by Dave Ellis
A new month has started, so good-bye April.
The month of April did not live up to its motto, showers. The area got a very small amount of rain, .92”. The area is in a drought, and it was easy for the fishermen this past weekend to catch the trout in the river.
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 Ramona 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, David Berg, Troy Bennett, Danny Nelson, Tom and Judy Borror, David M. Parkinson, Cleo Simmons, Jimmie Bennett, Tom Butterworth, Sherry Hedrick, Bobby Parsons, Robert Bennett, Rick Phares, Virgil “Bub” Yokum, Hannah Hedrick, John Moyers, Norma Auville, Shana Johnson, Bruce Lambert, Sherry Chambers, Donald Burns, Glenn Sites, Shirley Bland, Wayne Simmons, Jennifer Scott, Brian Calhoun, Bobby Bodkin, Chris Phares, Robin Gery, Nancy George, Grace Hammer, Paul Borror, Holly Beachler, Cameron Beachler, Marcia C. Warner, Keith Kimble, Lisa Dingess, Kitty Waggy, Gretta Pope, Mary Lou Wagoner, Lucy Westfall, Genevieve Wimer, Brenda A. Sponaugle, Donna Bennett, Peggy Pitsenbarger and Amy VanMeter.
Prayer thought: “Dear God, thank you for the majesty of your creation and for your son, Jesus Christ, who has delivered me into a new life.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for April 27 through May 3, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: April 27 – 71°, 44° (65°, 38°), April 28 – 72°, 47° (76°, 34°), April 29 – 63°, 50°, .3” (83°, 53°), April 30 – 52°, 39° (82°, 53°, .12”), May 1 – 62°, 34° (83°, 51°, .04”), May 2 – 52°, 35° (81°, 56°, .02”) and May 3 – 60°, 36° (72°, 58°, .27”).
Total rainfall for April was .92”, compared to 2.45” in April of 2025.
Year-to-date rainfall is 6.91”, compared to 8.86 for the same time period in 2025.
