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Mountain Community Spirit!

Artists, educators and community volunteers in the area around Mentone and Valley Head, Alabama, pulled together this summer to create an arts appreciation program for local children (see Shout and Spout for more info).

the children learned how to create colorful mosaics, and produced a number of park benches and stepping stones that will soon be popping up around the two towns. This is what even a small town can do when folks step forward and pitch in to make a difference!

Christmas Committee Announcement

 By Slate McDorman

Marilyn Jones Stamps from the Alabama Bureau of Tourism will be speaking at the July Mentone town council about the Tourism Bureau's plans to promote MAPA through the 2008 Christmas light display!! Ms. Stamps and the Bureau of Tourism are “extremely excited to learn of Mentone’s holiday lights event” and “have selected Mentone’s holiday event as one of the Top 10 Holiday Light Festivals in the state of Alabama”, which they “will be promoting more as the holidays approach.”

“Adding to the excitement is the fact that we will be celebrating the Year of Alabama History in 2009 and the Year of Small Towns and Downtowns in 2010. Mentone is in a prime position to be a part of both of those yearlong celebrations.”

The Town meeting is July 14th @ 6:00pm at the Mentone Town Hall. We are encouraging everyone to attend so we can give Ms. Stamps a warm Mentone welcome!

We are encouraging many people to attend to give Ms. Stamps a warm Mentone welcome!

The MAPA Christmas Lighting Committee will be having a planning meeting July 21st @ 6:00pm at Raven Haven.

For more information about this year's Christmas Lighting event, please visit www.MentoneAlabama.com/Christmas. You may contact Tony Teverino at 256-634-4310 if you have any questions or would like to sign up to be listed for the event! LV