A new chapter in her life

Patty Wayland, a former teacher at Field Elementary, is back to paint a mural in the school’s media center
Tuesday, August 7, 2007 | 2:00 a.m. CDT; updated 4:57 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008

COLUMBIA — A week ago, the walls between the ceiling and the top of the bookshelves in Field Elementary School’s media center were blank. Since then, Patty Wayland, a former teacher at Field, has taken the suggestion of her colleagues and tapped into her passionately artistic side by using those walls as canvasses.

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