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BY STEVEN THOMAS when the big stores opened TIMES-NEWS up.” Taking over the business VALLEY — Things change sometime between 1987-88, as time goes on and this con- Chambley has seen the store cept is exemplified at Chamb- expand from fireworks to ley’s in Valley. fishing bait and novelty items Opened in 1983 by George to a full-fledged outdoor em- Chambley Sr., this outdoor porium. store started out selling fire- Currently the big seller is works. archery equipment and ser- “We sold fireworks until vices. Chambley recalled get- about 12 to 15 years,” said ting into the archery business George Chambley Jr., the STEVEN THOMAS | TIMES-NEWS current owner. “We stopped TRICKY WORK: Chambley’s owner George Chambley Jr. works on a compound bow. SEE CHAMBLEY 2 Lanett BOE Historic hears report on cyber security photos

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LANETT — On Thursday afternoon, the Lanett City Board of Education heard a examined report on cyber security in the classroom and how the system is trying to stay ahead Photo conservator of the game and to prevent students from falling victim to online predators. Technology Director Katrina Goss had looks over Margaret a power point presentation on the threats presented by phishing and what can be Bourke-White works done about it. People have to be extra careful these BY WAYNE CLARK days with both computers and smart TIMES-NEWS phones. “Don’t open unwanted emails. You can be hacked that way,” she said. VALLEY — On Thursday, Mo- On the national level, the Children’s nique Fischer had the chance to Internet Protection Act of 2000 protects see some large photo murals she children from would-be offenders. had read about while doing re- “Work stations are monitored in the search on the works of Margaret schools,” Goss said. “We have an accept- Bourke-White at Syracuse Univer- able use policy when it comes to the in- sity. ternet. The internet opens all kinds new Cobb Memorial Archives has worlds, but kids need to be web wise and six such murals. They are four- and-a-half-feet wide and eight feet tall. They are huge enlargements SEE LANETT 2 of photographs taken by Bourke- White on a tour of Chattahoochee Valley textile plants in 1937. A Massachusetts resident, Fischer is a photo conservator This place Chambers whose visit to Bradshaw-Cham- bers County Library was funded County: Its earliest by the National Endowment for the Humanities. trails and roads “It’s quite a piece of history the archives has here,” she said. BY WAYNE CLARK For the most part, the photo mu- TIMES-NEWS ral are in pretty good shape, given that they are more than 80 years VALLEY — The spring general mem- old and for many years weren’t bership meeting of the Chattahoochee kept in the best of conditions. Valley Historical Society will take place at Some of them bear some damage. 3 p.m. EDT Sunday, April 15th in the La- Fischer said that it might not be nier Room of H. Grady Bradshaw-Cham- a bad idea to digitize the originals bers County Library. The general public is to make some reproductions for invited to witness an outstanding presen- display. tation on the history of Chambers County. “The originals need to be put Dr. Horace McLean “Mac” Holderfield WAYNE CLARK | TIMES-NEWS away for safe keeping,” she said. will have a power point program present- A REALLY CLOSE UP INSPECTION: Cobb Memorial Archives in Valley received For many years, the photo mu- ing rarely seen historical maps and other a visit from photo conservator Monique Fischer on Thursday. Above, archivist Robin Brown rals were attached to the walls of visuals portraying the physical history of shows her the six Margaret Bourke-White photo murals it has. They were taken in the the West Point Manufacturing the area that became Chambers County in local mills in the late 1930s by the famed photojournalist. Fischer has done some extensive Company Testing Lab near Shaw- the 1830s. Some of the maps he will be research on Bourke-White at Syracuse University, which has an extensive Bourke-White mut Mill. collection. During her Thursday visit, Fischer conducted a workshop, offering advice on the SEE PLACE 2 care and preservation of photographs. SEE PHOTOS 2

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LANETT “He not only can coach football, he also does a great job of keeping a bus fleet in good shape,” Superintendent Continued from page 1 Phillip Johnson said, referencing a letter the school sys- safe,” tem recently received from Chad Carpenter, transporta- Media specialists are trained to be skilled in Internet tion administrator with the State Department of Educa- safety. tion. Teachers are kept up to date no how they need to be Lanett had 12 school buses to go through a routine in- careful when using the Internet. spection. The board presented Lanett High head football coach “No buses were found to have any major deficiencies,” WAYNE CLARK | TIMES-NEWS Clifford Story a plaque in recognition for his Panthers be- Carpenter wrote. “We want to thank you and your main- AWARD FROM THE BOARD: While Lanett High ing the 2017 Class 2A state champions. tenance staff for their continued efforts to provide safe football players were getting state championship rings on buses for the students in Lanett City Schools.” Thursday, head coach Clifford Story (at center) received a In addition to being the head football coach, Story is plaque for the Lanett City Board of Education. On the left also the system’s athletic director and transportation di- rector. are Superintendent Johnson and Board Members Gail Holley In his report to the board, Johnson said that he antic- and Gwen Harris-Brooks; at right are Board Members David ipated having to hire to more elementary teachers next Gagnon,Tony Edmondson and Katie Walton. year based on growth at W.O. Lance Elementary School. “As of today, there are 605 students in pre-k through Johnson reported that some Lanett High students re- the sixth grade,” Johnson said. cently visited Auburn University, Clark-Atlanta Univer- On March 31, the system had an ending balance of a lit- sity and AUM. 706-505-9201 tle over $1.4 million. Total revenues have increased from “This is the season for college shopping, and we are NMLS # 1098645 this time last year by close to $55,000. providing as many opportunities as we can for students Johnson said he was pleased for a ring ceremony to to tour post-secondary schools,” he said. have taken place at Lanett High on Thursday. Members Educators who will be retiring at the end of the current of the varsity football team got rings as a reward for hav- school year will be honored at the May board meeting. ing won the 2017 2A state title. It was the school’s first This year’s Lanett High Prom will be taking place at West state title in football since 1963 and the fourth one overall. Point Depot on Saturday, April 21. This year’s baccalau- Since 2010, Lanett High has won three state titles in reate service will take place on May 20 and graduation boys basketball, two in track and one in football. on May 25.

PHOTOS od, Gaither offered a helping hand with the lighting. She chose six images for reproduction in the huge murals. Continued from page 1 Several weeks after she’d left, a messenger from New During her visit, Fischer conducted a workshop, offer- York came to the Valley to deliver the pictures. ing advice on how to care for and preserve photographs. At the time, they were only around two feet by three Bourke-White’s visit to the Valley was arranged by feet, but with some rubbing and stretching done by the Carlton Richmond of the Wellington Sears Company in messenger, they were extended to their full size of four- ROY’S Boston. She took photos in Lanett, Shawmut, Langdale and-a-half by eight and with breathtaking detail. and Fairfax mills. Carl Gaither of the WPMC Research Bourke-White (1904-1971) is best known as the first Department was her guide. He showed her all the local foreign photographer to take pictures of the Soviet five- Butcher Block mills before she decided which scenes to shoot. year plan. She was also allowed to photograph Joseph 3006 Phillips Road • Lanett To get the right angle, she would climb tall ladders Stalin. She was the first female war photojournalist, tak- (across from Huguley School) 576-0144 where she could look down on men who were at work ing pictures of Russian’s defense against the Nazi inva- on such machines as looms, slashers, slubbers and a jac- sion 1941. quard loom making Martex towels. Her photo of the Fort Peck Dam appeared on the front HOURS: Monday - Saturday 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Bourke-White took photographs over a two-day peri- cover of Life magazine on Nov. 23, 1936. 12 For $80.00 3 lbs. Pork Chops PLACE nomic change, weather and bugs.” 3 lbs. Country Style Ribs Holderfield adds that his ancestors did not perceive Continued from page 1 the land, nor their labor, as commodities. “They pos- 2 lbs. Cubed Pork showing are from the University of Alabama collection. sessed many self sufficiency skills which contributed to 2 lbs. Ground Sirloin They show Indian trails, Indian names for creeks and vil- their sense of self-worth and independence,” he said. “I lages and the first settler roads. He will also present im- absorbed my ancestors’ attachment to the earth at my 2 lbs. Beef Tips ages showing the rural locations of homes and buildings birthplace on Stroud Creek in Chambers County. I was 2 lbs. Cubed Beef Steak that appear on the first aerial photographs of the county motivated to understand the land’s physical elements as taken by the federal government by the U.S. Department well as the societies of the people who lived there.” 3 lbs. Chicken Breast of Agriculture in the 1930s. In the pre-electronic past, rural farm families spent 3 lbs. Leg Quarters “The content of Dr. Mac’s presentation may be help- much time sharing stories across generations inhab- ful for anyone studying rural family history and wanting iting a household. Among Holderfield’s families, an 2 lbs. Chicken Wings to develop a sense of house location for family ancestors oral tradition of storytelling about the olden times was 1 lb. Smoked Sausage and neighbors,” said Malinda Powers, CVHS president. maintained. His curiosity about his families’ historical Holderfield said that he was born into farm fam- experiences stimulated an interest in local history from 1 lb. Pan Sausage ilies composed of many elderly relatives who were the childhood and led to him earning two degrees in history 1 lb. Bacon last non-mechanized farmers in Chambers County and from Auburn University and having a year as a Fulbright nearby Heard County, Ga. “They treasured their farm Fellow studying medieval history in Germany. He then Or Add 5 Pieces for $100.00 land,” he said. “They all but worshiped it. Their fields taught history for six years before seeking to further If you do not get the vegetables and had names as simple as the Gray Field, where Indians his education. As a Kellogg Fellow, Holderfield earned $ had lived, and disturbing names such as the Devil’s Half a Ph.D. in Higher Education from Florida State Univer- breaded items the cost will be: 80.00 Acre,” he said. “Stories were told about the animals, sity. branches and creeks and about the trees and the woods. He retired following 25 years of employment with the No one ever boasted about how much wealth they had South Carolina State Board for Technical and Compre- accumulated by the end of the year. They did have pride hensive Education, 18 years of which he’d served as the in how well they’d built and maintained. They had grown associate executive director of instruction. He and wife V Birthday List plants and animals appropriate to the land of the era Linda then returned to the family farm along Stroud while struggling to survive the vagaries of decades of eco- Creek in 1998.

