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today’s news … Thursday, January 19, 2012

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

Quote for today… ““If we don’t do that, we could be going into a situation of war—war for food, war for space.” – Nteranya Sanginga, director-general designate of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, on the need for  agricultural research in Central Africa

  • Political drama continues in West York: “Police have cited a West York councilwoman with summary harassment for allegedly poking the borough’s fire chief in the chest with her finger during a heated exchange after a council meeting.” – York Dispatch
  • “The Internet community’s rally cry against anti-piracy legislation is triggering its intended effect, though the final outcome remains far from settled.Lawmakers on Capitol Hill were flooded with calls Wednesday morning in response to an online blackout … ” – USAToday [Read the editorial from today’s Intelligencer Journal here.]
  • “What happens if the Internet goes down” – Huffington Post
  • POLICE LOG: “MOUNTVILLE: Edward E. Schoff, 45, of Lancaster, was charged Monday after he allegedly threw rocks at a vehicle Jan. 9 in the 100 block of College Avenue, causing damage in excess of $650. The victim reportedly was lost and Schoff threw the rocks after the victim made a U-turn on Schoff’s property. – Dennis E. Ishman, 24, of Columbia, Shawnna E. Greer, 29, of Conestoga, and Clifford J. Barton Jr., 38, of Mountville face several charges including criminal mischief, conspiracy and theft from vehicle. They were charged Monday with breaking into several recreational vehicles, starting on Dec. 12, along Columbia Avenue.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
  • “Kodabow, West Chester, Pa., has been assigned a patent (8,091,540) developed by four co-inventors for a crossbow. The co-inventors are Charles S. Matasic, West Chester, Pa., Baron E. Abel, Wrightsville, Pa., Sujan V. Patel, Elizabethtown, Pa., and Curvin L. Wolfgang Jr., East Prospect, Pa.” Click here to read the entire article.
  • Published in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era, January 19, 2012. “LEGALNOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Columbia Borough Civil Service Commission meeting has been rescheduled from February 14, 2012 to February 6, 2012 which will be the reorganizational meeting. This meeting will be held in the Columbia Borough Municipal Building, 308 Locust Street, Columbia, PA. If you are a person with a disability wishing to attend this meeting and require an accommodation to participate, please contact the Columbia Borough Office at 684-2467. Norman B. Meiskey III Borough Manager” [NOTE: Here is a link to references about the duties of the Civil Service Commission – Columbia Borough Code – Another municipality’s description of the Civil Service Commission’s role.
  • “From brushing teeth to changing the sheets to washing the car; we all have varying frequencies for the necessities in life. Check in with your responses a the “How often do you … ” take the survey here.
  • “Mitt Romney tried doggedly Wednesday to sidestep the political furor he had started a day earlier by revealing he pays federal taxes at a rate of about 15 percent, less than millions of middle-income American families.” – ABCLocal
  • Letters to the editors published in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
  • “Members of Penn State’s Trustees Recall Painful Decision to Fire Paterno” – The New York Times
  • Want to not get sick – you may want to steer clear of hospitals with fountains. – “Hospital fountain linked to Legionnaires’ outbreak” – The Washington Post
  • “Mt. Bethel Cemetery is rich with local history” – MyColumbiaNews
  • What’s wrong with this picture? “Penn State President Rodney Erickson frustrates alumni, pleases trustees” – Harrisburg Patriot-News [EDITOR’S NOTE: OPINION – Oh, yeah … the trustees should have been fired too!]

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