| By Alvin Engelke
 By Alvin Engelke
alvinengelke@hotmail.com
There will be a benefit auction Saturday May 1 (May Day), starting at 6 P. M. at
the Creston Community Building. There will be all sorts of good stuff and
proceeds will go to maintain the old school house which is now the community
building. Ed Grim, who was down visiting from Pennsylvania, did some fine touch
up work on the paint on the back of the building. The plan is for next year to give
the building a new coat.
The regular monthly meeting of the Creston Community Association will be held
at 7 P. M. on Tuesday, May 4 at the Community Building.
Rev. Juanita Lockhart had a speaker from the Gideons with her, and he brought
an excellent message at the Burning Springs M. E. church.
The area continues to receive more rain. While there are no forest fires the wet
weather certainly has slowed down other work. The spring flowers are still
beautiful and the red bud is awesome. Poke is now up and very tasty.
Lula Hughes was attending to business in Grantsville.
Jim Bush and Wayne Hennen were hauling cattle over the weekend.
Nancy Engelke attended the Wood Festival and Black Walnut festival
pageants.
Donny Shears and Phillip Hardbarger have done a fine job trimming the roadsides
in the Creston area. They do award winning work.
Alvin Engelke attended the state Farm Bureau board meeting in Buckhannon.
There was quite a bit of concern expressed about "free trade zones" that would
negatively affect domestic beef production and there was an extended
discussion over the Cheseapeake Bay Initiative. The government agencies and
their allies want to eliminate 25% of agriculture in the area that drains into the
bay and have all sorts of new and proposed restrictions on how one farms. It was
noted that the Gulf of Mexico is the next target so folks here should get ready
now. It was noted that one of the most effective means to combat these land
grabs is wise use of ballots. Primary election day is May 11. Those who hand out
the whiskey and the pictures of old presidents are not the ones who are the least
bit interested in protecting the rights of America's citizens. Esau sold out cheap
and his people, the Edomites, no longer exist.
Bill Aiken, a well-known Farm Bureau field representative is a resident of
Maryland where he owns a farm. He had to go take a test to be able to spread
manure on his own land. Also in Maryland one can no longer build farm ponds for
such would raise the temperature of the water and negatively affect fish
downstream.
Columbia Natural Resources paid royalty checks and the royalty on natural gas
was paid at $3.30/MCF although gas is now sold by the dekatherm (MMBTU). For
the same month Equitrans paid $16.15/MCF. Of course, it is important that the
Rockefeller children have money for shoes and "better vegetables." Columbia
has been very busy in nearby counties lining up leases to either drill or prevent
others from drilling. It was learned that Jimmy Clowser and A. Douglass McKee
are planning some Trenton/Black River wells over near Harmony in Roane
County.
Speaking of deep wells, the Trenton/Black River well that Ardent Resources
drilled on Bull River (Bennett's Mill Run) along Route 5 east of Grantsville is now in
the line. A substantial amount of equipment was required to allow the high
pressure well to be placed in the old Cabot line. Many people are following this
development.
The head of W. Va. DEP was said to have been hot when she drove down this
road and saw "soap suds" coming from a well location all the way to the creek.
Sometimes in the past inspectors got into trouble when they "got too rough on
the boys" but it would seem, that now, in some instances at least, things "are
different."
Junior Westfall of White Pine passed away. Junior used to come to Creston to
play music and he formerly had connections over at Cremo.
Area residents have been out and about hunting morels, the delectable and
delightful mushrooms that are only found in secret spots in the woods. Many
others are looking forward to spring gobbler season, which started April 26.
There are lots and lots of the tasty birds and they have been eating the morels
too. Garry Anderson and Tommy Gay Wright were among those who were "back
home" for turkey season.
Ralph Cunningham, Jerry Nutter & Delbert Bunner, Jr. were attending to business
in Creston recently.
Roger Graham, a Pennsylvania banker, is visiting Dorothy & P. E. Graham and
doing some gobbler hunting.
AUCTION at Creston Community Building Saturday May 1 starting at 6 pm All
sorts of goodies, cheese, pepperoni, etc. Bobby Ray Starcher 890-03. For details
call Donna Sue at 275-3202
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