Rev. Kevin Gillespie filled his regular appointment at the Burning Springs M. E. Church & served Holy Communion.
There were 267 riders at the Creston ATV/UTV Poker Run. The community would like to thank all those who came and rode, those who doated the door prizes, fixed the food [and desserts], sent out the cards, did the signups, sold quilt chances & sold tee shirts, worked the kitchen, parked the vehicles, cleaned the building, put up signs, set up and took down the route, got the permit and all the rest that goes into having the event. Bo Click had the best hand followed by Samantha Reynolds and Tina Smith from Clarksburg. Julie Henten won the 50/50. There were riders from Michigan and upstate New York as well as many from different sections of Ohio. Whilst setting up the ride one chariot got buried in Roane County Route 2/1 and after tearing up two winches and breaking a tow strap, Travis Burdette was sent, along with Aaron, to the house to get a chain pull that was tied to a tree and then the hapless vehicle was extricated from the muck. Because the hole was so bad the road was impassable and there was a detour down Crane Nest to Pee Wee and then up Full’s Fork. Riders got to see deer & wild turkey and went through bear country although old Brer Bar kept a low profile during the ride.
Prominent Charleston attorney David McMahon was calling in Creston & had biscuits & gravy for breakfast. He observed various aspects of the poker run and talked with Chancy Shaw, Ted Grim, Alvin Engelke and others.
Elizabeth Mayor Bobbi Moore & Mr. & Mrs. C. Romeo Griffin, Jr. were among those calling at the Shade Tree Diner. The special on Sunday was steak & pine apple upside down cake. Also a special squash casserole that was excellent!! Denise always cooks great food!!!
The katydids have started their “singing”. It was always said then that it was six weeks until the first frost. The haughty John Heinz-Kerry whose wife is the ketchup heiress said that to get to “net zero” that agriculture is bad since [he says] 33% of CO2 emissions come from farming and this “must be addressed”. Longer growing seasons make for more food production. Of course there is the question “Is there an impact of CO2 on the earth’s temperature?” Back in New Testament times it was warmer than it is now. Did Caesar have Humvees to move his troops and did the royal family ride around in luxury gas guzzling air conditioned chariots? In spite of Kerry’s bloviating, it is very unlikely that China, North Korea, Russia & India are going to do anything to reduce emissions of any kind. The wind bag is not about to trade in private jet travel for bicycles, row boats and sail boats. Likewise, no “lab grown meat” or insect protein either — that stuff is for the “great unwashed”. It might be well to keep in mind that part of “the plan” is a reduction in population. Even the vice president said so.
The folks in the deep state continue to push rules that would place hydrofracking oil and gas wells under the control of the “wise ones” down in the lower Potomac swamps. Perhaps they can determine how pixie dust can generate the plastics for every thing that they use in every day living. They claim that it is hot [it is summer] and, don’t ya know, it would be cruel to turn off the air conditioners on them. Small natural gas leaks are said to be bad but, obviously, it is fine to blow off vast amounts of natural gas in third world countries to get the crude oil.
It was learned that Blaine Marks passed away on Sunday. He was the son of Bert & Aggie Marks.
The comely Kim Mowrey is off taking training for her new FBI job.
The Wirt County Fair is this week.
The local area continues to have rain and on Sunday the river was up. Some hay was made between storms.
A ramp was built so that John Miller could get down to the Little Kanawha River to fish. It was finished Saturday but then the river came up.
Folks, especially those with game cameras, have been keeping track of their ‘favorite’ big trophy bucks although some seen to end up with more bear photos. There are at least a few young turkeys this year. Last year was not good for raising turkeys. In addition there are far too many coyotes [one is too many]. There remains the question as to who “brought them here” as some with tags were observed a few years back.
Betty Bish is making a very slow recovery from her recent surgery.
TransCanada, part of the Rockefeller empire, has had a crew working on the pipeline that crosses the Jess Ashley place on W. Va. 5 before Burning Springs. There have been slips & slides. Now with the placing of a porta potty it would seem that problems there are ongoing. The firm had a big explosion and fire on one of their lines in Shenandoah County Virginia near I-81. The company sold 40% of itself to Global Infrastructure Partners for $3.9 billion. Perhaps someone ought to tell the W. Va. Board of Public Works what the value of the company really is since they, unlike other taxpayers, are given a big tax break, perhaps a 90% reduction. The big pipeline that goes through Calhoun & Wirt counties takes natural gas to the Gulf of Mexico for export as LNG [liquified natural gas] and is said to generate $1 million/day in revenue.
Natural gas sold on Chestnut Run was worth just 44 cents/mcf while over in Elizabeth, the county seat less than 15 miles away the burner tip price of gas was somewhat over $12. That all must be fair because the Public Service Commission is there to “look after the citizens of this state”. The Henry Hub price is $2.64/MMBTU.
It is now August & the annual farm use reports are due. If they are not filed during August the rule is that farmland becomes development land valued as strip malls, condos and high rises are in the offing even though in the flood plain, lacking utilities, highways, etc.
The price of local Pennsylvania grade crude oil rose to $79.58/bbl. with condensate fetching $63.58/bbl. while Marcellus & Utica light brought $70.58 and medium $79.58/bbl.
