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 On Saturday, May 11, candidates and their support teams lined the east side of City Hall to greet voters, grill hot dogs, hand out water and generally enjoy a relaxing day under the shade of their canopies. Those stationed in the Miller Elementary School parking lot however were in a panic over learning that election officials inside were turning away Murphy voters and sending them to Southfork Mobile Home Park to vote.
Of the 10,164 registered voters in Murphy, a total of 1,270 either early-voted or voted on Saturday, representing a 12.5% turnout. MAYOR – ERIC BARNA ELECTED In the race for Mayor, Eric Barna (676 votes/59.25%) defeated current Mayor Pro-Tem John Daugherty (465 votes/40.75%). This is an unexpired term that Mayor Bret Baldwin did not complete. PLACE 1 – OWAIS SIDDIQUI ELECTED Place 1’s new face on Council will be Owais Siddiqui (626 votes/51.23%). He defeated incumbent Deputy Mayor Pro-Tem Colleen Halbert (410 votes /33.55%) and new candidate Peter Hall (186 votes 15.22%). PLACE 2 – BEN ST. CLAIR ELECTED Two new candidates ran for Place 2 on Council and Ben St. Clair (629 votes/60.19%) defeated Eric Lopez (416 votes/39.81%). PLACE 3 – SCOTT BRADLEY ELECTED Two incumbents from other seats ran for the Place 3 unexpired one-year term. Scott Bradley (529 votes/52.17%) defeated Dave Brandon (485 votes/47.83%). PLACE 4 – BETTY SPRAGGINS ELECTED Betty Spraggins (729 votes/100%) ran unopposed and will serve at Place 4 on Council. PLACE 6 – ROB THOMAS ELECTED Place 6 also had two new candidates running for Council. Rob Thomas (569 votes/54.87%) defeated Natalie Montgomery (468 votes/45.13%). PLACE 2 PISD SCHOOL BOARD – CARROLYN MOEBIUS Murphy resident Carrolyn Moebius (7767 votes/47.81%) was successful in defeating three other candidates in her run for a second term on the Plano School District Board of Trustees. In that election 21,404 ballots were cast out of a possible 186,646 which reflected an 11.5% turnout.
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Nominated for the “Youth Visionary” award by the Cemetery Association of Murphy, Inc., Caleb Eichenberger-Gay was recognized at the recent Preservation Celebration & Awards Ceremony hosted by the Collin County Historical Commission and presented a framed certificate. 
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The program is the initial stage of the Olympic team pipeline to identify athletes who have the potential to move through the pipeline to the ultimate goal of representing their country on a national team and in the Olympics. All athletes were exposed to a rigorous tryout process that was conducted at different locations throughout the United States to identify the top players in the country born in 2000 or later.
The Boggess Elementary PTA hosted its 5th Annual Chess Tournament on May 2 in the school gym. Each of the 44 participants received a t-shirt, and the following chess kings took home the trophies (pictured left to right): Walt Mayfield-3rd Grade, Riley Roach-Kindergarten, Zain Khan-1st Grade, Jeffery Xu-2nd Grade, Abhiram Valisammaggari-4th Grade, and Scott Walker- 5th Grade. The grand prize winner was Jeffery Xu, and the runner up was Walt Mayfield. Also pictured (left to right) are Mrs. Patricia Powell, Assistant Principal; Mrs. Marilyn Carruthers, Principal; and Alpa Mehta, PTA Chess Chair and Tournament Director.
Jon Lashbrook, Director of Education for the Murphy Chamber and President of the Murphy Chamber Scholarship Foundation, announced last week the names of the Chamber’s 2013 scholarship winners.
The Cemetery Association of Murphy, Inc.
On Mother’s Day weekend, come enjoy hot off the griddle pancakes with your family! Pancakes are served with syrup, butter, coffee, tea, juice and fruit. Gluten-free/Egg-free pancakes are available.
Strong Girls to Strong Women Workshop
God's Food Pantry is a faith-based, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization that has been established since 1997. It has matured into a 'real' community outreach food pantry located in East Plano.