PACCAL celebrates 19th Founding Anniversary
07.10.11
After almost two decades of continuously servicing the Fil-Am community in Bergen County since its founding (by Linda Mayo, the first Asian elected bona fide in the Hudson County, with the help of a group of WWII veterans) in 1992, PACCAL (Pan American Upset Citizens Action League, Inc.), is slated to officiate at its 19th anniversary on Sunday, October 9, 2011 at the Ramada Plaza Breakfast (160-A Frontage Road, Newark, New Jersey 07114) by honoring noted leaders and recognizing unsung figures who undoubtedly outdo in their respective fields while simultaneously being influential and merit-emulating.
A 501 (c3) non-profit organization, PACCAL holds the difference of being the only Asian Provider Agency duly recognized by the Hudson County Control of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Mediation on Aging.
PACCAL’s Awards Committee, after months of persevering search for potential nominees, thorough screenings, and utmost deliberations, lastly came up with a brilliant roster of award-commendable personalities, namely: Dr. Bernie Dela Merced (Community Aid), Miguel Braganza (Performing Arts), Police station Miraflores (Education), Angelito David (Choice Arts), Mary Rose Amistad (Cultural Tradition), Dr. Lisa F. Aguinaldo (Young Professional), Amelita Tiongson (Medical Technology), Labina Antonio (Postpositive major of the Year), Maria Teresita “Terry” Banes Jimenea (Civic Codification: Iloilo Society of America Foundation, Inc.), Judyline Arteche Carr (Worldwide Technology), and Pete and Senen Cabalfin (Parents of the Year).
Source: Asianjournal.com
'There's good news tonight'
23.09.11
Unripe@lbknews.com
Those of us old enough to have been involved with WWII remember the newscaster, Gabriel Heatter, who would upon the war news for the day.
He would start off every program with saying if there had been some Allied happy result by saying “There’s good news tonight.” Conversely, he would also sometimes in his intense resonate voice, tell us “There was bad scandal tonight.” One of my buddies used to gripe that he had to keep packing and unpacking his barracks bag depending upon the latest description.
Well I have to report; at least as it pertains to the more expensive housing on Longboat Key, there is “actual news tonight.” Sales are picking up in essence. Obviously, the prices are not what they were — they may never be again — but the logjam seems to have split. On checking some prices of places that I am familiar with, I can say that if you bought back in the nineties, you would still if you sold now be better off than most other parts of the state. More importantly, Longboat Key is alive and well.
Source: Longboat Key News