Bill Text: PA HR390 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Honoring the life and service of Action News Sports Director Gary Papa and expressing sincere condolences upon his death.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2009-07-06 - Adopted [HR390 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HR390-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2330
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 390 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY YOUNGBLOOD, ADOLPH, CRUZ, BARRAR, BEAR, BEYER, BISHOP, BRENNAN, BROOKS, BROWN, CLYMER, COHEN, D. COSTA, DALLY, DENLINGER, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, J. EVANS, FLECK, FRANKEL, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GRUCELA, HARHART, HELM, HENNESSEY, HOUGHTON, JOHNSON, JOSEPHS, W. KELLER, KILLION, KIRKLAND, KORTZ, MAHONEY, MANDERINO, MANN, McGEEHAN, MELIO, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MOUL, MYERS, D. O'BRIEN, M. O'BRIEN, OLIVER, PARKER, PAYTON, PERZEL, PHILLIPS, QUINN, REICHLEY, ROEBUCK, ROSS, SABATINA, SAINATO, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SHAPIRO, SIPTROTH, STABACK, J. TAYLOR, THOMAS, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WATERS, WATSON, WHEATLEY, FARRY, WILLIAMS AND CALTAGIRONE, JUNE 30, 2009
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, JUNE 30, 2009
A RESOLUTION
Honoring the life and service of Action News Sports Director
Gary Papa and expressing sincere condolences upon his death.
WHEREAS, Gary Papa was born in Buffalo, New York, and began
his broadcasting career as a morning news anchor while a student
at Cornell University; and
WHEREAS, Gary Papa received his undergraduate degree in
history and political science at Cornell University, and later
obtained his law degree from the University of Buffalo Law
School; and
WHEREAS, Gary Papa started his sportscasting career in 1976
in Buffalo and Steubenville, Ohio, before joining the Action
News team in Philadelphia in 1981; and
WHEREAS, Gary Papa spent the first nine years of his Action
News career as the weekend sports anchor, often spending three
days a week reporting from the field covering the Phillies,
Flyers, Sixers and Eagles; and
WHEREAS, Beginning in 1983, Gary Papa hosted the long-running
weekend show, Prime Time; and
WHEREAS, In 1990, Gary Papa was named Action News Sports
Director, which was a position he held until his untimely death;
and
WHEREAS, Gary Papa announced on air in 2004 that he had been
fighting prostate cancer for a year; and
WHEREAS, Even as cancer visibly took its toll on Gary Papa,
he continued to deliver sports news to Philadelphians as often
as he could, while serving as cochairman of the annual Run 4
Your Life Father's Day benefit on the Parkway for the Foundation
for Breast and Prostate Cancer; and
WHEREAS, Gary Papa passed away on June 19, 2009, at 54 years
of age after a five-year battle with prostate cancer, leaving
behind his wife Kathleen, two sons, Tucker and Nathaniel, his
parents and a brother; and
WHEREAS, Gary Papa's zeal for sharing sports news with the
residents of the City of Brotherly Love merits the appreciation
and gratitude of the House of Representatives; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the life of
Gary Papa and express condolences upon his death on June 19,
2009; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
Ms. Kathleen Papa.
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