By Dave Ellis
Watch out for the children running through the streets on Oct. 31, a holiday for the kids as Halloween only comes once a year.
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, Sandra Vandevander and Woodrow Hartman; 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, Anna Lee Mitchell, Bruce Minor and the family of Nila Bland.
Prayer thought: “Jesus, thank you for cleansing me of my sins. Help me to live a renewal life in you. Please make me more like Jesus each day.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Oct. 16 through Oct. 22, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Oct. 16 – 56°, 43° (68°, 50°, .06”); Oct. 17 – 54°, 42° (65°, 45°, .01”); Oct 18 – 59°, 41° (44°, 38°); Oct. 19 – 65°, 34° (42°, 35°); Oct. 20 – 56°, 45°, .16” (50°, 33°); Oct. 21 – 55°, 46°, .14” (58°, 24°) and Oct. 22 – 53°, 40°, .01” (69°, 31°).