Select images from some recent assignments across the Valley! 1. Ayla Dunn-Coleman, 8, holds a saw-whet owl on her finger during a lesson on birds of prey by Tom Ricardi outside the Westhampton Public Library ( westhamptonpubliclibrary). 2. Members of the Northampton Marching Band wait to take the field before the football game against South Hadley at Northampton High School. 3. Caitlin Carvalho picks flowers at Mountain View Farm ( mtviewfarm). 4. Crowd members watch Show Circus performer Deb Chesser walk on stilts during the downtown Amherst Block Party. 5. Mayoral candidate Jillian Duclos, right, hugs Moreen Valenta after the numbers from the preliminary elections are posted while celebrating at JJ's Tavern. 6. Mount Holyoke's Elanni Romero looks to serve the ball during the volleyball match against UMass Boston at the newly renovated Mildred S. Howard Gymnasium ( yokevb, mtholyoke). 7. Maria Alvarado, 5, watches her mom, Roxana, place her next move while playing Four in a Ro...