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City of Ames recently issued the following announcement.

The City of Ames is joining the Ames/Story County MLK Celebration Committee in honoring the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr with a hybrid celebration beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 17, at Ames City Auditorium, 520 Sixth St. (north side of City Hall). Face masks and social distancing will be required to attend in person. The event will also be available virtually via Facebook Live or live on YouTube.

• Facebook address is: https://www.facebook.com/AmesMLKCelebration
• YouTube address is: https://www.youtube.com/user/AmesChannel12

As part of the 2022 MLK Celebration Event, all Story County high school students were invited to enter the second annual MLK Celebration Essay Contest. Students were asked to explain the significance and relevance to the United States today of a specific quote from Dr. King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” Sixteen essays were submitted. The winners, all seniors at Roland-Story High School, are:

• Nathan Limas, first place, $100 gift card. Essay, “King’s Golden Rule.”
• Cade Murphy, second place, $75 gift card. Essay, “Martin Luther King Jr.’s Message: A Call to Change.”
• Alex Berends, third place, $50 gift card. Essay, “MLK Letter from Birmingham Jail.”

The MLK Celebration Committee invites citizens to post photos to its Facebook page (@AmesMLKCelebration) of themselves individually or in groups holding a favorite Martin Luther King Jr. quote.

More information about hybrid celebration is available on the group’s Facebook page @AmesMKLCelebration, Instagram at @amesmlk or City of Ames website at https://www.cityofames.org/government/departments-divisions-a-h/housing/ames-story-county-martin-luther-king-jr-mlk-celebration-eventThe community celebration is co-sponsored by the Ames Chamber of Commerce, Ames Human Relations Commission, Ames Police Foundation, Ames Public Library, Body of Christ Church, City of Ames, Wayne and Edna Clinton family, Iowa State University Library, Rotary Club of Ames, YWCA Ames-ISU, Rotary Club of Ames, League of Women Voters of Ames & Story County, HyVee, Hastings, Gartin & Boettger LLP; Ames Community School District, and Ames Branch of the NAACP.

Original source can be found here.