By Dave Ellis
The leaves are starting to fall off the trees after they turn their colors.
The area is back into another dry spell. Now the that burning control is in effect, be careful if one burns.
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, Neal Eye, Donald Burns, Wanda Pitsenbarger, Ruth Bauer, Wendell and Darlene Nelson, Ruby Gail Roberson, Leann Britton, Anna Mauzy, Linda Maxwell Looney, Bennie and Mary Alice Evick, Jimmie Bennett, Ruthalene Judy, Wayne Kimble, Gloria Moats, Jackie Smith, Tim and Dee McCormick, 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, Jim Fawley, Judy Hott Vance, George Hevener, David M. Parkinson, Joe Benkert, Joy Warner and Laura Kopp.
Prayer thought: “Dear God, please help me to put away falsehood and rumors. Give me knowledge of your life and the living truth.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Sept. 23 through Sept. 29, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Sept. 30 – 65°, 57°, 1.71” (73°, 57°); Oct. 1 – 64°, 57°, .43” (71°, 49°); Oct. 2 – 71°, 59° (79°, 48°); Oct. 3 – 72°, 51° (77°, 53°); Oct. 4 – 79°, 59° (79°, 49°); Oct. 5 – 71°, 49° (72°, 48°) and Oct. 6 – 77°, 50° (67°, 53°).
Total rainfall for September was 7.11”, compared to 3.71” in September of 2023.
Year-to-date rainfall is 41.98”, compared to 25.74” for the same time period last year.
