Book shows scenic drives
At the Murphy Spring Festival, my wife came across the book The Complete Scenic Circle at the Murphy Arts Center booth. It was published in 2015-16. It is a gem, with extensive information about Murphy and the tri-state area.
The 12 scenic drives highlight many interesting facts and sights from our area. Many were unknown to us, even after having lived here for 15 years.
It’s available at the Murphy Arts Center for $19.95 and on Amazon for Kindle (only) for $9.95.
Joe Keffer, Murphy
A long time for deliveries
I read with interest the letter from Vicky Zentko in the May 18 edition of the Cherokee Scout regarding the failure of the post office to deliver packages that don’t fit into postal boxes.
We who live on Paradise Road in Murphy have had a similar problem. There are old lockers next to the mailboxes, but they have no locks. The postal delivery worker changed, and the new one began using the unlocked lockers – until the items placed in said lockers were stolen.
All with items stolen filed stolen packages reports, of which we received no reply. The postal worker did at that point begin to deliver packages to the houses (all houses comply with the same list of rules cited in your person’s letter).
A postal worker threatened to stop delivering to houses unless we took care of putting locks on the lockers. Neighborhood got together, did some research and found it was the post office’s responsibility to provide locked lockers for the larger packages. One member of our group contacted the Murphy Post Office on behalf of the street, but received no reply. Bounced up a level, and finally someone from the local post office not only contacted our spokesperson, but two others that had filed issues.
The resolve is that the post office is, in fact, responsible for the lock lockers, and that the postal worker will continue to deliver to the houses (parcels only) until locked lockers are provided.
The process took from the beginning of March to the middle of May to get a resolve in place.
C.W. Sturgeon, Murphy