By Dave Ellis
When driving through the county, mostly the back roads, a person witnesses Mother Nature of the fall season as the trees’ leaves are turning their colors.
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, Leann Britton, Anna Mauzy, Jimmie Bennett, Linda Maxwell Looney, Bennie and Mary Alice Evick, 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, Laura Kopp and the family of Julia Pennington.
Prayer thought: “Dear God, thank you for sending your son to pay the price for my sins. Thank you for offering me eternal life and happiness.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Oct. 7 through Oct. 13, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Oct. 7 – 67°, 49°, .18” (59°, 45°, .06”); Oct. 8 – 65°, 39° (52°, 43°); Oct. 9 – 67°, 41° (78°, 42°, .07”); Oct. 10 – 61°, 35° (64°, 37°); Oct. 11 – 69°, 32° (67°, 34°); Oct. 12 – 72°, 43° (75°, 39°) and Oct. 13 – 79°, 50°, .11” (70°, 41°).