FINAL NOTICE OF CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED CHAMBLEY ORDINANCE Continued from page 1 back in 1987. WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission has recommend- “We sell a lot of archery equipment,” he said. “We ed to the City Council of Valley, Alabama that the existing zon- also work on bows. We do a lot of that.” ing ordinance be amended to classify property designated as Valley Industrial Park, located at Valley Industrial Boulevard, Chambley noted there is a novelty to his store. If one Valley, Alabama to M-2. were to drive past it, they would usually assume it to be nothing more than an old gas station. As required by Section 11-52-77, Code of Alabama, 1975, the “Not a day goes by that someone doesn’t walk and be proposed change is to be considered for adoption by the City Council on April 23, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. eastern time at the City surprised by the merchandise we carry,” he said. “The Hall Complex at 20 Fob James Drive, Valley, Alabama. clothing options are the biggest surprise.” Visitors to the store can pick up a variety of items, A copy of the existing zoning map is on file in the office of including fishing supplies, hunting gear, propane, kero- Friday, April 13, 2018 the Clerk of the City of Valley, Alabama, 20 Fob James Drive, Valley, Alabama, this map being available for inspection during sene, clothing and boots, alongside normal convenience Mark Meadows Ashley Bridges normal operating hours of the Valley City Hall Complex. store wares. Jonathan Ragland Antonio Marshall When it comes to adding items to sell, Chambley has Any persons wishing to be heard in favor of or in opposition certain criteria in mind. Vicky Brown D.D. Truitt to the adoption of the proposed ordinance may appear at the “I like to get something that people can’t get in a big Barbara Brooks Obadiah Heard above time and place. Ronald Maddox Lydia Phelps box store,” he said. “More niche items. It gives us an Kathy Snowden edge. Archery was kind of like that.” Sponsored By: City Clerk/Treasurer Currently Chambley has four people working for him: City of Valley, Alabama a full-time employee and three part-timers. PROPOSED ZONING OF THE VALLEY INDUSTRIAL PARK TO M-2 He also receives help from his wife, Susie, and son, Milano’s George Chambley III. He also has two daughters, Abby and Hannah. Both YOUR FAMILY RESTAURANT Exit 77 55th Street

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LANETT REPORTS 4Brandon Jarrod VALLEY REPORTS of property, fourth degree, drug paraphernalia, and person was arrested in Cobb, 29, of Auburn, Ala. was reported on the 3500 4Bobbie Jo Finley, West Point on Wednesday. LANETT — Seven has been charged with two VALLEY — Three people block of 20th Avenue; 49, of Lanett has been According to West Point people were arrested in counts of failure to appear were arrested in Valley on criminal mischief, third charged with the unlawful Police Department Lanett on Wednesday. in court to answer traffic Wednesday. According to degree, was reported distribution of a controlled reports, According to Lanett Police charges, and Valley Police Department on 1200 block of 20th substance. 4Kevin Bell of Department reports, 4Ashleigh Robin reports, Avenue; criminal There were 157 inmates LaGrange, Ga. has been 4Raigahn Twana McCoy, 38, of Gardendale, 4Zaquarria Yarbrough, mischief, third degree, in the Chambers County charged with a probation Lashae Stiggers, 21, of Ala. has been charged with 25, of Lanett has been was reported on the 1200 jail on Thursday morning. violation. Lanett has been charged theft of property, fourth charged with theft of block of 30th Street, and In incidents being with possession of a forged degree. property, fourth degree; harassment was reported WEST POINT investigated by West instrument, third degree, In incidents being 4Brianna N. Poole, 22, on the 200 block of 61st REPORTS Point police officers, a hit and theft of property, investigated by Lanett of Lanett has been charged Street. and run was reported on third degree; officers, harassment and with theft of property, WEST POINT — One West 10th Street. 4TyMichael Antonio disorderly conduct were fourth degree, and SHERIFF’S OFFICE Mitchell, 27, of Lanett has reported on the 1300 block 4Regina Moore, 39, of REPORTS been charged with failure of South 8th Avenue; Valley has been charged to pay; criminal trespassing, with allowing dogs to run LaFAYETTE — Three 4Christopher Stephen third degree, was reported at large. people were arrested in  Abney, 47, of Lanett on the 1600 block of 23rd In incidents being Chambers County on has been charged with a Avenue SW; criminal investigated by Valley Wednesday. According  probation violation; trespassing, third degree, police officers, theft of to Chambers County 4Jonathan Desmond was reported on the 5000 property, third degree, Sheriff’s Office reports,  Vinley Tomlin, 39, of block of 38th Street SW; and the fraudulent use of 4Montavious Demetrel  Five Points, Ala. has been theft of property, fourth a debit card was reported Dawson, 19, of Opelika  charged with a probation degree, was reported on on the 100 block of has been charged with violation. the 1400 block of South Kelly Lane; harassing carrying a pistol without a  4Mandie C. 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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free ex- Come out and visit the Expo ercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to Event is a great way of learning about local businesses assemble, and to petition the Government for a his Friday, the Greater Valley businesses might have something to offer As citizens of the Valley area, we should redress of grievances.” Chamber of Commerce will you. all be aware of what is in our backyard. present the 2nd annual Business All should stop by and take a look at all The Greater Valley Area has been slowly OUR MISSION Expo & Luncheon at the Valley the businesses available in the area. There getting more active over the past few years The goals we set for ourselves TCommunity Center. might be something you didn’t know was and that trend looks to continue and even According to Chamber Executive here. speed up as the years go on. The Valley Times-News and Director Ashley Crane, the event will If you’ve been here for some time, this is So, let’s go out tomorrow and spend its employees strive for the feature 35 businesses looking to show off a good excuse to get to know some of the some time learning about local businesses. following: what they have to offer. newer businesses better. If you are new, Anyone interested in visiting the Expo 4 To report news accurately and without bias Everyone that can should stop by and then it’s the perfect way to learn. can do so at the Valley Community Center 4 To edit and publish with take a look around. No matter who you are, there should be on Friday, April 13 from 10:30 a.m. EDT integrity and with the best If you are a current or prospective something for you to see. And really, that’s until noon. interests of our community in entrepreneur, stop by and see if any local the whole point. There is no cost to attend. mind 4 To take an active leadership role in our community 4 To do what we say we will WHAT OTHERS do ARE SAYING 4 To bend over backwards to meet the needs of our advertisers TARIFF TO HAVE 4 To operate at a profit level that allows us to fairly HUGE IMPACT ON compensate our employees, NEWSPAPERS reinvest in our organization and stand independent from outside ew tariffs on influences aluminum and steel 4 And, above all, to treat our readers, advertisers and Nand products from employees as we would like to China are getting a lot be treated ourselves. of media coverage, but a similar threat exists in the DIRECTORY PLEASE FIX: There’s a rough spot on River Road across from Fairfax Depot. The curb was torn up as publishing world. Below is a partial listing of well, but that has been repaired. Some asphalt needs to go in to make for a smoother ride. That should be The paper that you are the staff and administration done in a few weeks when River Road is resurfaced from Trammell Block to the intersection with Columbus reading now is directly of The Valley Times-News Road. Paving will proceed across the intersection and along California Road. toward School Street. threatened by tariffs onto Baker Ellis the imports of newsprint Publisher from