Keep Murphy Beautiful

Each year, Murphy residents come together to clean up areas within the City. This year, efforts will focus on Maxwell Creek North Park, The Aviary Park and City Park.

The event will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 28. Contact David Bottlinger at 972-468-4000 to sign up or if you have any questions.

Come join your neighbors for a day of community clean up and help Keep Murphy Beautiful!

Plano ISD Board of Trustee Forum

The Plano ISD Key Communicators and Plano ISD Council of PTAs are sponsoring a Plano ISD School Board Candidates Forum at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24, in the First Floor Board Room at the Plano ISD Administration Building, 2700 W. 15th Street, Plano.

This forum will provide the opportunity for parents, staff, students and other citizens to address questions to candidates who
are running for positions on the Board of Trustees. Sharon Goldblatt, chairman of the Key Communicators, will serve as moderator. PTA representatives will serve as greeters.

The forum, which is open to the public, will conclude by 8:30 p.m.

For more information about the school board election, visit
http://www.pisd.edu/about.us/board.of.trustees/board.election.shtml

Candidate Web Sites

Candidate Web sites

Check out the candidate Web sites for information about their platforms and vision for the city.

Place 1
Charles Callender
www.callenderforcouncil.com
(under construction)

Colleen Halbert
www.colleenhalbert.com

Eddy Mullins
www.eddymullins.net

Place 2

Roxanne Bogdan
www.roxannebogdan.com

Michelle Long
www.michellelong.org

Place 4

Scott Bradley
www.electbradley.com

Michael Jones
www.michaelrjones.org

Place 6

Eric Barna
http://www.ericbarna.org

Bob Russell
www.bobrussell.org

Murphy Candidate Forum this Saturday

The Murphy Monitor is sponsoring a candidate forum at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 14 at the Murphy Road Baptist Church (411 S. Murphy Road).

The public and all Murphy city council candidates are invited to attend.

The League of Women Voters will be facilitating the forum, using questions provided by the audience. Each candidate will give opening remarks, answer questions, and give final remarks.

Questions about the forum may be sent to the Monitor at news@murphymonitor.com, or call the office at 972-442-5515.

Events This Week

Here are some upcoming events:

* Murphy Chamber of Commerce is holding their first 2007 After Hour Mixer from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday, March 29 at Wells Fargo on FM 544. Panda Express is providing the food; Wells Fargo is providing the drinks.

* There is a Neighborhood Crime Watch meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 29 in the police department training room.

* Join the Miller Elementary Dad's Club for a Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser. It will be from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 31 in the Miller cafeteria.

* On Wednesday, March 28, mention Hunt Elementary when you order from DoubleDave's Pizzaworks. Hunt will get a portion of the evening's receipts.

* On Thursday, March 29, mention Cox Elementary when you order from Papa John's in Sachse. Cox will get a portion of the evening's receipts.

Sprouts Farmers Market named as Marketplace anchor

Sprouts Farmers Market has been named as the anchor store for Murphy Marketplace. Sprouts is an Arizona-based company specializing in fresh produce and seafood, and assorted natural, organic and health foods. They currently have stores in Plano (Coit & Legacy), Dallas (Forest and Marsh) and Flower Mound (Cross Timbers Road).

Also mentioned is the plan to add townhomes adjacent to the Marketplace property.

LA Fitness is in town...

If you drove down Murphy Road or FM 544 today, you might have seen the LA Fitness tent set up on the southeast corner. They're taking pre-construction memberships, which are good at all Texas LA Fitness centers. Dustin and Troy said once the "Coming Soon" signs go up, the center should be open in six months.

Look for more details in this week's Murphy Monitor, on the streets Wednesday.