4th-graders learn how to apply science while having fun
Della Davison’s fourth-grade class learn about science while building and shooting off rockets. (May 17, 2013, Page 1B, 3B)
A lifetime spent with two wonderful guys
Columnist Mavis Hovious writes about her two beloved dachshunds, “The Guys.” (May 17, 2013, Page 1B, 3B)
Oxford’s southern magnolias
Tree man John Arrechea gives some homage to Oxford’s historic southern magnolias. (May 17, 2013, Page 2B)
Humans being vs. humans doing
Religion columnist Randy Weeks writes this week about being still for just a moment during our hectic lives and remembering that God is. (May 17, 2013, Page 5B)
Former slave comments on the first Yankee in Oxford
A former slave’s speech is featured in Jack Mayfield’s history column in Oxford Living this week. Read the fascinating words of Jim Neilson from his July 4, 1867 speech. (May 17, 2013, Page 2B)
Get rooted in your community: We reap what we sow
Kelly Graeber recommends celebrating summer by enjoying fresh veggies, fruit and offering to volunteer at local farmer’s markets. (May 10, 2013, Page 3B)
Lee forms three corps for invasion of Pennsylvania
Historian Jack Lamar Mayfield continues his series on the Mississippi 11th’s trek north and the involvement of the University Greys and the Lamar Rifles in the Battle of Gettysburg. (May 10, 2013, Page 3B)
My hero mom, ‘Gert’
Columnist Steve Stricker remembers his mother, whom he affectionately called “Gert” in today’s Oxford Living section in honor of Mother’s Day Sunday. (May 10, 2013, Page 1B)
Keeping up with the technology in the world of electricity
North East Mississippi Electric Power Association wants to celebrate its 75th anniversary with its customers by sharing its history with them during a three-day celebration where everyone is invited to come to the station on Highway 30 and learn about the company’s beginnings and some of its newer services and maybe even win a mini-iPad. (May 10, 2013, Page 1B)
If I die at the hands of another …
Religion columnist Randy Weeks writes this week about forgiveness and that while we all get angry when we learn of things like the Boston bombing or school shootings, God tells us to forgive and love them as He loves. (May 3, 2013, Page 5B)
