KING INSPIRES CHILDREN ESSAYISTS MARK MLK BIRTHDAY WITH IDEAS ABOUT SLAIN RELIGIOUS LEADER.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER - Three Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley young people were honored for essays they wrote for the city's 13th annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration. Essay contest winners were Ashley Benn, a Lincoln Elementary School Lincoln Elementary School is the name of numerous schools, with most of them in the U.S. named after President Abraham Lincoln, including:
``What everyone around the world needs to do is pull together and realize what a better place the world is when you forget about everyone's differences and really take time to get to know each other,'' Breanna wrote in her essay. As winners of the contest, Breanna, Ashley and Barnes were invited to speak at the city's Sunday evening event marking King's birthday at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. . The event also featured the Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. Gospel Choir. Keynote speaker was a Texas legislator LEGISLATOR. One who makes laws. 2. In order to make good laws, it is necessary to understand those which are in force; the legislator ought therefore, to be thoroughly imbued with a knowledge of the laws of his country, their advantages and defects; to and minister, the Rev. Al Edwards For the American football player, see . Al Edwards (born 19 March 1937) was a member of the 78th and 79th Texas Legislature representing District 146. Edwards is most famously known for sponsoring a bill to ban the use of suggestive clothing by high school cheerleaders. . The essay contest was open to Lancaster school students in the third through 12th grades. Children in the third through fifth grades wrote a 100- to 150-word essay beginning with, ``What Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. means to me.'' Sixth- through eighth-grade students addressed the topic, ``If I could make a difference.'' High school students wrote a 300- to 400-word essay based on a quotation from King: ``Like life, racial understanding is not something that we find but something that we must create. And so the ability of blacks and whites to work together, to understand each other, will not be found ready made; it must be created by the fact of contact.'' Ashley wrote about how she thought of King as a great leader. ``He always had respect for whatever color you are. He didn't care what you called him, he still loved you,'' wrote Ashley. Breanna wrote about how racism will never be overcome until people begin to overlook skin color. ``If you are going to limit yourself on friends, you should do it by personality and characteristics, not by color or race,'' wrote Breanna. Barnes' essay described how racism can only be overcome through hard work. ``When you are running, you cannot jump the third hurdle HURDLE, Eng. law. A species of sledge, used to draw traitors to execution. before you get to the second one. If you are still bicycling, you cannot stop halfway and expect to swim or run. You cannot grow into an equal, just, and productive nation if you constantly stumble at 'equal,''' wrote Barnes. CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1 -- color) The Antelope Valley Gospel Choir performs Monday for the 13th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance. (2 -- 4) Winners of the King Day essay contest were Ashley Benn, far left, receiving a plaque plaque (plak) 1. any patch or flat area. 2. a superficial, solid, elevated skin lesion. attachment plaques from City Councilman Andy Visokey; Tashara Barnes, left, and Breanna Pennington, above, with Visokey. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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