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The Area Agency on Aging for Luzerne-Wyoming counties and the Ethics Institute of Northeastern Pennsylvania at Misericordia University recently hosted the Luzerne-Wyoming Counties Elder Abuse Task Force meeting and reception in the Banks Student Life Center. State Rep. Phyllis Mundy, D-Kingston, was presented the Outstanding Legislator of the Year Award for commitment to senior citizens. Mundy and state Rep. Karen Boback, R-Harveys Lake, secured a $5,000 state grant to help fund the 33-member task force. For more information, visit www.misericordia.edu/ethics or call 674-6201, or e-mail ethics@misericordia.edu. From left, first row: Kate Polachak, Northeast District, Department of Health; Mary Beth Farrell, Area Agency on Aging; Linda Bottger, Area Agency on Aging; Janet MacKay, Victims Resource Center. Second row: Capt. Daniel Hunsinger, Kingston Police Department; Dr. Charles Zola, Ethics Institute at Misericordia University; Chief Keith Keiper, Kingston Police Department; Carol Sweeny of Boback’s office; Mundy; Crystal Lowe, Pennsylvania Association of Area Agencies on Aging; Carlie Wetzel, Luzerne County Office of Human Services; Lieutenant Larry Fabian, Luzerne County District Attorney’s Office; and Robyn Edwards, Luzerne Bank.

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