Plan now to attend 2025 Winter Meeting
The Gas and Oil Association of WV, Inc. (GOWV) will host its annual Winter Meeting on February 19-20, 2025, at the Marriott Town Center Hotel in Charleston. Make plans now to join friends, colleagues, legislators and professional contacts for this worthwhile and exciting twoday event. Mark your calendars and register now online or use the forms on pages 28 and 20.
To better benefit your business, take advantage of the sponsorship opportunities that are available. Simply fill out the sponsor form on page 28 or contact Lori Miller Smith for specific event sponsorships. The positive exposure, educational and networking opportunities make this a great investment for your company.
Wednesday will feature an employment practices panel specific to the oil and gas industry with moderator Joseph Leonoro of Steptoe & Johnson.
This panel will update you on changes and highlight best practices for our industry.
There will be a GOpac reception from 5:00-6:00 (admission by donation only), followed by the GO-WV membership and legislative reception from 6:007:30 p.m. Following the receptions, please make your own plans for dinner with friends and colleagues.
Craig Colombo Vice Chair/ Program Chair
Thursday will open with a panel discussion on meeting U.S. and global energy demands, with moderator Maribeth Anderson and panelists from Expand Energy, Northeast Natural Energy and Hope Gas. Other morning sessions include
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GO-WV 2025 Buyers' Guide underway
The Gas and Oil Association of West Virginia (GO-WV) is again partnering with Overland, KSbased Strategic Value Media, a leading nationwide provider of print and digital media solutions to trade and membership associations, to produce the 2024-25 edition of the GO-WV Buyers' Guide, the premier resource of relevant products and services for oil and gas industry professionals. This will be the 12th year that the Guide will be produced.
A representative from Strategic Value Media may contact you by email or phone to inquire if you want to enhance your listing in the Buyer's Guide. Please know this is a legitimate call and that SVM is partnering with GO-WV to provide its members with this resource for advertising your products and services.
Like previous versions, the 2024-25 edition of the Buyers’ Guide will feature updated and
expanded company and product listings, in addition to other valuable information relating to the oil and gas industry. The Buyers’ Guide provides users with an efficient way to browse for goods and services and offers oil and gas suppliers exceptional visibility by showcasing their products and services to a targeted, industry-specific buyer group.
The Buyers’ Guide is accessible through the GO-WV website at gowv.com and will be updated soon with new advertisements and updated information. To view the current Buyers’ Guide – click here. We encourage you to take advantage of this exceptional opportunity to highlight your products and services in the Buyers’ Guide. To learn more about advertising your products or services in the Buyers’ Guide, please email gowv-advertise@ svmmedia.com.
“How much for Mike McGreedy?"
There is a farmer named Don in Mt. Nebo who decided that he wanted to start raising dairy cattle for the pint of cream that is in every gallon of milk. Don decided he would go to Lewisburg to the Livestock Auction to find a dairy cow for his creamery. Before traveling to Lewisburg, he found a used cattle trailer that he purchased for $5,000.00. It wasn’t much of a trailer, but it had decent tires so he paid for it and proceeded to Lewisburg. Upon arrival, he asked some auctioneers who he should talk to about a good dairy cow. After roaming around the property and looking at the various cows, he came upon Mike McGreedy, who had some beautiful Jersey cows that are famous for their milk production. Don approached Mike and said, "I’m looking for a good dairy cow," and Mike said, "I have some excellent dairy cows but, rather than sell, I would prefer to lease one to you for the next year for $1,000.00 and 10% of every gallon of milk that you can sell." Don asked Mike how much milk they made and Mike stated that all of his cows make at least six gallons per day as long as they are fed, watered and vaccinated appropriately. Mike said, "I think you should have a look at 'Milkshake,' She’s a little older, but she’s an excellent milk cow." Mike presented a lease and Don signed and rendered the $1,000 fee and loaded up Milkshake for the 2-hour drive back to Mt. Nebo.
Don had already leased a 4-acre pasture with a small barn for Milkshake, and with a little help from his son Ted, they unloaded Milkshake to do some grazing. The 4-acre pasture and barn cost Don $1,000 but the owner agreed to get Milkshake in the barn each night in exchange for the lease. The next day Don got up bright and early to milk Milkshake and, as promised, she delivered nearly seven gallons of fresh milk, and by the end of the week he was able sell approximately 40 gallons of milk which he sold to the Cooperative in Summersville for $80, or $2 per gallon. This was only about half of what milk sells for at the Food Lion, but the Cooperative explained that they have to pay for pasteurization, homogenization, packaging, transportation and a USDA inspection. Don remitted a check for $8 to Mike McGreedy and went back to Mt. Nebo to assemble his separator to capture the cream. The next week, Don produced 35 gallons of milk but, with his separator, he also captured five gallons of cream. The cream separator cost $2,000 but, given that cheese sells for about $10 per pound, Don felt that he could quickly recover his investment. Don remitted another check to Mike McGreedy for 10% of $80 since he recovered 35 gallons of milk and five gallons of cream. This went on each week and by the end of the lease Don had earned $4,160, less cream, selling Milkshake’s milk
Mike McGreedy
2024-25 OFFICERS
Chair:
Jim Crews
Vice Chair:
Craig Colombo
Secretary:
Brett Loflin
Treasurer:
Kelly Moss
Past Chair: Jeff Isner
BOARD MEMBERS
Maribeth Anderson, Antero Resources
John Bane, EQT
Jason Harshbarger, BHE GT&S
Doug Malcolm, D. C. Malcom, Inc.
