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Quote for today… “History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

• The Washington Post‘s interview with Joe Paterno
• Sunday News (Lancaster) columnist and assistant sports editor, Mike Gross’s column, “Make peace with Joe“, is on target and just right about those slimy folks at the top – the Penn State trustees. No guts, no character, no ethics, no “step up and take the hits” demeanor. These are “throw-people-under-the-bus rats!” These rats threw Joe Paterno under the bus! These rats stained this university program. [NOTE: Mike Gross did not say these words, we did!]
• York “Locals react to Joe Paterno’s first interview since his firing” – York Sunday News
• Harrisburg Patriot-News, too, condemns the board of trustees in this editorial: “No place to hide – PSU must make changes at the top.“
• Confused about the just-begun five day operation at the Market House? Here’s what is stated at the borough Website: “BE SURE TO VISIT OUR MARKET HOUSE OPEN EVERY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY! Now open 5 days a week from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm for breakfast and luch [sic] at several vendors. Enter from 3rd Street doors.”  The Market House Website lists only the Thursday and Friday operating hours: “Thursday   9am – 7pm; Friday          9am – 6pm.” Yet, one of the stand holders has this posted at the Market House’s facebook page: “We will continue with 5 days and the hours will be M-W 9 AM-2 PM and Thursday and Friday 9 AM – 6PM at the Columbia Market House.” Still confused?
• Recent restaurant and food serving establishments: Five restaurants fail inspections in York County – York Dispatch; O-o-o-h, who’s in charge at the Black Knight in Landisville? See the week’s county restaurant inspections in  Lancaster County – Sunday News. A complete listing of all facilities in Lancaster, York counties and the entire state, except those in Columbia, are listed at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Website.
• Pitts wants the Keystone Pipeline – Lancaster Sunday News [NOTE: Industries contributing to Pitts’ purse. – OpenSecrets.org]
  
• What’s a DUI going to cost you? You do want to know. – York Sunday News
  
• Americans Clueless Paying Wall Street $20 Billion for Bad Swaps – Many cities used complicated swaps to finance projects like stadiums and sewers, but now taxpayers are on the hook for billions in fees to Wall Street because city managers didn’t understand what they were buying. Read more at Businessweek.
• Ethanol subsidy expired: “It won’t be missed by food, petroleum and consumer groups that had increasingly condemned it as fiscally wasteful. Local farmers contacted for this story also say they’re glad to see it go.” – Lancaster Sunday News
• Columbia letter writer supports Sunday hunting – Lancaster Sunday News
• On craigslist – “Columbia Competition Dance Team”
• “Wounded veterans: Stories of four men whose courage extends beyond the battlefield” – Harrisburg Patriot-News