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Newspaper Page Text8A ♦ Remembering a lero to the People (MS) — This month the nation takes time to honor the memory of a humanitarian and civil rights legend. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stirred a gen eration of pei pie to speak up for their rights, solidifying gtending as one of the notable and influential of the modern age. Dr. King was born at his ily’s Georgia home to Reverend Martin Luther Sr. and Alberta King on 15, 1929. At a young age, was identified as a scholar would go on to become a Fort Valley State University ASaffM>lANfr&kMlM9!!lim*UNWtSnY$1SIEMVGK>CU Gmgia’t CP / PmkCity OUT ^WagtiMe \ Ufrm Coning it a M t \ Ki ! r ^ PEACH HONE ELECTRONICS, SIC. I RacKoShack. k) 1*1 1*1 c At 128 East Main St • Foit Valley, GA. Medical Peach Regional Cent ■J * a Familiar - Friendly - Like Family | l X. _2150 * / 827-17: Blvd| Uiivercity , Fort Valley Sharpe's Kuntry Kitchen & Catering t WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2007 educated and awarded individ ual. He skipped both the 9th and 12th grades of high school and entered Morehouse College at age 15 with very high college entrance exam grades. He subsequently gradu ated Morehouse with a B.A. in Sociology and enrolled in Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania, fol lowing in the theological foot steps of his father and mater nal grandfather who were also men of God. King was awarded a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Crozer in 1951. MARTIN LUTHER KING . JR He later earned a Ph.D. from Boston University and studied at Harvard University during his schooling. He holds several honorary degrees from notable schools across the country, Apart from his extensive edu cational background, King took pride in his theological work. He was ordained in February 1948 and became assistant pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church and later pastor at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama. From 1960 until his assassination, he was co-pas tor with his father at Ebenezer Baptist Church and President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Dr. King was an influential part of the civil rights move¬ ment, participating in many rallies and non-violent protests. He was actually arrested more than 30 times in conjunction with his activist work. The life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was cut short when he was shot while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4,1968. He had been in the area to lead sanitation workers in a. protest against low wages and poor conditions. His shooter was James Earl Ray, who was arrested in London, England on June 8, 1968 and returned to Memphis, Tennessee to stand trial for the assassination. King’s wife, Coretta Scott King, passed away in 2006 and both are survived by four chil¬ dren. Despite his passing nearly 40 years ago, his words and memory live on. TF071825 ■L-L--- MHilMfyU 1 HJl. HI 701 Bluebird Blvd, Fort Valley n N rf « X We always match local liquor prices Representative and Mrs. Tony Sellier □ r # fiSJ 11 ^ FO ALLEYS pOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT Sheriff Terry Deese and the I Peach County Sheriff s Department THE LEADER-TRIBUNE W0 ■ m m ■ I m m ■ M Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. B0E Cont from Page 1A “We want to use our own funds first, and we’ll prob¬ ably finish with construction loans,” he said. “We want a first-class operation, and we want to do it right, quality opposed to price.” In the end, the complex is planned to house a range of city offices, including a courtroom, administrative offices, the police depart¬ ment, as well as an audito¬ rium and community cen¬ ter. Collins said space could also be designated for the county tax commissioner’s office, though it has yet to be determined. “We’re going to be experi¬ menting with express gov¬ ernment in one stop,” he said. “It will be more user friendly where everything h ELECTRONICS. INC. N con sj Fort Valley w fe \ > 3 l Utility I i Commissions 500 Anthoine Street, Fort Valley 478-825-7701 • Discount Carpet Cleaning • Upholstery Cleaning • Window Washing Sharpe’s Carpet Cleaning & Window Washing Service IkiL 627-1555 ‘^©-Better Business Bureau Badcock& HOME FURNITUREVXIlPJlV, rnore Mates It Easy. 478 • 825 • 3968 410 South Camellia Blvd., Fort Valley can be done in a single com¬ plex.” According to Collins, the new facility would not only improve the downtown area pragmatically, but aestheti¬ cally as well, by featuring a plaza complete with trees and benches. He added that construc¬ tion of the new headquar¬ ters symbolizes a new era of growth in Byron, one devot¬ ed to the downtown area rather than property outside the city limits. “This is a starting point for the revitalization of down¬ town Byron,” he said. “Most of the growth has occurred on [Ga.] 49. This will focus on the town’s center and will serve as a keystone for larger developments.”