Jonathan Morgan, Jay-Bee O & G
Nick Munoz, Williams
Ben Sullivan, Diversified Energy
Aaron Thompson, TC Energy
Jennifer Vieweg, Greylock Energy
Chris Weikle, Expand Energy
Marlin Witt, Baker Tilley, US, LLP
Andria Wymer, Energy
Transportation, LLC
Members at Large:
Jon Farmer, Arsenal Resources
Kathy Hill, Ergon Oil Purchasing
Tom Westfall, Mountaineer Gas
Tim Wilcox, Amcox Oil & Gas
Members Emeritus:
Marc Halbritter
Ben Hardesty
Lloyd Jackson II
Don Nestor
Bob Orndorff
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Jim Crews GO-WV Chair
Meet Mrs. U.S.A. Prime Div. III, and GO-WV
member, Dana Taylor, of Sub Zero Solutions
Dana Taylor is a fascinating woman who now holds the title of Mrs. U.S.A. Prime Division III.
"I was involved in a different pageant program in 2019 and 2020, but left after two seasons due to the politics and 'mean girl' mentality of the pageants," Taylor said. "I got back into the pageant world with Prime Pageants due to their philosophy of self-care and collegiality."
Her husband, Shane, is a construction manager for TC Energy and the couple owns Sub Zero Solutions, LLC, a company developing an industrial cleaning solution using dry ice, rather than chemicals.
As the photos show, she is focused on promoting the oil and natural gas industry, as well as her other interests, in her pageant work. "My hair and makeup artist is married to a pipeliner. Inspired by the GO-WV license plate, my head piece was custom-made in Ukraine from my design and my dress was made here," Taylor explained. "The politics of pageantry always made it a risk to promote our oil and gas industry, but it has supported our family for years."
Diagnosed with Lupus in 2020, after years of suffering, she is now a Lupus Foundation of America national ambassador, one of 30, and the sole ambassador in West Virginia.
Lupus has become a major focus of her life and her community service. She has lobbied Congress on Lupus issues, had May declared Lupus Awareness Month in Jackson County and is working for the same designation across West Virginia. She has raised funds to
help those patients who cannot afford the expensive needed treatments, which can run to $1,200 per shot.
"The difference in the Prime Pageant program is the focus on support and relationships among contestants, rather than the 'mean girl' spirit," she explained. "You are encouraged to get to know the other contestants, and a number have become my friends."
While she did not win "best costume" in the 2024 competition, she won:
• Mrs. U.S.A. Prime
• Mrs. Congeniality
• Silver Presidential Volunteer Service award
• Gold Presidential Improvement Visionary award
• Three-time Gold Award Self-care Challenge award
• Two-time Best in National Interviews award
• Best in Civil Impact award
• Best Married Couple
• Best Evening Gown and
• Prime Patron Award.
Not bad for one pageant!
She is a retired mental health professional who holds a Master's degree. She's returning to studies to get certified as a life coach with am emphasis including equine therapy. She and her husband have a son and twin daughters and live in Ripley.
From the Burd’s Nest: Twelve days of the 2024 election aftermath
Keeping with tradition, my December article has been, for many years, penned in a more lighthearted fashion and selfishly giving me the opportunity to rest my brain before going into our annual legislative session. This year, that lightheartedness plays on the recently held General Election. Its intent is in no way politically motivated, but rather written to fit the collective narrative of many opinions and issues going into the election. I hope you enjoy…
On the First day after the election the country anxiously hopes to see: the beginnings of a revitalized economy.
On the Second day after the election the country anxiously hopes to see: two new White House occupants and the beginnings of a revitalized economy.
On the Third day after the election the country anxiously hopes to see: three real press conferences, two new White House occupants and the beginnings of a revitalized economy.
On the Fourth day after the election the country anxiously hopes to see: four years of mending broken fences, three real press conferences, two new White House occupants and the beginnings of a revitalized economy.
On the Fifth day after the election the country anxiously hopes to see: five dismissed lawsuits, four years of mending broken fences, three real press conferences, two new White House occupants and the beginnings of a revitalized economy.
On the Sixth day after the election the country anxiously hopes to see: six congenial congressional hearings, five dismissed lawsuits, four years of mending broken fences, three real press conferences, two new White House occupants and the beginnings of a revitalized economy.
On the Seventh day after the election the country anxiously hopes to see: the first seven cabinet appointments, six congenial congressional hearings, five dismissed lawsuits, four years of mending broken fences, three real press confer-
ences, two new White House occupants and the beginnings of a revitalized economy.
On the Eighth day after the election the country anxiously hopes to see: the final eight cabinet appointments, seven cabinet appointments, six congressional hearings, five dismissed lawsuits, four years of mending broken fences, three real press conferences, two new White House occupants and the beginnings of a revitalized economy.
