bidders. The whole thing is a "good example" of government in action putting personal enrichment ahead of the needs of the citizens. Just like the "town meetings" and the questions about health care, some in power really don't like the bright lights, publicity, public concern and well researched probing questions that are hard to answer.
The Big Eared One talked about how "well" the postal system does. Recently a local resident mailed a letter from Creston all the way to Greencastle (Elizabeth Route 2). It took just six (6) days for the letter to make it "way over yonder on the Hughes River".
Mother Hope (Dominion) got the repairs done ahead of schedule at Hastings Station (the stripping plant) and local producers were able to turn gas wells back into the line.
The price of local Pennsylvania grade crude oil fell to $61.25/bbl.
Sunday night the local area received some rain. It had been dry (unlike most of the summer).
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