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Huntsville Police Depart- ment has shared helpful tips on how Valley residents can protect their homes when Early Independence Day they’re away: Keep mum: Don’t post to Celebration Scheduled social media or share pho- The 2021 Independence adults (kids under 10 are tos from your trip. Day Celebration will be admitted free with pass Reach out: Have a friend or neighbor you trust check on held near Ditto Landing’s holding adult). your home. Kingston Pavillion on The VIP pass benefits Plan ahead: Ask the post AAMU Board Approves $211M FY22 Operating Budget Saturday, June 26. Christmas Charities Year office to hold your mail. The Alabama A&M Uni- urged the University at Birmingham (Early As- Scheduled is live music Round and includes: boxed Leave a light on: Turn at versity Board of Trustees complete an approved plan surance Program). from Good Vibe Tribe and dinners from Dreamland least one interior light. on Friday, June 18, unani- calling for adjustments to A new concentration in JEDEye. Moreover, food BBQ, exclusive access to re- Don’t forget: Be sure to lock mously approved a $211 faculty salaries, as well as artificial intelligence and a trucks and games will be strooms, seating and tables all doors and windows. million operating budget to staff compensation. Master of Science degree Communicate: Let com- on hand for the entire fam- in the pavilion and shaded for FY22. Presented by Dr. Trustees also approved program in counseling ily to enjoy. area with fans. munity watch know you’ll be out of town. Lynda Batiste, AAMU’s recommendations for will be added to the roster, Admission is free, but The gates open at 5 p.m., Contain your pets: Many interim vice president for tuitions, fees, and room while the Ph.D. in reading persons can purchase a music starts at 6 p.m. and times, a pet can cause a false business and finance, the and board, along with a degree will be replaced by VIP Pass that’s $25 for the fireworks start at 9 p.m. alarm. Limit your pet’s ac- budget will include a 6 $200, 2019 allocation of the Ph.D. degree program cess to certain areas of your percent across the board $200 “Bulldog Bucks” for in curriculum and instruc- home, so they don’t set off a salary increase for faculty students to use on ameni- tion. motion detector. and staff. ties in the new Welcome Avoid hiding spots: Do not In a later report, Trustee Center, which is scheduled Presidential Search leave spare keys hidden out- for completion in Spring The Presidential Search side your home while you’re and Faculty Senate on vacation. President Jeanette Jones 2022 and will house the has been launched by Register your alarm: Don’t praised President Andrew Office of Admissions. AcademicSearch, coordi- forget to register your Hugine, Jr., for leaving a nated by Drs. John Garland INSIDE THIS ISSUE! alarm through the City of significant positive imprint Academics and George E. Ross. The Washington in One Minute, Page 2 Huntsville. Valley Deaths, Page 3 on the University and for The Board approved position is open until filled Preston Brown’s Champion Game Plan, Page 3 Check your batteries: expertly navigating within agreements and MOUs but only by applications “Jahni” Moore’s PowerShots, Page 4 Make sure your alarms are the University culture. She with the University of received by July 30, 2021, tim allston: Perspectives, Page 5 functioning properly. If they especially noted his favor- Rwanda, the University at aamu@academicsearch. are battery-operated, check Rev. Michael Rice: Called 2 Preach, Page 6 able response to a request of Minnesota College of org. The prospectus is Valley Events, Page 6 to see that the batteries are Spotlight on Our Elders, Page 7 fresh. - HuntsvilleAL.gov made by the Faculty Senate Veterinary Medicine and available at www.aamu.edu. in February. That request the University of Alabama 2 June 25, 2021 of adults in North Carolina July 2 to propose a more Thursday, U.S. Education have received a dose of the limited set of cruise regula- Secretary Miguel Cardona Washington in One Minute vaccine) and, on Friday, the tions to the court. testified before the House President will host Afghan Education and Labor Com- Publisher The Valley Weekly, LLC President Ghani and Na- 4. SUPREME COURT’S FI- mittee. It was the first over- tional Reconciliation High NAL MONTH. Last week, sight hearing held by the Editor-in-Chief Council Chair Abdullah at the Supreme Court ruled committee on the Education Dorothy W. Huston, Ph.D. the White House. First Lady for the 3rd time in 9 years Department during the ______Dr. Jill Biden will travel to to uphold the Affordable Biden administration. Editorial Consultant/ Nashville, TN and Jackson, Care Act in a 7-2 decision Senior Editor MS, on Tuesday to visit in California v. Texas. The Hamm Consulting Group Jerome Saintjones, Ed.S. COVID-19 vaccine sites and week, we may see a deci- 444 North Capitol Street, ______encourage communities to sion in Arizona Republican NW Suite 840 get vaccinated. Last Friday, Party v. DNC on whether Washington D.C. 20001 Editorial Assistants Here are the happenings victim of age discrimina- Linda Burruss the President announced Arizona may impose