Banquet highlights need for better education

From left, the Most Worshipful Grand Master Honorable Richard Vega joins retired Reverend Truman Parker, Connie Cruser, Walter Ellison and Officer Elwood Robinson after the Mountain Home Black History Committee honored this year's award recipients at Friday's banquet. (Photo by Eddie L. Oliver Sr.)

Students across the United States deserve access to better education, especially those who live in inner cities that lack the necessary funding to help these children succeed, a pastor from Las Vegas emphasized during a yearly gathering held Friday evening.

The Most Worshipful Grand Master Honorable Richard Vega highlighted this message as the featured speaker during the 28th Annual Black History Banquet in Mountain Home.

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The Most Worshipful Grand Master Honorable Richard Vega discusses the need for better quality education in the United States as he speaks at this year's Black History Banquet on Friday.