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today’s news … Friday, December 30

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

Quote for today… “Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.” – Paul Valery

  • Firefighter claim: Truth or Fiction? – Middletown (PA) Press and Journal
  • “Family-friendly” New Year’s Eve celebrations in Lancaster County communities: Lancaster, Manheim, Elizabethtown, Akron, Marietta – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
  • FOLLOW UP: A month or so ago, Columbia news, views & reviews carried a movie review about “Margin Call.” Then the independent film was not playing locally; noticed in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era it is now showing at the Point of View Theatre in Millersville.
  • Image aware Florida sheriff declares “No ink!” – NBCMiami
  • Full transparency – the way it’s supposed to be. “York County DA’s son charged with DUI” – York Dispatch [NOTE: The DA knows what conflict of interest is; kudos to the DA.]
  • “David Hill of Columbia was awarded scholarships to Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
  • Kwanzaa candlelight ceremony promotes African heritage – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
  • Verizon wants to charge you to be a Customer – Denver Post
  • Some local and topical “letters to the editor” in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
  • More PR for THE – KidFriendlyDC
  • POLICE LOG: “EAST DRUMORE TWP.: David S. Gwinn, no age given, of Columbia, was arrested early Wednesday on Route 222 and Park Avenue. – MANOR TWP.: Cole Eshbach, 25, of Franklin Street, Columbia, has been charged as the result of a traffic stop Nov. 26 in the 2600 block of Columbia Avenue.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
  • If you’ve a hankering for pork and sauerkraut and do not want to do the cooking, you may want to check out these places serving it up this weekend – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
  • Penn State fans are not “bowling ” this year – Harrisburg Patriot-News
  • “Census Bureau Projects U.S. Population of 312.8 Million on New Year’s Day – As our nation prepares to ring in the new year, the U.S. Census Bureau today projected the Jan. 1, 2012, total United States population will be 312,780,968. This would represent an increase of 2,250,129, or 0.7 percent, from New Year’s Day 2011, and an increase of 4,035,430, or 1.3 percent, since Census Day (April 1, 2010). In January 2012, one birth is expected to occur every eight seconds and one death every 12 seconds. Meanwhile, net international migration is expected to add one person to the U.S. population every 46 seconds in January 2012. The combination of births, deaths and net international migration results in an increase in the total U.S. population of one person every 17 seconds.” – Press Release: US Census Bureau

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