Day: June 9, 2014

Philadelphia Press Association 69th Banquet

Philadelphia Press Association 69th Banquet

Congratulations to Philadelphia Press Association winners Margie Royal, Peg DeGrassa, Anne Neborak and David Bjorkgren from the Delco News Network. With them (center) is Association President Pat Delsi.

Yesterday, June 8, was the Association’s 69th Annual Award banquet which was held at Anthony’s Creative Italian Cuisine in Haddon Heights, N.J.

The food was delicious and far surpassed typical banquet fair. Kudos to Press Association treasurer Renee Winkler for her choice of beer and wine.

Margie won honorable mention for Newspaper Writing Weekly Division; Peg won third place Newspaper Writing Weekly Division, and second and third place for Business Coverage Combined; Anne won first and second place for Sports Photography, first place for Feature Photography, third place for Breaking News Photography, and second place for Newspaper Writing Weekly; and David won first and second place for Column Writing Weekly, and first place for Editorial Writing.

The complete list of winners can be found at the Philadelphia Press Association website.

Philadelphia Press Association 69th Banquet

 

 

 

Bill Addresses Elder Abuse

The Pennsylvania House, June 3, passed legislation to help protect senior citizens from being taken advantage of by a power of attorney, said State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129)

The vote was 197-1 with State Rep. Carl Metzgar (R-69) being the dissenter.

House Bill 2007 aims to address situations where a power of attorney fails to comply with the agent’s directives listed throughout the document, said Cox. The legislation would require the official notice that failure to comply could result in criminal charges, eliminating a legal loophole of ignorance.

The legislation also would allow Area Agencies on Aging the ability to seek access to confidential records of a senior through a court order, if they believe that a crime is being committed and the senior lacks the capacity to give consent.

The legislation is now before the Senate.

Bill Addresses Elder Abuse

Bill Addresses Elder Abuse