Canada. These range [email protected] from duties as high as 32 percent. Kathy Reeves According to the News Graphics Supervisor How we can make our schools safer Media Alliance, the tariffs [email protected] started with a newspaper Steven Thomas ducation is the most Superintendent Lisa Herring, grounds. mill in the Pacific Northwest Managing Editor important service our the school had 43 entry points, Fourth, all school entrance called NORPAC. In [email protected] government provides, and those entry points were not points should have a double August 2017, NORPAC E petitioned the United States and one of the top issues appropriately monitored. Also, entry door system where the Kipper House impacting education is school their metal detectors were not second door is locked and can Department of Commerce Advertising Manager to begin applying tariffs to [email protected] safety. working. only be unlocked from within Unfortunately, it seems First, there should only the main office. This way, even newsprint imported from Wayne Clark like every conversation about be one or two places where if a person comes in with a gun Canada. They claimed the News Editor school safety always turns someone can enter a school. they cannot get past the second imported paper was harming [email protected] into a debate about guns, and There can be multiple exists for door unless the front office staff the U.S. paper industry at nothing ever gets done. emergencies, but those exits lets them in. And there should large. NORPAC is acting in Sam Chandler But there are a lot of things need to be one-way doors so be at least one panic button in its own interest here. Sports Editor NORPAC is a small mill [email protected] we can – and should – be that people can go out but not the front office. doing to make our schools come in. Because of the cost of some in Washington state. No Donna Ennis safer without even getting into Second, no person who isn’t of these security measures, I other U.S. mill is supporting Business Manager the gun issue. In fact, mass a faculty member should ever wouldn’t want to make them a North Pacific, and the [email protected] shootings are only one threat be able to walk into a school mandate on existing schools. reason why is simple. The to our schools. Kidnappings, without having to check-in at But I do believe we need industry knows tariffs will WANTED: NEWS cause damage to newspapers How to submit articles, photos sexual assaults, fights and the main office. And I would legislation mandating that bomb threats are also concerns, consider supporting legislation all future school construction and ultimately reduce the The Valley Times-News is and none of those have that would make it a crime take these guidelines into demand for newsprint. always looking for articles and anything to do with guns. to enter a school without consideration when designing The Times-Journal is photography that help us tell the First, there should be a registering with the main office the layout of a new school. an important part of your stories of the communities we trained resource officer or law except in emergency situations. And we need to look at using community. We have served serve. Please feel free to submit enforcement officer in every Third, every school entrance state funding to match local DeKalb County for nearly your news to us, and photos as school. and exit point ought to investments in these kinds of 140 years, and we plan to be well. here for 140 more. Electronic delivery of articles Yes, this would cost money be monitored with video security measures for existing and photographs assists us in that some school systems might surveillance cameras, and all schools. These tariffs directly getting your submission into not have, which means the state entrance points ought to have Other things we can be doing affect our community’s print sooner. It also reduces the would have to help pay the bill. functioning metal detectors. to help school safety and public ability to get its newspaper. risk of errors that occur during Plus, resource officers can’t At the very least, our state safety would be to better fund Community newspapers the typesetting process. be everywhere at once. And government needs to look into mental health care and do a around the United States Articles generally should be as we saw with the school funding a grant program that better job of enforcing the gun will feel a hit from this. 500 words or less, though we In the past month, the will consider longer pieces in shooting in Florida, just would help local schools be able laws we already have (too many special circumstances. because a resource officer is to afford these kinds of metal shooters, including the shooter Times-Journal has been Photographs should be saved there doesn’t always mean that detectors and surveillance in Florida, were known to be able to provide its readers at a resolution not less than officer will do what they are systems. threats but the system failed to with comprehensive content 200 dots per inch. Send them in supposed to do. Along these lines, the stop them). from around the county color and we’ll convert to black- But having a resource officer state should consider using There are a lot of things with special editions in and-white if necessary. Photos in a school could make the technology funds to help we can be doing to make our addition to our regular news printed on ink-jet printers aren’t coverage. New tariffs would of acceptable quality. difference in a mass-shooting put computerized visitor schools safer, and doing these Any questions about articles situation. And having an management systems in our things can not only help stop make this near impossible in or photo submissions should be officer on each campus could schools. 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And we can and cross check their system Craig Ford represents a coalition to fight back The Valley Times-News started start by applying the lessons we with larger databases at the Gadsden and Etowah County against these unnecessary publication as a daily newspaper learned from the shooting that state and federal levels. in the Alabama House and harmful impediments to March 2, 1950 as the result free trade. of combining three weekly took place at Huffman High Schools should also have of Representatives. He is newspapers, The Chattahoochee School in Birmingham last perimeter fences to deter currently running for the State Valley Times, The Valley Tribune month. trespassers and limit an Senate in District 10 as an — The DeKalb (Ala.) and The West Point News. In that case, according to intruder’s access to school Independent. Times-Journal

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MR. HENRY ALVIES Ga., Sidney (Latosha) Brooks, West Point, GA. 1939-2018 Phenix City, Willie (Mary) Hicks, Sr. and Paul (Tasha) Hicks, both MR. JOHNNY H. FLANAGIN DADEVILLE, Ala. — Mr. Henry of Lanett; 23 grandchildren, six 1939-2018 POWERBALL DRAWING Alvies, 78 of Dadeville, Ala. passed great-grandchildren. one great- 16-18-27-55-67 PB-18 away on Thursday, April 5, 2018 at his aunt, Mildred Moore, Valley; and CUSSETA, Ala. — Mr. Johnny MEGA MILLIONS DRAWING residence. a host of nieces, nephews, other H. Flanagin, 78 of Cusseta, Ala. 05-13-31-43-53 MM-20 Funeral services will be held on relatives and friends. Online passed away on Friday, April 6, Saturday, April 14, 2018, 2 p.m. CDT condolences can be expressed at 2018 at the East Alabama Medical FANTASY 5 at Sardis Missionary Baptist Church www.davismemorialmortuary.com. Center in Opelika, Ala. 06-10-11-36-41 in Dadeville, Rev. William Perry, Funeral services will be held at MS. MARIE “SUSIE” BUCKNER CASH 3 - YESTERDAY pastor, and Rev. G.H. Pulliam, eulogist, 1 p.m. EDT on Saturday, April 14, 6-8-4 (MIDDAY), 3-4-2 (EVENING) will officiate. Burial will follow in the 1956-2018 2018 at Atchley’s Seymour Chapel, Lockhart Cemetery in Dadeville. 