by Dave Ellis
It’s that time of the year when the afternoons are nice and warm, but when the sun goes down, so does the temperature. This helps out the maple trees where the plastic tubes are connected and the juice flows to the buckets. In another month, the Maple Festival will be held in Highland County, Virginia.
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, Neal Eye, Ruth Bauer, Rick Waggy, Gloria Moats, Jim Fawley, David Berg, Ruthalene Judy, Jessie Simmons, Minny Rhoads, Larry Rexrode, Troy Bennett, 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, Phil Downs, Bruce Lambert, Sherry Chambers, Kaylee Bennett, Paul Mallow, Kristin Bodkin, Bonnie Mitchell, Donald Burns, Wayne Simmons, Glenn Sites, Earl Smith, Genevieve Bible, Jennifer Scott, Brian Calhoun, Bobby Bodkin, Shirley Bland, Robin Gery, Nancy George, Grace Hammer. Paul Borror and the family of Cathy Dowdy.
Prayer thought: “Dear God, please help me to draw near to You instead of pulling away. I need Your daily guidance to keep me on the right path.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Feb. 9 through Feb. 15, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Feb. 9 – 42°, 1° (40°, 31°, .02”), Feb. 10 – 58°, 25° (39°, 29°), Feb. 11 – 50°, 30°, .02” (32°, 28°, 4.5” snow), Feb. 12 – 36°, 26° (36°, 27°, .06”), Feb. 13 – 39°, 20° (50°, 27°), Feb. 14 – 52°, 23° (28°, 19°) and Feb. 15 – 40°, 34°, .33” (27°, 12°, 1.5” snow).
