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Quote for today… “Never let a serious crisis go to waste. What I mean by that is it’s an opportunity to do things you couldn’t do before.” – Rahm Emanuel

• FOX43’s camera crews came to film the fastnachts being made at Holy Trinity – FOX 43 News

• “Fire struck a three-story duplex at 2346 Ironville Pike in West Hempfield Township shortly after 8 a.m., said Jason Sauder, deputy chief of West Hempfield Fire & Rescue.” – MyColumbiaNews

• MaxPreps ranks the Crimson Tide Basketball team – MaxPreps

• Ron, you hit it! Yesterday’s Associated Press article began, “Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul warned the U.S. is ‘slipping into a fascist system’ dominated by government and businesses as he held a fiery rally Saturday night upstaging established Republican Party banquets a short distance away.” – Kansas City Star

• Here’s a switch: “public employees who often get the job done.“ And they earn  a lot less pay than the “hogs at the trough.” – The Daily Beast

• Letters to the editors in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• “The Turkey Hill Dairy has completely reinvented themselves with this wonderful self-promotion and family attraction. They took an old abandoned silk mill and transformed it into the most amazing and fun interactive learning experience.” says Waymarketing.com.

• POLICE LOG: “MANHEIM TWP.: Taryn E. DeWitt, 26, of South Rockford Road, Mountville, was arrested as a fugitive from justice following a traffic stop in the 800 block of New Holland Avenue at 10:35 p.m. Friday. During the stop, the officer determined that DeWitt was wanted by the U.S. military for military desertion. She was arraigned and committed to Lancaster County Prison in lieu of $50,000 bail.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era