The big Creston spring ATV poker run is Saturday, April 25 at the Creston Community Building. Signups end at noon and riders can leave the building at 9 A. M. After a hearty breakfast of biscuits & gravy. The rides are fun for all the family with scenic places, lots of water & mud, places for a picnic lunch, etc.
The new roof has been placed on the Creston Community Building and it looks great. The old original roof had some leaks.
There was a big drug bust in Callhoun County with some folks from Creston, Annamoriah, Brookville & Mt. Zion getting to go to a not so posh resort in Flatwoods.
Jacques Frost came to Creston with temperatures going down in the 20s. Junior Gore and his “global warming” hot air was not to be seen as likely he was in one of his seaside villas as he knew his talk was all hokum and the sea was not going to flood high dollar shore lines. It has since warmed back up. Dogwoods & red buds have made road trips colorful and now wild geraniums are blooming as well.
Local retired state road men attended Jackie Simmons’ funeral, Jackie, age 76, succumbed to cancer and was known as an amazing operator — one who could dig a ditch and didn’t need grade stakes. He was also known for his sorghum molasses and corn meal.
Ida Sidwell, age 85, died at the nursing home in Elizabeth. The daughter of Kelly & Dessel Lockhart she will be laid to rest in the Rector cemetery. Her brother Francis, now age 90, is the only one left in that generation of the family.
Brooksville oilman Winnie Sinnett’s wife passed away after a rough fight with cancer.
The comely Kim was spending time with her mother Wilma Mowrey.
Some local folks went to the Boley Breakfast at Cheryl’s Diner on the Staunton Turnpike. Judge Laura Faircloth, a circuit judge from Berkeley County who is running for the W. Va. Supreme Court, gave a talk and one must say, she was very impressive. Farm Bureau folks from that part of the state note that she is highly regarded there.
Some local folks went to the Rainbow Grange meet the candidates forum on Route 74 north of Pullman. The Grange, a/k/a the Patrons of Husbandry, like the Farm Bureau is an organization promoting agriculture & rural life. Local residents go to see the candidates & and hear their platforms, etc. In addition to county, house of delegates & State senate candidates, James William Flanigan, a candidate for the other seat on the W. Va. Supreme Court was there and came across as a reasonable human being; someone one could vote for in the May primary.
Folks should be aware that under the “new rules” the Republican primary is closed so if one is registered with no party one has to go the court house by April 21 to change registration. It should be noted that the primary is very important this time as most of the elections will be determined in the primary. The “chamber of commerce” and the big university up at Morgantown want to take control of the Republican election and the legislature so folks must act.
Chestnut Run Energy is going to build a 1.3 GW gas fired power plant in Carroll County Ohio which will generate enough power to supply 900,000 homes.
It was reported that Ohio has 3 X the data centers that are in Pennsylvania and that there is a race to catch up. The proposed Pennsylvania facilities will cost $12 billion and will employ 19,400 by 2036. And in West Virginia, well, duh but isn’t China opposed? All the elites seem to be too busy playing petty politics to do substantial things to move the state forward. Some won’t even talk about the proposed power plant/ data center complex at the mouth of Katy’s Run in Wirt & Calhoun counties. Gov. Morrisey was in Parkersburg for the ceremonial signing of SB 648 concerning essential minerals. Earlier he signed HB 5381 concerning comprehensive energy development. One might be concerned that it was PR not any substantive moves.
The US Energy Information Administration stated that the use of natural gas will go from 107 bcf (billion cubic feet) per day to 151 bcf by 2050 and most of the increase will come from the “cheaper” eastern fields, that is Marcellus & Utica.
Devon an outfit that formerly had wells in West Virginia but now operates in the Permian Basin did a $21.4 billion deal with Coterra, the outfit that took over Godfrey L. Cabot’s operations & assets.
As a result of the decimation of the terror threat from Iran the price of crude oil & gasolene went up to values not seen since the Obama & Biden regimes when the plan was to force folks to stop driving & ride the [non existent] light rail or the bus, walk or whatever. While oil prices were said to be $112/bbl. The actual price local folks received for Pennsylvania grade crude oil sold in March was $87.7453/bbl. Natural gas is now $2.65/MMBTU.
The price on Friday for local Pennsylvania grade crude was $95.57/bbl. With condensate fetching $77.57/bbl. And Marcellus & Utica light sold for $84.57/bbl.
