There were 434 riders at the spring Creston ATV poker run. The community would like to thank all those who came & rode, those who set up and took down the route, donated items for door prizes, those who made desserts, fixed and served the food, signed up folks, worked the stations, parked the vehicles, sent out the cards and all the other chores necessary to have a successful event. One of the workers brought fresh baked bread with homemade jam one day and the next time brought fresh pepperoni roles. “Elmo” the Elmore, while helping clean the trail after the ride, showed how to go through a mud hole in which others got stuck and had to be extricated. In addition to local folks there were folks from Michigan and Delaware who came just to ride. There was lots of water and after the midday rain there was plenty of mud for those who wanted to slip & slide. Several of the play holes located alongside the route were thoroughly tested. Betsy Jarvis came in first followed by Dana Knapp & Shawn Barr who also won the 50/50. The kitchen ran out of food. Some folks had breakdowns but there were no serious problems. Some folks sing about going to Beulah Land but the riders got to go over Mt. Beulah and others thought about exotic places like Egypt. Riders were able to ride out Egypt Ridge without a passport & ride though part of the apparently abandoned Richardson Secondary Oil Recovery Project.
There were all sorts of flowers along the route, phlox, buttercups, pinks, buckeye flowers, larkspur, wild iris, mayapples, violets, star chickweed, stonecrop, etc. In addition to turkeys, deer, squirrels there were lots of butterflies and up in Little Rowell there was one place where there were more than 40 tiger swallowtail butterflies, an amazing sight.
ON May 2 there will be a flea market/yard sale at the Creston Community Building and on May 9 bingo will be back for all the bingo fans. It is said that a fellow wearing casino garb will be calling the numbers.
Donald Ray Shrader, age 78, of Little Creek passed away. The son of Howard & Faye Shrader, he was laid to rest in the Cooper cemetery.
Parkersburg mayor Tom Joyce noted that he bagged a nice turkey.
Local folks attended the big political events in Vienna and Elizabeth and heard the candidates say why they should be chosen May 12 in the primary election. It was reported that some of the state road folks have been “extra zealous” in taking down signs said to be on the state road right of way. At one of the meetings there was talk about the proposed power plant & data center at the mouth of Katy’s Run.
Ed Hardman installed a new walk at a Creston residence.
The coal baronet who presently is playing U. S. Senator continues to have financial troubles as the Omni Hotel chain now owns the $300 million debt against the Greenbrier resort. His PR people noted that he had now hired the best of lawyers to stop the meanies from taking his prize possession and show that the “financial wizard” who plans to run for governor in 2028 is well . . . Some noted that the owner of the famous dog (that is now painted on the ceiling in the capitol) would do better to hire Perry Mason, Michael Avenatti and Algonquin J. Callhoun as lead counsel. The State of W. Va. Recently filed 3 more liens against the property for $2.3 million and then there is the county tax sale.
West Virginia University, the outfit that obviously intends to control health care in West Virginia and dabbles in semi pro sports has now opened the EQT Petroleum & Natural Gas Energy Lab at their Morgantown facility. EQT also announced a major cutback in sales of natural gas because of the very low price, presently $2.70/MMBTU.
Kindle Energy is building a 600 megawatt gas fired power plant at Wolf Summit not far from Clarksburg.
The comely Kim was visiting her mother, Wilma Mowrey.
At a recent oil & gas forced pooling hearing the geologist for Antero stated that the thickness of the Marcellus shale in Greenbrier District of Doddridge County is 50 feet. Antero also agreed to a 25% gross royalty with access to the well meter.
Lots of local folks have their potatoes planted and gardens ready to go. It still looks like drought weather.
Some local folks picked some locust blossoms to deep fry after being dipped in a batter. Also milkweeds & poke are ready to pick to cook.
The price of Brent (North Sea) crude is $101.44/bbl. While WTI (West Texas Intermediate) is $96.22/bbl. Gasolene in Parkersburg in $3.55/gallon.
