By Dave Ellis
Make sure to wear green on Sunday, St. Patrick’s Day, or a person might get pinched. Two days later is the first day of spring. Don’t get one’s hopes up as Mother Nature can still wreak havoc of cold temperatures.
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, Donald Burns, David Bowers, Wendell and Darlene Nelson, Ruby Gail Roberson, Ruth Bauer, Anna Mauzy, Linda Maxwell Looney, Bennie and Mary Alice Evick, Gloria Moats, Martha R. Kimble, Jimmie Bennett, Ruthalene Judy, Wayne Kimble, Stanley Propst, Leann Britton, Patsy Bennett, Kathy Puffenbarger and Wanda Pitsenbarger.
Prayer thought: “Heavenly Father, thank you that you call me your child and provide tender care when I run to you.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for March 4 through March 10, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: March 4 – 66°, 36° (46°, 34°, .01”); March 5 – 65°, 45° (57°, 24°); March 6 – 58°, 46°, .09” (61°, 25°); March 7 – 61°, 43°, .03” (49°, 35°); March 8 – 60°, 39° (47°, 23°); March 9 – 52°, 38°, 1.17” (56°, 21°) and March 10 – 37°, 28°, .25” snow (43°, 35°, .15”).
