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today’s news … Friday, June 1

In Uncategorized on June 1, 2012 at 6:00 am

today’s news and information gleanings from here and there! 

Quote for today … ““For the first time in a decade, the amount of aid given by the world’s richest countries to the world’s poorest countries has fallen back. Promises are being broken. This is wrong.” – David Cameron, prime minister, United Kingdom

  • The Columbia Public Library calendar of activities for June; click on the calendar to enlarge it.
  • “Because that’s where the money is!” is what bank robber Willie Sutton, reputedly replied to a reporter’s inquiry as to why he robbed banks. He denied ever saying that, in a 1976 book he co-authored, Where the Money Was. – Wikipedia
  • LEGAL NOTICES published in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era, June 1, 2012 – Legal Notice Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Borough of Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania will consider for passage on Monday, June 11, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the Municipal Building, 308 Locust Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania an ordinance titled and summarized as: an Ordinance of the Borough of Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania amending the Code of the Borough of Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Section 82-9 and 126-36 of the Code of the Borough of Columbia to allow unlicensed cats which are neutered or spade [sic] to be released back to the place where captured; providing for the repeal of inconsistent ordinances; providing for the severability of the ordinance; and providing that the ordinance shall take effect as provided by Pennsylvania law. A complete copy of Read the rest of this entry »

Sunday … music … great times … Long’s Park

In Everyday Living, History and Heritage, Opportunities on June 1, 2012 at 5:25 am

Credit: Shervin Lainez

LANCASTER, PA – The 2012 season of the Long’s Park Summer Music Series will open Sunday, June 3, 2012, and continue every Sunday night through August 26. Opening the 2012 Season June 3 with a modern spin on classic soul will be a gritty blues powerhouse and her nine-piece band, Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds. “Our programming committee worked especially hard this year to find just the right group to open our 50th anniversary season,” explained Richard Low, who chairs the dedicated committee of volunteer, eclectic music lovers.

Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds embodies what the Long’s Park Summer Music Series is all about…talented musicians—both rising stars and legends of their genre—who instill innovation and energy into their sound. Our audiences have come to trust that we’ll bring them musicians they may not know now but will almost certainly hear about soon.”

After much speculation and interest the non-profit Long’s Park Amphitheater Foundation announced its 50th annual summer of free music at Long’s Park.

A special twist for this landmark season will be a special holiday concert Wednesday, July 4. The traditional Independence Day patriotic concert with music, cannons and fireworks will precede the holiday on Sunday, July 1, 2012.

All concerts will begin at 7:30 pm.

On June 10 Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra will return to Long’s Park after their much anticipated 2011 appearance was rained out. The 18-piece Latin band captured the 2008 Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album of the Year.

Southern-fried soul sensation Mia Borders and her band will appear June 17. The sultry singer-songwriter USA Today was declared “one of the hidden surprises” of the 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Her 2010 album, “Magnolia Blue,” earned her a nomination as Best Emerging Artist at the Big Easy Music Awards.

June 24 will feature the next generation of folk music on the Long’s Park stage: Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion. Folk legend Woody Guthrie’s granddaughter and her husband were saluted by Vintage Guitar Review for their knack of “navigating country, pop, folk and rock.” Music lovers may have heard them interviewed on NPR’s “Mountain Stage.”

On July 1 Long’s Park will kick off the Fourth of July holiday early with its traditional patriotic concert. Returning for their fifth year will be The 257th Army Band, Charlie Smithgall’s historic cannon brigade and a spectacular fireworks display. Helping underwrite the July 1 patriotic concert will be FOX43 and HACC Lancaster.

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Political pigs have got to go!

In Government, Opinions, Opportunities on June 1, 2012 at 4:58 am

Kudos to to this CREW – Citizens for Responsiblity and Ethics in Washington – report:

“Thanks to the ‘Prince of Pork,’ Kentucky-based Phoenix Products is living high on the hog.  An ongoing CREW investigation exposed how Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) steered an earmark to the company, owned by contributors to his campaign, to produce a part for the Army’s Black Hawk helicopter.  To date, the earmark is responsible for about $6.5 million worth of federal contracts.  What’s even worse than the blatant backscratching is that the Army is paying nearly eight times more for the part than it has to.”

Here’s the link to The New York Times report, Earmark puts $17,000 pans on Army craft.

Here is the link to Phoenix Products’ letter of response to The New York Times article.

It’s impossible to cut budgets when greedy, self-serving, unethical, corrupt elected “public servants” continue these practices.

VOTE THEM OUT!

HOLD ELECTED “PUBLIC SERVANTS” ACCOUNTABLE!

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