By Dave Ellis
The area had several days of warm weather, but don’t get adapted to it. Winter is not over. Each day there is more daylight. This Sunday, clocks will be moved ahead one hour.
Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins – Mary Mitchell, Shelda Warner, Vestyl Bible, Pam Riner, Anna Tessi, Ira and Ruby Propst, Alice Johnson, Arlin Dale and Freda Jamison, Hazel Simmons, Mary Alice Simmons, Reva Hartman, Sandy Washburn, Evelyn Ruddle, Sandra Vandevander and Garry Propst; prayer list – Richard Campbell, Effie Harr, Brian Wilton, Tyler Moore, Tristan Hartman, Ronald Hayes, Becky Hedrick, Joshua Shirk, Libby Leeson, Doug Judy, Kay Alt, Ronnie Bowers Sr., Allen Kile II, Donna Bennett, Lloyd Hartman, Leann Britton, Mia Mahoney, Anne Hartman, Jack Vogel, Virginia Richardson, Cub Bennett, Rick Hoover, Don Rexrode, Ruth Simmers, Harry Allen Warner, Nancy Raines, Roberta Bennett, Quinley McConnell, Etha Mae Bowers, Mary Jo Wilfong, Winona Judy Hewitt, Grace Hammer, Kenny Williams, Dennis Mitchell, Olin Hoover, Debbie Horst, Rodney Crites, Raven Hoke, Charlotte Copley, Anita Hartman and Danny Arbogast.
Prayer thought: “The door is narrow, but it’s wide open to all who put their faith in Jesus. He’s inviting us today to seize the opportunity to enter through the narrow door to His kingdom.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Feb. 28 through March 6, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Feb. 28 – 53°, 23° (52°, 45°, 1.01”); March 1 – 61°, 35° (51°, 27°, .23”); March 2 – 62°, 36° (49°, 29°); March 3 – 52°, 29° (45°, 26°); March 4 – 57°, 18° (46°, 22°); March 5 – 68°, 27° (38°, 29°) and March 6 – 70°, 51°, .39” (40°, 22°).
Total rainfall for February was 3.07”, compared to 2.19” in February of 2021.
Year-to-date rainfall is 4.25”, compared to 3.84” for the same time period last year.
Total snowfall for February was 2.5”, compared to 9.25” in February of 2021.
Year-to-date snowfall is 27.25”, compared to 14.75” for the same time period last year.