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Bea Jackson loves children and her passion for their well-being keeps her striving for excellence every day as the executive director of the Washington Street Community Center. Jackson said if it was wrong to be too passionate about children, then she would be guilty.It was this passion that led her to become the recipient of the 2013 MLK “I Have a Dream Award” at the annual MLK Ecumenical Program held on Sunday. Not a native of Covington, Jackson moved to Newton County in 2000, and a few years later began working at the Washington Street Community Center in 2002 with the guidance of Louise