by Dave Ellis
Only two more weeks to Christmas. Is one ready?
In less than two weeks winter starts. The area has already had its first measurable snowfall.
Good luck to the bear hunters going out until the end of the year. Doe hunting is this weekend, and muzzleloader season comes in on Monday for the week. Good luck.
Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins — Bucky Moyers, Pam Riner, Anna Tesi, Larry Moyers, Sandy Washburn, Mary Alice Simmons, Anna Lee Mitchell, Carol Propst and Romona Luckel; prayer list — Richard Campbell, Joshua Shirk, Ava George, Kenny Williams, Debbie Horst, Neal Eye, Ruth Bauer, Rick Waggy, Gloria Moats, Ruthalene Judy, David Berg, Tim and Dee McCormick, Jessie Simmons, Minny Rhoads, Larry Rexrode, Troy Bennett, Jim Fawley, Tom and Judy Borror, Danny Nelson, David M. Parkinson, Cleo Simmons, Tom Butterworth, Sherry Hedrick, Bobby Parsons, Robert Bennett, Rick Phares, Chuck Hiett, Virgil “Bub” Yokum, Hannah Hedrick, Barbara Judy Harman, Betty Smith, John Moyers, Norma Auville, Shana Johnson, Woody Hoover, Sherry Chambers, Ginger Kimble, Kaylee Bennett, Bruce Lambert, Paul Mallow, Kristin Bodkin, Bonnie Mitchell, Holly Beachler, Donald Burns, Wayne Simmons, Phil Downs, Glenn Sites, Genevieve Bible, Jennifer Scott, Earl Smith, Brian Calhoun and Bobby Bodkin.
Prayer thought: “When those failures occur, we must prayerfully dust ourselves off and turn to Jesus, the One who died for us and lives for us.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Dec. 1 through Dec. 7 were as follows: Dec. 1 – 37°, 25° (56°, 26°), Dec. 2 – 44°, 30°, .07” (34°, 20°), Dec, 3 – 45°, 23° (32°, 11°), Dec, 4 – 37°, 26° (38°, 13°), Dec, 5 – 35°, 22°, 3” snow (33°, 18°, .04” + .25” snow), Dec. 6 – 44°, 20° (28°, 17°) and Dec. 7 – 43°, 25° (41°, 20°).
