by Dave Ellis
“Merry Christmas and A Very Happy New Year to each of you. This is the last newsletter in 2025. Catch you in 2026.”
Hello winter, goody-bye fall. Now each day everyone will be getting back more daylight.
Starting Jan. 1, 2026, the burning law goes back to 24 hours. Do it safely and make sure it’s a good day to burn.
Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins — Bucky Moyers, Pam Riner, Anna Tesi, Larry Moyers, Sandy Washburn, Mary Alice Simmons, Anna Lee Mitchell, Carol Propst and Romona Luckel; prayer list — Richard Campbell, Joshua Shirk, Ava George, Kenny Williams, Debbie Horst, Neal Eye, Ruth Bauer, Rick Waggy, Gloria Moats, Ruthalene Judy, David Berg, Tim and Dee McCormick, Jessie Simmons, Minny Rhoads, Larry Rexrode, Troy Bennett, Jim Fawley, Tom and Judy Borror, Danny Nelson, David M. Parkinson, Cleo Simmons, Tom Butterworth, Sherry Hedrick, Bobby Parsons, Robert Bennett, Rick Phares, Chuck Hiett, Virgil “Bub” Yokum, Hannah Hedrick, Barbara Judy Harman, Betty Smith, John Moyers, Norma Auville, Shana Johnson, Woody Hoover, Sherry Chambers, Ginger Kimble, Kaylee Bennett, Bruce Lambert, Paul Mallow, Kristin Bodkin, Bonnie Mitchell, Holly Beachler, Donald Burns, Wayne Simmons, Phil Downs, Glenn Sites, Genevieve Bible, Jennifer Scott, Earl Smith, Brian Calhoun and Bobby Bodkin.
Prayer thought: “Dear Jesus, you’re the greatest gift of all. Everything I am, and everything I have, I give thanks to You, the love from my heart.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Dec. 15 through Dec. 21 were as follows: Dec. 15 – 29°, 5° (35°, 31°, .46”), Dec. 16 – 48°, 19° (49°, 38°, .02”), Dec, 17 – 53°, 39° (57°, 33°, .01”), Dec, 18 – 51°, 32°, .15” (52°, 27°, .01”), Dec. 19 – 48°, 31°, .34” (40°, 30°), Dec. 20 – 47°, 22° (39°, 29°) and Dec. 21 – 46°, 23° (29°, 19°, .25” snow).
