(Eh Page A2 v|Jortlanh (©bserucr lanuary 4. 2006 Siblings Split on Future of King Center Ailing mother cannot respond (A P )— Tw o children o f Martin Luther King Jr. said Friday they will fight any sale o f the M artin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Social C hange to the National Park Ser vice, pitting them against their two younger siblings. Bernice King said she and M ar tin Luther King III believe the sale - which the center’s board voted to pursue earlier this month - would com prom ise the center’s indepen dent voice. “O ur father challenged our na tion. He challenged the use o f vio lence. If the King Center is sold to the governm ent, our nation will lose that im portant legacy of challenge, equality and independence,” she said outside the center. All four o f K ing’s children are board members. Martin Luther King III said Friday that he was replaced as its chairm an by his brother D ex ter King earlier this year, and that Bernice King was removed as sec retary earlier this year. Theirm other.CorettaScott King, w ho founded the center shortly after the civil rights leader’s death in 1968, is recovering from a stroke she suffered in August and cannot verbally respond to the conflict. Board m em bers who support the sale - including siblings Dexter King and Y olanda King and form er U.N. A m bassador Andrew Y oung-have said the transfer of pow er would let the family focus less on grounds maintenance and more on K ing’s m essage o f nonviolence. A Park Service report issued last year estim ated that the King Center needed $ 11.6 m i 11 ion i n repairs. The Martin Luther King III 'Sf I OHzirr-^ ^ ^ n s fe r £ opinion on a possible sale earlier this year. “She felt at some point that it may, in fact, end up with the gov ernm ent, but she never envisioned that in her lifetim e," Bernice King said. Martin Luther King HI said Fri day he had neglected his board duties over the past decade but was ready to step up now. "The board o f directors has been remiss in providing sufficient over sight regarding important gover nance o f operational and program issues,” he said. "I take responsi bility for my own failure." Ì Students Line Up NEW S E A S O N S M A R K E T report cited leaks in the reflective ptx)l, collapsed drainage pipes and problem s with loose and exposed wiring. The National Park Service al ready ow ns the King National H is toric Site across the street and m ain tains H istoric E benezer Baptist Church, where King preached from I960 to 1968, as well as the King birth hom e and the visitors’ center. 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