by Dave Ellis
Hello spring, good-bye winter. Spring comes in on Friday. Don’t let one’s guard down thinking that winter is over because the area can still get snow and frost into early May.
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, Marcia C. Warner, Michelle Gonshor, Keith Kimble, Jaden Gardiner, Lisa Dingess, Chris Farrie, Jimmie Bennett, Mary Lou Wagoner and the family of Jeffrey Mitchell.
Prayer thought: “Dear God, please show me where I’ve been wrong and help me pursue reconciliation and restitution. His mercy and forgiveness will restore us to wholeness.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for March 9 through March 15, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: March 9 – 73°, 39° (52°, 28°), March 10 – 78°, 46°, .01” (65°, 29°), March 11 – 79°, 51°, .25” (70°, 30°), March 12 – 50°, 31°, .24” (74°, 36°), March 13 – 56°, 36° (68°, 39°), March 14 – 59°, 33° (73°, 32°) and March 15 – 60°, 36° (60°, 48°).
