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Have an Enjoyable and Safe Independence Day! Page 2 the Valley Weekly July 3, 2015 “True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.” - Clarence Darrow FREE Volume 1, No. 43 Friday, July 3, 2015 Victory Day Marks Anniversary of WWII End HudsonAlpha Economic Victory Day 2015 Marks the 70th Anniversary of the End Impact Exceeds $1 Billion of WWII: An Opportunity to Show Our Nation’s Deep- The HudsonAlpha Insti- est Gratitude to Those Who tute for Biotechnology has generated more than $1.3 Remain, While Honoring billion in economic impact and Remembering Those No for the State of Alabama since Longer Among Us 2006, according to a recent economic impact Of the 16 million Americans analysis conducted by the who served in uniform, less than University of Alabama in 800,000 are alive today. Victory Huntsville. 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The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s)/pre- (256) 852-4776 (Fax) senter(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families. Fast - Dependable - Economical 4651 Sam Drive Huntsville, AL 35811-1143 (256) 852-1255 (256) 852-4776 (Fax) Publisher The Valley Weekly, LLC Editor-in-Chief Dorothy W. Huston Assistant Editor Georgia S. Valrie rom the Editor Editorial Assistants Linda Burruss Gary T. Whitley Neighbors! Layout & Design James Huston She was about twenty years older than me, but I always felt like I knew her. In Monroeville, she was Photographer Fknown as the “neighbor” who went on and fared well. Eugene Dickerson She made a difference. She had impact. If my memory serves me correctly, her relatives were in the Finchburg - Contributing Editors - and Clausell communities. So, we always associated Hortense Dodo her with folks in those communities. Famed American Dave Herron educator, Marva Collins, was born in Monroeville in 1936. She attended college at what we now Daryush Ila know as Clark-Atlanta University in Atlanta. In 1981, her biography was made into a movie for TuVy Nguyen television, “The Marva Collins Story.” It starred Cicely Tyson and Morgan Freeman. Bonnie Spencer I received a called this morning from Dr. Ernest Knight of New York City. He knew Marva JaLissa Williams personally. We reminisced about family, friends and acquaintances in various communities where we have kinfolks, including Evergreen, Finchburg, Fountain and the larger Monroeville/ Website Administrator Monroe County area. We considered people we knew to be ‘homegirls and homeboys.’ What Calvin Farier Marva Collins Noted Educator we really meant was ‘neighbors.’ Dr. Knight is the philanthropist who was reared in Evergreen, 1936-2015 graduated from Alabama A&M University, retired as professor and chair of the Biology Depart- Editorial Consultant ment at City University of New York and whose name is on the Ernest Knight Living-Learning Jerome Saintjones Complex at AAMU. The bible says a neighbor is one who shows mercy. If someone from Monroeville knew Mailing Address: someone from Monroeville, we were neighbors. In college, you could readily catch a ride with The Valley Weekly the neighbor who had a car. That was a much better option than Trailways and Greyhound, that 415A Church Street-Suite 100 stopped in every nook and cranny up and down the state, making a five-hour trip a 10-hour Huntsville, AL 35801 (256) 651-9028 trip. If a ‘homeboy or homegirl’ had it, it was as good as your own. We believed in sharing and www.valleyweeklyllc.com caring. There was hardly a person from Monroeville who came to Alabama A&M--regardless of Copyright 2015 age difference, whose family had not hooked them up with someone already here from Monro- Items for consideration for publication in eville when they arrived.
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