Food, singing harmonize at Irving Healthcare Foundation Guild luncheon Members of a few local Kappa Alpha Psi chapters gathered recently at Big Brothers Big Sisters in Irving to announce a new partnership with the mentoring agency."This partnership will allow us to reach more young people and positively impact their lives," said Byron C. Lattimore, president of the Dallas Alumni Chapter. "The ultimate result of our organizations' working side by side will be fewer young people on corners ... and more in college and with careers."Kappa Alpha Psi, the nation's largest black fraternity, counts more than 250,000 college-educated men as members. To celebrate the partnership, local members presented speakers from the Negro Baseball League. Dennis B... Hartsville Happenings Guide Right Initiative: The Hartsville Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. extends an invitation to high school males to join the Kappa League Program. The purpose is to help African-American males choose and pursue useful careers by exposing them to cultural enrichment and character development. The young men will participate in seminars and activities to develop leadership skills, refine self-image, build self-esteem and improve social skills. Info: Coach Corey Lewis at HHS or Lynwood Lewis at (843) 332-4337. Hartsville American Legion Post 53 and Auxiliary: Third Tuesday night of each month at the post on North Fifth Street at Society Avenue just across Prestwood Lak... Big Brothers Big Sisters & African American Fraternities to Develop Bold Plan to Help Black Boys... "Alpha Phi Alpha, our first fraternity partner, as well as Kappa Alpha Psi and Omega Psi Phi know our track record -- that children in our programs are more likely to improve in school, stay out of trouble and have positive relationships with their families," said Karen Mathis, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America President and Chief Executive Officer, who will speak at the summit. "At the end of the day, we will have a specific strategy for joining forces with the fraternities to support the growing numbers of parents, most of them, single mothers, who look to Big Brothers Big Sisters to help their sons succeed." Even as economic challenges have... 'Light' shines brightly on the legendary Perv's House It was standing room only on Thursday night because the Kappa [Alpha Psi fraternity] Carnival came up from Southern Illinois University. I'd get 50 cases of Jerry Butler's beer on Thursday and made it the house beer. [The Chicago soul singer had formed the Iceman Beverage Company beer distributorship.] We had a 'Sexy Mama' contest and the Kappas came up for that every Thursday." Contrary to published reports, the club was not in a former funeral home. "The man that owned it [A.R. Leak] had a funeral home," Staples explained. "But this was a banquet home called the Colonial House. He rented it out to churches for teas and things like that, but after I got into it things change... SHORT TAKES Others participants will include the 2010 Panhellenic Chorus (singers from Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi Phi and Zeta Phi Beta), and the United Methodist Male ... Hartsville Happenings Dec. 11 Guide Right Initiative: The Hartsville Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. extends an invitation to high school males to join the Kappa League Program. The purpose is to help African-American males choose and pursue useful careers by exposing them to cultural enrichment and character development. The young men will participate in seminars and activities to develop leadership skills, refine self-image, build self-esteem and improve social skills. Info: Coach Corey Lewis at HHS or Lynwood Lewis at (843) 332-4337. Hartsville American Legion Post 53 and Auxiliary: Third Tuesday night of each month at the post on North Fifth Street at Society Avenue just across Prestwood Lak... Retired Moore principal forever dedicated to kids An athletic hall of famer at East High School, an active member of Kappa Alpha Psi and a track star in the mid-1960s at Drake University, Cason has a black ... News, Sports, Jobs, Community Information American Red Cross of Trumbull and Mercer counties, Trumbull County NAACP and 50- year active member of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, to name a few.Bob Faulkner, Warren school board member and friend, reflected on Clifford's last morning. The two, as they often did in the morning, walked in the early morning of Dec. 4, at Perkins Park. Faulkner recalled Clifford was rather enjoying himself that day.''Cliff's final walk on this earth was filled with joy and laughter,'' Faulkner said. ''Cliff was having some fun.''They spoke often, most every day, and as technology progressed, so did their relationship to text messaging and e-mails. ''It was just a pleasure to be with hi...