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today’s news … Sunday, January 22

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

Quote for today… “The minute you think you’ve got it made, disaster is just around the corner.” – Joe Paterno

Vigil for the Lion King

(Photo: People place candles around the Joe Paterno statue on Saturday, January 21, 2012. A crowd gathered Saturday after news broke that Paterno’s health was in decline. Joshua Sykes, Centre Daily Times)

  • The Lion King is gone!
  • “Joe Paterno dies at 85” – The Washington Post
  • Joe Paterno dies – ESPN – Good coverage here with audio reports from those who played for him and those who coached against him.
  • Paterno fights for life – Centre Daily Times
  • “Penn State editor quits after erroneous report of Paterno death; story picked up nationally” – Reno Gazette-Journal (AP article) – “Trust, but verify” to vanquish rumors!
  • Top Pa. Court won’t hear Bucher appeal – Lancaster Sunday News 
  • Deeds Recorded – “Columbia Borough conveyed property on a public road to Columbia Borough for $1.” – Lancaster Sunday News
  • Recent restaurant and food serving establishments: A much improved report from York County – York Dispatch; In Lancaster County, too many restaurants with the “person in charge does not have adequate knowledge of food safety as evidenced by these non-compliant inspections” – 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.
  • Heating oil prices continue to rise while electricity and gas prices drop – The New York Times
  • “POLICE LOG: “MANOR TWP.: On Tuesday, a woman in the 2000 block of Stonemill Road reported that an illegal transaction of $10 was made on her Visa card to a Las Vegas, Nev., business. – MANOR TWP.: On Jan. 13, a woman in the 200 block of Oakfield Court reported two illegal purchases totaling $200 were made on her credit card. – MANOR TWP.: A kitchen window in the 100 block of Nicholas Road was broken out Wednesday. Police ask anyone with information to call 299-5231. – MANOR TWP.: Various symbols and words were painted on two vehicles in the 100 block of Armstrong Lane on Monday. Damage amount was not known. Police ask anyone with information to call 299-5231. – Rhiannon L. Enck-Polansky, 18, was charged following a disturbance in the 200 block of Walnut Hill Road on Thursday, police said.” – Lancaster Sunday News
  • “One-third of Kreider Farms workers had invalid documents” – Lancaster Sunday News
  • An article in today’s Lancaster Sunday News discusses the newly released the Post Office’s “new ‘Lancaster County, Pennsylvania’ stamp, which went on sale Friday. The ‘Scenic American Landscape’ series stamp shows an Amish buggy driving on a country road near plowed fields. The self-adhesive first-class stamp covers the 1-ounce letter price for international mail ($1.05 international rate stamp) to countries other than Mexico and Canada.”
  • … and who is surprised by this? “Empty praise said to make students less likely to excel” – Winston-Salem Journal
  • Letters to the editor – Lancaster Sunday News

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