On Aug. 22 the place to be for the junior golfer was Oakmont Country Club. The West Penn Minority Junior Golf Association celebrated 15 years and their Seventh Annual Black Tie Gala.

In 1995 Robert “Rock” Robinson along with his childhood friend Raiford Beasley, founded ­WPMJGA. It was the brainchild of Rock after he participated in a National Minority Junior Golf Association tournament in Phoenix, Ariz.

READY FOR THEIR CLOSE UP—Stormy Brice, Caitlin Webster, Nina Hector, Sable Goodwin, Zamar Ushery, Jack Webster, Jacquez Ushery and Matthew Goodnight.

Robinson and Beasley began to establish a program that would teach young people in the Pittsburgh community the game of golf while at the same time gaining access to local golf courses.

Health workshop

SEPT. 8—The Mercy Parish Nurse and Health Ministry Program will host “America’s Child Obesity Epidemic: Parish Nurses Can Make a Difference” from 5:30-8 p.m. at UPMC Mercy Hospital, 1400 Locust St., Uptown. The workshop will be presented by Registered Nurse and Dietician Julianne Hagen and there will also be a session held Sept. 11 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. For more information, call 412-232-7997 or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Sean McCaskill recently became the first person from Pittsburgh to hold the position of Eastern Region vice president of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

He joined the fraternity April 7, 1990. There were eight who went over with him. After he graduated from Indian University of Pennsylvania, it took him some time to get involved with the alumni chapter again. He is a graduate of Brashear High School and went to IUP for criminology in which he received his bachelor’s degree. He also went back to earn his master’s degree in sociology.

NEW VP—Sean McCaskill gives a speech after his election.

“One of the things we stand for is scholarship and leadership and I started seeing the leadership opportunities within the fraternity. The biggest thing about our fraternity is that we have social partners that we work with along with corporate organizations. March for Babies is an organization that raised almost $300,000 for them. We have a thing called “Project Alpha” where we work with inner male,” McCaskill said.

Is this even a possibility that the words happy and work can be in the same sentence? Nancy Stampahar of Silver Linings Solutions says yes it can happen. Stampahar is an author, consultant, speaker and trainer. Her business provides professional development training and keynote speaking services: www.silver­lining­solu­tions.com.”

Being happy at work takes a little work (there is that word again) on your behalf. Stampahar says you can choose to be happy or miserable. To make your life and work happier, you first need to make yourself happy. To make yourself happy, you need courage, assertiveness and passion. You can find the happiness that has been suppressed.