AARP Tax-Aide will offer free personal income tax preparation for Federal and
State (GA & NC only) returns in Murphy, NC starting on February 1 and ending April 13, 2011. The site will be located at the First United Methodist Church Annex building on Valley River Drive in downtown Murphy. Tax preparation will be done on [...]

Murphy Medical Center staff would like to congratulate Chris and Erica Floyd of Andrews on the birth of their daughter.  Alexandria Gayle   was born    January 11, 2011  at Murphy Medical Center. She weighed 5 pounds 9 oz and was 18.25 inches in length at birth. You can view her picture and our other new arrivals [...]

Hurry Up! And wait…
By: Bradley Lovin
There was a slight jolt as the C-17 cargo plane touched down in Bagram, Afghanistan.  It was a short two hour flight from Manas Airport in Kyrgyzstan.  There were a couple hundred of us packed into the plane along with all of our baggage.  I had secured a cargo net [...]

Meet Mac, he is a young male tuxedo. He is extremely outgoing, friendly and playful. He loves people and being part of the action. Mac is neutered and up to date with his vaccinations and ready for his forever home. If you are interested in adopting him, please call June at 706-379-2169. Also, visit our [...]

Valentine Dinner Train is a “Sweet” Ride
Chattanooga, TN (January 14, 2011) – The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum kicks off its 50th Anniversary with romantic Valentine Dinner Trains beginning February 11-14th.  The Valentine Dinner Train packages are a wonderful way to spend a romantic evening with that special someone.
“Our Valentine Dinner excursions are wonderful and our chef [...]

REEL MEMORIES NO. 163
Howard Ravenscroft
by William V. Reynolds
Do you remember who your favorite bad guy was? He wasn’t my favorite at the time, but Howard Ravenscroft, middle name Harold or Clifford depending on the source, became my favorite badman in later years. When I was a kid, I despised him. But in those [...]

Journal of a Living Lady #388
Nancy White Kelly
My bucket list has one more item with a line drawn through: buying a small RV and traveling at leisure. We have just returned from our first trip in our RV. We didn’t camp exactly. Our goal was to attend a coin show in Tampa and try out [...]

St. Nicholas Orthodox Church and St. William Catholic Church will host Vepser Service which will bring to a close the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The service will be held Tuesday, January 25th, beginning at 7 p.m. in the sanctuary of St. William Church on Andrews Road in Murphy. The service will be led [...]

The Murphy Medical Center Auxiliary recently donated $5000 to replace the worn-out whiteboards in the Med/Surg area with new, durable whiteboards that are fully erasable.  Whiteboards are mounted in each room and serve as a communication tool for the patient, family, and staff.  The boards keep the Med/Surg staff and ancillary staff knowledgeable of the [...]

Time to order your Girl Scout cookies for February delivery.  If you do not eat cookies, the girls are also selling cookies to be given to good  causes like the Clay County Food Pantry and Operation Sweet Treat which sends cookies to US Troops overseas. Last year, Troop 30201 sent 87 boxes of GS cookies for US [...]