| By Alvin Engelke
There will be a sing at the Creston Community Building on Saturday June 14 starting at 7 P. M. All singers, musicians & the public are invited.
The auction of donated items at the Creston Community Building raised more than $1400 for the building. The evening was considered a great success and all who participated had a great time. The community would like to thank all those who donated and those who came and purchased items, participated in the 50/50, etc. Rev. S. E. Cooper Jr. was able to come out to the event as was Dorothy Graham. Rev. Cooper has been recuperating from broken bone(s) but made it out on his own.
The regular meeting of the Creston Community Building was held on June 3. Future events were planned including an open house/homecoming on August 10 and a rescheduled litter clean up for June 21, starting at 8 A. M. Nourishment will be provided for the cleanup crew. Jack Nutter, Fred Bish and Alvin Engelke were elected trustees. In addition an ATV poker run is still scheduled for late July. A load of rock was put on the driveway and parking lot which was a great improvement.
Mr. & Mrs. Gray Campbell were calling at the Creston Community Building not so long back. It is always good to have them in the area.
Craig Minton was attending to business in Creston one day last week.
Frank & June Miller were visiting area relatives and friends and participated at the Creston auction. June, who is the daughter of the late Forrest and Olive Nutter, noted that this was the first time she had been back in the Creston school house since she was a scholar there.
Delmas Witt, with the able assistance of Dave Sheets, Larry Sutphin & crew have been working to fix the bad slide that almost blocked the road from Creston to Spencer at the head of Lower Barnes Run. Piling was driven to stabilize the roadway.
Anna Engelke & Keith Collins attended a teacher appreciation dinner for Grant County teachers on Saturday. Keith's co-workers hosted a surprise going away party for him.
Lil, the new storekeeper, has shown that she can make excellent brownies and cookies. Mr. Dexterity had noted earlier that she was "quite a gal".
Greg, Mary and Michael Newton of Kissimmee, Florida were visiting area relatives and friends. Mary also sang with Peggy Tenbarge at the Burning Springs M. E. church's Wednesday evening service.
Romeo Griffin, Jr. and the Great Fuzzy Thirsty One were attending to business down in Big Two Run but they got stuck. It was said they called for help on a cell phone and finally some of Charles Russell's relatives felt sorry for them and extricated them from their predicament.
A big slip came in behind the Bob Phillips residence when the hill broke and started sliding after a Westvaco clear cut up behind their house. Among other things the ground started to hoove up behind and under the house. One could see the house move and hear the nails being pulled out of the timbers.
Rev. Juanita Lockhart filled her regular appointment at the Burning Springs M. E. church. She and Steve provided special music. She is off to Annual Conference in Buckhannon.
With all the gubernatorial candidates out and about making promises and the workmen's compensation bill about to be unveiled it is clear that the folks down at the Mouth of Elk River need the services of Baghdad Bob. Not so long back he noted that times were tough for him and that he feared for his life. He could start a new life as a "straight shootin' source" inasmuch as he has a track record that makes Dan Blather, Jerry Rivers, Katie Couric, Peter Jennings, Peter Arnett and all that bunch look like pikers.
The Gast family was out in force over the weekend (complete with an over the road tractor) camping in the old Rose Hill Church graveyard.
Hay harvest has yet to start locally as rain continues to be the rule. Friday night's precipitation brought up the water again although no roads were closed in Creston. Sunday evening's sprinkle brought a beautiful rainbow.
It was duly noted that one fellow who works at the road garage is "quite the little stud muffin".
Several area residents attended the Wood Festival in Grantsville.
The national news media is beginning to follow the amount of natural gas that is available this season. It was noted that the amount placed in storage is, at present, only half of what was there last season. Some fear that high natural gas prices will impact the economy in a bad way. For certain higher natural gas prices will be a plus for the local area as some natural gas is sold for 20 cents/MCF and the Rockefeller companies still pay flat rate royalties on most of their wells. The price of local Penn grade crude rose to $27.50.
Area residents have been able to get their burley tobacco crop in the ground. One thing for sure the plants won't be stressed for lack of moisture.
The Wirt County Farm Bureau will meet Tuesday, June 17 at 8 P. M. at the road garage in Elizabeth.
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