By Dave Ellis
Get ready to lose an hour of sleep as the clocks are moved up one hour Sunday morning. That will mean less daylight in the morning and the sunset will be later than usual.
Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins – Mary Mitchell, Bucky Moyers, Pam Riner, Anna Tesi, Alice Johnson, Arlin Dale and Freda Jamison, Hazel Simmons, Reva Hartman, Larry Moyers, Mary Alice Simmons, Sandy Washburn, Sandra Vandevander and Woodrow Hartman; prayer list – Richard Campbell, Tristan Hartman, Joshua Shirk, Ava George, Roberta Bennett, Kenny Williams, Dennis Mitchell, Debbie Horst, Myrtle Hammer, Pam Rexrode, Nancy George, Neal Eye, Margaret Wimer, Donald Burns, David Bowers, Wendell and Darlene Nelson, Ruby Gail Roberson, Ruth Bauer, Anna Mauzy, Linda Maxwell Looney, Bennie and Mary Alice Evick, Gloria Moats, Martha R. Kimble, Jimmie Bennett, Ruthalene Judy, Wayne Kimble, Stanley Propst, Leann Britton, Patsy Bennett, Kathy Puffenbarger and Wanda Pitsenbarger.
Prayer thought: “For all who are struggling, our heavenly Father offers a place of refuge in His strength and tenderness.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Feb. 26 through March 3, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Feb. 26 – 61°, 31° (54°, 23°); Feb. 27 – 52°, 37°, .12” (46°, 31°, .02”); Feb. 28 – 55°, 33°, .46” (58°, 34°); Feb. 29 – 44°, 21°; March 1 – 47°, 19°, .05” (63°, 47°); March 2 – 61°, 38°, .15” (61°, 41°) and March 3 – 64°, 37° (41°, 37°, .79”).
Rainfall for February was 1.79”, compared to 2.03” in February of 2023.
Year-to-date rainfall is 5.71”, compared to 2.87” for the same time period in 2023.
February’s snowfall was 4”, compared to .5” in February of 2023.
The year-to-date snowfall is 15.5”, compared to 1.5” in the same time period in 2023.
