By Dave Ellis
Good-bye 2024, hello 2025. May this new year bring everyone happiness to start the year out. How many people will keep their New Year’s resolution?
The burning law for 24/7 started Jan. 1 until March 31. If burning, call the 911 center at 304-358-3271 and let them know your are burning.
Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins – Bucky Moyers, Pam Riner, Anna Tesi, Alice Johnson, Hazel Simmons, Arlin Dale and Freda Jamison, Sandy Washburn, Larry Moyers, Mary Alice Simmons and Sandra Vandevander; prayer list – Richard Campbell, Joshua Shirk, Ava George, Roberta Bennett, Kenny Williams, Dennis Mitchell, Debbie Horst, Myrtle Hammer, Neal Eye, Donald Burns, Ruth Bauer, Rick Waggy, Wendell and Darlene Nelson, Anna Mauzy, Jimmie Bennett, Linda Maxwell Looney, Gloria Moats, Ruthalene Judy, Frankie Judy, David Berg, Tim and Dee McCormick, Jim Judy, Jessie Simmons, Lucy and Charlie Westfall, Minny Rhoads, Mary and Gary Hess, Phil Downs, Larry Rexrode, Bill Snyder, Troy Bennett, Jim Fawley, Marcia “Marty” Warner, Tom and Judy Boor, Bob and Brenda Sites, Joy Warner, Nancy and Tony George, David M. Hartman, George Hevener, Judith Ours, David M. Parkinson, Laura Kropp, Danny Nelson, Cleo Simmons, Allen Beachler, Donnie Hedrick, Tom Butterworth, Sherry Hedrick, Bobby Parsons, Robert Bennett and the family of Bennie Evick.
Prayer thought: “Dear Jesus, help me to rejoice in the reality that though I once was lost, I can now be found because of Your grace.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Dec. 23 through Dec. 29, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Dec. 23 – 39°, 11° (53°, 30°); Dec. 24 – 40°, 36° (60°, 35°); Dec. 25 – 45°, 31° (51°, 34°, .16”); Dec. 26 – 48°, 21° (51°, 34°, .12”); Dec. 27 – 48°, 25°, .21” (52°, 43°, .46”); Dec. 28 – 58°, 42°, .18” (51°, 33°, 1.01”) and Dec. 29 – 59°, 45°, .11” (41°, 28°).
