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The iPad-vs.-newspaper battle in Cyril

My favorite story and video of the week came from reporter Don Mecoy on Tuesday. He had a nice story about a mother and son in Cyril who are avid readers of The Oklahoman. The mother, 94-year-old DeLois Patterson, prefers the printed newspaper. The son, 77-year-old Bill Patterson, prefers the iPad edition. Reports Mecoy: “When Bill Patterson buys a new iPad, he hopes to give his current one to his mother, who immediately dismisses the idea with a wave of her hand.” Great stuff. But the words only tell half the story. Mecoy’s video helps paint the picture.

A page for ‘Mr. Know It’

Don Gammill is a ‘know it’ all. It says so on his new Personality Page set up just for all his content. He is ‘Mr. Know It.’ You can see everything Don writes, blogs, tweets or posts on our newest page devoted to our reporters — the ‘Mr. Know It’ personality page.

 

Berry’s blog of the week

I stumbled across another great Berry Tramel blog post this week. This time, he wasn’t even the storyteller. He merely re-told a story that was told to him by Chip Land, the former managing partner of the old Oklahoma City Cavalry CBA team. It was a story about Denver Nuggets coach George Karl and his experience in Oklahoma City 20 years ago as the coach of the CBA’s Albany Patroons. And to entice you to read it, I’ll share the last line of the post: “So there you have it. George Karl thinks he had trouble in Oklahoma City this week. It was nothing like 20 years ago.”

 

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