It is a new month. Good-bye August! The first weekend in September is Labor Day weekend with Labor Day being on Monday. A lot of places will be closed Monday, including the schools. The traffic will come through the area as families take advantage of a three-day weekend. If traveling, be careful on the road.
Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins — Bucky Moyers, Pam Riner, Anna Tesi, Larry Moyers, Sandy Washburn, Mary Alice Simmons, Anna Lee Mitchell, and Carol Propst; prayer list — Richard Campbell, Kenny Williams, Ruth Bauer, Rick Waggy, Jim Fawley, Jessie Simmons, Minny Rhoads, David Berg, Troy Bennett, Danny Nelson, Sherry Hedrick, Tom and Judy Borror, David M. Parkinson, Cleo Simmons, Tom Butterworth, Bobby Parsons, Rick Phares, Gretta Pope, Virgil “Bub” Yokum, John Moyers, Norma Auville, Shana Johnson, Sherry Chambers, Shirley Bland, Chris Phares, Robin Gery, Nancy George, Grace and Albert Hammer, Cameron Beachler, Lisa Dingess, Kitty Waggy, Mary Lou Wagoner, Lucy Westfall, Donna Bennett, Peggy Pitsenbarger, Amy VanMeter, Lynwood Pennington, Bob Hoops, Ronnie Pitsenbarger, Connie Hartman, Wyatt Hott, Carl Thompson, Kaylee Bennett, Mickie Huffman, Woody Hoover, Rhonda Stump, Pollyanna Johnson, Shirley Propst, Brenda Allen, Max Propst, Brenda Kiser Fisher, Harold Michael, Teddy Hartman, Phyllis Ruddle and the family of Jimmy Bowers.
Prayer thought: “I praised you every day, loving God, knowing that because You sustain all things. His blessing is wonderful day after day.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for Aug. 24 through Aug. 30, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: Aug. 24 – 73°, 53° (77°, 64°), Aug. 25 – 77°, 47° (75°, 55°), Aug. 26 – 83°, 51° (73°, 48°), Aug. 27 – 84°, 62°, .09” (74°, 44°), Aug. 28 – 78°, 58° (73°, 45°), Aug. 29 – 80°, 56° (75°, 50°) and Aug. 30 – 85°, 61° (74°, 44°).

