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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
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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."
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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.
The King C enter holds d ocu
ments from the civil rights m ove
ment and the tom b o f the Nobel
Peace Prize w inner.
M artin and Bernice King said
Friday their m other expressed her
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PCC campuses
Portland Community College will
host a bigger and better Financial
Aid Day this year, spanning the
college district and attracting more
than 1,000 current and future stu
dents. The day o f help will take
place Saturday, Jan. 21 from 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m. at four cam pus locations:
Cascade, R ockC reek, Sylvania and
the Southeast Center.
For Lisa Hu m m el, last y ear’s Fi
nancial Aid Day at PCC gave her
the inform ation she needed to suc
cessfully earn scholarship money
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"I really needed h elp ,” said
Hummel, a resident o f southeast
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Financial Aid Day really benefited
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At th e u p c o m in g se s s io n s ,
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so n a liz e d a s sista n c e to fu tu re
co lleg e students w ith co m p letio n
o f th eir F ederal S tu d en t A id form
(FAFS A ). There also will be schol
arsh ip w orkshops th ro u g h o u t the
day to help stu d en ts find d o llars
for school.
For Hummel, who graduated from
the co lleg e’s Project Independence
program, which serves w om en who
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are transitioning to school or the
w orkplace, help from last y ear’s
financial aid event benefited her
enorm ously.
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thing about FAFS A when I started
school,” said Hummel. "I wished I
had the help when I first started
three years ago because 1 d idn’t
know w hat I was doing. I had to
struggle with it at hom e.”
Hummel plans to continue her
studies with a bachelor’s degree in
human services and m aster's d e
gree in art therapy from M ary Ihurst
University.
“Just the other day I found a
student filling out a loan applica
tion,” she said. "I asked them if they
knew that they could probably
qualify for a scholarship or federal
financial aid. They had no idea. I
just cringed when I heard that. Going
through Financial Aid Day gives
you the confidence. I feel that ev
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F o r m ore in fo rm atio n , v isit
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A dm issions C oordinator Roberto
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No Smoking on School Grounds
A new m andatory policy took
effect on Jan. 1 that prohibits stu
dents, staff and visitors from using
any tobacco product at any tim e on
school property in Oregon.
State public health officials said
the new policy m arks an important
step tow ard protecting Oregon kids
from the health risks o f tobacco.
“Every day in Oregon 20 kids start
smoking. One-third of them will even-
tually die o f a tobacco-related dis
ease," said Dr. Mel Kohn, state epi
demiologist. "M ost adult smokers
started using tobacco before they
diversity
turned 18, which underscores the
significance o f this new policy.”
Kohn said that to b acco -free
school policies are an important
tool in keeping kids away from to
bacco and the harmful effects o f
secondhand smoke.
“The idea that tobacco use is
normal and that it is socially accept
able because respected adults and
others do it encourages kids to pick
up the habit," said Kohn. ‘T obacco-
free school policies are helping
change the perception that sm ok
ing and chew are okay."
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