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Shelia Nash-Stevenson, Washington in One Minute, Page 2 NASA; Libby Crawford, City of Huntsville of- when complete, according For additional informa- Valley Deaths, Page 3 Faith & Community Alli- ficials were excited to break to HuntsvilleAL.gov. tion on the city’s progress, Preston Brown’s Champion Game Plan, Page 3 ance Cincinnati; and Dr. ground recently on the Credit for pushing the visit HuntsvilleAL.gov. PowerShots, Page 4 Wendy M. Wilson, Chief of Metronome at MidCity, a project forward was given tim allston: Perspectives, Page 5 Staff, Albany State Univer- new development that will to MidCity District, RCP Called 2 Preach, Page 6 sity. For more information, contact Thedis Bryant at feature 296 residential units Companies and Revolution Spotlight on Our Elders, Page 6 [email protected] and ground-floor retail Capital’s Rise of the Rest. Valley Events, Page 8 The Legacy Center Announces Appointment of Executive Director The Legacy Center, Inc. is edge, experience, and a vision is to use connectivity of The Legacy Center. “She community partners to proud to announce the ap- core understanding of the to serve our aging popula- brings a rare outcome- ensure the organization can pointment of Morgan Saint- organization’s values and tion and work tirelessly driven commitment to the serve people well through jones as its new executive mission. to be a good neighbor. community. We anticipate this pandemic and beyond. director of the nonprofit “This opportunity is This will be a community a more tangible impact on She is an alum of Ala- devoted to serving the rewarding for it allows me effort to uplift each other the lives of older adults and bama A&M University, The Dokk Savage Photography Savage Dokk disabled and older adults in to pour into a community together.” underserved populations American University and Northern Alabama. that has richly poured into “Our team and board throughout the Tennessee the Diversity Leadership Saintjones has been with me,” Saintjones said. “I look members are enthusiastic Valley.” Colloquium. the company for over a forward to forging new about having Ms. Saintjones As executive director, To learn more about The year, most recently as the partnerships because I truly as our Executive Director,” Saintjones will work closely Legacy Center, please visit Program Director. She believe there is no competi- stated Chanda Crutcher, with The Legacy Center’s its website: www.LiveYour- brings a wealth of knowl- tion in God’s kingdom. My founder and board chair Board of Directors and LegacyHere.com. Saintjones 2 April 2, 2021 state education leaders at the National Health IT Coordina- Last Friday, House Democrats Council of Chief State School tor Micky Tripathi, are work- introduced a bill, the “Deliv- Washington in One Minute Officers’ Legislative Confer- ing with private companies ering Envelopes Judiciously ence that he expects funding to develop a standard way of On-time Year-round (DeJoy) Publisher for school construction to be handling credentials — of- Act,” to block Postmaster Gen- The Valley Weekly, LLC included in the forthcoming ten referred to as “vaccine eral Louis DeJoy’s plan to slow Editor-in-Chief infrastructure legislation. He passports” — that would allow first-class mail delivery from 3 Dorothy W. 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THE VALLEY WEEKLY THE VALLEY WEEKLY learned how to trust the other person. What a miserable place to be, be- VALLEY CHAMPION cause when we don’t trust GAME PLAN our partner, we allow the PRESTON BROWN enemy to get a “foothold” DEATHS in our lives, and that will WHAT’S LOVE heart when a take away our joy and NELMS MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME our peace. So, we should 2501 Carmichael Avenue NW heart can be you love GOT TO DO always seek to build each Huntsville, AL 35816 - (256) 539-8189 broken?” But someone, other up and not bring Funeral service for MR. RICHARD BAYNES (b. 1952) was WITH IT? when we look your inten- one another down with held Thursday, March 25, at the Nelms Memorial Funeral at 1 Corin- tions should our words or our actions. Home Chapel with the Reverend Katherine Baker officiating. 1 Corinthians 13:6-7 thians 13, the never be Love is not a “second- says, “Love does not de- apostle Paul meant to hand emotion.” Because Graveside service for MR. THADIOUS PLESS (b. 1965) was light in evil but rejoices has a different harm them. love does not dishonor held Saturday, March 20, at Pilgrim Rest Missionary Baptist with the truth. It always perspective So, there is no others ... Stay encour- Church Cemetery (Highway 29 - Troy, Ala.). protects, always trusts, about love. In need to worry aged, my brothers and always hopes, always this scripture about a “bro- Funeral service for MR. JOE BAKER (b. 1943) was held sisters, and be safe. perseveres.” you can’t help ken heart” Saturday, March 20, at the Nelms Memorial Funeral Home Make sure you pur- Remember, there but notice how because love Chapel with Elder Derrick Langford officiating. chase a copy of my book, was a song that was simple it is to understand creates an atmosphere of “A CHAMPION GAME titled “What’s Love Got this description of love. trust. PLAN FOR LIFE.” ROYAL FUNERAL HOME to Do with It?” And, in We all know what is It has been said that The publication is 4315 Oakwood Avenue this song, we find the being asked of us, but the love prefers to be overly readily available at ama- Huntsville, AL 35810 - (256) 534-8481 words, “What’s love but a problem that most of us generous rather than zon.com
Graveside service for MRS. BARBARA ELOISE DENT (b. City Council 1931) was held Tuesday, March 30, at the Oakwood Memo- rial Gardens (1 H.L. Cleveland Way Huntsville, Ala.) with Meetings Dr. Carlton P. Byrd officiating.
