By Dave Ellis
This coming Friday is Groundhog Day, marking the halfway of winter. Only six more weeks of winter as spring arrives on March 19.
The area was blessed with unusual warm weather last week. Now the weather is back to normal. The area received lots of rain during the weekend.
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, Kenny Williams, Dennis Mitchell, Debbie Horst, Myrtle Hammer, Pam Rexrode, Nancy George, Neal Eye, Margaret Wimer, Sherman Bennett, Donald Burns, David Bowers, Wendell and Darlene Nelson, Ruby Gail Roberson, Gary Hess, Ruth Bauer, Anna Mauzy, Linda Maxwell Looney, Gloria Moats, Martha R. Kimble, Bennie and Mary Alice Evick, Jimmie Bennett, Ruthalene Judy, Wayne Kimble, Stanley Propst and Leann Britton.
Prayer thought: “Our fears and heavy burdens give way to new hope when we accept the forgiveness and reconciliation Jesus freely offers.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Jan. 22 through Jan. 28, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Jan. 22 – 41°, 7° (37°, 31°, .04”); Jan. 23 – 50°, 27° (36°, 30°, .02”); Jan. 24 – 57°, 37° (45°, 27°, .25” snow); Jan. 25 – 63°, 48°, .03” (39°, 29°, .5” snow + .17”); Jan. 26 – 68°, 49° (37°, 26°); Jan. 27 – 60°, 44°, .7” (39°, 27°) and Jan. 28 – 45°, 39°, 1.03” (51°, 35°).
