Get your reservations in!

The Rhode Island Press Association's annual banquet is drawing near! Be sure to get your reservations in as soon as possible to secure your seat at what promises to be one of the best nights of the year for journalism in our state.

Please note that this year's banquet, and subsequent deadline for reservations, is a week earlier than usual this year.

For more information, contact RIPA treasurer Nancy Kirsch.

See you on the 24th!

-Paul J. Spetrini

Rhode Island Press Association President

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R.I. Press Association Awards Banquet

Friday, April 24, 2015, at The Quonset "O" Club

Cocktails and Appetizers, 6-7 p.m. Dinner, 7 p.m.

Cost: $35 a person (cash bar) Note new price.

2015 Hall of Fame Inductees are the late Peter Lord, award-winning environmental reporter for The Providence Journal, and Laurence J. Sasso Jr., retired owner of Your Smithfield Magazine, and former managing editor of Observer Publications, Inc.

Dinner Entrée Choices

* Chicken with Lemon Sauce, Garlic Redskin Mashed Potatoes & Sauteed Asparagus

* Grilled salmon with Sauteed Spinach, Garlic Redskin Mashed Potatoes

* Pasta Primavera Farfalle with Mixed Garden Vegetables

Name of Publication:____________________________________

Number of Tickets:__________________

Names of People Attending and Their Entrée Choices:

Contact Name & Number & Email: Please mail registration information and payment (checks only, please do NOT send cash in the mail) no later than Friday, April 17 to:

Nancy Kirsch, RIPA Treasurer 106 Freeman Parkway

Providence, RI 02906