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By Alvin Engelke
There will be a very important meeting Tuesday, August 27 at 7 P. M. at the Creston Community Building. The old school house is used by many folks for reunions, parties, meetings, etc. as well as the auction and perhaps sings.
During the last year new electric service was installed and a handicapped toilet was installed but, with no auctions during the summer and few reunions, the building has run out of money and there is not a sufficient number of helpers to make things go.
Many like the auctions, others enjoyed the sings, others the poker runs, the young folks always like the parties and folks from all over come for the reunions. All who are interested in keeping and improving the community building are asked to come, bring ideas, elbow grease and ways to get things done. The Red Cross wants to use the facility as a shelter during disasters, such as floods. One does not have to live in or near Creston to help or participate, in fact one does not even have to have been from Creston or have relatives in the 26141 ZIP code area.
There will be a reorganization and a session to work out plans, etc. For details call Donna Sue at 275-3202.
Gaynell Pennington has been a patient in the Camden Clark Hospital suffering from a hard to diagnose illness.
Margaret "Momma" Dooley is a patient in the W. Va. University Hospital.
The Creston area finally received some much needed rain. Grass had stopped growing and many pastures were becoming very short.
Euell Russell was undergoing tests at the Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center.
Alvin Engelke underwent a very intrusive examination at Roane General Hospital one day last week.
A local fellow who works most of the time in the oil patch thought that he had acquired some nasty ectoparasites. When last seen he was itching and scratching.
Anna Engelke went camping at Canaan Valley with Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Collins and son Keith. Keith Collins has accepted employment as a school teacher in Petersburg. Anna, Kenny, Kathy and Kyle helped Keith move into his new abode in Petersburg over the week-end. The area has camping, hiking, skiing and lots of natural beauty, all things Keith enjoys. He is looking forward to a great year and a new experience.
A number of area residents attended the festivities at the Parkersburg homecoming. The Wirt County Fair float won first prize. It was adorned by the fair queen Danielle Burns and the rest of the Wirt County Fair royalty.
Christina Miller fell in Elizabeth and hurt her arm. She is now sporting a sling.
Rev. Carlos Nutter and Rev. Juanita Lockhart both participated in the Wednesday night service at the Burning Springs M. E. church. Services start at 7 P. M. each week and all are welcome. Rev. Lockhart will bring the message Sunday Aug 25 at 9:30 A. M.
Nancy Engelke consulted with her orthopedic surgeon and received a good report.
Nancy Hall who had been undergoing cancer treatments was told that the nasty stuff did not show up on the test and she was not to come back until after two months.
Samuel Jones returned home after visiting his sister and family in Indiana for a while.
The price of local Pennsylvania grade crude oil rose to $25.75/bbl. which might indicate that those in the know presume that some of the nasty ragheads in the middle east are going to get wasted soon and the activities relating to such might interrupt oil shipments from the deserts.
Paragon Geophysical Services of Wichita Kansas has been doing the seismic work for Dominion Resources on the West Fork. Last year a grader operator found unexploded explosives in a Roane County roadway that was left there by Paragon. It seems that Paragon, which has been working for the Rockefeller interests, has made sure to help the unemployment figures in Mexico. Apparently there are no men out of work in the local area for surely they would hire locally if men were available.
It was reported that Columbia Gas, now part of NISOURCE, has expanded their areas of interest for drilling including areas that they had earlier considered "worthless".
Reports from down at the Mouth of Elk River indicate that there are major political rumblings in that section involving high placed politicians and Bobby beat out Truman who had the blessing of the Clogger.
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