By Dave Ellis
It’s the first weekend that’s going to be busy as vacations start with the Memorial Day holiday. If traveling this weekend, be careful and be alert. Pendleton County Schools will be letting out on Friday as the school year comes to an end.
Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins – Mary Mitchell, Bucky Moyers, Pam Riner, Anna Tesi, Alice Johnson, Arlin Dale and Freda Jamison, Hazel Simmons, Sandy Washburn, Larry Moyers, Mary Alice Simmons and Sandra Vandevander; prayer list – Richard Campbell, Tristan Hartman, Joshua Shirk, Ava George, Roberta Bennett, Kenny Williams, Dennis Mitchell, Debbie Horst, Myrtle Hammer, Pam Rexrode, Nancy George, Neal Eye, Margaret Wimer, Donald Burns, Wendell and Darlene Nelson, Ruby Gail Roberson, Ruth Bauer, Anna Mauzy, Linda Maxwell Looney, Wayne Kimble, Leann Britton, Bennie and Mary Alice Evick, Martha R. Kimble, Jimmie Bennett, Ruthalene Judy, Stanley Propst, Kathy Puffenbarger, Wanda Pitsenbarger, Gloria Moats, Tim and Dee McCormic, Judy A. Simmons, Nancy Blankenship, Jackie Smith, Rick Waggy, Frankie Judy, Jim Judy, Jessie Simmons, Lucy and Charlie Westfall, David Berg, Minny Rhoads, Mary and Gary Hess, the family of Sheldon Bowers and the family of Genevieve Wright.
Prayer thought: “God is looking for courageous believers to share His light and peace with our desperate world. What seems like a crisis might be our opportunity to show God’s love.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for May 13 through May 19, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: May 13 – 66°, 39° (64°, 49°, .7”); May 14 – 63°, 57°, .15” (73°, 50°); May 15 – 67°, 53°, 01” (63°, 54°); May 16 – 77°, 54° (67°, 55°); May 17 – 71°, 53°, .02” (74°, 47°); May 18 – 72°, 55°, 1.46” (71°, 39°) and May 19 – 78°, 58° (73°, 44°).