By Dave Ellis
With only a few weeks until Christmas and still no snowfall, let’s hope that the area will get some snow so Santa can get his sleigh here. Last year, the area didn’t receive much snow at all, only .25”.
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, Larry Moyers, Mary Alice Simmons, Sandy Washburn, 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 and Martha R. Kimble.
Prayer thought: “Loving God, thank you for your promise to never leave me. I trust you to be my strength, my provision and my joy throughout my life.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Nov. 27 through Dec. 3, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Nov. 27 – 33°, 28° (55°, 36°, .17”); Nov. 28 – 28°, 17° (52°, 35°, .01”); Nov. 29 – 42°, 12° (53°, 37°); Nov. 30 – 52°, 27° (48°, 33°, .42”); Dec. 1 – 47°, 33°, .11” (39°, 24°); Dec. 2 – 62°, 47°, .19” (47°, 17°) and Dec. 3 – 63°, 44°, .01” (55°, 28°, .2”).
Total rainfall for November was 3.33”, compared to 4.11” in November of 2022.
Year-to-date rainfall is 33.02”, compared to 39.55” for the same time period last year.
