By Dave Ellis
It’s that time of the year when the area finds friends and family members coming together as deer (buck) season arrives. Then Thanksgiving is a few days later and the count down to Christmas begins.
Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins – Mary Mitchell, Shelda Warner, Vestyl Bible, Bucky Moyers, Pam Riner, Anna Tessi, Ruby Propst, Alice Johnson, Arlin Dale and Freda Jamison, Hazel Simmons, Mary Alice Simmons, Reva Hartman, Sandy Washburn, Evelyn Ruddle, Sandra Vandevander and Larry Moyers; prayer list – Richard Campbell, Brian Wilton, Tyler Moore, Tristan Hartman, Ronald Hayes, Becky Hedrick, Joshua Shirk, Ava George, Doug Judy, Ronnie Bowers Sr., Allen Kile II, Lloyd Hartman, Ruth Simmers, Roberta Bennett, Harry Allen Warner, Quinley McConnell, Etha Mae Bowers, Mary Jo Wilfong, Kenny Williams, Dennis Mitchell, Olin Hoover, Debbie Horst, Rodney Crites, Raven Hoke, Charlotte Copley, Randy Bennett, Carolyn Gilbert, Glenn Sites, Billy Rowe, Carroll Michael, Myrtle Hammer, Kathy Propst, Marcia C. “Marty” Warner, Paul Mallow, Jimmie Bennett, Sandy Bennett, Wendell and Darlene Nelson, Pam Rexrode, Ed Hammer, Braden McClanahan and Jack Judy.
Prayer thought: “Lord, this prayer goes out to the brave hunters as they adventure into the woods. Give them safety and protection and safe travel.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Nov. 7 through Nov. 13, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Nov. 7 – 69°, 45° (54°, 21°); Nov. 8 – 52°, 29° (61°, 22°); Nov. 9 – 62°, 28° (71°, 39°); Nov. 10 – 64°, 37° (69°, 47°); Nov. 11 – 56°, 52°, 2.59” (58°, 35°); Nov. 12 – 58°, 43°, .01” (50°, 41°, .46”) and Nov. 13 – 43°, 29° (41°, 33°, .02”).