Reps. Sandra Major (R-Susquehanna/Wayne/Wyoming) and Karen Boback (R-Columbia/Luzerne/Wyoming) welcomed the Tunkhannock Area High School Boys’ Cross Country Team to the state Capitol to be recognized in the chamber of the House of Representatives for winning the 2013 PIAA State Class AA Boys’ Team Cross Country Championship. Pictured in front of the Christmas tree in the historic Capitol Rotunda (from left to right, back row) are Coach Randy White, John Loomis, Ben Siegel, Carson Ayers, Jacob Toczko and Alan Grow; and (left to right, front row) Major, Coach Doug Wilson, Joey Moffett, Justin Stonier, Jack Tidball and Boback.

On Nov. 1, Gov. Tom Corbett signed Senate Bill 358 into law. The bill, authored by Sen. Bob Mensch (R - Bucks/ Lehigh/ Montgomery/ Northampton), requires U.S. Food and Drug Administration facilities to notify women of their breast density, which can impact the effectiveness of traditional mammograms. Identical legislation was introduced in the Pennsylvania House by Rep. Karen Boback (R-Columbia/Luzerne/Wyoming). Pictured are (from left): Boback, Corbett and Mensch.