by Dave Ellis
The writer wishes his read-ers, “Happy Easter.”
Don’t let these warm tem-peratures let one think about starting a garden. The area can still get frost or freeze into early May. Last year, there was a frost on April 22, and the year before a frost on May 5.
Good luck to the turkey hunters going out this Monday. Think safety.
Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins — Bucky Moyers, Pam Riner, Anna Tesi, Sandra Vandevander, Larry Moyers, Freda Jamison, Sandy Wash-burn, 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, Gloria Moats, Ruthalene Judy, Frankie Judy, David Berg, Tim and Dee Mc-Cormick, Jim Judy, Jessie Sim-mons, 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. Par-kinson, Cleo Simmons, Allen Beachler, Tonya Simon, Tom Butterworth, Sherry Hedrick, Bobby Parsons, Robert Ben-nett, Mary Alice Evick, Rick Phares, Debbie Eye, Merlin Harper, Virgil “Bub” Yokum, Hannah Hedrick, Barbara Judy Harman, Joyce Calhoun, John Moyers, Norma Auville, Shana Johnson, Jerry Warn-er, Sherman Bennett, Nellie Keplinger, Chuck Hiett, Betty Smith, Greta Pope and Carol Propst.
Prayer thought: “Father, I’m so grateful for the reality of Je-sus’ resurrection that changes my life and gives me real hope.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for April 7 through April 13, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: April 7 – 51°, 39°, .29” (61°, 27°), April 8 – 46°, 30° (71°, 37°), April 9 – 51°, 21°, freeze (72°, 47°), April 10 – 50°, 45°, .03” (71°, 51°), April 11 – 50°, 40°, .01” (63°, 50°, 1.88”), April 12 – 45°, 37° (52°, 45°, .45”), April 13 – 60°, 29°, frost (58°, 46°, .12”).
