BRIEFLY TOLD

Published 11:52 am Saturday, April 14, 2018

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Do you have an item in good condition that you would like to donate to the Hike/Bike/Run Auction for Valley Haven School? Your donation is tax deductible, and you will be helping the area’s babies, toddlers and adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities. For more information, please call (334) 756-2868 or (334) 756-7801. The auction will be taking place at Valley Community Center on Friday, April 27th.

The 21st annual LaFayette Day for Valley Haven School will be taking place in downtown LaFayette from 8 a.m. till 3 p.m. CDT (9-4 Eastern time) on Saturday, April 14th. There will be live entertainment all day, a volunteer firefighter’s competition, a car show, motorcycle ride, activities for kids, craft booths, lots of food and fun for everyone.

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An electronics clean up is scheduled for Friday, April 13th and Saturday, April 14th at the Valley Farmers’ Market pavilion. Unwanted electronic items such as old computers and TVs will be accepted each day from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. EDT. There is no cost to do this;

GriefShare, a special help seminar and small group support for people experiencing grief and loss, will be held on Sunday evenings at The Bridge Church beginning March 18 from 4 to 6 p.m. CDT for 13 weeks excluding Easter, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day.

Beginning April 6, Bradshaw Library will offer a 4-week course, “Lifting the Veil: Tuskegee’s Important Role in History” with Dana Chandler, Director of Archives at Tuskegee University. Lectures include: Booker T. Washington, Extension in Tuskegee, Clinton J. Calloway and the Development of the Rosenwald Schools and G. L. Washington and the Founding of the Tuskegee Airmen. Call (334) 768-2161 to register.

A fish fry and bake sale will be held in Standing Rock, Ala. from noon till 7 p.m. EDT on Saturday, April 21. Plates 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 Community Building Project. Drive-through pick-ups will be available at the Dodgen home, located on a hill off County Road 278 on the east side of Standing Rock.

The Rehobeth High School Class of 1970 will meet at Fairfax Kindergarten at 4 p.m. EDT on Saturday, May 19, 2018. All class members are invited. For more information and to confirm you will attend, email to: elsie,huguley@gmail.com or ecoleman@charter.net.

Bradshaw Library will host a Lunch N Learn program, “The Great Depression in Alabama Photographs,” with Frances Robb, a Road Scholars speaker with the Alabama Humanities Foundation on April 24 at 12 noon. Call (334) 768-2161 by April 23 to make your FREE lunch reservation.

The April 16 meeting of the Lanett  City Council will be rescheduled for Monday, April 23 at 6 p.m.

The Bowen East District will hold a Junior Ushers’ Workshop on April 21 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. EDT at The Bowen East District Center, 1319 Magnolia Road, Lanett. Devotional leader: Demetrius Rudd. Speaker: Rev. Eric Dowdell. Please be on time, wear uniform, plan to stay the entire time and breakfast and lunch are provided.