On the Ninth day after the election the country anxiously hopes to see: nine hundred billion dollars in spending cuts, the final eight cabinet appointments, the first seven cabinet appointments, six congenial congressional hearings, six congressional hearings, five dismissed lawsuits, four years of mending broken fences, three real press conferences, two new White House occupants and the beginnings of a revitalized economy
On the Tenth day after the election the country anxiously hopes to see: ten bipartisan pieces of legislation offered, nine hundred billion dollars in spending cuts, the final eight cabinet appointments, the first seven cabinet appointments, six congenial congressional hearings, six congressional hearings, five dismissed lawsuits, four years of mending broken fences, three real press conferences, two new White House occupants and the beginnings of a revitalized economy
On the Eleventh day after the election the country anxiously hopes to see: eleven rigs a drilling, ten bipartisan pieces of legislation offered, nine hundred billion dollars in spending cuts, the final eight cabinet appointments, the first seven cabinet appointments, six congenial congressional hearings, six congressional hearings, five dismissed lawsuits, four years of mending broken fences, three real press conferences, two new White House occupants and the beginnings of a revitalized economy
On the Twelfth day after the election the country anxiously hopes to see: twelve pipelines Burd's Nest
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2025 GO-WV Membership Directory
under construction
The 2025 GO-WV Membership Directory is “under construction”. As in the past, in addition to the regular Company Listing section, this year’s GO-WV Directory will include a Yellow Pages section, which serves as an inexpensive and effective way for member companies to communicate specific services, products or opportunities to other GO-WV members and partners. Visit pages 16-20 or click here for all forms.
For your convenience, there are four ways to advertise in the GO-WV Directory. Signing up is easy!
1. Your first option is listing your business within the Yellow Pages section. The cost of each listing is $20.00 per 35 words. If you would like to exceed the 35-word max, you must purchase the appropriate number of listings. i.e.; a 36- to 70-word listing requires the purchase of two listings. You may list in as many categories as you choose. An alphabetical listing of our current advertising categories is enclosed. Simply choose the category that best describes your business, product or service, complete and return the Yellow Pages Listing form (Form # 1) and the Category Choices page. Should you have a product or service that does not fit a pre-existing category, please feel free to suggest a new one in the space provided.
2. Your second option is to place an advertisement within the Yellow Pages. Simply complete and return the Yellow Pages Advertisement form (Form # 2) with your high
2025
resolution (minimum 300 dpi) black and white ad copy. Advertising rates are identified on the form.
3. Your third option is to place your advertisement on one of the tabbed page dividers. These pages are limited and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Ads will be sold on both sides of each tabbed page. Please make your selection from the following membership category: by Company, by Employee Name, by Location, Yellow Pages, Services and Committees, GO-WV Bylaws, Cooperating Industry Associations, Governmental Listing or Notes. When making your selection, please indicate your first, second and third choice on the Tabbed Divider Page Advertisement form (Form # 3). Return the form with your high resolution (minimum 300 dpi) color ad copy. Note that ads on these pages will only be available in full and half page sizes and are in color. Again, the corresponding rates are identified on the attached form.
4. Your fourth option is to place your full page advertisement on the back outside cover of the Directory. This opportunity will be available to only one advertiser on a first-come, first-served basis by calling the GO-WV office directly at (304) 344-9867. The cost to place this full page color ad is $1,000.
In order to have a listing in the Yellow Pages or advertise in the 2025 directory, we must receive your completed form(s), high resolution ad copy and your payment in the appropriate amount no later than December 20, 2024. If you have any questions, please contact Diane Slaughter via e-mail at dslaughter@gowv.com.
Please send FORMS AND ARTWORK to dslaughter@gowv.com.
Please send FORMS AND PAYMENT to GOWV Attention: Katie McCracken, 300 Summers Street, Suite 820, Charleston, WV 25301.
To pay by credit card, please call Katie at 304-344-9867.
Aaron Thompson Communications & Education Committee Co-Chair
Upcoming events for your review
February 19-20, 2025
GO-WV 2025 Winter Meeting
Charleston Marriott Hotel, Charleston, WV
Info: gowv.com
March 22, 2025
Marion County STEM Day County Stem Center
March 26, 2025
GO-WV Gas & Oil Day at the Legislature State Capitol, Charleston, WV
March 26-27, 2025
WV Construction & Design EXPO
Charleston CCC, Charleston, WV
April 12, 2025
WVMA Day at the Legislature State Capitol, Charleston, WV
August 3-5, 2025
GO-WV Summer Meeting
The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, WV
September 11-13, 2025
WV Oil & Gas Festival
Sistersville, WV
September 12, 2025
WV Oil & Gas Festival and Person of the Year Ceremony Sistersville, WV
September 16-18, 2026
Shale Insight Conference
Bayfront Convention Center, Erie, PA
October 21-23, 2025
SPE Appalachian Chapter Annual Meeting Charleston, WV
August 2-4, 2026
GO-WV Summer Meeting
The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, WV
Nominations now being accepted for 2025 Rusty Hutson, Sr. Heritage Award
In 2021, the Gas and Oil Association of WV, Inc. (GO-WV), established the “Rusty Hutson, Sr., Heritage Award”. This annual award honors an exemplary individual(s) from the oil and gas industry who has, for 25 years or more, supported and demonstrated a tradition of:
1. Service to, and in, their community,
2. Positive civic engagement, and/or
3. The development of community leaders and industry workers.
This award denotes a lifetime commitment to good citizenship and service to the recipient’s local community.
You are being asked to submit a candidate(s) whom you believe demonstrates the level of citizenship denoted for this award. The submission needs to include your nominee’s name, current or previous company affiliations(s), and a short
explanation as to why the nominee should be considered.
All nominations must be submitted by email no later than 5:00 p.m., Friday, December 13, 2024, to Charlie Burd, Executive Director, at: cburd@ gowv.com.
