By Dave Ellis
This is the last full week of vacation because school kids go back on Aug. 16. They have had two and one-half months of run time, but it is coming 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, Neal Eye, Margaret Wimer, Donald Burns, Wendell and Darlene Nelson, Ruby Gail Roberson, Ruth Bauer, Anna Mauzy, Linda Maxwell Looney, Leann Britton, Bennie and Mary Alice Evick, Martha R. Kimble, Jimmie Bennett, Ruthalene Judy, Wayne Kimble, Kathy Puffenbarger, Wanda Pitsenbarger, Gloria Moats, Jackie Smith, Tim and Dee McCormick, Judy A. Simmons, Nancy Blankenship, 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, Tom and Judy Boor, Bob and Brenda Sites, Nancy and Tony George, David M. Hartman and the family of Marty Bowers.
Prayer thought: “All of us have struggles. God is with us in each trial. Those who believe in Him are loved, forgiven and promised eternal life.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for July 29 through Aug. 4, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: July 29 – 75°, 63°, .11” (89°, 65°); July 30 – 86°, 64° (82°, 63°, .03”); July 31 – 91°, 65° (80°, 59°); Aug. 1 – 90°, 63° (78°, 49°); Aug. 2 – 91°, 67°, .01” (81°, 51°); Aug. 3 – 82°, 64°, .16” (68°, 61°, .14”) and Aug. 4 – 85°, 64°, .01” (83°, 63°).
Total rainfall for July was 3.44”, compared to 3.35” in July of 2023.
Year-to-date rainfall is 27.76”, compared to 22.03” for the same time period last year.