Sunday’s obituaries
- Lonnie Dean Corley — 57, died Friday, Oct. 29, 2010. Services will held at 2 p.m. Monday in the Coleman Funeral Home Chapel in Oxford. Burial will follow in the Anchor Cemetery, Highway 7 South in Water Valley. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service at the funeral home.
(October 31, 2010)
Auburn tops Rebels 51-31
Hello from Oxford, where it’s a perfect day for a Southeastern Conference meeting between No. 3 Auburn (8-0 overall, 5-0 SEC) and Ole Miss (3-4, 1-3). (more…) (October 30, 2010)
Saturday’s obituaries
- Mary Anne Womack Burns — 80, died on Friday, Oct. 29, 2010, at the Yalobusha General Hospital in Water Valley. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Coffeeville United Methodist Church. The visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Seven Oaks Funeral Home in Water Valley is in charge of arrangements.
- Dorothy “Dot” Adele Orr King — 92, died Friday, Oct. 29, 2010, at Fairfield Assisted Living Home in Batesville. Services will be held at noon Monday at the Batesville Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow at Batesville Magnolia Cemetery. Visitation will be held for two hours prior to the service at the church. Dickins Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
(October 30, 2010)
Blue Devils defeat Mooreville
SPORTS EDITOR BLOG — Three interceptions from Chris Conard as well a 93-yard run for a touchdown by C.J. Jackson were some of the big plays turned in by the Water Valley Blue Devils in their 20-10 win over Mooreville Friday night. (more…) (October 30, 2010)
Oxford 42 Indianola Gentry 8 (view gallery)
(October 29, 2010)
Celebrity sightings (sort of)
Traveling for your job is not as glamorous as some might think, but it can lead to interesting trips and to meeting people considered “celebrities.” John Morgan’s column tells of two of his celebrity sightings, one Faye Dunaway and the other Shane Battier. (October 29, 2010, Page 4A)
Letter to the Editor
Jim Shollenberger writes to take issue with recent letters to the editor, and he calls for letter writers to use less emotion and more thought. (October 29, 2010, Page 4A)
The Great Mississippi Bear Hunt: Circa 1902
President Theodore Roosevelt was exhausted from mediating a solution to the strike by the United Mine Workers in the coal fields of America. T.R. was in need of a short vacation and this hunt would produce what Brinkley calls the most popular toy ever manufactured — the Teddy Bear.
He decided to accept a long-stranding invitation to come to Mississippi for the bear-hunting season. He had recently invited Booker T. Washington to a dinner at the White House and some Southerners had vilified him for this invitation. Thus his trip to Mississippi did have somewhat of a political overtone. One of his hosts was Stuyvesant Fish, the president of the Illinois Central Railroad. He wrote to Fish, “My experience is that to try to combine a hunt and a picnic, generally means a poor picnic and always a spoiled hunt. Every additional man on a hunt tends to hurt it. Of course I am only going because I want to hunt and do see I get the first bear without fail.” Little did he know how he would be presented the first black bear of their hunt. (October 29, 2010, Page 2B)
Ole Miss to show university’s first 3-D commercial
The 90-second film will be played at the end of half-time during Saturday’s game on the “jumbotron.” The 3D glasses will be placed on each seat in the stadium Friday night and Saturday morning by a local Boy Scout troop. The theme of the promo had been kept tightly under wraps until recently. However, a poster made to promote the event gives away some clues the film will feature Ole Miss athletes as giants.
Aldermen discuss Sunday alcohol sales
Even though the mayor’s Alcohol Task Force has recommended the city expand alcohol sales to Sunday, the board itself appears to be taking a more cautious approach to the issue.
(more…) (October 29, 2010)
