By Dave Ellis
Watch out for the yellow buses as they carry school children beginning Friday. Remember when the red light is on, that means stop and no passing.
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, Abby Sites, Margaret Wimer, Harry Allen Warner, Sherman Bennett, Wendell Nelson, Pete Keplinger, Donald Burns, Neal Eye, David Bowers and Vada Bible.
Prayer thought: “Be aware of any shortcuts to your heart desires. Following Jesus is the way to fill the emptiness with something real. I give my desires to you.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Aug. 7 through Aug. 13, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Aug. 7 – 87°, 63°, 1.47” (84°, 63°); Aug. 8 – 79°, 63° (78°, 57°); Aug. 9 – 78°, 64° (91°, 64°); Aug. 10 – 80°, 63°, .02” (87°, 65°, .33”); Aug. 11 – 82°, 60° (81°, 63°, .06”); Aug. 12 – 86°, 58° (78°, 57°) and Aug. 13 – 87°, 65° (77°, 49°).