By Dave Ellis
With the temperatures getting colder and less daylight each day, the area will soon be getting the first frost. Last year, frost came early as the temperatures dropped down to 28° on Oct. 9. In 2021, the area didn’t get any frost until Nov. 4. However, there was snow on Oct. 4, only an half inch which didn’t stick around.
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, Reva Hartman, Mary Alice Simmons, Sandy Washburn, Jean Landes, Larry Moyers and Sandra Vandevander; 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, Ruth Bauer, Woodrow Hartman and the family of Vestyl Bible.
Prayer thought: “God’s true and certain assurance is there throughout good and bad times. When we trust in Him, we know that He’ll make all things right for us in His time.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Oct. 2 through Oct. 8, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Oct. 2 – 79°, 48° (54°, 39°, .52”); Oct. 3 – 77°, 53° (56°, 43°, .02”); Oct 4 – 79°, 49° (57°, 38°); Oct. 5 – 72°, 48° (65°, 40°); Oct. 6 – 67°, 53° (70°, 37°); Oct. 7 – 59°, 45°, .06” (69°, 41°) and Oct. 8 – 52°, 43° (57°, 37°).
