By Dave Ellis
It is the end of November and the start of the last month of the year.
The area is seeing signs of Mr. Winter blowing his snowflakes about, but nothing major.
Good luck to the area bear hunters as they go in the woods during the month of December, fighting the cold.
Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins – Mary Mitchell, Bucky Moyers, Pam Riner, Anna Tesi, Alice Johnson, Arlin Dale and Freda Jamison, Hazel Simmons, Reva Hartman, Mary Alice Simmons, Sandy Washburn, Larry Moyers, Sandra Vandevander and Woodrow Hartman; prayer list – Richard Campbell, Tristan Hartman, Joshua Shirk, Ava George, Roberta Bennett, Olin Hoover, Kenny Williams, Dennis Mitchell, Debbie Horst, Myrtle Hammer, Pam Rexrode, Nancy George, Neal Eye, Margaret Wimer, Sherman Bennett, Wendell Nelson, Donald Burns, David Bowers, Vada Bible, Ruby Gail Roberson, Gary Hess, Ruth Bauer, Jeff Evick, Linda Maxwell Looney, Gloria Moats, Sterle Lambert, Martha R. Kimble and the Ruby Propst family.
Prayer thought: “Dear God, thank you for being near me. Because of your loving presence, help and peace, I don’t have to be anxious or worried.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Nov. 20 through Nov. 26, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Nov. 20 – 51°, 25° (32°, 19°); Nov. 21 – 41°, 35°, 2.14” (53°, 20°); Nov. 22 – 46°, 35°, .06” (55°, 25°); Nov. 23 – 55°, 32° (56°, 24°); Nov. 24 – 34°, 29° (58°, 26°); Nov. 25 – 35°, 27° (55°, 33°) and Nov. 26 – 45°, 35° (54°, 34°).
