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Looking Back Galva April 26, 2006 These Scouts and their leaders recently started Alwood Boy Scout Troop 144. They are Michael Keener, Gole Kessinger, Seth Reiner, Alex Johnson, R. J. Dermore, Jacob Peterson, Leaders Jim “Tiger” Beck, Terry Johnson and Jeff Kessinger and Scout Jarod Litton. Lois Vigor, director of the current YMCA Child Care Center of Galva, receives a $500 check from Teresa Hulick, service chairperson for the Lambda Nu Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi. The money will be used for startup costs for the Galva Kids First Child Care Center, which will replace the Y daycare in June. ...

Traditionally excluded from Duke’s predominantly white fraternities and sororities, it wasn’t until 11 years after being admitted on campus that Black students could find social outlets in the University’s Greek life scene. Now, 46 years later, Duke's NPHC is currently in a transition period.

Today, around 60 students are pledged with the eight chapters at the University. Several NPHC-affiliated organizations start membership intake later in the Spring semester.

Dru (Dixon) Hammond, 67, of Kennewick, passed away Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, with her husband of 45 years by her side.

Just off Fountain Mall sits a peaceful garden plot, complete with gorgeous landscaping and bold granite markers. The space is Baylor’s National Pan-Hellenic Garden, a place to recognize historically Black Greek-lettered groups on campus. The markers represent fraternities and sororities within the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), often referred to as the “Divine Nine.” The NPHC was founded in 1930 at Howard University during an era in which Greek organizations founded by African Americans were, sadly, often banned from being affiliated with Greek organizations founded by whites. Th...