122 Peacock Court, Seymour, CASH 4 - YESTERDAY Mr. Alvies is survived by his WEST POINT — Ms. Marie D. Tenn. with the Rev. Conny Kelly 1-8-6-0 (MIDDAY), 5-6-0-7 (EVENING wife, Eva Mae Alvies; his five loving “Susie” Buckner, 61, of West Point, officiating. Interment will follow children, Freddie Bailey, Rodney Ga. passed away on Sunday, April at Highland South Memorial Park, JUMBO BUCKS DRAWING 04-19-20-26-33-46 (Tracie) Alvies, LuCrestia Lewis, 8, 2018 at EAMC-Lanier Hospital Knoxville, Tenn. Susie Alvies and Carolyn Alvies; in Valley, Ala. Ms. Buckner was The family will receive friends one sister, Mary Cole of Bronx N.Y.; born on November 6, 1956 in from noon until 1 p.m. prior to the eleven grandchildren, nineteen great Troup County, Ga. service. BRIEFLY TOLD grandchildren, and a host of nieces, “Susie”, as she was known to Mr. Flanagin is survived by his Briefly Told items may be emailed nephews, cousins, other relatives and many, received her education in wife, Joyce Flanagin; children: to [email protected]. friends. the West Point City School System. Deniece Harris, Greg Flanagin and To sign the online guest book and She was a member of the 1975 Alecia Flanagin; grandchildren, express condolences please visit www. graduating class of West Point Johnathan Harris, Ashley 4 Do you have an item in good silmonseroyerfh.com. High. Flanagin, Matthew Flanagin, condition that you would like to donate Silmon-Seroyer Funeral Home She was a member of the Keeney Christian Smallen, and Stacy to the Hike/Bike/Run Auction for in LaFayette, Ala., is handling the Memorial United Methodist Flanagin-Parker; and seven great- Valley Haven School? Your donation is arrangements. Church, where she served as an grandchildren. tax deductible, and you will be helping usher. Susie was a very loving and To sign the online guest book and the area’s babies, toddlers and adults with MRS. ANNIE LUCILLE BOWSER caring person. She was the glue express condolences please visit intellectual or developmental disabilities. that held her family together. www.silmonseroyerfh.com. For more information, please call (334) LANETT — Mrs. Annie Lucille Marie was preceded in death by Silmon-Seroyer Funeral Home 756-2868 or (334) 756-7801. The auction Bowser, a resident of Lanett, Ala., her parents, Leon and Annie Carol in LaFayette, Ala. is handling the will be taking place at Valley Community died Fnday, April 8, 2018 at the Buckner; a sister, Debra Buckner; arrangements. Center on Friday, April 27th. East Alabama Medical Center, maternal grandparents, Cal and 4 The 21st annual LaFayette Day for Opelika, Ala. Funeral services A.C. Smith; paternal grandparents, MRS. JEAN HOWELL Valley Haven School will be taking place are scheduled for Saturday, April Otis and Sarah Buckner; aunts, 1942-2018 in downtown LaFayette from 8 a.m. till 3 14, 2018 at 1 p.m. Sarah Mae Frazier, Lucile Milton, p.m. CDT (9-4 Eastern time) on Saturday, EDT from St. John Lorene Buckner; uncles, Billie Joe VALLEY — Mrs. Jean Howell, April 14th. There will be live entertain- Baptist Church, 820 Buckner, Edward Buckner, and 75, of Valley, Ala. passed away ment all day, a volunteer firefighter’s Cherry Drive, Lanett, Dan Buckner. on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at the competition, a car show, motorcycle ride, with Pastor Charles Marie leaves to cherish East Alabama Medical Center in activities for kids, craft booths, lots of E. Trammell, Sr. as her memories: a son, Tabias Opelika, Ala. She was born on May food and fun for everyone. eulogist and overseer (Samantha Finley) Buckner; 3, 1942 in Clay County, Ala. 4 An electronics clean up is sched- and Gary Fanning, a daughter, Renata (Douglas) Mrs. Howell is survived by her six uled for Friday, April 13th and Saturday, officiant. Interment Dowdell; three beautiful grandkids, children, James (Elizabeth Cartee) April 14th at the Valley Farmers’ Market will follow in Concord BOWSER Serenity Buckner, Tayln Buckner, Hanner, Lloyd (Nina) Hanner, pavilion. Unwanted electronic items such Missionary Baptist and Alannah Buckner, all of West Sandra (Gary) Mitchell, Jerry as old computers and TVs will be accepted Church Cemetery, Salem, Ala. Point; siblings, Patricia Williams, (Dianne) Hanner, Christy (Don) each day from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. EDT. Davis Memorial Mortuary of Valley Leon Buckner, Sarah Johnson, Williams, and Eric Hanner; her There is no cost to do this; is directing. Brenda Buckner, Wanda Buckner, three siblings, Clifford (Eulamae) 4 GriefShare, a special help semi- Public viewing is scheduled Keith Buckner, Melissa Buckner Heath, Bill (Glenda) Heath, and nar and small group support for people for Friday, April 13, 2018 from 1 all of West Point; David (Maurice) Hilton Heath; ten grandchildren experiencing grief and loss, will be held p.m. till 2 p.m. at Davis Memorial Buckner, Valley, Ala. and Kenneth and fourteen great grandchildren. on Sunday evenings at The Bridge Church Mortuary Chapel. (LaTonya) Buckner, Newnan, Ga.; She was preceded in death by beginning March 18 from 4 to 6 p.m. CDT Mrs. Bowser was born in aunts Delores Smith and Bernice her parents, a grandson, and four for 13 weeks excluding Easter, Mother’s Hamilton, Ga. to the late Everunice Smith, Bronx, N.Y., Geraldine siblings. Day and Father’s Day. Brooks and Willie Ned Copeland. Buckner, Camp Hill, Ala. and Mrs. Howell loved her 4 Beginning April 6, Bradshaw Li- She was affectionately called Diane Buckner, Alexander City. children, grandchildren, and brary will offer a 4-week course, “Lifting “Pearlie” by her family and close Ala.; uncles, Kelvin Smith, Harlem, great grandchildren. She was a the Veil: Tuskegee’s Important Role friends. Her memories will forever N.Y., Willie C. Buckner, Saginaw, member of Three Pines Baptist in History” with Dana Chandler, Direc- be engraved in the hearts of her Mich, and Lewis Buckner, Grand Church in Lanett, Ala. where she tor of Archives at Tuskegee University. loved ones: her soulmate, Willie Rapids, Mich,; a host of nieces was the church pianist for many Lectures include: Booker T. Washington, James Reed, Lanett, two caring and nephews, cousins and friends; years. She enjoyed watching Extension in Tuskegee, Clinton J. Callo- sons, Malcolm (Paris) Copeland, a very dear and special friend, her hummingbirds, visiting with way and the Development of the Rosen- LaGrange, Ga. and Chaka William “Bubba” Cumberlander. friends and family, and playing the wald Schools and G. L. Washington and Bowser, Columbus, Ga.; six loving A celebration of the life of Ms. piano. the Founding of the Tuskegee Airmen. daughters, Zillery (Stanley) Dunn Buckner will be held on Saturday, Funeral services will be held Call (334) 768-2161 to register. and Alezandria (Eric, Sr.) Darden, April 14, 2018 at 2 p.m. EDT at on Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 11 4 The Chambers County Commis- Lanett, Tammi (Ernest) Caldwell, the Keeney Memorial United a.m. EDT at the Johnson Brown- sion’s Human Resources Committee Konika (Joshua) Carter and Methodist Church with Rev. Service Funeral Home Chapel in will meet at 1:30 p.m. CDT on Monday, Kandricka Walker, all of Valley, Brenda Rhodes, pastor, Rev. Valley with the Rev. Ron Williams April 16, 2018 in the Commission Office in Ala. and Tamara (Randall) Brock, Ralph Thompson, eulogist, Elder officiating. Interment will follow in the Courthouse in downtown LaFayette. Phenix City, Ala.; four daughters by Caterrius Tucker, Evg. Stephanie Resthaven Cemetery. The family The Planning & Development Committee heart, Denise Hornbuckle, Regina Davenport, and Ms. Michele will receive friends Friday evening will meet at 2 p.m. on the same day. (Lamar) Crowell, Sheila Harvey Winston, officiating. from 6 until 8 p.m. EDT at the 4 The Fabulous Fabs will meet at and Vonetta (Toussant) Jackson, The remains will lie in state at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral 5:30 p.m. EDT on Friday, April 13th at Atlanta, Ga.; a dear mother in love, the church on Saturday, April 14, Home in Valley. Sunny’s Restaurant in Valley. This is for Juanita Hicks, Lanett; five sisters, 2018 from 1 p.m. EDT until the Please visit our website at www. men and women who worked at Fairfax Shenita (Michael) Brooks, Phenix funeral hour. johnsonbrownservicefh.com to Mill, Martex Towel Department or Fairfax City, Bertha Hodge, Cusseta, Ala., To sign the guest register and leave a condolence for the family, Fabrication. For more information, call Geraldine (Carl) Lee, Lanett; Paula to express online condolences, to share a memory of Mrs. Howell, (334) 644-2837. (Donald) Little, Talladega, Ala. please visit our website at www. or to light a Remembrance Candle 4 A fish fry and bake sale will be and Elnora (Kenneth) Copeland, mwleemortuary.com in her memory. held in Standing Rock, Ala. from noon till Valley; four brothers, Willie Funeral arrangements have been