AWARDS [Central Penn Business Journal (PA)]

Honors, designations and recognitions

Construction

Cayman Islands-based Raffles Insurance Ltd. gave Keystruct Construction Inc. a Silver Safety award and a Fleet Safety Award for the 2009-10 policy year. The Fleet Safety Award recognizes driving between 200,000 and 1 million miles with no accidents.

Designations

The American College of Radiology gave Miller and DiPietro Associates, which provides imaging services at Memorial Hospital, accreditation in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.

The Pennsylvania Department of State named Grant A. Anderson a professional engineer. He is a surveyor- in-training with Gordon L. Brown & Associates Inc. and has a BS in civil engineering from Penn State University.

Law

Chicago-based National Association of Bar Executives gave Harrisburg- based Pennsylvania Bar Association's magazine, The Pennsylvania Lawyer, a Fastcase Luminary Award for communications excellence in a regular publication. The Pennsylvania Lawyer is designed to supply information about the practicing of law, explore law-related trends and provide a forum for opinions and debates on professional and public issues that affect lawyers.

U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers named the following midstate companies to its list of Best Law Firms: Angino & Rovner, plaintiffs medical malpractice law and personal injury litigation, claimant workers' compensation law; Atlee Hall & Brookhart, plaintiff medical malpractice law and personal injury litigation; Barley Snyder, commercial litigation, corporate law and real estate law; eminent domain and condemnation litigation; Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, commercial and environmental litigation, communications, energy, environmental, health care and water law, government relations; Bybel Rutledge LLP, banking and finance, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and securities and capital markets law, securities regulation; Caldwell & Kearns PC, real estate law; Carpenter & Carpenter, elder and trusts and estates law; Cognetti & Associates, family law; Costopoulos Foster & Fields, non-white-collar criminal defense, white-collar governmental investigations and litigation criminal defense; Cunningham & Chernicoff PC, bankruptcy and creditor/ debtor rights, and insolvency and reorganization law; Daley Zucker Meilton Miner & Gingrich LL C, family law mediation; Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LL C, gaming and health care law; Goldberg Katzman PC, non-white-collar criminal defense, white-collar governmental investigations and litigation criminal defense; Goodall & Yurchak PC, elder, and trusts and estates law; Hazen Elder Law, elder law; Henry & Beaver LL P, plaintiff personal injury litigation; Hoffmeyer & Semmelman LL P, real estate law; Howett, Kissinger & Holst, family law; Ira H. Weinstock, claimant workers' compensation law; Johnson Duffie Stewart & Weidner, defendant personal injury litigation; K&L Gates LLP, construction, energy, environmental and water law; Keefer Wood Allen & Rahal LL P, trusts and estates litigation and law, tax law; Kegel Kelin Almy & Grimm LL P, environmental law and litigation; Kelly Parker & Cohen LL P, insurance law; Knupp Law Offices LL C, bankruptcy and creditor/debtor rights, insolvency and reorganization law; Latsha Davis Yohe & McKenna PC, health care law; Marshall, Parker & Associates LL C, elder law; Mc- Nees Wallace & Nurick LL C, appellate practice, banking and finance, corporate, corporate governance, education, employee benefits, management employment, energy, environmental, family, franchise, health care, international trade and finance, management labor, land use and zoning, real estate, securities and capital markets, tax, technology, transportation, trusts and estates, construction and insurance law, commercial, construction, eminent domain and condemnation, environmental, and mergers and acquisitions law, and tax litigation; Mette, Evans & Woodside, trusts and estates law; Morgan Lewis & Brokius LL P, environmental litigation; Navitsky Olson & Wisneski LLP, plaintiff personal injury litigation; Pecht & Associates PC, corporate, and trusts and estates law; Peters & Wasilefski, commercial litigation; Post & Schell PC, energy and management employment law, commercial litigation; Purcell Krug & Haller, bankruptcy and creditor/ debtor rights, and insolvency and reorganization law; Rhoads & Sinon LLP, banking and finance, employee benefits, nonprofit and charities, trusts and estates, and corporate law; RodaNast PC, commercial and plaintiff personal injury litigation, insurance law; Saidis Sullivan & Rogers, banking and finance law; Saul Ewing LL P, environmental law and litigation, insurance law; SchmidtKramer, plaintiff medical malpractice law and personal injury litigation, claimant workers' compensation law; Spilman Thomas & Battle PLL C, energy law; Stevens & Lee PC , land use and zoning, and trusts and estates law; The Elder Law Firm of Robert Clofine, elder law; Thomas Long Niesen & Kennard, energy law; Thomas Thomas & Hafer LL P, defendant medical malpractice law and personal injury litigation, employer workers' compensation law; Tucker Arensberg PC, commercial, construction, white-collar criminal defense and governmental investigations, and plaintiff personal injury litigation, construction, and trusts and estates law; William J. Fulton, non-whitecollar criminal defense; Willig, Williams & Davidson, individual employment law; and Wix Wenger & Weidner PC, real estate law and plaintiff personal injury litigation.

