Moses Lake celebrates Martin Luther King Jr.
The Moses Lake Martin Luther King Jr. Committee will sell raffle tickets for a drawing of two quilts and a sports jacket during their fundraising banquet on Sunday and their Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration on Monday.
MOSES LAKE - It has been 48 years since King won the Nobel Peace Prize.
His message of equality and nonviolence still lives in the hearts and minds of people throughout the world.
Moses Lake will celebrate the legacy of King leading up to Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 16.
* The Moses Lake Gospel Community Choir and New Light Missionary Baptist Church celebrate King at 6 p.m. today, at 8791 Hillcrest Drive NE, in Moses Lake.
Rev. R.L. Williamson, pastor of New Bride Missionary Baptist Church in Moses Lake, is officiating the celebration.
The event also features video of Dr. King performing his "I Have a Dream" speech and Moses Lake youth presenting a short story entitled, "The Dream Being Fulfilled."
* The Moses Lake Martin Luther King Jr. Committee hosts a celebration of King at 6:30 p.m. Monday at El Sendero De La Cruz Church, 2227 W Peninsula Dr., in Moses Lake.
Retired Big Bend Community College professor Joe Rogers is the keynote speaker.
The event also features music from Ora Lee Hunter and the Say Yes Choir.
* The committee hosts a fundraising banquet at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at the Moses Lake Event Center, 1475 Nelson Road NE.
The event features dinner and a performance by Moses Lake children. The committee asks for donations of $10 for adults, $5 for children and $50 for a table of eight.
The committee is raffling two quilts and a sports jacket. Tickets are available at the fundraising banquet and the celebration on Monday for $1 per ticket.
To purchase tickets, contact Charlie Jones at 509-766-7530.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day became an official federal holiday in 1983 and was first celebrated in 1986. The holiday falls on the third Monday of January each year, around King's birthday, Jan. 15.
President Ronald Reagan spoke about King when he signed the bill that established the holiday.
"America is a more democratic nation, a more just nation, a more peaceful nation because Martin Luther King Jr. became her preeminent nonviolent commander," he said.