Graveside service for MS. FERN MONIQUE DOUGLAS (b. 1987) was held Saturday, March 27, at the Valhalla Memory Gardens (698 Winchester Road NE, Huntsville, Ala.) with Minister Michael Brown officiating.
Graveside service for MR. RILEY ARTEMUS JONES (b. Huntsville City 1958) was held Saturday, March 27, at the Meadowlawn Council Regular Meet- Garden of Peace (450 Mount Lebanon Road Toney, Ala.) with Elder Billy Jones officiating. ings are held in the City Council Cham- bers of the Municipal SERENITY FUNERAL HOME Building on the 2nd 2505 University Drive NW and 4th Thursday of Huntsville, AL 35816 - (256) 539-9693 each month at 5:30 Graveside service for MR. NOLAN LANGFORD (b. 1957) p.m., Downtown was held Saturday, March 27, at the Saint Ruth Cemetery Huntsville. Hazel Green, Ala. Watch the meetings Funeral Service for MRS. ANGENETTE B. HILL (b. 1951) live via HuntsvilleAL. was held Sunday, March 28, at the Serenity Funeral Home gov/HSVTV or on Chapel. the City of Huntsville Facebook page (@ Funeral Service for MS. STEPHANIE Y. ANDERSON (b. huntsvillecity). 1964) was held Saturday, March 27, at the Serenity Funeral For more informa- Home Chapel. tion, call (256) 427- 5011. 4 April 2, 2021 Virtual Annual Black Tie Set
Sidney Jackson The Alabama A&M The Tennessee Valley sesses a style that blends University Office of Mar- community is invited to R&B, funk, blues, jazz, gos- keting, Communication join organizer for a “virtual pel influences merged with and Advancement have evening” of celebration hip hop. He recorded two announced the next major benefiting Alabama A&M No. 1 albums (“Juslisen” fundraising event. University scholars. and Luvanmusiq”) in 2002 The 2021 Annual Schol- The event will feature and 2007. arship Gala, presented by a performance by Musiq For more information, MT3 Properties, will be Soulchild (Taalib Johnson). visit www.aamu.edu/black- held on May 28 at 7 p.m. The Philadelphia-born tie, e-mail blacktie@aamu. via online streaming. singer and songwriter pos- edu or call (256) 372-8344. SWAC Championship May 1 Alabama A&M’s (2-0, tion of the opener against ern Athletic Conference 1-0 SWAC) lone home Alcorn State following the (SWAC) Championship game on Saturday, March Braves opting out of the Game is set for May 1. 27, was cancelled follow- season. With the cancellation, ing COVID-19 protocols The game was cancelled A&M will return to the at Grambling (0-3, 0-3 as the Tigers have open field on Saturday, April 3, SWAC). Slated for a 1 p.m. dates on April 10 and 24 travelling to Prairie View kickoff and to be aired on but A&M is scheduled to A&M for a previously ESPN3, the game was the play each of the next four rescheduled contest. Visit Bulldogs only home game weeks through April 24. www.aamusports.com. in the Spring 2021 season The following week is not by Joshua J. Darling, SID following the cancella- available as the Southwest-
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satisfaction visit us online at damson.com April 2, 2021 5 AAMU Expands Engineering Offerings at Graduate Level When next fall rolls According to Dr. around, Alabama A&M Zhengtao Deng, professor University officials will in- and interim dean of the troduce new classes for two College of Engineering, 2021: Already, The Year of the master’s level programs in Technology and Physical Successful #2 Persons engineering, according to Sciences, both programs “What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? He will speak to the people for approved submissions by will leverage the faculty you, and it will be as if he were your mouth, . . .” - Exodus 4:14,16 Provost Daniel K. Wims to within the current respec- the institution’s accrediting tive and successful under- Here, God began the Children of Israel’s journey to freedom by body. graduate curriculums, and appointing Aaron as the leader Moses’ spokesman and #2 person. the new graduate programs It struck me that 2021’s first three months are showcasing a series The Office of Graduate will address “a clear and of number two persons as successful leaders. Studies will add program present need” for advanced curricula for a Master training in Huntsville and From the White House, . . . of Science in Electrical throughout Alabama. In January, Joe Biden became the first vice president-turned-pres- Engineering (MSEE) and “This is an exciting ident in more than 30 years. He was elected because he was an effec- a Master of Science in time for our engineer- tive #2 person for Barack Obama; more importantly, however, he Mechanical Engineering ing programs at A&M,” defeated the incumbent Trump who had no experience, empathy, or (MSME). Planning for the commented Deng. “Our sensitivity towards #2 persons, which most of us are. high-demand programs success in this endeavor began at the departmental was made possible by . . . To the Border, . . . levels more than two years campus-wide support, and On March 24, Biden assigned the decades-long Central Ameri- ago. we are grateful for it. We can immigration issue, which could easily determine a successful are committed to providing Biden-Harris term, to Kamala Harris, his #2 person. Offered under the the best graduate education This former number-two person said of the current number-two guidelines of the Southern and opportunities for our person, “I think the best thing to do is put someone who, when he Association of Colleges students.” or she speaks, they don’t have to wonder about, ‘Is that where the and Schools Commission president is?’ When she speaks, she speaks for me, doesn’t have to on Colleges (SACSCOC), check with me. She knows what she’s doing,” the University’s accrediting body, both programs are . . . And now, off the Book Racks designed to meet the needs The new book, “Ticking Clock: Behind of industrial and govern- the Scenes at 60 Minutes” details producer ment agencies for highly Ira Rosen’s memoir of 25 years at TV’s qualified and diversified award-winning news show. Although engineering professionals. Rosen referred to Mike Wallace as the “Picasso of interviews,” Washington Post The graduate program reviewer Lisa Page noted “but his producer in electrical engineering, (Rosen) had to be the master of landing for instance, will enable them in the first place. Without them, the lifeblood of the program students to pursue careers would be gone, . . .” in electrical, electronics Women’s History Month celebration ends with another new and computer engineer- book: “The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King ing industries, while also Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation” underscores providing a foundation for further the below-the-radar influence and relationships made by doctoral pursuit. Similarly, these three mothers on their famous sons, each of whom ironically the mechanical engineering they outlived. master’s degree program As we move into 2021’s second quarter what #2 persons, or lead- will prepare graduate stu- ers from the middle, are you helping to cultivate and grow - which dents for the needs of such might be you yourself? varied engineering sector These previous silver-mettle leaders are good role models to start employers as aerospace, au- NOW OPEN! tomotive, communication, with. control, computer, defense, ______tim allston is the author of The U.S. Coronavirus Crisis and electronics, energy, power the Rise of the “Silver-Mettle” Leaders, available now at www. generations and many timallston.com. others. 6 THE VALLEY WEEKLY April 2, 2021
to his first readers about desire that we walk around CALLED 2 “continuously” asking being ignorant of how life PREACH God for wisdom, the Holy works, especially as the REV. MICHAEL RICE Spirit led him to put in this context suggests, when we clause, He will not rebuke are dealing with trials and you for asking. As humans, tribulations. His goal for He Will Not Rebuke You for Asking we have the tendency to His children is spiritual James 1:5 (NLT) tire easily of requests that maturity. Therefore, next seem either frivolous or time you are hesitant to I am writing this as one frequent. What the Spirit ask God for wisdom. Go who has been guilty of re- was doing through James knowing the “literal” num- the combs and brushes or ahead; He will not rebuke buking someone for mak- was letting us know that ber of the hair that either clippers that are used for you for asking. ing a request. I admit that God is not like mankind. falls out or gets caught in grooming. God does not it was on a not-so-good- He welcomes requests for day, but that is not excus- wisdom. After all, He is Spotlight on Our Elders ... Featuring able. Whether as a parent, wisdom. He knows all and teacher, pastor, or sibling His knowledge is so exact (all of which I am), it is that the very “number” Parker Griffith, M.D. not good practice. James of hairs on our heads are Born August 6, 1942, combined program knowing human nature known to Him. This is Dr. Rolf Parker Griffith, between UTMB and as he did, when he wrote not counting; this is God Jr., is an American retired M.D. Anderson Cancer physician, entrepreneur Center in Houston. He APRIL 2 - MARVIN GAYE was an American singer, songwriter, and politician in Huntsville, served as a Medical and record producer. He helped to shape the sound of Motown Ala., who served in the Corps captain in the in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo Alabama State Senate from U.S. Army Reserve from artist with a string of hits, earning him the nicknames “Prince of 2006 to 2008 and then as 1970 to 1973, while Motown” and “Prince of Soul”. - Wikipedia.org the U.S. Representative for continuing his medical Alabama’s 5th congressional training at the LSU district from 2009 to 2011. Service Charity Hospital Dedicated To You. Griffith was born in in New Orleans. Delivering Results. Shreveport, La. He taught Griffith was 7th-grade arithmetic for recruited on a “cold Personal Injury | Auto Accidents | Probate & Estate Administration less than a year at T.H. call” to Alabama Corporate Law | Real Estate Law Divorce | Criminal Law Harris Junior High School and established Senate, representing the 7th (later Middle School) in the Huntsville Cancer district. He carried 66% of Contact Us www.martinsonandbeason.com Metaire in Jefferson Parish Treatment Center. As a the vote to