by Dave Ellis
It’s that time of the year when the weather plays around by being warm and then it changes to cold temperatures. The area will be having temperatures in the 70s this week. Winter is not over. Springs arrives on March 20.
Remember to change one’s clocks this Saturday night as time moves forward one hour.
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, Ruth Bauer, Rick Waggy, Gloria Moats, Jim Fawley, Ruthalene Judy, Jessie Simmons, Minny Rhoads, Larry Rexrode, David Berg, Troy Bennett, Tom and Judy Borror, Danny Nelson, David M. Parkinson, Cleo Simmons, Tom Butterworth, Sherry Hedrick, Bobby Parsons, Robert Bennett, Rick Phares, Virgil “Bub” Yokum, Hannah Hedrick, Barbara Judy Harman, Betty Smith, John Moyers, Norma Auville, Shana Johnson, Woody Hoover, Phil Downs, Bruce Lambert, Paul Mallow, Sherry Chambers, Kaylee Bennett, 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, Wayne Waggy, Holly Beachler, Cameron Beachler, Chris Phares, Jeffrey Mitchell, Marcia C. Warner, Michelle Gonshor, Keith Kimble, the family of Brenda Simmons and the family of Sandy Bennett.
Prayer thought: “God’s grace can free us and give us life to the full. As we trust Jesus as Savior, the power of grace sets us free.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Feb. 23 through March 1, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Feb. 23 – 35°, 22° (43°, 27°), Feb. 24 – 37°, 18° (59°, 23°), Feb. 25 – 47°, 28° (57°, 33°), Feb. 26 – 46°, 34°, .07” (61°, 47°), Feb. 27 – 61°, 28°, (57°, 37°, .08”), Feb. 28 – 65°, 30° (52°, 31°) and March 1 – 56°, 32° (48°, 20°).
Total rainfall for February was 1.34”, compared to 3.25” in February of 2025.
Year-to-date rainfall is 2.29”, compared to 4.37” for the same time period in 2025.
Total snowfall for February was flakes, compared to 7” in February of 2025.
Year-to-date snowfall is 4.5”, compared to 19.5” for the same time period in 2025.
