Martin Luther King Day News

Regarding my June 18 column about the local YMCA's membership policies ... * From Mary Boudreau of Lansing, a YMCA member: "A few years ago, we had our children's birthday party at the YMCA on Martin Luther ...

Two years later, his nephew Colin was decked out in a tux on his way to pick up his prom date.

Celebrate Lincoln in the Deep South February 12, 2009, is the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln.

This time, investors are napping. U.S. markets are closed for Memorial Day, and the S&P/TSX composite index is doing okay: It rose 18 points, to 14,705 at midday.

Barack Obama has gotten one of the most sought-after endorsements of the Democratic primary race. via National Public Radio

SANDUSKY: Two State Highway Patrol troopers have now lost their jobs over a prank involving what looked like a Ku Klux Klan outfit. via Akron Beacon Journal

What better way to start the week than examining the silliness of "the angry" John McBush. via CONNECTICUTBlog

The Brussels School Board approved an application to waiver five holidays next school year, following a public hearing. via Alton Telegraph

Law professor Mark Graber--who we last saw using Martin Luther King Day weekend to blog about how Dred Scott was rightly decided by Roger Taney, and how Taney's opinion was legally correct when it stated that ... via Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal

I believe Bill 25 to include Martin Luther King Jr. day as a Guam holiday and to create the Reverend Dr. via Marianas Variety

A highway patrolman in Ohio has been suspended without pay after being photographed in a handmade Ku Klux Klan costume. via KMPH-TV Fresno

“I have a dream that Chico State students will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the name of their alma mater, but by the content of their character.”

Hats off! It was nice to see students observing Cesar Chavez Day . The sombreros. via Chico News & Review

“Young kids can understand it, and older children and young adults start to interpret and look into the speches from which the short quotes were taken.”

Topics: Mommy & Family Here in the United States we reserve the third Monday in January to honor one of our nation's greatest heroes, the late Martin Luther King, Jr. via BlogHer

“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”

I t has now been 40 years since the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tenn., and the passage of time has had a curious effect on his legacy - on our memory of the meaning of his message. via Concord Monitor

“I can't have a reaction about something I haven't read”

Thirteen black Denver sheriff's deputies have filed complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the city and the sheriff's department alleging discrimination. via Rocky Mountain News

Some local folks celebrated Martin Luther King Day with Florida Governor Charlie Crist at the Governor's Mansion recently. via Suwanee Democrat

“The church hasn't always been an institution”

ASHEVILLE - The people of Zacchaeus House will have to find another place to worship after Easter. via Asheville Citizen-Times

The People's Health & Wellness Clinic was honored to have four energetic Norwich University volunteers help us recently: Katherine Andal, Gilbert Summers , Richard Manganello and Angela Lakey. via Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus

“Are you saying Presidents Day is not as important as Martin Luther King Day”

The Northeastern School Board's discussion Monday regarding the calendar for the 2008-09 school year prompted a debate over the role of two holidays. via The York Daily Record

“This is the kind of accomplishment that you'll understand five years from now”

In Besteiro Middle School teacher John Moore's classroom, every day is Martin Luther King Day -- every day equality and justice are taught with conviction. via The Brownsville Herald