By Dave Ellis
It’s that time of the year when farmers get their hay equipment out and proceed to the fields to cut the hay. If Mother Nature was on the farmers’ side with no rain, the fields would be cut.
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 McCormick, 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 and Phil Downs.
Prayer thought: “The marvelous and wonderful complexity of the human body reflects the power and sovereignty of our great God. Only God can create what we are from the beginning.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for May 27 through June 2, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: May 27 – 78°, 59° (72°, 38°); May 28 – 74°, 47°, .07” (66°, 52°); May 29 – 65°, 46°, 09” (68°, 55°, .66”); May 30 – 69°, 49° (71°, 56°, .06”); May 31 – 71°, 37° (79°, 49°); June 1 – 78°, 41° (81°, 45°) and June 2 – 70°, 57°, .07” (83°, 46°).
Total rainfall for May was 4.08”, compared to 5.13” in May of 2023.
Year-to-date rainfall is 16.72”, compared to 14.12” for the same time period last year.
