By Dave Ellis
This is the last full week of vacation for local school children as school starts on Aug. 18. Some of the kids are in school as football, volleyball and cheerleading started practices, getting ready for the games. A football scrimmage is scheduled at 5 p.m. this Friday. Go support the teams.
Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins – Mary Mitchell, Bucky Moyers, Pam Riner, Anna Tesi, Ruby Propst, Alice Johnson, Arlin Dale and Freda Jamison, Hazel Simmons, Vestyl Bible, Mary Alice Simmons, Reva Hartman, Sandy Washburn, Sandra Vandevander, Jean Landes and Larry Moyers; prayer list – Richard Campbell, Tristan Hartman, Joshua Shirk, Ava George, Roberta Bennett, Olin Hoover, Kenny Williams, Dennis Mitchell, Debbie Horst, Myrtle Hammer, Jimmie Bennett, Pam Rexrode, Nancy George, Margaret Wimer, Harry Allen Warner, Sherman Bennett, Wendell Nelson, Pete Keplinger, Donald Burns, Abby Sites and Neal Eye.
Prayer thought: “Father God, I’m grateful for the freedom I experience in your good path. Please keep showing me Your way and best path for us.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for July 31 through Aug. 6, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: July 31 – 80°, 59° (71°, 59°, .05”); Aug. 1 – 78°, 49° (82°, 60°); Aug. 2 – 81°, 51° (81°, 66°, .01”); Aug. 3 – 68°, 61°, .14” (90°, 62°); Aug. 4 – 83°, 63° (88°, 63°, .28”); Aug. 5 – 84°, 59° (83°, 63°, .12”) and Aug. 6 – 82°, 60°, .61” (85°, 64°, .08”).
Total rainfall for July was 3.35”, compared to 2.44” in July of 2022.
Year-to-date rainfall is 22.03”, compared to 25.56” for the same time period last year.
