by Dave Ellis
Goodbye spring, hello summer. On June 20 summer starts, and each day until the first day of winter, there will be less daylight each day. June 20 is also West Virginia’s birthday.
Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins — Bucky Moyers, Pam Riner, Anna Tesi, Sandra Vandevander, Larry Moyers, Sandy Washburn, Mary Alice Simmons, Anna Lee Mitchell and Carol Propst; prayer list — Richard Campbell, Joshua Shirk, Ava George, Roberta Bennett, Kenny Williams, Dennis Mitchell, Debbie Horst, Neal Eye, Donald Burns, Ruth Bauer, Rick Waggy, Anna Mauzy, Gloria Moats, Ruthalene Judy, Frankie Judy, David Berg, Tim and Dee McCormick, Jim Judy, Jessie Simmons, Minny Rhoads, Phil Downs, Larry Rexrode, Bill Snyder, Troy Bennett, Jim Fawley, Tom and Judy Borror, Bob and Brenda Sites, Judith Ours, Nancy and Tony George, David M. Hartman, George Hevener, Tonya Simon, Danny Nelson, David M. Parkinson, Cleo Simmons, Tom Butterworth, Sherry Hedrick, Bobby Parsons, Robert Bennett, Mary Alice Evick, Rick Phares, Virgil “Bub” Yokum, Hannah Hedrick, Barbara Judy Harman, Joyce Calhoun, John Moyers, Norma Auville, Shana Johnson, Chuck Hiett, Betty Smith, Gretta Pope, Chase Shepke, Woody and Libby Hoover, Dora Rawlings, Sherry Chambers and Ginger Kimble.
Prayer thought: “Dear God, it’s easy to get frustrated. Please give me a patient spirit and heart of kindness that I might treat everyone with dignity and courtesy.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for June 9 through June 15, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: June 9 – 81°, 59° (75°, 61°), June 10 – 77°, 61° (72°, 49°, .01″), June 11 – 82°, 54° (71°, 54°), June 12 – 89°, 58° (82°, 46°), June 13 – 83°, 62°, 1.26″ (89°, 51°), June 14 – 81°, 64°, .27″ (80°, 56°, .03), June 15 – 75°, 61°, 2.46″ (79°, 54°, .03″).
