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Quote for today… “Summer afternoon – Summer afternoon… the two most beautiful words in the English language.” – Henry James

• from LancasterOnline: “3 attacked in home-invasion robbery in Mountville“
• Tomorrow is the longest day of the year.
• from the Lancaster Sunday News: Deeds recorded – The estate of Samuel A. Ansel, the estate of Sylvia R. Ansel and Sara R. Froehlinger conveyed property on Locust Street to Hotel Columbia LLC for $300,000.
• from the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era: More “people focus” coming around Lancaster’s Central Market – “Not so long ago, Susquehanna River ice was winter crop for farmers“
• from the York Daily Record: California woman is Miss USA 
• Columbian’s letter to the editor in Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era: “I watched the New Hampshire Republican debates but saw no mention of Ron Paul’s shining moment. The report was just about Mitt Romney or Tim Pawlenty. Paul may be a long-shot candidate to some, but the conservative congressman from Texas received more than twice as many rounds of applause as his opponents at last Monday’s debate. ‘According to the Baltimore Sun,Paul was applauded 11 times while Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty were applauded five times each. Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain were applauded four times each. Rick Santorum brought up the rear by only being applauded three times during the two-hour CNN debate.'”Paul received one of the best reactions of any of the candidates after Romney said that if he were president, he would withdraw troops from Afghanistan only if his generals agreed that it was the right move.”‘I wouldn’t wait for my generals,’ Paul responded. ‘I’m the commander in chief. I make the decisions. I tell the generals what to do.'”Paul, said he would ‘bring them home as quickly as possible. And I would get them out of Iraq as well. And I wouldn’t start a war in Libya. I’d quit bombing Yemen. And I’d quit bombing Pakistan. I’d start taking care of people here at home because we could save hundreds of billions of dollars.'”I think his words and actions over the last 22 years in Congress show principles and leadership. He deserves more respect and more factual reporting vs. relying on the AP wire.” – Shawn Patrick House – Columbia