By Dave Ellis
This is the big weekend for the Town of Franklin. The yearly Treasure Mountain Festival draws lots of tourists and family reunions for the four-day event. Let’s hope for a blessed, sunshine weekend.
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, Vada Bible, Keith George, Ruby Gail Roberson and Gary Hess.
Prayer thought: “Taming the tongue isn’t just about training ourselves to say the right things. It’s about accepting the Holy Spirit’s guidance so that our words generate kindness and encouragement.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Sept. 4 through Sept. 10, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Sept. 4 – 90°, 61° (85°, 59°); Sept. 5 – 91°, 59° (77°, 59°, 1.6”); Sept. 6 – 92°, 60°, .1” (78°, 60°, .4”); Sept. 7 – 85°, 63°, .12” (73°, 64°, .3”); Sept. 8 – 84°, 61°, .21” (76°, 61°); Sept. 9 – 81°, 58° (78°, 59°) and Sept. 10 – 74°, 60°, .61” (73°, 51°, .33”).
