A New Beginning!

We share the opinion that spring is the time set for us to escape the imprisoned safety of the winter home and launch ourselves into nature’s celebration of life: mud, dirt, rain, wind, flowers, buds, sun and all.

Murray Life has not been idle during the cold winter months. Art Director Justin Kimbro has remade the palette on which he creates and Murray Life has added pages of color while maintaining the spirit and the features you have come to enjoy. If you’re a new reader, you’re just in time.

This issue also welcomes Austin Dodd as our assistant managing editor. Austin brings experience in design and advertising to the job, and we look forward to his contributions. Your old friend Logan Abbitt is still on board, and you “foodies” will enjoy his creative and entertaining look at garlic.

Animal fans will enjoy two great features: Caina Lynch returns to our pages with a look a “dog star” with a new lease on life. LBL naturalist Carrie Szwed tells us about the babies of spring, and gives you the power to save the youth of nature with insights into bunnies, birdies and fawns.

2012 has been a great year for Murray State University. MSU’s Racer basketball team stunned the national with a 23-0 season start. Elizabeth Johnson. Editor-in-Chief of The MSU News, joins us to detail the impact of this once-in-a-lifetime achievement on the University, the team and the entire community.

Of course, you have heard about the damage to Kentucky Lake’s Eggner’s Ferry bridge. Few people were there in those first few hours after the Delta Mariner struck the bridge and tore the road decking to rubble and metal, but reporter Austin Ramsey was on the scene within minutes and shares with us the facts, the feel and the excitement of history in the making.

Spend your leisure time wisely with the help of our calendar of events, and find out what you missed in the last few weeks with our “Notes ‘n’ Neighbors” feature. Plan your evening out with our dining guide, work puzzles, take trivia quizzes, and enjoy news in insights from gardening to humor.

The outside world is reopening for business, and we are ready. On that first warm spring day, when you can sit on the porch or patio and feel the sun warm your bones and your soul, we hope a copy of Murray Life might be right beside you to share the once-in-a-year moment.  Enjoy!