The recipient of this award is selected by the GO-WV Board of Directors from a slate of candidates compiled from those nominated by the GOWV membership.
The 2025 “Rusty Hutson, Sr., Heritage Award” will be announced in advance and presented February 20, 2025, at the GO-WV 2025 Winter Meeting at the Charleston Town Center Marriott, Charleston, West Virginia.
Past Recipients:
2022 Rusty Hutson Sr.
2023 Ike Morris
2024 Pam and Kelly Moss
2025 scholarship deadline: March 14
In 1997, the Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia, Inc. (now the Gas and Oil Association of WV, Inc. - GO-WV) established its Scholarship Program in an effort to become more involved in higher education in West Virginia. The Scholarship Program was specifically created to reward the outstanding scholastic achievements of high school seniors whose parents work in the oil and natural gas industry for GO-WV members companies. The Association also awards deserving high school “student employees” who have completed a required number of working hours at a GO-WV member company.
Since 2020, two annual one-time, $1,000 scholarships are also sponsored by ConServ Incorporated and earmarked for students who are
choosing a career path that benefits the oil and gas industry in a vocational/technical field such as, but not limited to, welder, truck driver, well tender, electrician, mechanic, etc.
Since the GO-WV Scholarship Program’s inception, over $246,000 has been awarded to these very deserving students. Complete eligibility rules and documents for both scholarship types are found on pages __-__ or at https://gowv.com/education/scholarship/ and will be sent to all member companies.
The completed application, including all required forms and information, must be signed by the high school guidance counselor and postmarked no later than Friday, March 14, 2025. From all the applications received, the GO-WV Scholarship Review Committee will review and award a limited number of one-time only scholarships.
Here is a quick glance at those rules:
1. Applicant must be a West Virginia high school senior.
2. Applicant must be a dependent of an employee/retiree of a GO-WV member company in good standing OR be employed by a GO-WV member company in good standing (Student employee must have worked a minimum of 400 hours is the past calendar year. Validation of hours worked and a letter of recommendation from the employer must be provided).
3. Applicant must enroll in a four-year West Virginia college or university or a community college/vocational-technical school.
4. Applicant must compose an essay answering the question asked on the application form.
5. Application must be signed by the high school guidance counselor.
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GO-WV will accept completed applications, including all documents, postmarked by Friday, March 14, 2025. Should you have any questions, oR need additional information, please contact Katie McCracken at 304-344-9867 or kmccracken@gowv.com.
GO-WV welcomes five new members in November
Please join the GO-WV Board of Directors in welcoming these members approved in November:
Baughan Engineering LLC
367 George Street
Beckley, WV 25801
Phone: (681) 254-4670
Nathaniel Fowler
Mobile: (304) 541-8896
nfowler@baughanengineering,com www,baughanengineering.com
Blue Duck Resources LLC
714 Venture Ave., No. 225
Morgantown, WV 26508
Kevin Pierson
Mobile: (469) 767-7262
kp@blueduckres.com www.blueduckres.com
City National Bank
10 Hale St., Suite 100
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: (304) 347-2427
Brian Parrott
Mobile: (304) 550-5035
brian.parrott@bankatcity.com www.bankatcity.com
Enterprise Mobility
148 Carrier Way
Scott Depot, WV 25560
Brian Theisen
Mobile: (952) 242-7191
brian.d.theisen@em.com www.enterprisemobility.com
Charleston, WV 25339
Phone: (304) 932-0897
Amber Perry
Mobile: (406) 672-0157
WVpropanegas@gmail.com www.wvpropanegas.com
Andria Wymer Membership Chair
WeatherBELL: Winter forecast update
For more information about WeatherBELL’s services and to get the hot-off-the-press forecast updates, please visit our website www.weatherbell.com or contact us at sales@weatherbell. com.
Oil &Gas Museum
The Oil, Gas and Industrial Historical Association, West Virginia’s only multi-site museum, highlights the history and present day impact of oil and gas in the Appalachian Basin.
We honor and celebrate the rich history of West Virginia and the MidOhio Valley, supporting research, preservation and interpretation at our sites.
Start exploring the Oil and Gas Museum and travel back in time with us.
MUSEUMS
of the Mid -Ohio Valley
Hurricane seasons that are very active at the end typically correlate to having a major cold stretch in December. How the rest of the winter responds will fall on other factors.
A weak La Niña is still expected this winter. La Niña’s typically have high variability, and we expect that to happen this winter especially across the Midwest. A persistent Southeast ridge should lead to a milder than normal winter for the Deep South.
Despite the expected fast start, we still expect the coldest air, relative to normal, to be in the Northwest and across parts of Canada. pThe East Coast could still see some big snowstorms as the pattern shifts back and forth.
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updates from invited speakers Senator Shelley Moore Capito and Senator-elect Jim Justice, closing with a presentation on natural gas powered generation moving into the future. Lunch will include a presentation to the Oil & Gas Museum and recognition of the Rusty Hutson, Sr. Heritage Award and 2025 Gunslinger Award recipients. Governor-elect Patrick Morrisey has been invited to open our afternoon session, followed by talks from other industry leaders including Pete Hollis of Fidelis New Energy, Scott Murray of Tenaska and Chris Ventura of Consumers Energy Alliance.
We hope to see you there!
Click here for the agenda. Click here to register or click here for printable registration form Click here to sponsor or click here for printable sponsorship form. Click here to reserve your room at the Marriott (Rate of $145 + tax is valid February 18-21, 2025. Reservations are due by January 18, 2025.) Click here for speaker information.
