By Dave Ellis
Oh, how beautiful the fall colors are on the trees. This is the peak time of the leaves turning their color before the winds starting blowing them down on the ground. Then the fun begins as one rakes the leaves.
Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins – Mary Mitchell, Bucky Moyers, Pam Riner, Anna Tesi, Ruby Propst, Alice Johnson, Arlin Dale and Freda Jamison, Hazel Simmons, Reva Hartman, Mary Alice Simmons, Sandy Washburn, Jean Landes, Larry Moyers and Sandra Vandevander; prayer list – Richard Campbell, Tristan Hartman, Joshua Shirk, Ava George, Roberta Bennett, Olin Hoover, Kenny Williams, Dennis Mitchell, Debbie Horst, Myrtle Hammer, Pam Rexrode, Nancy George, Harry Allen Warner, Margaret Wimer, Sherman Bennett, Wendell Nelson, Donald Burns, Neal Eye, David Bowers, Vada Bible, Keith George, Ruby Gail Roberson, Gary Hess, Ruth Bauer and Woodrow Hartman.
Prayer thought: “Father, thank you that you’re with me and that I can trust in you in those moments to see me through by your grace.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Oct. 9 through Oct. 15, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Oct. 9 – 78°, 42°, .07” (63°, 28°, frost); Oct. 10 – 64°, 37° (65°, 37°); Oct 11 – 67°, 34° (66°, 34°); Oct. 12 – 75°, 39° (67°, 36°); Oct. 13 – 70°, 41° (70°, 49°, .46”); Oct. 14 – 65°, 49°, .17” (71°, 43°) and Oct. 15 – 55°, 45°, .01” (73°, 41°).
