By Dave Ellis
It seems that Mr. Winter is giving everyone a break from last week’s frigid, cold temperatures as the area is going to have above freezing temperatures in the afternoon. This is going to melt the snow on the ground and put moisture in the ground.
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 Borror, Bob and Brenda Sites, Judith Ours, Nancy and Tony George, David M. Hartman, George Hevener, Danny Nelson, David M. Parkinson, Cleo Simmons, Allen Beachler, Donnie Hedrick, Tom Butterworth, Sherry Hedrick, Bobby Parsons, Robert Bennett, Mary Alice Evick, Rick Phares, Merlin Harper, Tonya Simon, Virgil “Bub” Yokum, Hannah Hedrick, Barbara Judy Harman and Joyce Calhoun.
Prayer thought: “When we remember that each of our lives is dependent of God’s grace, we can let go of a need to always be right.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Jan. 20 through Jan. 26, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Jan. 20 – 18°, 1° (16°, 10°, .25” snow), Jan. 21 – 22°, -1° (27°, 8°), Jan. 22 – 23°, -8° (41°, 7°), Jan. 23 – 33°, 4° (50°, 27°), Jan. 24 – 32°, 13° (57°, 37°), Jan. 25 – 41°, 7° (63°, 48°, 03”), Jan. 26 – 42°, 26° (68°, 49°).
