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September 22, 2009
Barbara Patton: Busy weekend was productive weekend
Football games, ribbon cuttings, dedications, political fund-raisers, high school plays, Sunday school, church, and those in-between activities. It all adds up to one very busy weekend. Thank goodness, I was just in attendance and didn’t have to do any of the work. Many did and I know they slept soundly on Sunday night.
July 21, 2009
Barbara Patton: Cronkite was true story of character
Front page news — “The most trusted man in America” Walter Cronkite! Honorable, objective, evenhanded, honest, professional, used good judgment, valued accuracy and understated compassion. Wow – what a wonderful epitaph.
May 19, 2009
Barbara Patton: Community input welcome for planning
New opportunities abound every day and another is coming your way this week. It is an opportunity to give your input into the future plan for Opelika’s downtown. Meetings are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday.
April 14, 2009
Barbara Patton: Law passed in DC will benefit Chattahoochee region
Did you know that the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 was approved by the U.S. Senate on Jan. 15, by the U.S. House of Representatives on March 26, and signed into law by President Obama on March 30?
March 31, 2009
Barbara Patton: Miracle Field, “Les Miserables” highlight weekend
If you think everything in Opelika was rained out this past weekend, think again. True – Garden in the Park and the Two by Two Unity Run were cancelled, but the Lions Club had their pancake breakfast and it was a huge success.
March 25, 2009
Barbara Patton: Big weekend ahead at Opelika’s Municipal Park
“What do you mean you didn’t know about it? It was all over the paper.” Have you heard those words before? There is a jam-packed weekend coming up and all the events have been promoted in various ways: newspaper advertisements and columns, radio, posters, Web sites, mail-outs, and other notifications.
March 10, 2009
Barbara Patton: Vow of character, ethics applied in Opelika
I believe in personal integrity, ethical conduct, honesty, and fair play.
February 03, 2009
Barbara Patton: Make your Miracle Field dream a reality
It’s officially open! The Billy Hitchcock Miracle Field Complex, that is. If you missed the articles on the front pages of the Opelika-Auburn News titled, “Miracles Really Happen” and “Opelika dream becomes reality,” you must have been out of town.
December 17, 2008
Barbara Patton: City of Opelika is blessed this Christmas
The season of giving is here — the Christmas season! If you are a Christian, as I am, you are celebrating the most precious gift of all — the birth of Jesus Christ — and the words of Jesus ring true more than ever, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
November 11, 2008
Barbara Patton: City becomes hotspot for orchestras
Has it really been over 20 years since the Opelika Arts Association – now the Arts Association of East Alabama – began the Performance Series? After hearing the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra this week – a performance, by the way that was more than wonderful — I wonder if we realize how blessed we are to have opportunities such as this to experience.
October 28, 2008
Barbara Patton: Dreams can become reality
“Dreamers and Believers” — that was the title of a pamphlet I picked up upon a visit to the Washington National Cathedral this month.
October 07, 2008
Barbara Patton: Responsibility is character trait of month
I was really too tired to write this column. When it came right down to it, I just didn’t want to write it at all, but I had said that I would. That meant that it was my responsibility to follow through.
September 23, 2008
Barbara Patton: No reason for voters not to turn out
As Americans, we all believe in the right to vote. But how often do we exercise that right? An e-mail I recently received caused me to go and look at the number of people that voted in the August 2008 Opelika mayoral and council election and then compare those numbers to the ones in 1996.
August 06, 2008
Barbara Patton: Special fundraiser around the corner
Just around the corner lies a special fundraiser! Special because it benefits the renovation and transformation of the Miriam S. Brown School into a Community Cultural and Small Conference Center.
July 29, 2008
Barbara Patton: Darden house full history
Dr. J. W. Darden’s legacy is living on through the restoration of the home where he and his wife lived and where he practiced medicine. The restoration of this house on Auburn Street in Opelika was relentlessly pursued by Dr. Yvonne Brown-Phillips, as she led the efforts and formed many partnerships to make this house come back to life. It was not an easy task but through her, their legacy was preserved.
July 22, 2008
Barbara Patton: A quick education on road diets
Road Diets! Now that’s a new use for the word “diet.” Does it mean that roads no longer can eat cars?
July 09, 2008
Barbara Patton: Patriotism alive and well in America
Patriotism! What a soul stirring, resounding word. This is the character word of the month and should not be difficult to write about. After all, this is the month that we celebrate our country’s independence.
April 22, 2008
Barbara Patton: Integrity takes on more than one meaning
I’ll bet if I asked you about the word “integrity,” you would be able to easily tell me about it. Right? That’s what I thought until I started to write this column on the Character Word of the Month. I have struggled and gone in all kinds of directions.
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