By Dave Ellis
One month of summer is out of the way, two more to go. The month of July had six days of temperatures in the 90s and some upper 80s. This week the area should be getting some rain which will help out with the grass and gardens.
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, Phil Downs, Larry Rexrode, Ethel Murphy, Bill Snyder, Troy Bennett, Marcia “Marty” Warner and the family of Rose Robinson.
Prayer thought: “Dear Father, I don’t understand why some of life’s challenges happen to me. May we keep trusting in God no matter what happens and even when we don’t understand.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for July 15 through July 21, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: July 15 – 95°, 67° (90°, 60°, .12”); July 16 – 96°, 67° (82°, 66°); July 17 – 84°, 66°, .88” (83°, 63°); July 18 – 75°, 65°, .26” (84°, 61°, .01”); July 19 – 86°, 57° (81°, 61°); July 20 – 79°, 61°, .25” (89°, 59°, .02”) and July 21 – 85°, 60° (79°, 52°, .3”).
