Rev. Kevin Gilliespie filled his regular at the Burning Springs M. E. Church.
The Creston Community Easter Party will be held on Palm Sunday, March 24 at 2 P. M. at the Creston Community Building.
Joe Echard passed away after an extended bout with cancer. When he was first diagnosed he noted that he had faced death & danger when in Viet Nam and he was prepared to fight once again. As he said, “I’ve seen worse.” He was retired from E. I. duPont de Nemours & Co.
Spring continues in Creston with lots of fruit trees in bloom along with blood root, henbit and many other spring ephemerals. Also it was reported that ramps are up big enough to dig. Soon there will be new kittens as well.
Some new holes have appeared in the Little Kanawha River bridge at Creston. Those who had occasion to go down to the Mouth of the Elk reported that I-77 has “imperfections in the surface of the roadway”. With the ditching of the entirety of the Ann’s Run road local folks now hope that there will be an upgrade to the surface. It has been many years since any consequential attention was given. (maybe over two decades)
The buzzards have returned from the sunny south.
There will be a youth trout derby April 13 at the pond on the old Wirt County Poor Farm starting at 9 A. M. From Elizabeth one goes up Tucker’s Creek road a short distance.
The spring Creston ATV poker run will be April 27. Time to make sure that the chariot is road and mudhole ready.
Ralph Bandy gave a talk at the SPE [Society of Petroleum Engineers] meeting at the Mouth of the Elk. A major survey is being conducted to locate sources of rare earth minerals and other valuable minerals like lithium. Oil field produced waters that he tested had no rare earths but there is lithium which is used in fancy meth labs and for cell phones, etc. Presently lithium is being recovered from mine waste at Mount Storm in Grant County. Brine from Marcellus wells in Lewis & Taylor counties have 125 ppm of the valuable highly reactive metal.
Apparently, at the direction of the Big Eared One, the ruling junta has turned against Israel to support the Hamas terrorists. Perhaps some should read Genesis 12:3, Numbers chapter 24 and Psalm 122 and then consider the consequences for America.
The big cupcake theft at Shade Tree was solved.
Pittsburgh based EQT has announced that the firm is “buying back” Equitrans Midstream which was/is its pipeline subsidiary and includes Mountain Valley Pipeline. One can then “sell” the natural gas to the subsidiary and avoid paying the market price and cheating royalty owners and taxing authorities such as county ad valorem taxes, state severance tax, etc. Who do our state government officials answer to?
Because of the historically low natural gas prices CNX, part of the John D. Rockefeller Standard Oil empire announced a cutback of 30 bcf/day of gas production and a slowdown of putting new wells on line. The current Henry Hub [Louisiana] price is $1.65 with much lower prices locally “since we have a glut.”
HG Energy announced that certain wells in Lincoln, Kanawha, Putnam & Roane Counties were sold to Delta Helix Energy which appears to be owned by B. Douglas Haught from Smithville and the El-Rayess Family Trust from Tuxedo Park, New York. Speaking of HG which has funding from Quantum Capital Group has had a change in that Elliott Management, a part owner is to put an additional $one half billion into the firm that has been drilling Marcellus wells.
Naomi Taylor who carries most of the Creston mail has been vacationing at the beach. Since the river has been up it was obvious that she did not choose Munday beach, a local favorite. Her sub, like Naomi before her, started out with getting a flat tire on the Richardsonville Road.
The price of local Pennsylvania grade crude oil is $80.04/bbl. with condensate fetching $62.04/bbl. and Marcellus & Utica light bringing $71.04 & medium $80.04/bbl.