Johnson Brown-Service Funeral 7 p.m. EDT on Saturday, April 21. Plates (Charlene) Coleman, Columbus, entrusted to M. W. Lee Mortuary of Home of Valley is directing. will be $10 each and will include catfish filets, cole slaw, hushpuppies, and French fries. For tickets, call (706) 586-0252. Proceeds will go to the Standing Rock NEWS BRIEFS Community Building Project. Drive- Associated Press reports from Alabama, through pick-ups will be available at the Georgia and other points of interest. Dodgen home, located on a hill off County Road 278 on the east side of Standing Russia says Syrian government Thursday. One government flag was before the company that owns the Na- Rock. raised in the town, a war monitoring tional Enquirer paid $150,000 to a 4 now in control of rebel town The Rehobeth High School BEIRUT (AP) — The Russian military group said. former Playboy Playmate who claimed Class of 1970 will meet at Fairfax announced on Thursday that the Syrian Syrian TV stations showed civilians in she’d had an affair with Donald Trump, Kindergarten at 4 p.m. EDT on Saturday, government is now in full control of the vehicles carrying the Syrian flag cross- the tabloid’s parent made a $30,000 May 19, 2018. All class members are last rebel-held town on the outskirts of ing from Damascus into Douma. payment to a less famous individual: a invited to attend. For more information Damascus that was the site of a suspect- Douma and the enclave of eastern former doorman at one of the real estate and to confirm you will attend, email to: ed chemical attack over the weekend. Ghouta, just east of Damascus, was a mogul’s New York City buildings. elsie,[email protected] or ecoleman@ The development would mark a ma- significant rebel stronghold during Syr- As it did with the ex-Playmate, the charter.net. jor victory for the Syrian President ia’s civil war, now in its eighth year. Its Enquirer signed the ex-doorman to a 4 Bradshaw Library will host a Bashar Assad as the United States and effective surrender to government forc- contract that effectively prevented him Lunch N Learn program, “The Great allies consider punitive military attacks es comes after years of siege by Assad’s from going public with a juicy tale that Depression in Alabama Photographs,” against Syria following the suspected troops and a months-long, intense mili- might hurt Trump’s campaign for pres- with Frances Robb, a Road Scholars chemical attack that killed 40 people. tary offensive. ident. speaker with the Alabama Humanities However, there was no official an- The payout to the former Playmate, Foundation on April 24 at 12 noon. Call nouncement by Damascus, and no in- $30,000 rumor? Tabloid paid for, Karen McDougal, stayed a secret until (334) 768-2161 by April 23 to make your dication that Syrian government forc- spiked, salacious Trump tip the Wall Street Journal published a sto- FREE lunch reservation. es had entered the town of Douma on NEW YORK (AP) — Eight months ry about it days before Election Day. 6RELIGION • Friday, April 13, 2018 The Times-News

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OUR RISEN LORD: To celebrate the day of Our Risen Lord, “Friends and Family” gathered at the home of Pete and Joyce Milner. The day was spent rehashing old memories while making new ones. After enjoying a wonderful buffet meal, every one joined the young ones, (along with visiting family dogs), in the annual egg hunt. Those joining Mr. & Mrs. Milner in this celebration SUBMITTED PHOTO | TIMES-NEWS were; Julie & Alan Fowlkes WORSHIP DAY: LTM had another successful worship day with of Lumberton N.C., Anna Apostle Hamlet Barnes, Jr. and the Mustard Seed Faith Center, April 8th Fowlkes & Alec Marcheterre 2018 also featured is little baby Lambert Perry with Minister Tibbs her of Orlanda, Fla,, Tina Coppock future music student. LTM would also like to thank the Friendship Male of Melbourn Beach, Fla., Christi Chorus and Pastor Jones. Minister Linda Tibbs. Brock & John Martins of Gray Court, S.C., Becca, Noah, Casey & Lisa Hines of Duluth, Ga., Bernard & America Maldonado of Deland, Fla., Roy and Toni Hines, Mona & James Waldrep, Ana & Robert Williams, and Wilma Thompson all of Valley Al.

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PASTORAL ANNIVERSARY 2nd Annual Tea & Fashion show to be held Saturday, ADC MEETING The Pastoral 25th Anniversary of Rev. Jackie D. and April 28, 2018 at 2 p.m. To be held in the Mt. Calvary The Chambers County Alabama Democratic First Lady Banks will be held Sunday, April 22, at 2:30 Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. Tickets are $20.00. Conference will meet on Thursday, April 26 at 6:30 p.m. p.m. EDT, from New Zion Baptist Church, 1516 44th Tea and Hors d’oeuvres will be served. Come out and The meeting will be held at Goodsell United Methodist Ave. SW. You are all invited to come help celebrate. support MCBC Missionary Society. Church, 1007 North 6th Avenue, Lanett. For more SPRING REVIVAL BIBLE STUDY information, contact Dr. Randy B. Kelley, Chambers A Spring Revival will be held at Sweet Hope CME Bible study every Wednesday at noon at Community County ADC Chairman at 256-390-1834. Church, 5123 County Road 389, Cusseta, Rev. Jimmy Chapel Church of God 708 South 8th Ave. Lanett. Rev. CHURCH ANNIVERSARY Carlisle, Pastor, on April 16-18 at 6:30 p.m. CDT and Janice M. Clark, Bible Teacher. Everyone is invited and Greenwood Missionary Baptist Church will be 7:30 p.m. EDT nightly. Guest evangelist: presiding elder encouraged to come share in the fellowship and partake celebrating its 131st Church Anniversary, Sunday, April Rev. James Q. Smith. of the Spiritual food. Come and hear what the Living 15, 2018, 2:30 p.m. EDT. Rev. Frankie Hutchinson, Sr., GOSPEL SINGING Word has to say to us. and the Evergreen Baptist Church family of Valley, AL Osanippa Baptist Church, 1420 County Road 299, SPRING REVIVAL will be our guest. Everyone is welcome. Lanett, will hold a Gospel Singing on Saturday, April Community Missionary Baptist Church 1300 FELLOWSHIP BREAKFAST 28 at 6 p.m. EDT. Featured group will be Reunion. Whitesmill Road Valley, AL Rev. David L. Core Pastor. Greenwood MB Church will hold Sunday School Everybody is welcome. Spring Revival April 18 -20 (Wed.-Fri.) 7 P.M., E.S.T. Fellowship Breakfast on Sunday, April 22 at 9:30 a.m. CHRISTIAN EDUCATION CONFERENCE Guest Pastor and Church Rev. Edward Lane and The Everyone is invited. The Pilgrim Baptist Church will host a Christian Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church, Opelika, AL. PRAISE AND WORSHIP SERVICE Education Conference on Saturday, April 28 from Theme: “He sent out his word and healed them” Psalm Everyone is invited to a praise and worship service 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Guest speakers include Rev. Justin 107:19-20 at Powell Chapel United Methodist Church, 100 Third Freeman of New Canaan Baptist Church, Campbell, AL REVIVAL Place NE across from LaFayette High School in LaFayette and Rev. O. D. Culliver of Tabernacle Baptist Church, Reed’s Chapel Baptist will hold a Revival on April 19- on Sunday, May 20 at 11 a.m. Dr. Randy B. Kelley and Selma, AL. 22, 7 p.m. each night at 11 p.m. Sunday Morning, Dan members invite the public. For more information, call 25TH ANNIVERSARY Robinson will be preaching and New Desire will sing 256-393-1762 or 256-390-1834. Everyone is invited to come out to New Zion Baptist each night. COMBINED CHOIR DAY Church on Sunday, April 22, 2018 to celebrate the 25th YOUTH DAY St. James Missionary Baptist Church, 2808 31st anniversary of Rev. Jackie D. Banks being the pastor at Celebrating Youth Day will be held Sunday April 22, Street SW, Lanett, celebrates Combined Choir Day on the church. The church is located at 1516 44th Avenue in at 3 p.m. EDT at Hall Memorial Christian Methodist Sunday, April 15 at 3 p.m. EDT. Rev. John H. Flournoy Lanett. The morning service will start at 11 a.m. EDT. The Episcopal Church, 208 Huguley Road Valley, Alabama Jr., Pastor. Host: Mt. Nebo Baptist Church, Rev. Arthur guest pastor will be Rev. Willie J. Morgan Jr. of the First 36854, Rev. William Drummond, Pastor. Thomas, pastor. Baptist Church in Elmore, Ala. The anniversary hour CHURCH ANNIVERSARY MAN SHALL NOT LIVE BY BREAD ALONE service will begin at 2:30 p.m. EDT. The Rev. Timothy Ebenezer Baptist Church, 1006 N 10th Ave. will hold Skip the fast food lines and come enjoy the Bread L. Maddox Sr. of