Mr. Pat – one of our community’s icons
How did you first come to know Robert L. “Mr. Pat” Patterson? In his work with FCA? With the Kiwanis Club? As the bailiff at the courthouse? As a softball umpire? At church? At an Ole Miss ballgame? Editor Don Whitten takes a look at the relationships we’ve had with the man who’s been a local icon for longer than most of us have been around. (February 1, 2012, Page 4)
Mom: Pardon of son’s killer unfair
Norma Tallant Cain still misses her son, Scott Tallant, who was killed in 1991 by a drunk driver. Her pain has been amplified recently with her son’s killer being pardoned by former governor Haley Barbour earlier this month. Read her story in today’s EAGLE. (January 31, 2012, Page 1)
Walking Wednesdays program on hold
Walking Wednesdays have been put on hold while the city and University of Mississippi await word on funding from Mississippi Department of Transportation. (January 31, 2012, Page 2)
High school bids nearly complete
Bids for the new Oxford High School will now move forward with plans for the Oxford School Board of Trustees to determine the best choice in March. (January 31, 2012, Page 1)
Education briefs
- DDE honor roll
- 2012 state theatre champs announced, OHS wins awards
- Locals on NEMCC dean’s list
- Mississippi ranks 48th on national report card
- Lucker named to honor list at Missouri S&T
- Huckins named to the Seaver college dean’s list at Pepperdine
- Watson named to Clemson University president’s list
- Lowrey joins society
- UM pharmacy faculty member wins award
- Three local seniors inducted into UM hall of fame
- OUUMC day school art work
Who’s Colored?
Local columnist Jimmy Reed recalls some wise words from his mentor, Jaybird, and American writer Thomas Dreier as they taught him about equality and color. (January 31, 2012, Page 4)
Baptist Memorial Hospital unveils new surgery robot
Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi unveiled Da Vinci, the new surgery robotic system, Thursday during a ceremony held at the hospital. City officials, local doctors and other health care practitioners came to see the futuristic machine first hand. (January 30, 2012, Page 1A)
MPA honors EAGLE ad staff with 16 awards
JACKSON — The advertising staff of The Oxford EAGLE received 16 awards, including six first-place finishes, at the annual Mississippi Press Association’s 2011 Better Newspaper Contest, advertising division. (January 30, 2012, Page 3A)
Freedom of speech comes under FIRE
Ole Miss is now one of 16 college campuses green lit by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education for their free speech codes which were modified after the KKK visited campus two years ago. (January 30, 2012, Page 1, 2a)
‘Mr. Pat’ – a special, special man to many of us
Something was strikingly different at Saturday’s Ole Miss-South Carolina basketball game and it’s something that members of the community will notice more and more as they go through their everyday lives. Robert L. Patterson – “Mr. Pat” to most everyone – passed away Friday night, and his involvement and influence on so many people and so many things are the subject of a tribute column by Sports Editor John Davis. (January 30, 2012, Page 4A)
