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Boss Pit Stop Barbecue becoming a hit with customers

5/7/2013

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By: Brittany Carruthers
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Boss Pit Stop Barbecue owner Patricia Patterson and her husband celebrate their anniversary at their restaurant on Getwell Road.
Just five minutes away from the University District is a barbeque place that sells fish and wings. What makes it special is the fact that the meat literally falls off the bone.  

It sits in the middle of Getwell Road across the street from Family Dollar. This busy street keeps the restaurant with a steady flow of traffic.

“People mostly come in for the fish and rib tips,” Pat Patteson, owner of the Boss Pit Stop Barbecue at 1621 Getwell Road, said. 

The traffic is not the only thing that keeps customers coming back for more.

“The best food we have here is our turkey legs. The meat just falls right off the bones,” Meeka Williams, cashier at Boss Pit Stop Barbecue, said.


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Musician pursues his passion by playing his guitar

5/1/2013

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By: Brittany Carruthers
Todd Tate has been playing bass guitar since he was a toddler, and he hasn’t stopped.

On a corner near 1698 S. Barksdale St., in the University District, music is playing everyday and night, coming out the windows of the home of a man who is passionately in love with music.

“Music is all I know,” Tate said.

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Suspicious Package Evacuates Campus Building

4/25/2013

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By: Brittany Carruthers \ MicroMemphis Reporter
Dunn Hall on the University of Memphis was evacuated on April 15 when a report of a suspicious package was made to campus to campus police. A search off the building was completed and police found it to be a laptop computer sitting in the middle of a hallway. The student who owned the laptop said he recently purchased it and he forgot it.
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Young Man Arrested for Assault on Campus

3/19/2013

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By: Brittany Carruthers\MicroMemphis Reporter
One student was arrested March 8 in front of the Meeman Journalism Building one day before spring break hit and charged with simple assault for knocking the food out of another student’s hands.

Jason Kirby, 36, bought food at the Tiger Den where Olumide Adedipe, a 20- year-old former university of Memphis student, approached him

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Disability does not slow down this hard-worker

3/5/2013

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By Brittany Carruthers \ Micro Memphis Reporter 
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Robin Henderson, 22, works at Einstein Brothers at The University of Memphis every day and has a second job at FedEx Forum. She was born with an unusual circumstance where doctors called her condition a mystery. Her right hand is smaller than her  left but that doesn’t keep her from living a normal life. 

“My confidence comes from within,” Henderson said.

She believes in never giving up and conquering the impossible.

What I do on a day-to-day basis is work and spending time with my family.  I am very aware that my hand is different from others but I keep the ball moving because no one is going to have sympathy for no one,” Henderson said. 


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