 By Alvin Engelke
alvinengelke@hotmail.com
The Creston Community Building benefit auction will be held on
Saturday, June 12, starting at 4 P. M. at the building. Those with
items to donate should contact the trustees or call Donna Sue at
275-3202. Trucks and strong backs are available to move heavy or bulky
things. Items will be available for inspection prior to the auction and
there will be goodies to eat. All proceeds from the sale of the donated
items go for building and grounds maintenance. A number of current and
former residents have donated some real nice items. Bobby Ray Starcher
will do the auctioneering. He will also have on hand cheese, pepperoni
and other yummies. Everyone is welcome.
The Creston area continues to get rain and interruptions to electric
service. The Woodring family had their reunion scheduled at the Creston
Community Building but there was no electric and, thus, no water. Last
year there was a problem with the well and they had no water. On
Tuesday there was a strong wind and the electric went out again. Also
lots of trees and limbs blew down. Perhaps the most damage was down
near the Ronnie Wyer residence (the old Cabot Lamp Black Factory Sup't's
home).
Nancy Engelke and Susan Myers took a trip to Ohio Amish country. They
returned with lots of goodies.
Euell Russell and R. W. Arthur were both consulting their physicians.
Several area residents attended the Wood Festival in Grantsville and
the Relay for Life in Elizabeth.
Matthew Copen and J. D. were attending to business in Virginia.
"A cute young couple" went out four wheeling in the mud puddles and
came back in caked in mud. Mother said, "You look like you have been
mud wrestling." and she said, "Shut up."
Glennie Edward Arthur, Mr. & Mrs. Carl Ferrell and Don Rhodes were
among those calling on C. Glen Arthur.
The regular meeting of the Creston Community Association was held on
June 1. There was a discussion concerning highway cleanup and other
past activities and plans were made for a fundraiser for playground
equipment. There was additional discussion on the July 10 ATV poker run
(mark your calendars) and other upcoming events to be announced later.
Local residents were saddened to hear of the death of former president
Ronald Reagan who whipped the Russians and the other communists in the
Cold War in spite of the Fifth Column present in America.
It was reported that one gubernatorial candidate would seriously
consider selling off lots (99 year leases) of choice lots in state parks
to those who were right or could pony up the big bucks. A person with a
fancy villa or chateau in a state park could then show off his stroke in
lining up other state business to those who needed a connection. All
this would be done to help solve the state's financial woes, of course.
Clay L. Nutter, age 85, passed away in Reedsville, Ohio. He was born
in Creston, the son of the late George & Ruth Nutter.
Brown Craddock, age 93, passed away. He had many friends in the local
area.
Mary Reno was visiting Mr. & Mrs. Carl Ferrell and family. Mary is
nursing a sprained ankle which, she says, she received when she stepped
in a depression in her lawn. A family member who knows her well said,
"She was chasing a feller." Ed & Geneva Hays were also calling at the
Ferrell residence.
Dave Peyton who writes for the Charleston Daily Mail noted in his
column that he reads the Creston News and noted that his peonies were
gone before Decoration Day too. It seems the folks down at the Mouth of
the Elk River keep on the news around Creston.
The price of local crude oil fell over $3 last week with a one day drop
of $2.25. Of course end products will not likely reflect this decline.
Local crude is used to make high dollar end products rather that "low
price" items such as gasoline and heating oil.
Columbia Gas Transmission announced that they will auction capacity (or
the right to ship gas) on their lines in southern West Virginia which
seems to be a novel approach for a common carrier. Columbia also
reported that now their pipeline maps are secret "because of homeland
security". No doubt the Mohammedan and other terrorists already have
maps and plans of every pipeline in the nation and several other nations
as well.
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