By Dave Ellis
Good-bye fall, hello winter. Winter begins this Saturday. Now the daylight will start returning little by little each day.
Next week is Christmas. The writer wishes everyone “A Merry Jolly Time.” If traveling, be safe and drive carefully.
Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins – Bucky Moyers, Pam Riner, Anna Tesi, Alice Johnson, Hazel Simmons, Arlin Dale and Freda Jamison, Sandy Washburn, Larry Moyers, Mary Alice Simmons and Sandra Vandevander; prayer list – Richard Campbell, Joshua Shirk, Ava George, Roberta Bennett, Kenny Williams, Dennis Mitchell, Debbie Horst, Myrtle Hammer, Neal Eye, Donald Burns, Ruth Bauer, Rick Waggy, Wendell and Darlene Nelson, Anna Mauzy, Jimmie Bennett, Linda Maxwell Looney, Gloria Moats, Bennie and Mary Alice Evick, Ruthalene Judy, Frankie Judy, Tim and Dee McCormick, Jim Judy, Jessie Simmons, David Berg, Lucy and Charlie Westfall, Minny Rhoads, Mary and Gary Hess, Phil Downs, Larry Rexrode, Bill Snyder, Troy Bennett, Jim Fawley, Marcia “Marty” Warner, Tom and Judy Boor, Bob and Brenda Sites, Nancy and Tony George, David M. Hartman, George Hevener, Joy Warner, David M. Parkinson, Laura Kropp, Danny Nelson, Cleo Simmons, Judith Ours, Allen Beachler and the family of Britney Young.
Prayer thought: “We still celebrate Jesus’ birth because His life provides rescue from the brokenness of the world to everyone who believes. Jesus’ birthday is good news worth announcing.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Dec. 9 through Dec. 15, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Dec. 9 – 59°, 40°, .15” (56°, 41°); Dec. 10 – 57°, 38°, .01” (56°, 32°, .5” + .25” snow); Dec. 11 – 55°, 28°, .77” (34°, 27°); Dec. 12 – 35°, 25° (44°, 18°); Dec. 13 – 40°, 24° (46°, 23°); Dec. 14 – 41°, 17° 47°, 24°) and Dec. 15 – 35°, 31°, .46” (56°, 23°).
