Next page: More than 400 Kappas and guests filled Jacksonville City Council Chambers to witness the 9 th Annual Public Meeting. The 10 scholars got a bird's- eye view of the action from the 19-member City Council Chambers dais. They were able to view the honorees' videos on the monitors in front of them and watch the live presentations before being honored themselves with an individualized video introduction and $3,000 each.
Above: Grand Polemarch Thomas L. Battles, Jr. presented the Jacksonville (FL) Alumni Chapter's Man of the Year award to Charles H. Malpress, second from right. Jacksonville Alumni Polemarch Mark Chapman III, second from left, and Province Polemarch Bertram K. Orum also congratulated Brother Malpress. Brother Malpress, who has served as the Southern Province Representative to the National Chapter Advisor's Training Cluster, had been the advisor to both the Delta Psi (Edward Waters College) and Omicron Delta (Jacksonville University) chapters for more than a decade in Jacksonville.
also awarded $30,000 in scholarships to high school seniors in collaboration with the William & Betty Cody Foundation, the Curtis W. Paris, Jr. Memorial Fund and other endowments, bringing the to- tal awarded to more than $550,000 over the last 20 years. Grand Polemarch Thomas L. Battles, Jr. brought remarks and Southern Province Polemarch Bertram K. Orum presented a donation to the local branch of the NAACP. A welcome reception followed thereafter. On Friday, April 21 st the First Busi- ness Session was called to order by Southern Province Polemarch Bertram K. Orum. Special guests included 30 th Grand Polemarch Samuel C. Hamilton, 32 nd Grand Polemarch William “Randy” Bates, Jr., Esq., Grand Polemarch Thomas L. Battles, Jr., Southeastern The First Business Session
Province Polemarch E. Delane Rose- mond, Esq., North Central Province Polemarch Korlon Kilpatrick II and Chief of Staff to the Grand Polemarch Myron L. Hardiman. After roll call the Adoption of Rules and Code of Ethics for the 67 th Southern Province Council were properly moved, seconded and approved. General Counsel and 77 th Elder Watson Diggs Awardee Cleophus Thomas, Jr. Esq. presented on the topic of Risk Management focusing on impor- tance of officer responsibility, knowledge of standards and university rules, risk of property ownership, and the nuances of risk management principles with individual and group responsibility. He emphasized the necessary stewardship of Kappa Alpha Psi ® at all levels of the fraternity. Thereafter, Grand Polemarch Battles declared, “Protect the brand you inher- ited.”
The day of activities continued with the official photograph, health screenings and committee meetings. Student of the Year Competition Held at the Beach This year’s family outing was held at a wooded preserve that abuts a beach and the Atlantic Ocean called Hanna Park in Atlantic Beach, Florida. The chap- ter coordinated a full-service barbecue experience under the theme: Kappa Kar- nival Kookout. Hundreds of Kappas and guests enjoyed the fellowship amidst the hip-swaying sounds of soca and calypso from the Atlantic Ocean, to the cabanas on the beach to the main pavilion in the preserve. With the Southern Province leadership’s blessing, the Student of the Year Competition was held at the out- ing. All patrons and their families were transported to the event and later trans- ported back to the hotel. This too, was a standing-room only event. The evening
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