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Alpha Lambda Boule Celebrates Christmas
The Archousai and Sweethearts of Alpha Lambda Boule
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of Sigma Pi
Phi Fraterni
ty, the Archons of Alpha
Lambda Boule held its An
nual Christmas Celebration
on December 2, 2016, in
the Harborview Room of
the Hilton Savannah Desoto
Hotel. The event was dedi
cated to the wives (called
Archousa) of the Archons
and the sweethearts of the
single Archons. It was a
spectacular event replete
with gifts and a serenade
of traditional Christmas fa
vorites performed by the
Archons.
The highlight of
the evening was the pre
sentation to the group of
Archon Garrett Douglas
White, MD, and Archousa
Lisa Michelle Hester-White.
Dr. White, a Nephrologist
with SouthCoast Health in
Savannah, was inducted into
the Fraternity just moments
before the beginning of the
spectacular Christmas event.
Prior to moving to the Sa
vannah area, Dr. White prac
ticed in Columbus, Ohio and
Charlotte, North Carolina.
He earned his bachelors and
medical degrees at the Uni
versity of Kansas. Dr. White
is a member of the Ameri
can Society of Nephrology
and the American Society of
Hypertension. Archon and
Archousa White are the par
ents of three sons and one
daughter. They are members
of Overcoming by Faith
Ministries in Savannah.
In addition to the
presentation of Archon and
Archousa White, the Christ
mas Celebration this year
was especially delightful
since it was the first Boule
Christmas for Archon Ran
dy Gunter and Archousa
Anne Harris-Gunter as well
as Archon Bobby Wayne
Jones and Archousa Corine
Ackerson-Jones. Archons
Jones and Gunter were in
ducted into the Fraternity on
April 15,2016.
Archon Gunter is
a retired university adminis
trator who worked at Clark
Atlanta University and Sa
vannah State University as
the Vice President of Stu
dent Affairs and at Georgia
Southern University as Dean
of Students. He is a Dea
con of First African Baptist
Church in Statesboro and
an active member of several
social and civic organiza
tions, including The Frogs
Club, the Bulloch County
Branch of the NAACP, the
King-Tisdale Cottage Foun
dation, the Lucy C, Laney
Alumni Association and
the National Association of
Black Social Workers. He
earned an undergraduate de
gree from Central College,
a Masters of Social Work
from the University of Geor
gia and the Ph. D. in Social
Work from Clark Atlanta
University.
Archon Jones is
the Lead Physician for the
Department of Veterans Af
fairs in Savannah. Dr. Jones
previously served as Com
mand Surgeon for the US
Army installations at Rock
Island, Illinois and For
rest Park, Georgia. He is a
member of Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity, Inc., an associate
minister at Tremont Temple
Missionary Baptist Church,
Continued on page 3
Coastal Jazz Presents
The 41st Annual
Christmas Concert
The
Coastal Jazz
Association
presents the
41 st Annu
al Christmas
Jam Concert
on Sunday,
December
25th from 5-8
p.m. at the
Mansion on
Forsyth Park.
This fun hol
iday event is
a homecom
ing concert
that brings
many local
and regional jazz singers and musicians to the same place
- Savannah. Featured artists include Teddy Adams, Howard
Paul, Quentin Baxter, Gina Rene, Eric Jones and many oth
er artists.
The goal of the event is to raise money for jazz
scholarships. Two scholarships are given every year to local
college music majors who are part of jazz programs.
Tickets are $30 and will be available at the door
or $25 in advance online, or from Portman’s Music Su
perstore, Rody’s Audio Warehouse, TailsSpin (Habersham
Village), The Magic Puppet (@ Savannah Mall), and CJA
Board members. The public is invited to attend.
This is the 41st Christmas concert and the Coastal
Jazz Association has been involved for the last 20 of those
years. Proceeds from the event are awarded in the form of
financial scholarships to deserving students who are in
volved in Jazz programs at Armstrong and Georgia South
ern Universities. Subsequently, the awarded students are
featured with the Savannah Jazz Orchestra at the Annual
Duke Ellington Concert held in April.
As is tradition, the concert and jam session will
be divided into two parts: the concert -which will feature a
select group of musicians playing special compositions, and
the jam session -which will be open to invited artists. We
are expecting a record number of guest musicians with the
key emphasis on the future purveyors of Jazz: our youth.
Come early, get a good seat and prepare to be en
tertained, charmed, and astounded.
The ‘Dean of Southern Cuisine’
Chef Joe Randall Hosts Pop-Up
Dinner to Celebrate End of an Era
After more than 16
years, join Randall and his
esteemed culinary friends to
celebrate the closing of his
school.
On January 7,
2017, at the Hyatt Regency
Savannah, Chef Joe Ran
dall, owner of Chef Joe Ran-
dalEs Cooking School, will
celebrate the end of an era
and the Savannah communi
ty is invited. On December
23, Randall will host his last
cooking class, following
more than 16 years of ful
filling the appetite of locals
and tourists from around
the world.Chef Joe Randall,
deemed the “Dean of South
ern Cuisine” by Cuisine
Noir Magazine, is a 53 year
veteran of the hospitality
and food service industry.
The depth and range of his
experience and his dedica
tion to professional excel
lence, has earned him the
respect of professional chefs
as well as restaurant manag
ers/owners and beyond.
Alderman John Hall Appointed To
National League of Cities Public
Safety Committee
City of Savannah Alderman
John Hall has been appointed to the Na
tional League of Cities (NLC) 2017 Pub
lic Safety and Crime Prevention (PSCP)
federal advocacy committee. This com
mittee has the lead responsibility for de
veloping NLC’s federal policy positions
on issues involving crime prevention,
corrections, substance abuse, municipal
fire policy, juvenile justice, disaster pre
paredness and relief, homeland security,
domestic terrorism, court systems and
gun control. The appointment was an
nounced by NLC President Matt Zone,
councilmember, Cleveland.
“I consider this appointment an
honor to serve collaboratively with other
elected officials from around the country
to make Savannah and Chatham County
safer place to live,” said Alderman Hall.
As a member of the committee,
Alderman Hall will play a key role in shaping NLC’s policy positions and advocate on
behalf of America’s cities and towns before Congress, with the new administration and at
home.
The leadership of this year’s committee will consist of Chair Joel Price, mayor,
Thousand Oaks, California, and Vice Chairs Cleophus King, council president, Bessemer,
Alabama, and Krisin Szakos, councilmember, Charlottesville, Virginia.
For more information on NLC’s other committees and councils, visit http://www.
nlc.org/influence-federal-policy/policy-committees.
Chef Joe Randall
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