Rev. Kevin Gillespie filled his regular appointment at the Burning Springs M. E. Church.
Saturday afternoon there was a shower while the sun was shining and there was a spectacular double rainbow.
Dogwoods are at their prime and phlox, bluets, paw paws, maples and oaks are in bloom. The invasive garlic mustard is starting to bloom. Those plants need to be pulled up by the roots as the pest sends toxic chemicals out into the soil that kills native vegetation.
The W. Va. Farm Bureau summer agriculture institute will be June 21 & 22 in Vienna. Teachers can obtain 3 hours of graduate professional development credits. For details call 1-800-398-4630.
John Griffin is attending a county commissioners meeting at Canaan Valley State Park.
Bud Light beer had been a local favorite and it would be fair to say that, contrary to what the sonorority sister’s statement about Bud guzzlers being frat boys, the locals do not fit that description. One local who is now buying Coors said, ‘I’m not drinking any _____ beer!” Budweiser had always been associated with men who knew which way their flag flew, folks who used Copenhagen, Conwood & Camels, not Virginia Slims. The company (Busch) is now foreign owned and thinks that it must be “woke” doing ESG and DEI. Now likely is the time to use local brews. Back when, Parkersburg had at least two breweries and some of the Creston dePues & Vandals operated a bottling works [and saloon] at the foot of Ann Street in Parkersburg.
The postal “service” announced that later in the summer the price of a first class stamp will take another 3 cent increase to 66 cents. Older residents can remember when one could mail a letter for 3 cents. Such is an easily observed example of inflation that all can see & understand.
Some local folks went to a meeting in Parkersburg where it was announced that the W. Va. Farm Bureau, in conjunction with the Kentucy Farm Bureau that a new insurance company is coming. It will be called The FB Insurance Company of West Virginia. Check with your local county farm bureau for details.
As a result of a suit brought against the EPA by W. Va. AG Patrick Morrisey and other state attorneys general the new WOTUS [Waters of the United States] rules will not be implemented in West Virginia and several other states. Under the proposed new rules any place where water stands, even for a short time, is under the supervision of the federales and one must get a permit to do anything. This included mud puddles and one’s front lawn because, after a downpour, water will stand until it runs off. Of course, the rules were meant to apply to navigable waters. Go down the point in Parkersburg and watch the barges go up & down the river. There is no way that soggy lawns, ephemeral drains that come off the hill, etc. are navigable. Under the new world order the government intends to control our every move. There is more talk about the digital currency and WHO mandated medical paperwork or imbedded chips.
The EPA [or some outfit] has said that we can no longer have incandescent light bulbs and the new car rules are so strict that internal combustion engines will be outlawed. Where in the Constitution does it say that some nameless fat cat in the federal government can say what we can buy & use? At the same time there is now talk that the coal fired power plant in Pleasants County is to be shut down soon and all sorts of questions are being raised about “additional” costs. The plant was long ago paid for – why now are there additional expenses? That plant was in the big bribe deal in Ohio where the electric company paid a $64 million bribe to Ohio elected officials. Nothing was ever said about the W. Va. part of the deal, hmmmmmm.
Some of the big boys have been trying to lease oil & gas acreage in West Virginia for $1,500/acre bonus and net leases that rob the citizens blind. In Ohio, Encino has offered $5,500/acre bonus with 20% royalty. The State of W. Va. gets a 20% gross royalty when state minerals are leased. We must never forget that we are in the heart of the largest oil & gas field on the planet and that we have world class oil & gas. Also the produced oil, gas and gas liquids should be used here, not sent to enrich foreign lands.
It was reported that the class action suit against Jay Bee has now been certified.
Both Pennsylvania and West Virginia have made application for the federal hydrogen hubs. It would seem that the main reason for such is $1 billion in taxpayer funds. For obvious reasons details on these projects are not for the public to observe and study.
State road biggie Jimmy Wriston, after finishing up the tree butchering fiasco that involved real money, has stated that there would be a pothole fixing blitz before Decoration Day. Several of the I-77 potholes were “patched” but, to use the vernacular, “Someone ought to learn ’em how to do it.” Perhaps little Jimmy could get either Dusty Wolverton or Terry Grim to come out of retirement and show the crew how to construct patches that ride smoothly when one goes over them.
The EPA [Environmental Protection Agency] announced that they are going to give taxpayer money to some “green weenie” outfits. They will be paid to be “methane police” looking for gas leaks. The biggest one in history happened recently when the senile one had a gas pipeline blown up in the Baltic Sea.
The Henry Hub [Louisiana] price of natural gas fell to $2.11/MMBTU [dekatherm]. The price of local Pennsylvania grade crude rose to $81.52/bbl. with condensate fetching $65.52/bbl. with Marcellus & Utica light bringing $72.52 & medium $81.52/bbl.
