By Dave Ellis
The area is just into the first month of winter and feeling the effects. This week is calling for the very frigid cold spell plus the snow that is already on the ground. Lots of school days canceled due to this weather, and there are still two more months to go.
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, Ruthalene Judy, Frankie Judy, David Berg, Tim and Dee McCormick, Jim Judy, Jessie Simmons, 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, Joy Warner, Nancy and Tony George, David M. Hartman, George Hevener, Judith Ours, David M. Parkinson, Laura Kropp, Danny Nelson, Cleo Simmons, Allen Beachler, Donnie Hedrick, Tom Butterworth, Sherry Hedrick, Bobby Parsons, Robert Bennett , Mary Alice Evick, Rick Phares, Debbie Eye, Merlin Harper, Tonya Simon, Virgil “Bub” Yokum, Hannah Hedrick and Barbara Judy Harmon.
Prayer thought: “God is building our faith through every test, whether easy or hard. When life is easy, rest in Him. When life is hard, let Him carry you.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Jan. 13 through Jan. 19, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Jan. 13 – 39°, 26° (37°, 25°, .03”), Jan. 14 – 32°, 14° (28°, 20°, 2” snow), Jan. 15 – 26°, 5° (30°, 20°), Jan. 16 – 39°, 6° (24°, 8°), Jan. 17 – 40°, 26° (25°, -1°), Jan. 18 – 42°, 29°, .01”, (34°, 10°, 1’ snow), Jan. 19 – 35°, 19°, 3.5” snow (30°, 17°, .25” snow).
