NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING AWARD

The Southeast Missouri Fellowship of Reconciliation and the Cape Girardeau Branch of the NAACP is accepting nominations for the second annual Martin Luther King Jr. Award.

The award will be presented to a resident of the area who has "demonstrated in his or her life the values of justice, freedom, and social betterment through non-violence for which Dr. King stands," said the Rev. Craig L. Nessan, of the fellowship of reconciliation.

Nominations must be submitted by Monday, Jan. 11, and the award will be presented as part of a Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Worship Service at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 15 at the First Presbyterian Church, 235 Broadway.

The service will include special speakers and a community-wide children's choir. Following the service, a reception will be held at the Cape Girardeau Civic Center, 232 Broadway.

An offering at the worship service will be given in the name of the award recipient to Southeast Missouri State University's Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Fund.

For an application form, contact Nessan at 334-5159 or 334-5852. Nomination applications may be sent to Southeast Missouri Fellowship of Reconciliation, P.O. Box 1661, Cape Girardeau, Mo. 63702-1661.

The Southeast Missouri Fellowship of Reconciliation is comprised of local citizens who meet monthly to learn about and work on issues related to the promotion of justice and peace both locally and throughout the world.

The NAACP is a non-profit civil rights organization dedicated to the enforcement of both civil and human rights in all aspects of American life.