Grace Bishop, a fourth-grade student at Lawson Elementary School in the Hazelwood School District, has been selected as one of five winners in North County Churches Uniting for Racial Harmony and Justice's annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Oratorical Contest

The winners will show off their writing skills and their flair for public speaking as they read their own essays about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15, at the Terry M. Fischer Theatre at St. Louis Community College - Florissant Valley. The theater is located at the northeast corner of the campus, close to Pershall Road.

This year, the theme is "Dr. King's Unfinished Business: Promoting Economic Empowerment." Student winners will each receive a $100 U.S. Savings Bond.