the Mountain Hill Missionary Baptist its 120th Church Anniversary Celebration on Sunday, of Life during your lunch break. Come and hear what Church, Hamilton, Ga. will be the guest pastor. The April 15 during the 11 a.m. Worship Service. The the Living Word has to say to us. Bible study every theme of the day is taken from II Timothy 4:2: “Preach Anniversary Sermon will be delivered by Rev. Michael Wednesday at 12:00pm EST at Community Chapel 708 the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, Benton, Pastor-Emeritus, Fairfield Baptist Church, South 8th Avenue in Lanett. Everyone is welcome! Rev. rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.” Lithonia, Ga. Dr. Jesse J. Walker, II, is Senior Pastor. Janice Marie Clark, Bible Teacher. TEA & FASHION SHOW Everyone is welcome. EVERY WOMAN’S PRAYER LUNCHEON MEN’S DAY Every Woman’s Prayer Luncheon will be held New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, County Road Saturday, May 12, 2018 at 10 a.m. CDT from St. Paul 267, Lanett, Rev. Shandor Calloway, Pastor, observes UMC Five Points, Ala., Cecelia Broome Pastor. Theme: its annual Men’s Day on Sunday, April 15, at 2:30 p.m. I’m Still Standing. Keynote Speakers: Min. Gretchen EDT. Guest minister and church: Rev. Darrell Jordan Holloway at Rehobeth Missionary Baptist Church Questions & of Macedonia Baptist Church, LaFayette. Guest choir: Valley, Ala. Min. Júlia Fanning at New Bethel Living Macedonia Choir. Word Ministry Lanett, Ala. & Sis. Brenda Jones at Answers CONCERT Greenwood Baptist Church Lanett, Ala. The award winning Southern Gospel trio The FRIDAY NIGHT EXPLOSION Come and experience a move of God with Open Heaven What is the Lord’s Supper all about? Yarbroughs GGCBA Group of the year 2016 and 2017 will be in concert Saturday, April 28, at 5 p.m. CDT, Outreach International and Pastor Lynn Trammell for The Lord’s Supper was (and still is) a meal that at Rogers Gospel Barn 2131 Bud Cummings Road, Friday Night Explosion with Guest speaker Overseer Christians would eat together at their Sunday Roanoke, Ala. Also appearing will be David Gresham Calvin Daniel of St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church & gathering that centered around unleavened Entertainer of the Year at GGCBA and NACMAI. No Greater Harvest Christian Center, Friday, April 20, 2018 bread which symbolized Jesus’ body, broken on admission charge. Love offering received for info call at 7 p.m. EST at 7372-A Fairfax Bypass, Valley, Alabama. the cross, and wine which symbolized the blood 678-925-0903. JUNIOR USHERS’ WORKSHOP of Jesus poured out at the cross. Somehow The Bowen East District will hold a Junior Ushers’ Jesus is present with us during this meal GOSPEL SINGING EXPLOSION (Hebrews 12:24). 1 Corinthians 11 emphasizes Sweet Hope CME Church, 5123 County Road 389, Workshop on April 21 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. EDT at The the communal nature of the meal as well, not just Cusseta, Ala., presents Gospel Singing Explosion, May Bowen East District Center, 1319 Magnolia Road, Lanett. with Jesus, but with all other Christians present. 5 at 6 p.m. EDT and 5 p.m. CDT. Theme: Isaiah 42:10. Devotional leader: Demetrius Rudd. Speaker: Rev. Eric While we may have many differences, we all Sing unto the Lord a new song. All: Soloists, groups Dowdell. Please be on time, wear uniform, plan to to have a need to eat, and thus we center around and choirs are asked to render three songs. Everyone is stay the entire time and bring breakfast and lunch. the table. It is a place where we proclaim the cordially welcome. ANNUAL FAMILY CONFERENCE Lord’s death (including the resurrection) until He Come one! Come All! Our Annual Family Conference comes again (1 Corinthians 11:26) and so we JUMANJI eat not only in memory, but also in anticipation Anyone interested can watch Jumanji: Welcome to at Cathedral of Prayer COGIC will take place on for the day that the Lord returns and fixes all the Jungle on Friday, May 4 at 8:30 p.m. at West Point Saturday, April 21 with a continental breakfast starting that is broken. It certainly is an act that should River Park. This is part of Greater Valley Juneteenth. at 9 a.m. Bishop Regis Scarbrough and Pastor Angela strengthen us! ROCK THE BLOCK Davis will be our guest speakers. The conference will Chambers County “Rock the Block” for local and have exciting and relevant classes to touch everyone’s Carl Jenkins is the minister at the statewide candidates will be held Saturday, May 5 from heart. The classes will be followed by a delicious and Lanett Church of Christ. Submit appetizing luncheon. This year’s theme: “ The Church your questions at 334-476-0843 or 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. CDT at Powell Chapel United Methodist [email protected] Church, 100 3rd Place NE, LaFayette. It will be hosted Seasoning The World” Please come and join in on the by Chambers County Alabama Democratic Conference. fun! Supt (Dr.) Charles L. & Mother (Dr.) Gloria A. For more information call 256-390-1834. Rodgers, Pastors. The Times-News CLASSIFIEDSFriday, April 13, 2018 • 7 My history with the word ‘contemplation’

BY BILL FRAZER he puts back in his cart? This is certainly placing a lot of that TREC built a glass wall should be of no concern TIMES-NEWS trust in the customers. to me. The Board of Directors run TREC and not some I went out to Tallapoosa Electric Cooperative the other Mickey Mouse columnist. Nor is it my job to comment I know that my handful of readers would wonder where day and observed just the opposite treatment of custom- on how to protect the employees of the Court House. It is I picked up the word “contemplation.” Obviously, it is not ers. TREC has remodeled all of the building complex and just hard for us old timers to adjust to a changing world. I in my redneck vocabulary. Webster said that the defini- it is a well thought out and successful modernization of just need to learn to scan at Walmart to avoid standing in tion is “thoughtful observation or meditation.” Well, that all the facilities. I went up the service desk and was greet- long checkout lines. kinda goes beyond my mental capacity. That is a word ed by a receptionist behind a thick bullet proof glass and that someone like Dimwit Fitts would use but definitely speaking to me through a microphone. I thought to my- not Cooter Allen of LaFayette True Value Hardware as it self that the jail doesn’t have this much security. The bot- Medi-Weightloss® 986 Drew Lane grossly exceeds the ability of any ROLL TIDER to under- tom of the glass where you put the money to pay your bill, 986 Drew Lane stand or “contemplate.” you can’t even get your finger under it. I have renamed Auburn, AL Anyway, I was giving “thoughtful observation” as to the place Fort Watt. I guess TREC customers really get Auburn, AL 36830 what was happening down at Walmart the other after- angry about their monthly electric bill or when the house noon. 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FOR RELEASE APRIL 13, 2018 HERE IS A PLEASANT LITTLE GAME that will give you a message every day. It’s a numerical puzzle designed to spell out your fortune. Count the letters in your first THE Daily Commuter Puzzle by Jacqueline E. Mathews name. If the number of letters is 6 or more, subtract 4. If the number is less than 6, add 3. The result is your key number. Start at the upper left-hand corner and check one of your key numbers, left to right. Then read the message the letters under the ACROSS checked figures give you. (Copyright, King Features Syndicate) 1 Letters on a speedometer 4 Pack animals 9 Opie’s pa Girl feels guilty for partying 13 Roll call response ‘Dear Abby’ during breakup with boyfriend 14 Playground incline DEAR ABBY: I am a 17-year-old se- item off of my dinner? I don’t want to 15 Infrequent 16 Healthy as __ nior and have been dating the same boy waste food, and I would like my meal pre- 17 Bit of advice for two years. A month ago, he told me he pared to my specifications. Any sugges- 19 Singing pair wanted to break up “because he needed tions? -- VEGAN IN THE WEST 20 Questionable some time to figure out what he wanted.” DEAR VEGAN: You have every 21 Does favors for I was devastated but agreed. Two weeks right to send a meal back if it wasn’t 22 Sassy 24 Mayo container later, he told me he was sorry and he loves prepared the way you requested. 