By Dave Ellis
This weather (Mother Nature) can’t make up her mind. Last week, it was cold, windy and snowy. This week it is going to warm up. The snow is melting and making the ground soft to walk on. This is good for those who are making maple syrup.
Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins — Bucky Moyers, Pam Riner, Anna Tesi, Hazel Simmons, Arlin Dale and Freda Jamison, Sandy Washburn, Sandra Vandevander, Larry Moyers, Mary Alice Simmons and Anna Lee Mitchell; 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, Tonya Simon, Tom Butterworth, Sherry Hedrick, Bobby Parsons, Robert Bennett, Mary Alice Evick, Rick Phares, Debbie Eye, Merlin Harper, Virgil “Bub” Yokum, Hannah Hedrick, Barbara Judy Harman, Joyce Calhoun, John Moyers, Kevin Gonshor, Norma Auville, Gary Swecker family, Shana Johnson, Marvin Hartman family and Tommy Wise family.
Prayer thought: “As we ask God for strength, the spirit will turn our eyes from what’s tempting us and help us look toward the way out that He’s given us.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Feb. 17 through Feb. 23, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Feb. 17 – 28°, 19°, windy (32°, 19°, 3.75” snow), Feb. 18 – 29°, 17° (42°, 17°), Feb. 19 – 27°, 12°, 1.5” snow (45°, 22°), Feb. 20 – 23°, 15°, 1” snow (46°, 19°), Feb. 21 – 30°, 14° (55°, 19°), Feb. 22 – 44°, 7° (49°, 32°, .02”), Feb. 23 – 45°, 27° (54°, 39°, .04”).
