A story Saturday, Jan. 6, “St. Luke UMC leading MLK Day celebration” incorrectly identified keynote speaker the Rev. Dr. E. Alan Benson as a past president of the Mexia branch of the NAACP. He is a past president of the Topeka, KS, NAACP branch. He was inspired by a former Mexia NAACP president, the late Sister Ada Conner.
When the church where my Wife and I grew up started supporting the Zambia Medical Mission, two couples and some young people joined this work. They brought back many reports and stories about the work being done there. One of the things they did was they collected small windup toys for the children, the kind that you used to get in a “Happy Meal” from McDonalds. And while the people waited in line for medical help they handed them out to the children.
Rachel Newman is an expert in the field of safety, and she encourages anyone listening not to be reluctant to call EMS if unsure.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the most influential Americans of the twentieth century. A scholar and minister who played a leading role in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, King was tragically assassinated on April 4, 1968, less than three months after he turned 39.
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