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By Alvin Engelke
A meeting to discuss the proposed closure of the Creston Post Office will be held Friday, January 24 at 7 P. M. at the Creston Community Building. All interested parties are invited. Some of the folks from Macfarlan (also scheduled to be shut) plan to attend. The postal system is reeling from poor leadership that spent an inordinate amount of time worrying about golf games, big postal conventions, etc. and now much commerce goes by private carriers, e-mail, faxes, etc. However, on the local level very little correspondence is dealt with this way.
Rev. Gladson Grim is reported to be doing much better. Nancy June Hall took her first treatment in this series and was, of course, pretty sick.
Winter continues in the Creston area. The government thermometer read -7.6 degrees Fahrenheit Saturday morning and there was more snow, about one half to one inch at each dusting.
The folks down at the Mouth of Elk River have been busier than usual during the regular session. There is actually a chance that the Workmen's Compensation problem will be seriously addressed as well as tort reform. Apparently the forced retirement of Senators Wooten & Craigo sent a message to those who would rather waffle than take positive action to help bring W. Va. into a prosperous present. Along with other political fallout the State DEP head was named to he head of the state party. Local residents are urged to keep a close eye on the situation down there. Apparently Glenville State College, which suffered through what seems decades of bad, bad management is scheduled to be shut down to help pay off the Workmen's Comp. Debt.
The price of local crude rose to $30/bbl or about $4 under the world price. It is understood that lots of new wells will be drilled in the state during the coming year with Equitable to punch 400 new holes alone. Another company stated that they planned to drill another Trenton/Black River well in Clay County while Clarence Mutschelknaus indicated that the proposed Doddridge County deep well was still on track.
The three dimensional seismic work in Roane County confirmed the presence of a large (or several large) reservoir of gas in the deep formations. It was noted that thief zones had been a problem in some wells.
Speculation continues as to the future of Columbia Natural Resources. Sister company Dominion just announced that they are using technology to eliminate most of their meter readers.
Mr. & Mrs. Jeremy Ferrell and baby were visiting Mr. & Mrs. Carl Ferrell & Amy.
Area residents continue to learn of more folks who have received orders to ship out to the Mid East. Over the weekend there were the usual anti war rallies and at one greetings from Osama Bin Laden's group were read (among other things) and American flags were burnt. The Wirt County LEPC met last Monday evening and two folks hired by Mid Ohio Valley Health discussed the current status of chemical and biological warfare. One fellow noted that when Ronald Reagan brought down the USSR that government had 35,000 scientists working on CBW [chemical & biological warfare]. Over 100 bacteria (including anthrax) were weaponized. Many of these fiends have scattered all over the world and, apparently, some work for Osama and Saddam. It is felt that they are planning spectacular attacks against the western world (Christendom). As their "Prophet" said, "Death to the infidels" and that's us.
Sen. Lieberman announced that he was running for the presidency. He was closely allied with former Treasury Secretary Rubin who is tied to Citibank in New York. Citibank is Enron's banker and Lieberman was one of the largest recipients of Citibank/Enron cash "contributions". Reflecting, no doubt, Lieberman's newfound national exposure, Enron sent a check, drawn on Citibank, to a local Enron creditor (who is owed quite a bit) for all of two cents ($0.02) which, apparently, should make everything 'just fine'. Lieberman, who professes to be an orthodox Jew, was required by his party to support partial birth abortions.
An ample brunette fetched in cookies and milk for Tom Cat. It was noted that men have fought over her. He wasn't there to get the cookies so she came back & fetched ice cream, apple pie, cookies and taffy.
Stephen White had a close scrape with death when his car left the road down at the mouth of High Log, clipped a telephone pole and landed among some big rocks.
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