Please see page 30 to register for the meeting, or www.gowv.com. If you have questions, please contact Lori Miller Smith at 304-344-9867.
Time now to plan for your 2025 insurance with GO-WV options
The Gas and Oil Association of WV, Inc. offers what is considered the premier association health insurance program in West Virginia.
The program is presented through a successful partnership with Highmark BlueCross BlueShield (HMBCBS) and Blue Ridge Risk Partners and has become the largest fully insured policy holder of HMBCBS, a partnership that has existed for over 30 years.
With the expertise of this partnership, our groups are assured of stability and multiple services, including the oversight and compliance of the ever changing Affordable Care Act Laws and Regulations. This allows our members to focus more on their business.
GO-WV membership is one of the qualifications for the insurance program. For more infor-
mation about this program, contact Lori Miller Smith of GO-WV at lmillersmith@gowv.com or 304-344-9867 or Josh Zontek of Blue Ridge Risk Partners at josh.zontek@blueridgeriskpartners. com or 304-848-6475.
Plan features offer competitive rates; reduced employer risk exposure; multiple plan options; tiered rates; and outstanding customer service.
The insurance plan also provides a dental program through United Concordia, a subsidiary of Highmark BlueCross BlueShield Pennsylvania, a vision plan through VSP and life insurance and short-term disability through Unum Life Insurance Company of America.
Plans are effective January 1, 2025. Click here for complete information on all plans
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Time now to plan for your 2025 advertising in GO-WV News
Your continued support of GO-WV News through your advertising is greatly appreciated. Advertisers have the opportunity to expand their reach to this important market and keep your name and your products and services at top-ofmind awareness for your current and potential customers.
The 2025 advertising contract can be found on page 28 of this issue or at gowv.com. You will need to complete and return this contract by December 20, 2024 for your advertisement
to be included in the January 2025 issue of the award-winning GO-WV News . For our current advertisers, a copy of your current contract and most recent ad are available from the GO-WV office. Ads must be paid in full by check or credit card prior to publication.
Please call Katie McCracken at the GO-WV office at (304) 344-9867 or email her at kmccracken@gowv.com for any questions regarding advertising opportunities.
Success comes from the struggle
A few years ago, I was having a drink with Lyle, a friend, at The Greenbrier after a golf outing. We talked about our families. Lyle had been through some stuff. Years earlier, his fiancée told him on New Year’s Eve, “I don’t love you anymore.” She ended their engagement. Lyle was devastated. He remarked, “Greg, when my fiancée left me, I had no idea at the time it was the best thing that could happen to me. Otherwise I never would have met the love of my life and now have two incredible children.” Most people don’t like adversity. I don’t. However, I have learned my greatest successes follow adversity. Lyle didn’t realize his fiancée wasn’t the love of his life. It took adversity and Lyle overcoming it for him to find the love of his life.
In the oil and gas industry, people are all too familiar with the struggle. Most have been through stuff like a layoff, merger, bankruptcy, low product prices and other challenges. The very nature of this business requires mental toughness and resiliency to get back up and move forward after challenges. It is easy to get depressed or get down on ourselves. When we are stuck in manure it may be helpful to remember how important the struggle is to success.
Our soccer team finished the high school season in Beckley by winning the Boys AAA Championship Game 1-0 in a battle. The sole reason for sharing this with you is to share lessons learned that may help you. Except for 2020, the COVID season, this season was the most unique I’ve ever coached. It was like three different seasons. In the first seven games we won only one game, lost three games and tied three. We scored only five goals. Our opponents scored 11. Not a championship looking start. We won our last seven games, including the State Championship game, scoring 31 goals and giving up only one goal. It is what happened between the first seven and the last seven games that changed everything.
Our four seniors decided in August their dream was to win the State Championship. As
coaches, because of the way we were playing, we didn’t mention championships initially. This was a young, inexperienced squad. They needed to be developed. Coach Joe adjusted training and the formation we played to adapt to our current players’ skill levels. Joe and the other two assistant coaches moved players' positions until they found where they best fit. The coaches’ drills built our players' fitness level and developed their skills. I worked on our players’ heads. To succeed, they had to believe in themselves, their coaches and their teammates. I worked with them after practice. Coach Joe and I worked to develop our senior captains into strong leaders.
In nature, a struggle is always required to succeed. A caterpillar struggles to get out of the cocoon. It is the struggle that develops their strength so they can leave the cocoon as a butterfly. The mother sea turtle leaves the water and lays her eggs on the beach away from the water. When the baby sea turtles hatch, they must crawl through the sand, a struggle for the young turtles, exposed to predators in order to get to the sea. The crawl to the sea develops their young muscles so they can swim.
As a young corporate engineer, I was responsible for sales in a new product line. For six months I did marketing, made phone calls to prospects and did cold calls on offices. For six months all I heard was, “NO”, “Not interested”, “Not now.” It was depressing. I became a rejection specialist. I did follow up calls with no success. Eventually the seeds planted on my many office calls began to blossom. Finally, I got my first sale and many more followed. It was a long struggle through adversity to finally reach success. The mental toughness I developed has helped me in many ways.
As coaches, we can’t script adversity into our season even if we wanted to. We can play a challenging schedule to prepare our team for the post season. This year that meant playing four of the top five AAA schools in the state, losing all four Struggle and success
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games. We played teams we knew would be physical. It was important for our players to develop mental toughness along with physical toughness. We fell behind in games and came back to win. The boys learned not to quit when they fell behind.
