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today’s news … Saturday, March 3

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

Quote for today… “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • Harrington Bar & Grill, 410 Locust Street, Columbia, is one of five county establishments cited by the PLCB; this time for “issuing checks for payment of malt or brewed beverages with insufficient funds”. – LancasterOnLine
  • No matter how you say “Olajuwon”; Tide wins! Two reports – Reading’s & Lancaster’s – “Michael Olajuwon hit the game-winning free throw with 4.9 seconds remaining as Columbia defeated Wyomissing 60-59 in the District 3-AA third-place game at Milton Hershey High School Friday night.” – Reading Eagle and “Olajuwon Michael’s three-point play with 4.3 seconds left gave Columbia a 60-59 win over Wyomissing in the consolation game of the District Three Class AA Tournament Friday night at Milton Hershey. – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

From left, Taylor Conroy as the Wicked Witch of the West, confronts Tyler Garrison as the Tin Man, Gabby Kashner as Dorothy, Alex Dewalt as the Cowardly Lion, Larissa Melbert as the Scarecrow and Nicole Bowman as the Good Witch Glinda in a scene from Columbia High School’s spring musical. “The Wizard of Oz,” which will run March 8 to 10 at the high school. (Photo by Bill Clark – MyColumbiaNews)

  • “Andrew T. Hollingsworth of Mountville was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Northwood University, Midland, Mich., where he is a senior. – Frank Dano IV was named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Penn State University, where he is a junior majoring in petroleum and natural gas engineering. A 2009 graduate of Penn Manor High School, he is the son of Frank and Rebecca Dano III of Washington Boro. – Diana D. Chronister-Mershon of Mountville received her degree in December from California University of Pennsylvania.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
  • POLICE LOG: “MANOR TWP.: Anthony Matos Sr., 40, of 2314 Columbia Ave., was charged with theft of service and criminal mischief after he allegedly tampered with an electric meter at his home after a complaint from PPL on Feb. 1. The estimated loss to PPL with regards to billing and damage to the meter is about $1,600. – WEST HEMPFIELD TWP.: Paul Von Snyder, 18, of Columbia, and a 16-year-old Mount Joy boy were charged with criminal mischief on Monday for allegedly using red spray paint to deface 17 to 20 doors and windows at Farmdale Elementary School, a vehicle in the first block of Rockford Road in Mountville and six vehicles at Gingrich Auto Sales in Mount Joy, between Feb. 14 and 17. Von Snyder also was charged with harassment. The amount of the damage is not yet known.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
  • “ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 25 — AWI Licensing, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,119,560) developed by five co-inventors for an aldehyde reducing coating. The co-inventors are Kenneth G. Caldwell, Mountville, Pa., Gourish Sirdeshpande, Lancaster, Pa., William Barrows, Elizabethtown, Pa., John R. Garrick, Lancaster, Pa., and Michael Cook, Lancaster, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “The invention is a surface coating which will reduce the aldehyde concentration in a room via a aldehyde reactive material contained in the coating. Upon reaction, the aldehyde becomes part of the reactive molecule and, thus, is permanently held within the coating.” – Targetednews.com

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