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Six decades and counting Even after 60 years, the Police Athletic League is still breaking records. This year, the annual PAL Award Dinner, held at the Sheraton City Center Hotel on May 22, drew a record 1,250 guests, up from 1,100 last year. The event honored Charming Shoppes president, chief executive officer and board chairman Dorrit Bern; Comcast executive vice president of operations Dave Watson; and UPS vice president of corporate operations Steve Forgue, and raised about $965,000, up from about $800,000 last year. The silent and live auction together set a new high of $79,000, which included $2,600 for tickets to Fashion Week in New York to meet designer Tory Burch (and later tour her studio) and $1,700 for tickets to a Penn State football game that includes time on the field with the Blue Band, seats in the press box, and access to Joe Paterno's news conference. PAL has a total enrollment of 26,000 youngsters at 27 centers throughout the city.