 By Alvin Engelke
alvinengelke@hotmail.com
Rev. Keith Belt filled his regular appointment at the Burning
Springs M. E. church. Also the new sign was placed on the church house.
The rainy weather has put haymaking operations on hold. The spring peepers came back and are singing again and frog eggs can again be found in ditches, etc.
Some folks have some fine looking gardens and potato patches which are now in bloom.
W. Harrison Schenerlein IV attended the W. Va. State Folk Festival in Glenville and was, along with Charles Russell, calling on Euell Russell at the Miletree Center in Spencer. The crowds at the folk festival were down significantly and there were far fewer vendors there although there was some fine music. Harrison was much into the fast fiddle tunes.
The Wirt road crew has been pulling ditches on roads in the Creston area.
Vandal Meadows granddaughter Sarah Middleton, R. N., was calling on Charles Russell.
Area residents were among those who visited the blood mobile in Elizabeth.
Alvin Engelke motored to Richwood to attend Tom Keener's funeral.
Gary Ferrell purchased a back hoe and is now in the excavation business.
I. J. Lynch, Sr. & Jr., Carol, Luke & Levi were calling on Euell Russell who did not have his eye surgery because of a mixup on the paperwork.
Some of the younger set have been checking out the new playground equipment at the Creston Community Building.
Those who are out and about note that more healthy foxes, both grey & red have been seen lately.
Japanese beetles have made their annual appearance feasting on flowers, etc.
Rick Starcher noted that while he is still working in Pennsylvania, he is now driving a water truck as the service rigs are shut down since the work on the Marcellus wells is now being done with coiled tubing systems.
Mary Susan Brown Black noted that she had watched the movie Gas Land recently.
Not so long back the head of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) who was pulling down $500,000/year was charged with raping a maid in his $3,000/night hotel suite in New York. When one considers the financial situation of the nation it would seem logical that American taxpayers should quit funding that money pit, along with the World Bank & the U N, all of which exist at the expense of U. S. taxpayers & do nothing to help America. America could save billions there and then more by ending the ethanol subsidy and the expenses that are mandated by Albert Gore Jr.'s "global warming" hoax. One local fellow went to buy tires the other day and found that inflation had hit tires too. Those who follow the economy in the local area note that things are not looking exactly "rosy" and that, as usual the cycle that had hit the rest of America first has now impacted the local area. The official rate is 5% but that excludes food & energy so the real number is much higher.
The new financial rules "to protect the citizens from banks" are now in effect and it is now much more difficult to make small loans, even with an excellent credit score. "I'm from the government & I'm here to help you!" Yeah, sure thing.
The Calhoun road crew apparently has "gone green" by saving gasolene and not picking up dead deer along the road. The new eco-friendly policy seems to be to allow the buzzards to do the cleanup work.
It was learned that one of the new Marcellus wells in Tyler County is making a lot of drip (mountain high test). One of the men involved in the big gas pipeline project for Triad Hunter said it tested 103 octane.
While the price of cattle seems to be holding the market for corn has fallen, even with all the cropland that has been flooded in the midwest.
The price of local Pennsylvania grade crude is now $88.50/bbl and natural gas is in the $4 range. Some who follow such matters note that Chesapeake is doing some dealings to control the sale of oilfield pipe so that it may not be available to small operators. This goes along with talk that the old gathering systems that are used by what are now called legacy wells may be let go in favor of new high pressure gathering lines that would not be accessable to old vertical wells that have low rock pressure.
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