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	<description>Observations and musings about things that tickle this big brain of mine...</description>
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		<title>I am very grateful for all that I have &#8211; even in a bad year</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2009/11/28/i-am-very-grateful-for-all-that-i-have-even-in-a-bad-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not going to lie about it. 2009 has been a very difficult year for me, but it could have been much worse. My home is not the home of my dreams, but it gives me a place to live until I can earn enough to buy or build the home I dream of. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Murphy Gold News &#8211; October, 2009 issue has been published.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s October and fall is here in Murphy, NC. The nights are getting cooler and the days are more comfortable. Before long, all the mountains will be covered by trees showing off their best fall colors. New Businesses I&#8217;d like to welcome three businesses to Murphy Gold this month: (The complete list is in our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Moving Wall is a moving experience</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 04:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to preface this by saying that since I was a teenager in high school I was very opposed to the war in Vietnam. I still hold that view. Even so, I&#8217;ve never been one of those people who took it out on the people who served in the military in Vietnam. It has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working like crazy behind the scenes</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2009/07/13/working-like-crazy-behind-the-scenes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you look at the home page of this blog or read the RSS feed, it looks like I&#8217;ve been a lazy boy for the last month or so. Nothing could be further from the truth! I&#8217;ve been working behind the scenes to fix a major problem, update a large site, and bring a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arts and Crafts Show Now Taking Applications &#8211; Ninth Annual Heritage Walk and Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday, September 5, 2009, Heritage Partners of Cherokee County will host the Ninth Annual Heritage Walk and Festival in Konehete Part, Murphy, NC. Local area artists and crafters are invited to visit the Heritage Walk and Festival website and download an application form in PDF format. (See the left column right next to &#8220;Arts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why are local businesses important?</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2009/05/25/why-are-local-businesses-important/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 18:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I have spent some time pondering this question: Is buying local a form of protectionism or is it something that is truly good for our community? I can argue for both sides of the question, but I&#8217;m coming to believe more strongly that buying local is truly good for our communities. I was reading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Business Funding Workshop &#8211; Murphy, NC 28906 &#8211; May 21, 2007</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2007/05/01/free-business-funding-workshop-murphy-nc-28906-may-21-2007/</link>
		<comments>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2007/05/01/free-business-funding-workshop-murphy-nc-28906-may-21-2007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 12:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Funding Secrets to Start, Expand, or Buy a Business,&#8221; a free workshop, will be presented on 5/21/07 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM in the Patterson Building at the Tri-County Community College&#8217;s main campus in Murphy. The instructor is volunteer SCORE business counselor Jerry Chautin. He has over 30-years business lending and commercial real estate financing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Admission Is Free To September 4 Heritage Walk and Festival in Murphy, NC</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2004/09/03/admission-is-free-to-september-4-heritage-walk-and-festival-in-murphy-nc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Admission Is Free To September 4 Heritage Walk and Festival in Murphy, NC Historic Murphy, North Carolina What began in 2001 with fewer than 100 souls braving the pouring rain to take a &#8220;heritage walk&#8221; through historic Murphy has blossomed into a 4th annual series of events coming Saturday, September 4, 2004. Last year over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Scenic Circle &#8212; Introducing a new day-trip guide to Murphy, NC</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2004/09/03/the-scenic-circle-introducing-a-new-day-trip-guide-to-murphy-nc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2004 12:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Scenic Circle New Day Trip Guide Scheduled for Release September 4 at Heritage Walk &#038; Festival in Murphy, North Carolina Imagine a 50-mile radius circle drawn around the Cherokee County courthouse in historic Murphy, NC, and something to find your way to the outdoor wonders of that area. Heritage Partners of Cherokee County is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4th Annual Heritage Walk &amp; Festival &#8212; Murphy, NC &#8212; Sept. 4, 2004</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2004/07/31/4th-annual-heritage-walk-festival-murphy-nc-sept-4-2004/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2004 03:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The one day event will be held on Saturday, September 4 from 9:00 am until 5:00 pm at the Old L&#038;N Depot, Railroad Street Park and the Pocket Parks in the historic town center of Murphy. Produced by Heritage Partners of Cherokee County, the annual event began in 2001 with the Heritage Walk and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google puts one more nail in the yellow pages coffin</title>
		<link>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2004/03/31/google-puts-one-more-nail-in-the-yellow-pages-coffin/</link>
		<comments>http://johndilbeckandfriends.com/2004/03/31/google-puts-one-more-nail-in-the-yellow-pages-coffin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2004 10:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About a year ago, I started recommending, to anyone who would listen, that it was important to put full addresses, city, state, zip code and phone numbers with area codes on their websites. Sharon Fling has been predicting the importance of promoting small local businesses on the Internet for a couple of years now, and [...]]]></description>
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