 By Alvin Engelke
alvinengelke@hotmail.com
Saturday, April 26th is the first big Creston ATV poker run. Chancy Shaw, the master of laying out spectacular runs, spent days with his family removing trees from places where few folks go and on Saturday a particularly bad section of state road [over which a car could not drive] was fixed for the run. The ride will showcase all sorts of wildflowers including trilliums, bluets, spring beauties, anemonies, toothworts, ramps and mayapples, rock formations, waterfalls, scenic vistas, horizontal Huron well locations and lots of water and play areas. Signups are from 9 to 12 noon at the Creston Community Building. For those who don't know, Creston is on W. Va. 5 halfway between Grantsville & Elizabeth. Signs & traffic will direct one to the old schoolhouse where the action starts. Food will be served all day starting with sausage & biscuits for breakfast. There are door prizes, 50/50, tee shirts, orders for the new cook books and a chance to talk with old friends and meet new ones. Those 16 and under should wear helmets to comply with state law.
Ricky Tucker got a ride in the ambulance to Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center but he is back home now.
Danny Carpenter (Carpenter Logging) was awarded a Logger of Excellence certification from the W. Va. Division of Forestry for some excellent work he did. He, Greg Arthur, Scott Villers & some others repaired the road to the Villers family graveyard high on a hill near the head of Little Creek. Visitors there noted that there were lots of well used four wheeler trails in the vicinity.
Ted Menefee & son have been fishing at the point in Creston.
The Comely Redhead, Hoss & family, mother Tammy, Tim & I. J. Lynch, Sr. were among those calling on Mr. & Mrs. I. J. Lynch, Jr. & family.
Russ Richardson, the consulting forester, was attending to business in the Creston area.
Garlic mustard, an exotic pest that kills native plants is up and starting to bloom. Property owners should pull the plants up by the roots. Also, tent caterpillars are munching on tasty fruit tree leaves.
The other day there was snow but it did not stick to the ground. Those who wanted to observe the lunar eclipse [blood moon] on Passover thought they were out of luck but the skies cleared and viewing was excellent. As a result of the clearing Jacques Frost left his calling card, killing magnolia blossoms, fruit and some plants.
Some Creston & burning Springs residents attended the sunrise service that was held at the Mayberry/New Home church south of Palestine. It was an excellent service followed by a tasty breakfast.
Broc & Kimberly Dye Richardson of Michigan have a new addition to their family, a third daughter, Anna Mariah Richardson, born 3/31/14, 7 lb., 5 oz. and was welcomed home by sisters Logan & Addy. Her father grew up at Annamoriah and her name ties into the Dyes [her mother's folks] Annamoriah Dye which was in part settled by that family.
Folks should keep in mind that the next Creston auction is Saturday, May 3, starting at 6 P. M.
Chris & Heather Hall did some excellent mowing for folks in the local area.
The Wirt road crew did some berm work on W. Va. 5. The Gilmer crew actually patched the potholes in W. Va. 5 down near the Calhoun line.
The census bureau came out with some interesting numbers recently. 86,429,000 work in the private sector and 16,606,000 work for governments while there are 108,592,000 folks who live a household where one or more residents receives some sort of welfare. With the new Obamacare signups well over 100,000 in W. Va. qualified for Medicaid, a welfare program and those who work that qualify stand to lose their property as a result; a cruel hoax foisted upon folks who are between a rock and a hard place and pushed by socialists who have contempt for those who work for a living.
Harry Reed said that those who stood up to the BLM goons are "domestic terrorists". It seems that, in addition to the Chinese solar power plans there may be "rare earth" minerals in the area. Presently the "rare earths" must be purchased from China. They are critical for hybrid cars, computers, missile technology, etc.
Fossil Creek Ohio, a Bedford Texas outfit is leasing Utica in Marshall County and declined to tell how much they were paying but noted that Marcellus acreage fetched $7,300/acre with 20% royalty. Fossil Creek note that the Utica well would be dry gas that could go directly into interstate pipelines. Antero announced that they made a deal with the Muskingum watershed group for 6,300 acres and paid $15,000/acre with 20% royalty and the district has control of locations and drilling will be done so as to not interfere with recreational activities.
GM or Government Motors has been in the news again for covering up problems they had with their Klingon Warbirds. The firm/government entity which got $10.5 billion from the taxpayers is said to be "doing well" and building new factories but, of course, in China, not so much help for Detroit City, Flint, etc.
Antero's Tyler County Utica well forced pooling hearing scheduled for April 22 was cancelled when an attorney for one of the "forcees" noted that there had not been a well drilled to test the formation as required under the forced pooling law. Apparently the shysters hired by the Denver outfit need a short course on reading the West Virginia Code.
Coldwater Creek has filed for bankruptcy, part of the fundamental transformation promoted by the Big Eared One. It has been a significant employer in the local area.
The price of local Pennsylvania grade crude oil rose to $103.80 with drip fetching $81.21, Marcellus & Utica light $92.52 and medium $102.80/bbl. The mixed gas liquids separated from Marcellus wet gas brought $42.73/bbl and EQT paid $6.62/mcf for gas.
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