voting T: 202-596-8384 in Washington, D.C., this tion in the workplace. The Phyllis Chunn that 300 million COVID-19 restriction laws on ballot rhamm@hammconsulting. week: House has also scheduled William Huston, Sr. shots have been given in the harvesting and votes cast at com Gary T. Whitley, Jr. another vote on a bill – a 150 days since he took office the wrong precinct. www.hammconsulting.com 1. ON THE FLOOR. The vote requiring 2/3rds voting (to date, 65% of American Advertising Associate House and Senate are in ses- “yea” failed last week – that Phyllis Chunn adults have gotten at least 5. EDUCATION. On sion this week. The Senate requires financial institu- one vaccine shot). - Contributing Editors - this week will vote to invoke tions to collect data on tim allston cloture on a recently-revised credit applications submitted 3. CRUISE SHIPS. Last Minister Preston Brown version of the For the People by LGBTQ-owned busi- Robert Drake Friday, U.S. District Judge Act, which would expand nesses (current law requires Ron Hamm Steven Merryday approved voting rights and require reporting on applications Pastor Michael D. Rice the State of Florida’s motion certain national voting by minority- and women- for a preliminary injunction Website Administrator standards. 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With proper awareness and then preparation temporary sorrows can become joy and happiness, declared the psalmist David. Sounds like he must have been living right now or maybe a century ago dur- ing the Roarin’ 20s. As history often repeats itself, business aspirants (“want- to-preneurs”) need to prepare themselves for the “Roarin’ 20s,” 21st-century style. Here we will experience increased consumerism, entrepreneurship, and women’s political power reminiscent of the 1920s. History on Our Side. 1919 featured the worldwide pandemic, which killed 675,000 Americans. The Roarin’ 20s, however, followed with its advancements in automobiles, electricity, and culture such as the Harlem Renaissance and the Jazz Age. Yet, that decade ended with the 1929 stock market crash and the beginning of the 1930’s Great Depression. Currently, we are emerging slowly from the 2020 CO- VID-19 pandemic which has claimed 600,000 Americans. Shuttered businesses forced millions to return home - either as unemployed or telecommuters. Public health concerns, reopening schools, and new- found freedom and related technologies for “home-work” are causing many to consider an often-closeted dream: entrepreneurship. “In 2020, there was an explosion in new business applications, reaching nearly 4.5 million by year’s end,” according to a February report by the Economic In- novation Group, a Washington DC think tank. There’s an increase of 24.3% from 2019 and was the highest on record - 51% higher than the average from 2010 to 2019, https:// nwsdy.li/3vwuNay. Ready to “Mine Your Own Business”? If you are one of those with an itch for freedom, creativity, and a leap of faith, then this present decade’s made for you. History says that these “Roaring 2020s” will be your best chance to “mine your own business,” a phrase from Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki. The U.S. Small Business Administration’s SCORE, the National Association for the Self-Employed, and your own public library system offer unlimited (free!) resources and training programs to help you act on your dream of becom- ing an entrepreneur. Now is the perfect time to allow the weeping, sorrow, and pain of the 2020 pandemic crisis to now usher you into this Roarin’ 2020s prosperity--before a next Great Depression. ______Thomas Gray (“tim allston”) Allston, III is the author of U.S. Politics The Rise of Silver-Mettle Leaders (now on Amazon), and the author- narrator of The U.S. Coronavirus Crisis and the Rise of the “Silver- Mettle” Leaders audiobook, with a free sample chapter, when you click on https://bit.ly/3xiZhP9. 6 THE VALLEY WEEKLY June 25, 2021

mere human. This kind of CALLED 2 assurance must come from PREACH One who is Omnipresent, REV. MICHAEL RICE Omniscient and Omnipo- tent. That is why the author of this verse prefaced the He Himself Has Said promised with He Himself has said…The promise Hebrews 13:5-6 (NKJV) it needed by the original was, I will not leave you or readers being reminded forsake you. The original The assurance that was that the words he wrote language of the New Testa- no doubt in the mind of were not his own. Given covetousness and content- persecuted, it would have ment literally reads, I will the writer of Hebrews was the fact that this was in the ment and because the been and was easy for the not, NO NOT EVER leave given the perfect boost that context of the subject of original readers were being recipients of this commu- you or forsake you. This was nication to feel forsaken the promise of the per- by the very God they had petual presence of the only was not of not ever going THE VALLEY WEEKLY embraced through Jesus One who could provide the through anything. It was Christ. The languish of confidence that produced that of never going through loneliness that sets in when this bold response; “The it alone without the assis- oppressed is as natural as LORD is