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Quote for today… “I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday.” – W.C. Fields

• “A woman answering the phone repeatedly hung up on a reporter calling for comment.” This statement is included with the York Dispatch article about inspections of food serving establishments in York County. Here is a listing of inspections for Lancaster County from the Lancaster Sunday News and (uh-oh) the link to the “fuller database of inspections” that appeared at the LancasterOnline Website has gone astray! All facilities in Lancaster and York counties, except those in Columbia, are listed at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Website.
• Columbian Laura Roberts‘ letter to the editor – Lancaster Sunday News

• New political group Occupy Harrisburg to hold first meeting, seek government transparency at capital – Harrisburg Patriot-News
• Police issue citations to Penn State “Thon” students (Another demonstration of “no good deed goes unpunished”)- Harrisburg Patriot-News 

JOHN C. WHITEHEAD, The Patriot-News – Left to right, Alyssa Wong, 20, Sophia Chang, 20, and Lisa Gan 20 collect money along Jonestown Road in Lower Paxton Twp. for the 2011 Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011.