First Lady Recommends Cleaning Your Room
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From Times Wire Reports
First Lady Laura Bush urged youngsters to use the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday for public service -- even if it meant cleaning their rooms.
“Instead of taking a holiday for Martin Luther King’s birthday, why don’t we all work together to make our community better,” she told schoolchildren at a Washington library named after King.
She suggested ideas such as being “especially kind” to family members, lending a hand to teachers and tidying their rooms.
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