Residents, businesses honored during MLK Day ceremony

Awards were presented yesterday during the virtual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. program hosted by IUPUC, the African American Pastors Alliance and the Bartholomew County NAACP.

IUPUC presented its diversity awards, with the internal award going to Matt Souza and the community award going to the Community Education Coalition and its ECO Attainment Network.

The NAACP presented awards including Hunter Spalding, a Purdue sophomore, as the NAACP outstanding student; Christopher Quisenberry, a junior at Columbus East High School, as outstanding athlete, The Harmon Group as outstanding large business; Coach’s Cutz as outstanding small business; Brian Nix and Lori Thompson as outstanding citizens; and Mikala Lomax received the newly-created distinguished service award.