The Valley Times-News

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Published 10:00 am Saturday, June 7, 2025 VALLEY — On Saturday, June 21, the Valley Arts Council will host its first-ever weekend market from 7 a.m. till noon EDT at Valley Farmers Market Pavilion near the old Langdale Mill site. “The first one will be a trial run,” said Arts Council President Suzie Britt. “If it goes well, we’d like to keep doing it on a Saturday every month or maybe even twice a month.”A total of 25 vendors have committed to the first Saturday Market.

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Published 9:00 am Saturday, June 7, 2025 VALLEY – The indoor pool at Valley Community Center has reopened, and the crowds going there have been tremendous. “We’ve been closed since Christmas,” the city’s swim program director, Bobby Poer, told The Valley Times-News.

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Published 9:00 am Friday, June 6, 2025 WEST POINT – Hawkes Library’s summer camp will be taking place the week of June 23 through June 27. It’s for children from age three to twelve. There will be nature-theme read-abouts, outdoor games, arts and crafts, guest speakers and end with a fun splash pad party on Friday. At the Thursday West Point Rotary Club meeting, Erin Anderson, the summer camp’s program director, shared what will be taking place at the camp.

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Published 9:45 am Thursday, June 5, 2025 LANETT – At the Monday meeting of the Lanett City Council, Mayor Jamie Heard gave formal notice of a municipal election to be taking place on Tuesday, August 26. Offices on the ballot include mayor, five seats on the city council and five seats on the city school board. Voting will be taking place in the L.B. Sykes Community Center, located at 1302 North Cherry Drive.

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Published 9:24 am Thursday, June 5, 2025 VALLEY – Joseph Manley, the Alabama state champion from the SkillsUSA automotive technology competition, will be competing in the national finals at the National Leadership & Skills Conference. The Conference will take place in late June at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Manley and his Inspire Academy instructor, James Winkles, were guest speakers at Monday’s meeting of the Valley Lions Club.