The struggle through adversity in middle of the season turned into confidence by the last seven games. We took more shots and scored more goals. The boys developed confidence and a true belief a State Championship was possible. They won the regional championship, a very physical game 2-1 in sudden overtime victory. In the state semifinal, we played a team we tied during the regular season. The boys put it all together when six different players scored on route to an 8-0 victory. They carried belief and confidence learned from adversity and then success into the State Championship game to achieve their dream of a State Championship.
My friend Willie Jolley wrote the book A Setback is a Setup for a Comeback. Good reading!
A setback is temporary. It means we haven’t quit. Setbacks and adversity happen. The people we vote for won’t always win. That has been the case since the founding of our country. True Americans understand no matter who wins we move forward. We can’t protect ourselves and our children from adversity and setbacks. They will go through a breakup. They will lose a game. We teach our players when they make a mistake on the field, “Don’t lay on the ground. Get up and fix it.” A lot of life lessons can be learned through sports. After a tough loss, our players can’t cry and complain, they must shake hands with the opponent who defeated them. The past is the past. We can’t change it. We can only learn from it.
Some thoughts;
• Adversity and setbacks are a normal part of life.
• The past is the past. Learn from it. Let it go.
• Adversity can make us stronger and better. Choose not to quit and move forward.
• Take responsibility for mistakes and results. Don’t blame others. Taking responsibility is taking control.
• We can’t protect people from adversity. Help them to learn and move forward.
Thoughts to ponder.
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being laid, eleven rigs a drilling, ten bipartisan pieces of legislation offered, nine hundred billion dollars in spending cuts, the final eight cabinet appointments, the first seven cabinet appointments, six congenial congressional hearings, six congressional hearings, five dismissed lawsuits, four years of mending broken fences, three real press conferences, two new White House occupants and the beginnings of a revitalized economy.
In closing this December 2024 issue of the Burd’s Nest, please accept all this with the sense of humor in which it is offered. And from the Burd Family (Charlie, Leone, Charlie and Nathan), please have a safe and Very Merry Christmas and the happiest and most prosperous of New Years.
Burd's Nest
2025 Directory Advertising FORM # 1
Yellow Pages - - Listing
GO-WV Company Name
Contact Person (to be included in listing)
Address
Phone _________ _____ Fax _ ______________ E-Mail address _____
The cost of each listing is $20.00 per 35 words. If you would like to exceed the 35-word max, you must purchase the appropriate number of listings. i.e.; a 36- to 70-word listing requires the purchase of two listings Please print your listing below.
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Total for the 2025 GO-WV Directory Yellow Page Listings is $ ______________
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Please complete this FORM and return it with your PAYMENT to: Katie McCracken, GO-WV, 300 Summers Street, Suite 820, Charleston, WV 25301 Voice: 304-344-9867 E-mail: kmccracken@gowv.com ALSO send the completed FORM to: Diane Slaughter, APR at dslaughter@gowv.com.
COMPANY NAME
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Surveying
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Suggest
2025 Directory Advertising FORM #
Yellow Page - - Advertisement
Contact Person
Billing Address
Phone ______________ Fax ________________ E-Mail address _____
Place my ad in the Yellow Pages. The ad size is (check one):
ALSO send the completed FORM with your ad copy to: Diane Slaughter, APR at dslaughter@gowv.com. GO-WV Company Name _____________________________
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Please complete this FORM and return it with your PAYMENT to: Katie McCracken, GO-WV, 300 Summers Street, Suite 820, Charleston, WV 25301 Voice: 304-344-9867 E-mail: kmccracken@gowv.com.
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Place my ad on a Tabbed Divider Page. The ad size is (check one):
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IOGA Bylaws
Your ad copy should be a full color, CMYK, 300 dpi ad saved as a PDF file. There are no bleeds in these ads. Please send your ad as an electronic file to dslaughter@gowv.com. Total for the 2025 GO-WV Membership Directory Tabbed Divider Page Advertising is $ ___ Approved by: _______ Date: _________________ DEADLINE: December 20, 2024
Please complete this FORM and return it with your PAYMENT to: Katie McCracken, GO-WV, 300 Summers Street, Suite 820, Charleston, WV 25301 Voice: 304-344-9867 E-mail: kmccracken@gowv.com
ALSO send the completed FORM with your ad copy to: Diane Slaughter, APR at dslaughter@gowv.com.
P.O. Box 225
Fredericktown, OH 43019
Phone: 740-848-4919
Fax: 740-957-9267
www.integritykokosing.com
Tim Seibert, President
tps@integritykokosing.com
and Mike made $416 plus $1,000 for the annual lease payment for an annual total of $1,416.00.
Don and Ted were good at making cheese and made 10 pounds of cheese per week that sold for $10 per pound. For the year, Don made $5,200 on the sale of cheese, less the five gallons of cream that he used each week. For the year, Don netted $5200, less $520 for the cream that was not sold as milk, which resulted in sales of $4,680. For the year, Don had revenues of $4,160 plus $5,200 for a total of $9,360 less expenses of $5,000 (trailer) plus $1,000 (pasture), $2,000 (cream separator) plus $1,416 (lease) or $9,416.00.
This resulted in earnings (loss) for the year of $9,360 minus expenses of $9,416 for a loss of $56 for the year. Not discouraged, Don knew that if he had a few more cows he could probably turn a profit in a few years.
