By Dave Ellis
August was a month of hardship. Temperature in the nineties was recorded for seven days, and if it wasn’t for Hurricane Debby the area would be in a major drought. Some areas received a good amount of rain when the humidity was high, but it was isolated.
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, Jimmie Bennett, Ruthalene Judy, Wayne Kimble, 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, Judy Hott Vance, George Hevener, David M. Parkinson and Jim Fawley.
Prayer thought: “When you’re unsure if you should get involved, pray trusting that the God of peace be with you.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Aug. 26 through Sept. 1, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Aug. 26 – 88°, 56° (89°, 62°); Aug. 27 – 90°, 63° (82°, 65°, .22”); Aug. 28 – 93°, 64° (75°, 63°, .13”); Aug. 29 – 90°, 65°, .01” (76°, 65°, .01”); Aug. 30 – 85°, 64° (77°, 60°, .09”); Aug. 31 – 81°, 63°, 1.63” (75°, 52°) and Sept. 1 – 75°, 64°, .78” (79°, 46°).
Total rainfall for August was 7.11”, compared to 3.71” in August of 2023.
Year-to-date rainfall is 41.98”, compared to 25.74” for the same time period last year.