my helper; I will tance of the only One who VALLEY breathing and it takes a not fear. What can man could keep us from being word from heaven not a do to me?” The promise destroyed. Praise Him! JUNE 25 - JIMMIE WALKER - James Carter Walker Jr., is an EVENTS American actor and comedian. He is perhaps best known for HAPPENINGS, ACTIVITIES & MORE! portraying James Evans, Jr. (“J.J.”), the oldest son of Florida and James Evans, Sr., on the CBS television series Good Times, which ran from 1974 to 1979. Thru July 4 Garden July 8 - BlackCelebrityBirthdays.com Exhibit 4747 Bob Wallace Avenue Boys & Girls Club Leaders “Tell Their Story: Remem- Southwest & Legends Dinner with bering the Scottsboro Huntsville, Ala. Deion Sanders Albert’s Flowers Boys” Von Braun Center North Located Downtown in Medical District; Closest Florist to Huntsville Hospital Sponsors: Outdoor Market Hall Free Delivery to Huntsville Hospital and Local Funeral Homes Burritt on the Mountain, Lowe Mill Arts & Enter- 5 p.m. Francis Tate with CEOTA, tainment 716 Madison Street - Huntsville, AL 35801 John Allison and the 2211 Seminole Drive July 9 FLOWERS, GIFTS, Morgan County Archives, Huntsville, Ala. Reba McEntire EXOTIC FLOWERS and The Scottsboro Boys Propst Arena Graduate of Museum Scottsboro, Ala. Independence Day Cel- Von Braun Center The Burritt Museum ebration 8 p.m. American Floral Art School Ditto Landing 256-533-1623 June 25 293 Ditto Land Road July 30-August 1 256-536-6911 Oakwood Farmers Market Huntsville, Ala. D.L. Hughley www.albertsflowers.com Pavilion 6 p.m. (Fireworks, 9 p.m.) Stand Up Live 5001-A Adventist Boule- Huntsville, Ala. vard NW June 28 Huntsville, Ala. Concerts in the Park August 14 12 noon Maneuver Center of Excel- Shoals Southern Soul lence Band and Fireworks Festival $5 After 5 Big Spring Park McFarland Park Huntsville Museum of Art 200 Church Street 200 James M. Spain Drive 300 Church Street Huntsville, Ala. Florence, Ala. Huntsville, Ala. 6:30-8 p.m. shoalssouthernsoulfesti- 5-8 p.m. vals.com July 1-3 (256) 457-9663 June 26 Comedian Gary Owen Peak Butterfly Season in Stand Up Live September 30 the Purdy Butterfly House Huntsville, Ala. Kenny G Huntsville Botanical Concert Hall June 25, 2021 7 Rosetta James Foundation “Spotlight on Our Elders” ... Featuring Mrs. Jacqueline D. Reed Jacqueline (Jackie) D. Reed stationed at Madison County was born on a farm in Sparta, Rittenhouse Square, Branch of the Tenn., in White County, learning computer NAACP. She has where her father was a farmer technology. also written “One and drove a school bus for 35 The first child Woman’s Opinion” years. During her junior (Debra) was born in for 15 years in the year in high school, she 1958, three weeks local newspaper, worked at the city drug store before Ray was “Speakin’ Out and was voted by the high released from News”. Jackie was school band to be a majorette. the Army, and they recently selected In her senior year, she was moved to Huntsville, to be showcased voted as the “Cutest Girl” in Ala., where Ray was employed as a “Loser” on the “Today the class among 400 seniors. with General Electric. Show”, which was aired on Following graduation from For over 30 years, Jackie national television on NBC high school, she attended Reed has dedicated her time November 29, 2015. The story Tennessee Polytechnic attending City Council and told the dedication, drive, Institute (TPI), Cookeville, Governmental meetings, determination and persistence Tenn., working in the family- monitoring budgets affecting of never giving up. She also owned restaurant in Sparta, all citizens. Since 1988, she has has a song written about her Tenn. During her sophomore run for Mayor eight times. life by Mr. George Wells, year at TPI, she met Ray She has run for City Council Huntsville, Ala. - “The B. Reed, from Hartsville, six times, and one legislative Legend of Jackie Reed”. Jackie Tenn., a junior at TPI. She position. She feels pride from has two children and both moved to Nashville, Tenn., to choosing the needs of others hold college degrees. work, while Ray continued over her own, and she has She also has two his education. After Ray earned the respect and trust grandsons that are students graduated, he moved to from city employees and in the Huntsville City School Nashville to work, and they citizens. system. Her faith in God were married on November In recognition of her and the strength she gains 25, 1955. In 1956, Ray was dedicated service as a from that faith has seen her drafted into the Army, and volunteer and community through many hard times they moved to Philadelphia, activist, she received the Rosa and she remains a source of Pa., for two years. Ray was Parks Woman of Courage inspiration to all who know Award from the Huntsville/ her. “Spotlight on Our Elders” is a weekly feature sponsored by the Rosetta James Foundation to promote volunteerism and ac- tivism in our community among those who are 70-plus. The Foundation also provides scholarships. Learn more about us at www.rosettajamesfoundation.org. Know an outstanding elder (70+) that you would like to see featured? Send us a photo and 250-word write-up to [email protected].

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