On the other hand, Mike McGreedy earned $1,416 on Milkshake for the year having no expenses or no labor to earn that money; furthermore, Don returned Milkshake to Mike at the end of the lease and Mike decided he would breed her to create more dairy cattle.
Upon learning that Don had made cheese out of the cream and sold the cheese for $5,200, he sued Don in Greenbrier County Court for violating the lease, claiming that Don owed him an additional lease expense of $520 less $52 that Don had remitted for the sale of total gallons of cream. The judge in Greenbrier County ruled that Don had violated the lease and ordered Don to remit a check for $468 to Mike McGreedy which extended Don’s loss to $524 for the year.
Don decided that he wasn’t a very good dairy farmer and sold his trailer and his cream separator and relinquished his lease on the pasture. Ted went to work for Cooperative and Don went on public assistance supplemented by the sale of bootleg whiskey. Cheese prices went up in Summersville by about 10% after Don’s cheese was no longer on the market.
Mike McGreedy eventually sold his herd to a Chinese conglomerate. Mike used the proceeds from the sale to move to West Palm Beach, Florida. The Greenbrier County judge who ruled against Don didn’t run for re-election; instead registered as a lobbyist for the Chinese conglomerate.
So is life in West Virginia.
Mike McGreedy Continued from page 2
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Mailing Address
2025 Scholarship Application
First Name MI
City State Zip Code
Home Phone Number
Date of Birth
Social Security Number
College/University Planning to Attend
High School High School Phone Number
My Parent/Guardian works for a GO-WV Member Company
Parent/Guardian Name
GO-WV Member Company
I Work for a GO-WV Company (referral letter attached) Company Name: _
Graduation Date
Awards Assembly Date & Time
If you filed a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), what is the amount of your Expected Family Contribution (EFC) as reported to you on the Student Aid Report (SAR)? $
SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
1. Applicant must be a West Virginia high school senior.
2. Applicant must be a dependent of an employee/retiree of a GO-WV Company in good standing OR be employed by a GO-WV Member Company in good standing (Student employee must have worked a minimum of 400 hours. Validation of hours worked and a letter of recommendation from the employer must be provided).
3. Applicant must enroll in a four-year West Virginia college or university.
4. Applicant must compose a 300-500 word essay answering the question: “Describe your community’s perception of the Oil and Gas Industry and explain how you would improve it.”
5. Application must be signed by a high school counselor.
6. Mail the application with all activity and course forms (listed below), essay, transcript and ACT scores as instructed below. This must be postmarked on or before Friday, March 14, 2025
ATTENTION STUDENT:
List your advanced placement and honors courses, organizations, volunteer and extra-curricular school activities with which you were affiliated during the four years of high school on the appropriate forms (Advanced Placement and Honors Courses, Extracurricular School Activities, Community Service and Non-School Activities - Including Employment). Please deliver these forms along with your completed application and essay to your high school counselor .
ATTENTION SCHOOL COUNSELOR:
Please sign this application and mail it along with the student’s essay, transcripts, ACT scores, and activity and course forms to the address below postmarked on or before March 14, 2025.
Student’s guidance counselor’s signature
PLEASE NOTE: ONE SIDED COPIES ONLY – NO STAPLES!
Advanced Placement and Honors Courses
Grade Level Course
Community Service and Non-School Activities (Including Employment)
TOTAL HOURS
Extracurricular School Activities
TOTAL HOURS
Last Name
2025 Technical & Vocational Scholarship Application
First Name MI Date of Birth
Mailing Address SS Number
City State ZipCode HomePhone
High School High School Phone Number
My Parent/Guardian works for a GO-WV Member Company
Parent/Guardian Name______________________GO-WV Member Company
I Work for a GO-WV Member Company (referral letter attached) Company Name:
Graduation Date:
Awards Assembly Date & Time:
Chosen Vocation/Career: Chosen School:
SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
1. Applicant must be a West Virginia high school senior choosing a career path that benefits the oil and gas industry.
2. Applicant must be a dependent of an employee OR be employed by a GO-WV Member Company in good standing.(Student employee must have worked a minimum of 400 hours. Validation of hours worked and a letter ofrecommendation from the employer must be included with this application.)
3. Applicant must be enrolling in a West Virginia community college or vocational / technical trade school.
4. Applicant must complete both pages of this form.
5. Applicant must ensure that this application and all necessary documents are postmarked no later than Friday, March 14, 2025
ATTENTION STUDENT:
After completing both pages of this form, deliver these documents to your high school counselor
ATTENTION SCHOOL COUNSELOR:
1. Please write a letter stating why you, or the student’s technical or vocational course instructor, recommend the student for this scholarship.
2. Mail the recommendation letter, all pages of this application, and the student’s transcript of grades to the address below postmarked on or before before March 14, 2025.
Student’s guidance counselor’s signature
PLEASE NOTE: ONE SIDED COPIES ONLY – NO STAPLES!
Please feel free to add extra sheets if needed.
300 Summers Street, Suite 820, Charleston WV 25301
2025 GO-WV Newsletter
Advertising Contract
Advertising is available to member companies and nonmembers of the Gas and Oil Association of WV, Inc. (GO-WV) in monthly issues of the association newsletter. Please see below for details regarding ad sizes and rates.
