By Dave Ellis
Summer vacations begin with the Memorial Day weekend. The weather is going to be great this weekend as many travellers will be coming through the area, heading to their camping sites.
Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins – Mary Mitchell, Bucky Moyers, Pam Riner, Anna Tesi, Ruby Propst, Larry Moyers, Alice Johnson, Arlin Dale and Freda Jamison, Hazel Simmons, Mary Alice Simmons, Reva Hartman, Sandy Washburn and Sandra Vandevander; prayer list – Richard Campbell, Brian Wilton, Tyler Moore, Tristan Hartman, Ronald Hayes, Becky Hedrick, Joshua Shirk, Ava George, Doug Judy, Jack Judy, Ronnie Bowers Sr., Allen Kile II, Ruth Simmers, Roberta Bennett, Olin Hoover, Quinley McConnell, Etha Mae Bowers, Mary Jo Wilfong, Kenny Williams, Dennis Mitchell, Debbie Horst, Charlotte Copley, Billy Rowe, Myrtle Hammer, Jimmie Bennett, Pam Rexrode, Jason Rexrode, Margaret Wimer, Doris Simmons, Harry Allen Warner, Sherman Bennett, Melford Moates, Barry Simmons, Cameron Beachler, Vestyl Bible, Wendell Nelson, Norma Reel, Nancy George, Sarah Thomas and the family of Tim Rodgers.
Prayer thought: “Let’s thank God that we can eat and drink and find satisfaction in all our actions, for this is His gift. Help me to be grateful for Your every blessing in life.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for May 15 through May 21, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: May 15 – 63°, 54° (75°, 53°, .1”); May 16 – 67°, 55° (74°, 42°, .16”); May 17 – 74°, 47° (76°, 43°); May 18 – 71°, 39° (72°, 45°, .18”); May 19 – 73°, 44° (77°, 57°, .18”); May 20 – 69°, 54°, .03” (87°, 56°, .01”) and May 21 – 73°, 46° (89°, 55°, .43”).