25 Brussels __; me. You, as the customer, are paying for round veggie We are back together now, but the your food, and you should not have to 27 Unwanted nasal weekend after our breakup, I went to painstakingly scrape anything off it. growths visit a college girlfriend. We went to a Some people with dietary restrictions 30 Further along than others party and I ended up having sex with a carry a laminated card with them 31 Explosion boy I didn’t even know. I feel guilty and that lists the foods they cannot eat. 33 Perpendicular unworthy. What should I do? If I tell my It is shown to the chef by the server annex boyfriend, I’m sure I’ll lose him for good. at the time your order is placed. You 35 Egg on If I don’t tell him, I’ll always worry that may want to try it. 36 Dog 4 Lend a hand to Thursday’s Puzzle Solved he will find out from someone else. -- UN- **** 37 Group of three 5 Partially melted 38 “Pomp __ snow WORTHY IN THE MIDWEST DEAR ABBY: My husband died re- Circumstance” 6 Exhale audibly DEAR UNWORTHY: You are act- cently. We didn’t have children. His fam- 39 Blue __; largest 7 Uptight ing like you have something to feel ily keeps contacting me and inviting me to living mammal 8 Behold guilty about. You don’t. At the time lunch, movies, etc. The problem is, I have 40 Nuisances 9 Blood channel you visited your college girlfriend, nothing in common with them and no lon- 41 __ de corps; 10 __ polish; group loyalty manicurist’s your boyfriend had broken things off ger want to spend time with them. When 43 Go by, as time bottle with you. You do not owe him an ex- I make an excuse to politely bow out, they 44 __ Angeles 11 Let fall planation or a confession as long as suggest another date, and another and 45 Mama Judd 12 Cravings you haven’t given him an STD. Con- another. How can I get them to leave me 46 Asian nation 13 __ a go at; tact your physician and be checked alone? -- ENJOYING MY SOLITUDE 49 Tennis or polo tried 51 Primary color 18 “Thou __ not to be sure. DEAR SOLITUDE: Your former 54 Duty steal” **** in-laws mean well, and many would 56 Fib teller 20 Long-running DEAR ABBY: I’m vegan and make a consider you fortunate that they try 57 Big family group quarrel point of being polite to servers in restau- so hard to be supportive and remain 58 Thickheaded 23 Highway ©2018 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved. close. Keep in mind that you are 59 __ more; again 24 __ with; tease rants. I carefully describe what I would 60 A minor and C 25 Heroic tale 36 Greek letters 46 School athlete like to eat from their menu. Although they their last tie to their son. However, major 26 Quick way to 37 Blue Jays or 47 Up to the task appear to be attentive, half the time they because your polite refusals aren’t 61 Quickness get in touch Orioles 48 Drama serve me a meal with an added touch -- a getting through, tell them that while 62 Word of disgust 27 Walk the floor 39 Mistaken 49 Staircase piece scoop of sour cream or sprinkle of cheese you appreciate their gesture, you are 28 Sweating 40 Cemetery 50 Forest tree on the top. not lonely. In fact, you enjoy being DOWN 29 Skirt edge cuts division 52 Apiece 1 List of dishes 31 Ark or dory 42 Prairies 53 Dr. __ of rap When it happens, is it fair to send the “alone with your memories” and you 2 Checks for typos 32 Online giggle 43 Merited 55 Commercials food back to the kitchen? Or is it better will contact them if you change your 3 Witch’s spell 34 Suffer defeat 45 Lariat loop 56 Actor Ferrigno to painstakingly scrape the unrequested mind. The Times-News SPORTSFriday, April 13, 2018• 9 Wildcats clinch spot in playoffs

BY SAM CHANDLER No. 3 seed from Region 1, be- SAM CHANDLER, Sports Editor TIMES-NEWS hind Glenwood School and Lee- Scott Academy. The Wildcats LANETT — Last spring, the will travel on Monday to face de- Springwood School soccer team fending state champion Autauga Great to be was not eligible for postseason Academy in Prattville. Autauga competition. It played in only a is the No. 2 seed from Region 2. handful of unofficial scrimmag- Lanier acknowledged that back at track es that did not actually count his team will have to navigate towards a regular season record. a difficult first-round pairing if Since moving to the Valley in Much has changed in a year. it wants to advance to the state January, I had yet to cover a track Last Saturday, the Wildcats final four. But he knows his play- and field meet in person. So, last punched their ticket to the AISA ers won’t shy away from the task. Saturday I decided to make the state playoffs with a 4-0 victo- They haven’t all season. short trip to Smiths Station High ry over Northside Methodist. It “Even the games we’ve lost School. was quite an achievement for a have been very close, and they’ve There, many of our local teams program in its first year of for- been against very good teams,” were competing at the Panther mal existence. Lanier said. Invitational. Beulah, LaFayette, “I was extremely happy for the Springwood battled in its Lanett and Valley had a sizeable FILE PHOTO | TIMES-NEWS guys on the team,” head coach matchups with Lee-Scott and presence. SPRINGWOOD SOCCER: Springwood School head soc- John Lanier said. “They put in a Glenwood, which were both Although the weather condi- cer coach John Lanier (front, center) has guided the Wildcats to lot of hard work.” tions were less than ideal — it a spot in the AISA state playoffs. Springwood (5-5) secured the SEE SOCCER 10 was rainy and windy — I found it refreshing to be back in my el- ement. Track and field is one of my two favorite sports to cover. The oth- er is cross-country. Yes, there is a difference. I enjoy writing about both sports because of the connection I have to them. I ran cross-coun- try and track and field from eighth grade through my sopho- more year in college. As a result, I am acquainted with the amount of work required to excel. Distance runners log countless miles and endure painful inter- val workouts. Sprinters sharpen their speed and fine-tune their form relentlessly. Field event specialists hone their approaches and critique their technique with meticulousness. This prep work is completed away from the spotlight. Too of- ten, the performances are as well. Cross-country and track and field rarely receive the media at- tention of higher-profile sports. That bothered me, especially when I was in high school. I knew that I worked just as hard — if not harder — than the local football standouts who ap- peared in the paper more fre- quently than I did, even as my achievements stacked up compa- SAM CHANDLER | TIMES-NEWS VALLEY BASEBALL: The Valley High School baseball team swept Beauregard in a doubleheader on Thursday to secure the Class 5A, Area 5 title for a second consecutive season. SEE TRACK 10 MSU students AREA CHAMPIONS charged in Valley High baseball sweeps Beauregard in doubleheader, secures Area 5 title

BY SAM CHANDLER the final three innings. Tide break-in TIMES-NEWS Valley parlayed its momen- tum into the series-deciding ASSOCIATED PRESS nightcap. The Rams plated four VALLEY — The Valley High runs in the first inning on a pair School baseball team needed Four Mississippi State Uni- of passed balls and RBIs off the two wins to secure a second versity students are accused of bats of Lott and Conner. consecutive area title. breaking into the University of Lott took it from there. He Mission accomplished. Alabama’s athletic facility and surrendered just four hits and On Thursday, the Rams stealing memorabilia. swept Class 5A, Area 5 foe Be- recorded seven strikeouts over The break-in happened during auregard in a high-stakes dou- seven innings. The only time he the pre-dawn hours of April 4, six bleheader at Crestview Field. ran into trouble was in the top days before Alabama’s national Behind clutch performanc- of the third. He escaped a bas- championship football team met es from senior pitchers Josh es-loaded jam by throwing a with President Donald Trump Bledsoe and Tyler Lott, Valley two-strike breaking ball. A fro- at the White House, authorities dismissed Beauregard 8-3 and zen Beauregard batter watched said. The four managed to get 10-1. SAM CHANDLER | TIMES-NEWS as it caught the corner of the inside the Mal M. Moore Athletic Valley dropped its first meet- VALLEY BASEBALL: Valley High School senior Josh Bledsoe plate. Facility and stole “various items ing at Beauregard on Tuesday, pitched a complete game in the first leg of Thursday’s doubleheader “I