MLK honored with events this weekend
Staff reports
Several people were honored during last year’s “I Have A Dream Awards Banquet” at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Lima. This year’s event will focus on the march.
The Lima News file
Roger Kalia works with children and adults during a past “Mornings with the Maestro” program at the Lima Public Library.
The Lima News file
REGION There are a few events to choose from this weekend:
• An event to honor Martin Luther King Jr. will begin at 1 p.m. Monday at the former Whittier School site, 400 block of Holmes Avenue, Lima. This year would have been the 39th annual banquet, and the event will center instead on a march, according to 6th Ward Councilman Derry Glenn. The event begins at 1 p.m. with an awards presentation and will be followed by a march from the Whittier School location to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Center Park. The march will begin at 2 p.m., and participants are encouraged to walk with the gro