By Dave Ellis
The area is starting the new month with warmer above average temperatures. The forecast for the weekend is a cold front coming with the weather getting back to normal. The area is still in a dry spell due to the lack of rain. Be careful when burning.
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, Gary Hess and Ruth Bauer.
Prayer thought: “The threats we face are real. Yet we need not fear. The creator of the universe is with us and He’s more than enough.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Sept. 25 through Oct. 1, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Sept. 25 – 69°, 53° (70°, 54°, .03”); Sept. 26 – 60°, 53°, .12” (69°, 52°); Sept. 27 – 66°, 55°, .14” (66°, 46°, .02”); Sept. 28 – 71°, 54° (64°, 38°); Sept. 29 – 72°, 48° (61°, 44°); Sept. 30 – 73°, 57° (53°, 46°, .39”) and Oct. 1 – 71°, 49° (52°, 45°, 1.09”).
Total rainfall for September was 3.27”, compared to 4.25” in September of 2022.
Year-to-date rainfall is 29.01”, compared to 32.75” for the same time period in 2022.