Abbeville Board of aldermen

The Abbeville mayor and Board of Aldermen will meet at the Abbeville Fire Department the first Thursday of the month at 7 p.m. For more information, call 234-8588. (March 31, 2010)

Pilot Club of Oxford

Meets at 5:30 p.m. Thursday for a business meeting, followed by the regular meeting at 6. The club meets at Newk’s Restaurant on University Avenue. (March 31, 2010)

Oxford Exchange Club

Meets at noon Thursday at Ole Miss Catering located at 123 Heritage Drive. Featured speaker will be Oxford High School’s Summer Rowland, Oxford Exchange Club ACE Student Award winner. Kappa Delta will have 10 items to be auctioned and will report on their Shamrock events that benefited the Exchange Family Center this past weekend. Members and guest are invited to attend. For more information, e-mail info@exchangeclubofoxford or visit www.exchangeclubofoxford.org. (March 31, 2010)

School Supply Drive

The Graduate Student Council on the campus of the University of Mississippi has teamed up with several organizations on campus and the Mississippi Teachers Corp to sponsor a school supply drive. On April 7 at 6:30 p.m. during the “Family and School Night” at the Ole Miss Baseball game, patrons will receive two general admission tickets for every full bag of school supplies.

As part of this “Rock the Bus” event, organizers hope to fill a school bus with school supplies, all of which will be donated to the Mississippi Teacher Corps teachers. Donations can be in the form of school supplies and/or monetary gifts, which will go toward grants for the teachers in the Mississippi Teacher Corps and scholarships for the students accepted to academic achievement programs. This event has the potential to positively affect the education of nearly 5,000 students receiving public education in classrooms staffed by the Mississippi Teacher Corps. (March 31, 2010)

Dayton ends Rebels’ season

NEW YORK — Ole Miss’ run in the Men’s National Invitation Tournament came to an end Tuesday night with a 68-63 loss to Dayton at Madison Square Garden in the semifinals of the NIT Final Four. Ole Miss overcame a four-point deficit at the half and an 11-point deficit in the second half to get within one point of the Flyers with 35 seconds remaining in the contest.

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Dayton 68 Ole Miss 63 (view gallery)

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NIT not big news in New York?

SPORTS EDITOR’S BLOG — I got to say that I was a little disappointed that there was nothing in today’s Daily News about tonight’s NIT games. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been here for this event before and know that it’s not a huge deal compared to the way we cover college sports, but there wasn’t even a story about it in the tabloid I consider the best in the city today.

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Narcotics unit has change at top

The Lafayette County Metro Narcotics Unit will soon be under new leadership. Oxford Police Chief Mike Martin said the narcotics unit will be headed up by OPD’s Capt. Kevin Stark on a temporary basis until a replacement for former commander Searn Lynch is hired. (March 30, 2010, Page 2)

Grant to improve airport safety

The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the Oxford-University Airport $127,358 for the purchase of a new Precision Approach Path Indicator for one of its runways. (March 30, 2010, Page 1)

Kids get a taste of outer space

Oxford children experienced life as an astronaut for a brief while Monday as part of NASA Night at the Powerhouse Community Arts Center. (March 30, 2010, Page 3)