Clean work for company
Thank you to Colwell Construction for keeping their downtown Murphy work site neat and clean – unlike previous crews, who left trash scattered around.
I recently saw one of their young workers pick up litter and dispose of it, even though it wasn’t even his. I thanked him for his diligence and thoughtfulness.
I am confident that the integrity of this company will be further demonstrated when we see the result of the finished pocket parks.
Edie Spence, Murphy
Jeff Crane a great guy
Jeff Crane is a great guy. He has helped a lot of homeless people. When they had nowhere to live, he would rent them a room real cheap to help them out.
He was a great musician. He played guitar and piano for 60 years. He was also a great singer. He wrote more than 15 songs.
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Jeff would take care of stray cats and feed them.
Jeff always liked helping people. He would always give them rides if they needed it.
He had his own problems. He was type 2 diabetic. He also had kidney problems. I know he was at stage 4 and did not have long to live.
Jeff said he would never go on dialysis.
I think his kidney failed. He went to sleep two days, third day went into coma, and on Saturday past away.
We will all miss Jeff very much. May my friend rest in heaven.
Dave Gatti, Murphy
On Antichrist & the rapture
Zionist Christians donate money for building the third temple, the Antichrist’s future throne. How can a Christian justify supporting the Antichrist’s agenda?
That’s insane. They support Israel sacrificing animals as atonement for their sins. This is heresy and blasphemous.
If you love the Jews, and we should, why are you supporting that which you know will never atone for their sins? You know, without Christ, they will die in their sins and spend eternity in hell. To condone these things is evil, and anyone who supports this hates the Jews.
We should tell them the truth, that Jesus is the only way to salvation. Zionist Christians are deceived by Scofield’s Study Bible, believing that supporting these heresies will bring on the pre-tribulation rapture, and Christians will escape the tribulation. A selfish motive and a satanic lie.
2 Thessalonians 2:1-3 tells us “our gathering together unto Him,” which is the resurrection of the saints, will not come until two things happen first. The “falling away,” (from sound doctrine) and the appearing of the Antichrist, which happens 3.5 years into the tribulation.
Matthew 24:29-31, “Immediately ‘after’ the tribulation of those days, (meaning the five seals that Jesus had just spoken of in Matthew 24:5-9) shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:” Then, the Son of Man will come in the clouds, the sixth seal, resurrection.
Matthew 24:31 states the trumpet will sound and the angels will gather the elect (saints).
Paul said in 1 Thessalonians 5:4-6, that that day will not overtake us as a thief because we are not in darkness. If we were already resurrected, why would Paul say this? It wouldn’t make any sense.
Mary Mason, Murphy
‘Dark Side’ stops solar
President Donald Trump is the latest unholy flowering of our culture’s Dark Side. The Trump family’s wealth has doubled during 2025 to $10 billion (that’s 10 thousand million dollars). At $6 billion a year, I don’t think we can afford three more years of this, our Chief Presidential Thief.
Wrong-way Donald’s extreme retro policies are hard to stomach. While China’s building daily in solar, the equivalent of two conventional power plants, Trump is dismantling wind farms, canceling all solar and eliminating the $7,500/year Electric Vehicle Tax Credit; while subsidizing oil and coal.
Decades ago, President Ronald Reagan said we should make the federal government small enough to drown in a bathtub: Stephen Miller’s Project 2025 is actually doing the drowning but, unfortunately, the whole country is going down the drain with it – while the rest of the world turns to others for leadership.
Harry Holdorf, Blairsville, Ga.
Forgiveness not an option
Erika Kirk gave one of the most powerful speeches I have ever heard about her husband, Charlie, who was killed for preaching the truth of God’s Word so that He could educate as many young folks who are our next generation.
Erika did an awesome job of letting everyone know that Charlie’s death is not in vain. Charlie knew the risk of being a spokesperson for God, just like millions of believers who have paved the way since the beginning of Christianity and were martyred for their faith.
The one thing that upset me was when Erika said she forgave the killer because that is what is required of all believers in Christ. “It’s not an option, but a command,” she said. But then Trump replied, “Not me, I hate them all, and I will never forgive them.”
I got to thinking of all of the pastors and other men and women of faith that surround Trump each day, and still He doesn’t get it. He is still living in darkness, and his heart will only harden harder as time goes on. Hating others is like a cancer that spreads throughout the whole body, and only God can remove it and cleanse Trump from his hateful sin.
My prayer is for God’s spirit of truth to come alongside Trump in whatever way God sees fit to turn His heart toward his Savior and yield his life over to Him. Trump is doing a good job concerning the opposition he faces each day, and I am sure he is totally stressed out and needs God’s wisdom to deal with our nation’s issues, but what is more vital is for Trump to reach out to God for his salvation before it’s too late.
Frank Combs, Blairsville, Ga.
Love Trump or hate him
The most dangerous city in the U.S. is Chicago. The governor, J.B. Pritzker, the mayor, Brandon Johnson – both Democrats – refuse President Donald Trump’s offer to reduce crime in Chicago, which is a sanctuary city (for your information) and all sanctuary cities are Democrat controlled.
Over the Labor Day holidays in Chicago, 54 people were shot, 15 of the 54 were killed. Chicago has had more murders per year than any other city in the United States for 13 year in a row – is this something to be proud of? Why would anyone not want a safer city? I can think of only two reasons, either you are a criminal or just plain – well, you finish the sentence.
Democrats absolutely hate anything Trump does. Trump closed the border, Trump is shipping out illegals, he is doing great harm to the cartel, he cleaned up D.C., he gave the biggest tax cut in history, he stopped the new green deal. In 2000, the Democrats kept screaming if we don’t stop climate change by 2012 we will all be dead; the climate is still the climate, and we are still here in 2025.
The Democrats want the Trump administration to fail, the “swamp” would sacrifice you, me or one of their own to stop Trump.
I like what U.S. Sen. John Kennedy allegedly said, “Life is sometimes hard, but harder when you’re stupid.” That being said, I’m probably not up to date on the news because I don’t watch The View.
I almost forgot, I am a registered Republican, so automatically, not by choice but by Democratic standards, I am labeled a racist right.
Love Trump or hate Trump is your choice. I thank God I’m not living under the Harris/Walz administration.
Perry Reece, Brasstown