From the Porch
Time to breathe
Dwight Otwell
      Sitting in lawn chairs gazing at the summer sky - exclaiming over the blazing meteors that streaked through the heavens every minute or so. It was late on Sunday night and early Monday morning that we watched the Perseid meteor showers, which put on a free show every August for those who can stay...
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Letters to the Editor
      Gas chamber for animals? Editor, The N.C. Dept. of Agriculture is proposing new regulations for euthanasia of shelter animals including the option of a gas chamber! Gassing is not just a simple matter of falling asleep. This procedure places the animals in a lengthy excruciating situation of pa...
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Annual 5K Run and Heart Walk Saturday September 15th
      There are only a couple of weeks left until the exciting Murphy Medical Center 5K Challenge and Heart Walk. Murphy Medical Center will be holding its Seventeenth Annual 5K Run, Two Mile Heart Walk and Kid's Fun Run on Saturday September 15.
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'Wine or beer is not a sin'
      As a young woman many years ago, I lived in Marble with relatives and I found it to be beautiful and serene. Since then I have traveled and resided all over the world. Now at the age of 61, I have taken up residence here and find it truly amazing how little real change there has been here.
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