his opponent’s Phone: 256-533-1667 facebook.com/martinsonandbeason in suburban New Orleans physician, he provided 34%. Fax: 256-533-1696 prior to being admitted to discounted care to patients During his term in the [email protected] medical school. He received who lacked insurance. State Senate, he sponsored his medical degree from the Griffith also conducted bills to promote investment No representation is made that the quality of the legal services to be performed is Louisiana State University several clinical trials in in alternative fuels, cut greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers. Medical School in 1970 and conjunction with the taxes, and establish a served in residency at the University of Alabama Statewide Trauma Care University of Texas M. D. School of Medicine, System to speed critical Anderson Cancer Center. and partnered with St. medical care. After serving at the LSU Jude Children’s Research Griffith and his wife Service Charity Hospital Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Virginia have five children in New Orleans and a Griffith retired from and 11 grandchildren. He year of neurosurgery at medicine in December co-founded the Griffith the University of Texas 1992, though he still holds Family Foundation, which Medical Branch (UTMB) in a license to practice in both awards cash grants to Galveston, Texas, Griffith Alabama and Texas. elementary school libraries began preparing to become Griffith unsuccessfully ran in northern Alabama. The a radiation oncologist, one for mayor of Huntsville Foundation also provides who specializes in using against the three-term scholarship grants to the radiation to cure cancer, incumbent, Loretta Spencer Rosetta James Foundation training in radiation in 2004. He then won a for diverse, local college oncology through a seat in the Alabama State students. April 2, 2021 7 April Is Jazz Appreciation Month Jazz Appreciation Month and governments celebrate jazz program enhanced (JAM) is a music festival JAM with free concerts and its efforts to recognize held every April in the educational programs. Its contributions of women in United States, in honor of first year was 2001, with jazz, from the genre’s earli- jazz as an early American funding provided by the est development to present art form. Ella Fitzgerald Charitable successes and challenges. According to a compi- Foundation. In 2021, Jazz Appre- lation on Wikipedia.org, In 2012, Smithson- ciation Month will both JAM was created in 2001 ian Folkways Recordings recognize and explore by John Edward Hasse, obtained permission from the historical legacy of curator of the Smithson- the Louis Armstrong estate pianist, singer, songwriter, ian’s National Museum of to release the recordings on storyteller, and civil rights American History. It be- the album Satchmo at the activist Nina Simone. The came a national extension National Press Club: Red Museum will add historic of the original Jazz Aware- Beans and Rice-ly Yours content to its website and ness Month created by the and timed the release as online programming, OU Partners with Huntsville Louisiana Jazz Federation part of the annual Jazz Ap- marked visually by an il- in New Orleans in 1980. preciation Month. lustration of Nina Simone Jazz Appreciation Month In 2018, JAM celebrated on this year’s poster by Hospital on New Clinic was created to be an annual the relationship between Duke Ellington School of event that would pay trib- jazz and justice. The fea- the Arts sophomore visual Health System CEO as well as the surrounding Huntsville. A new walking ute to jazz as both a living tured artist was Norman arts student Naa Anyele David Spillers (foreground, community. path will connect the clinic and as a historic music. Granz. Sowah-de Jesus. left) and Oakwood Uni- The Sparkman Drive to the heart of the Oak- Schools, organizations, This year, the Museum’s versity President Leslie Pol- clinic will be part of wood campus. lard, safely bump fists after the HH Physician Care Huntsville Hospital and signing a lease agreement network and is expected Oakwood are among the to open a new primary to open this summer. HH oldest community institu- clinic at Oakwood Univer- Health System CEO David tions in Madison County. sity’s Community Health Spillers and Oakwood The hospital traces its be- Action Center, currently President Dr. Leslie Pollard ginnings to the summer of under construction on signed the lease documents 1895. Oakwood, founded Sparkman Drive. at the construction site on by the Seventh-day Adven- Huntsville Hospital’s February 24 – and then tist Church to educate the “The Scope” publication sealed the agreement with descendants of African- featured the news of the a fist bump. Americans emancipated by plans “for a new Huntsville The partnership be- President Lincoln, wel- Hospital (HH) primary tween HH and Oakwood comed its first students on care clinic serving about is designed to improve November 16, 1896.” 2,000 Oakwood University the health of underserved - The Scope, Huntsville Hospital students, faculty and staff, residents of northwest
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