just fought back like my of memorabilia,” court records 4-1. But the Rams didn’t seem against Beauregard. coach always tells me: fight, state. The crime was captured on to be affected by the pressure at fight, fight,” Lott said. security video, the records show. home. ment. hits the Rams delivered . Beauregard scored one run Mississippi State is “fully coop- “To have our backs against Bledsoe took command in “It was there both games,” in the fifth inning to cut into erating” with law enforcement as the wall like we did and come the opening game on Thursday Shivers said. “It felt like every Valley’s advantage. But Daniel they investigate, school spokes- out here in front of the home evening, allowing four hits and time we had two outs with run- Osborne delivered the dagger man Sid Salter said in an emailed crowd and get two wins, that’s recording five strikeouts over ners in scoring position we got with a monstrous sixth-inning statement. huge,” Rams head coach Pat- seven innings. Only one of the a base hit. That’s what it came grand slam that sailed over the “The future status of the stu- rick Shivers said. “It doesn’t three runs he surrendered was down to.” left field fence. Its destination, dents with MSU will be deter- get any bigger than this around earned. Valley tacked on four more like the game’s outcome, was mined after they have received here.” The Rams broke a 1-1 stale- runs in the fourth inning on never in doubt. their due process of law rights According to Shivers, the mate in the third inning drives by Chris Conner, Eli Cul- “That’s what it’s all about,” according to existing university Valley baseball program has when Steven Coker scored pepper and Andrue Davis. The Shivers said. policies,” Salter said. not won back-to-back area ti- on a passed ball and Bledsoe Rams led 8-3 entering the fifth, The area-clinching victory “Clearly, these individuals will tles in more than two decades. punched a two RBI single to which was plenty of support also locked up home-field ad- Bledsoe and Lott carried the right field with two outs. for Bledsoe. He faced the min- vantage for the first round of SEE TIDE 10 Rams to the historic achieve- It was one of many timely imum number of batters over the state playoffs. 10 • Friday, April 13, 2018 The Times-News

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SPORTS SHOT: Beulah High School senior David Fell competed in the 300-meter hurdles last weekend SAM CHANDLER | TIMES-NEWS at the Smiths Station Panther Invitational. RING CEREMONY: The 2017 Class 2A state champion Lanett High School football team received its commemorative championship rings on Thursday during a ceremony in the LHS Auditorium. The rings were given to players, cheerleaders, hydration staff, mascot and distinguished fan, Marshall Minton. Above (from left to right) seniors Shon FRIDAY SPORTS ON TV: Meadows, Jaren Ross, JaWon Howell and Braylon Harrington show off their new bling. (All times Eastern)

GOLF 4 SOCCER sult on Monday, Spring- over Northside Method- PGA Tour RBC Heritage, 3 p.m., Golf wood will continue to rely ist; Key recorded the oth- Continued from page 9 upon the play of its back- er tally in the 4-0 victory. MLB BASEBALL line. It has shown the A similarly productive 4 Atlanta at Chicago Cubs, 2 p.m., Fox Sports South state semifinalists a sea- ability to withstand sus- showing should keep son ago. tained pressure through- Springwood in conten- NHL HOCKEY The Wildcats took Lee- out the season. tion at Autauga. Stanley Cup Playoffs Scott to overtime in their The Wildcats also will That would be an ac- 4 Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m., NBCSN first meeting before fall- need forwards Coleman complishment of its own ing 3-2 in the game’s fi- 4 Minnesota at Winnipeg, 7:30 p.m., USA Hull and Kannon Key to given the teams’ dispa- 4 Los Angeles at Vegas, 10 p.m., NBCSN nal minute. In Tuesday’s put shots on net. rate histories. But Lanier regular-season finale at Hull, who has a thinks his squad is capa- Glenwood, Springwood team-leading 16 goals, ble of more. lost by the same score. posted a hat trick in the “Anything can happen THURSDAY LOCAL SPORTS SCOREBOARD To earn a positive re- playoff-clinching win in the playoffs,” he said. BASEBALL 4 Randolph County 17, Beulah 4 4 Randolph County 17, Beulah 2 TRACK 4 Valley 8, Beauregard 3 Continued from page 9 4 Valley 10, Beauregard1 rably. I set out to remedy SOFTBALL this disparity when 4 Valley 10, Russell County 0 I entered the sports 4 Randolph County 7, Beulah 6 journalism world four years ago. TENNIS At my former job Call today... 334-644-1101 4 Valley 8, Benjamin Russell 1 (boys) in Birmingham, I covered high school 4 Benjamin Russell 7, Valley 2 (girls) cross-country and track and field events on an almost weekly basis. Many Saturdays FRIDAY LOCAL SPORTS SCHEDULE: were spent trekking (All times Eastern) around the state in an effort to chronicle the BASEBALL next personal record. 4 Lee-Scott at Chambers Academy, 4:30 p.m. The athletes I wrote 4 LaFayette at Lanett, 6 p.m. about deserved the coverage, and it was SOCCER well-received. 4 Smiths Station at Valley, 5:30 p.m. While the demands of my current posi- tion do not grant me SOFTBALL the liberty to attend 4 Lee-Scott at Chambers Academy, 4:30 p.m. as many meets as I did formerly, I believe TRACK that local sprinters, 4 Springwood at AISA State Meet hurdlers, high jump- ers, long jumpers and distance runners merit attention. SPORTS BRIEFS Saturday may have Associated Press reports from around the sports world. been the first track and field meet I attended since moving to the Former Tide star Foster charged in Valley. Certainly, it assault against girlfriend will not be my last. SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers line- Sam Chandler is the backer Reuben Foster has been charged with felony sports editor at The domestic violence after being accused of attacking his Valley Times-News. girlfriend, authorities said. WellStar and Mayo Clinic. He can be reached The Santa Clara County District Attorney said Fos- by phone at 334-644- ter was charged Thursday and is scheduled to be ar- Working together. Working for you. 8106 or by email at raigned later in the day in San Jose. Prosecutors said the 24-year-old Foster attacked As a proud member of the , sam.chandler@val- Mayo Clinic Care Network leytimes-news.com. his girlfriend in February at their Los Gatos home, WellStar West Georgia Medical Center is even closer to leaving her bruised and with a ruptured ear drum. The 28-year-old woman told responding officers achieving our vision of world-class healthcare. Through that Foster dragged her by her hair, physically threw this innovative collaboration, WellStar doctors have her out of the house, and punched her in the head TIDE eight to 10 times. special access to Mayo Clinic knowledge, experience and Continued from page 9 Foster was also charged with felony possession of an assault weapon and misdemeanor possession of a resources while patients continue to receive care delivered have to face the con- sequences of their ac- high-capacity magazine after officers found a Sig Sau- right here, close to home. Most of all, you get the peace tions, whatever those er 516 short-barreled rifle in his home while investi- actions might be,” he gating his girlfriend’s domestic violence report. of mind knowing that we are here for you. added. If convicted on all charges, he faces up to 11 years All four men are in prison. charged with third-de- gree burglary, a felony. Woods files entry to play US Open In Alabama, the for1st time since 2015 athletic facility on the SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Tiger Woods has main campus in Tus- filed his entry to play in the U.S. Open for the first caloosa is “the center- time since 2015. piece of Crimson Tide The USGA says Woods officially entered on Thurs- Athletics” and home day, four days after he tied for 32nd in the Masters. Even exempt players have to formally enter the U.S. 1514 Vernon Road to Alabama’s football Open. Woods hasn’t played the U.S. Open since he LaGrange, GA 30240 program, the universi- ty says on its website. missed the cut at Chambers Bay with rounds of 80- wellstar.org/wgmc It was unoccupied 76. when the crime oc- The U.S. Open is June 14-17 at Shinnecock Hills on curred, authorities Long Island, where Woods made his U.S. Open debut said. in 1995 as the U.S. Amateur champion.