Marketing

The Pennsylvania Public Relations Society gave retired U.S. Army Reserve Col. John P. Maietta its Ernest M. McDowell Award for excellence in the field of communications. He had a civilian public relations career, as well as 38 years as a public affairs officer with the Army Reserve and Army National Guard, including as press secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. He has a bachelor's degree in English from Bucknell University.

Nonprofits

York-based Bell Socialization Services presented TJ Maxx of Hanover the agency's Employer of the Year award for providing opportunity for clients "to live and work in the community with dignity and independence." The store was nominated by Mallory Ford, supportedemployment job coach with Bell's mental health vocational rehabilitation program.

The Center for Independent Living of Central PA gave its Living Well with a Disability Business Award to Cumberland County-based Gannett Fleming Inc., which encourages its employees to give back to the community, and to two individuals from information technology services who have donated computers, participated in yearly events for people with disabilities, and offered time and financial support to make an Internet café a reality for people with disabilities. Aaron's Acres of Lancaster County received the Nonprofit Award. The agency provides therapeutic programs for children with disabilities, and programs for parents and siblings that help build self-confidence, strong moral character and a feeling of acceptance. The Volunteer Award was given to Edward Dick of Perry County, who has helped his brother and many other people with disabilities live fuller lives by coordinating events to help families pay hospital bills and finding someone to make meals for those in need. Nicole Moore of Cumberland County, who was born with spinal muscular atrophy, received the Youth Individual Award. She is a student at Mechanicsburg Area High School who constantly strives for new opportunities. She is involved with the marching and symphonic bands and the Concert Chorale, and participates in stage and paint crews for school musicals, all while keeping her GPA in the top quarter of the graduating class. Tamera Tankersley of Dauphin County received the Adult Individual Award. Diagnosed with Gullien Barre syndrome, she was told by doctors that she would never walk again. But three months later, she walked into the doctor's office. Later, she completed a walk-a-thon on foot although many thought she wouldn't be able to finish without her wheelchair. She also takes care of her mother, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. She has proved she can do anything she puts her mind to and helps others do the same.

Retail

Alexandria, Va.-based Textile Rental Services Association of America gave Patrick J. Dempsey its Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his 50-year career as a company owner in the textile services business. He is owner and chairman of Lackawanna County-based Dempsey Uniform & Linen Supply Inc.

Other

Atlanta-based Kids II Inc., which produces Bright Starts toddler and infant products, named Diana Klunk of Hanover one of its 2011 Pink Power Moms for being a role model in the fight against breast cancer. Klunk founded and operates Life Changes Boutique Inc., a shop for women living with cancer, and she helps bring free wigs and makeup to women in cancer treatment.

<p>FedEx named Dallastown's Custom Display Cases a winner in its Small Business of the Week competition. The company manufactures and sells highquality acrylic display cases. 26 cpbjnow.com ... Central Penn Business Journal ... 717-236-4300 December 9, 2011

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