Membership Pricing:
Non-Membership Pricing:
page (vertical) 1 column (4 5/8” wide x 9.5” deep)
page (horizontal) 2 columns (7” wide x 4.5” deep)
card 1 column (4 5/8” wide x 2” deep)
GO-WV wants to assure that you get the best quality advertisement in the newsletter for your advertising dollar. To that end, w e ask that you submit your color ad electronically in a 300 dpi (dots per inch) resolution JPG or PDF format. Ads saved as Word or Word Perfect documents or Excel spreadsheets will not give you a quality ad in the publication. If there are conversion issues with your file, our designer will contact you directly. Ads must be emailed directly to Diane Slaughter: dslaughter@gowv.com
Ads can be run each month throughout the year or in any combination of months you choose. Please note there is a price break wh en you commit to a longer contract. Changes to your ad copy or cancellations can be made during the duration of the contract, but must be submitted 30 days prior to the next publication. (i.e, February 1st for the March issue). Please complete the information requested below and return this page, with payment, to GO-WV Newsletter, GO-WV, 300 Summers Street Suite 820, Charleston, WV 25301 ; email dslaughter@gowv.com. Ads must be paid in full by check or credit card prior to publication. Please call Diane Slaughter at (304) 984-0308 to discuss these options.
2025 GO-WV Master Sponsorship Form
Please select the meetings and levels you wish to sponsor. Newsletter and directory advertising can be reserved separately.
Elite Sponsor
• Banner hung at all events at meeting
• Specific signage at sponsored events
• Listing on Elite Sponsor board
$20,000
• Logo and name listed in meeting PowerPoint presentation, meeting program, web site page and newsletter
Diamond Sponsor $10,000
• Banner hung at sponsored event
• Specific signage at sponsored event
• Listing on Diamond Sponsor board
• Logo and name listed in meeting PowerPoint presentation, meeting program, web site page and newsletter
Platinum Sponsor
• Listing on Platinum Sponsor board
$5,500
• Logo and name listed in meeting PowerPoint presentation, meeting program, web site page and newsletter
Company
Address
• Listing on Gold Sponsor board
• Logo and name listed in meeting PowerPoint presentation, meeting program, web site page and newsletter Silver Sponsor
• Listing on Silver Sponsor board
$2,000
• Logo and name listed in meeting PowerPoint presentation, meeting program, web site page and newsletter Bronze Sponsor
• Listing on Bronze Sponsor board
$1,000
• Logo and name listed in meeting PowerPoint presentation, meeting program, web site page and newsletter
Golf Outing(s) Hole Sponsor
• Foursome fee
• Signage at hole
• Logo listed in web site and newsletter
$1,000 each
Please return this form to GO-WV, address below, by January 31, 2025. Be sure to email a high resolution (300dpi minimum) version of your company’s color logo and a link to your web site to lmillersmith@gowv.com
Thank you for your continued support!
2025 GO-WV Winter Meeting
Sponsorship Form
February 19-20, 2025 | Marriott Town Center, Charleston, WV
Elite Sponsor
• Banner hung at every event
• Specific signage at sponsored event
• Listing on Elite Sponsor board
$20,000
• Logo and name listed in meeting PowerPoint presentation, meeting program, web site page and newsletter
Diamond Sponsor
• Banner hung at sponsored event
• Specific signage at sponsored event
• Listing on Diamond Sponsor board
$10,000
• Logo and name listed in meeting PowerPoint presentation, meeting program, web site page and newsletter ______ Platinum Sponsor
$5,500
• Listing on Platinum Sponsor board
• Listing on Gold Sponsor board
• Logo and name listed in meeting PowerPoint presentation, meeting program, web site page and newsletter ______ Silver Sponsor $2,000
• Listing on Silver Sponsor board
• Listing on Bronze Sponsor board
$1,000
• Logo and name listed in meeting PowerPoint presentation, meeting program, web site page and newsletter ______ Bronze Sponsor
• Logo and name listed in meeting PowerPoint presentation, meeting program, web site page and newsletter
• Logo and name listed in meeting PowerPoint presentation, meeting program, web site page and newsletter ______ Gold Sponsor $4,000
Please return this form to GO-WV, address below, by February 1, 2025. Be sure to email a high resolution (300dpi minimum) version of your company’s color logo and a link to your web site to lmillersmith@gowv.com.
Thank you for your continued support!
2025 GO-WV Winter Meeting
Registration Form
February 19-20, 2024 | Marriott Town Center, Charleston, WV
Company Name
Participant’s Name
Participant’s Name
Participant’s Name
❏ Yes ❏ No
❏ Yes ❏ No
❏ Yes ❏ No
Please list any special dietary needs: ______________________________________________________________________
Registration (fees cover all Winter Meeting activities except the GOpac Reception)
_____ Member early-bird rate of $395/person for Wednesday and Thursday events ($450 after 2/5/24)
_____ Non-member early-bird rate of $595/person for Wednesday and Thursday events ($650 after 2/5/25)
_____ Student/faculty registration fee of $100/person for Wednesday and Thursday events ($150 after 2/5/25)
_____ TOTAL AMOUNT DUE
Please mail registration with payment by February 5, 2025, to: GO-WV, 300 Summers Street, Suite 820, Charleston, WV 25301. NO REFUNDS AFTER FEBRUARY 5, 2025
For additional information, call Lori Miller Smith at (304) 344-9867.
300 Summers Street, Suite 820
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone (304) 344-9867 Fax (304) 344-5836
