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Quote for today… “Flowers … are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.” –  Ralph Waldo Emerson

• “Beware stores and other businesses, counterfeit bills are once again being passed in Lancaster County, police warn. In Manor Township on May 3, a man passed counterfeit $100 bills at three stores in the Woods Edge Plaza, township police Sgt. Carolyn Gundel said.” – LancasterOnLine

• The Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association East/West All-Star Game was played on Sunday in Monroeville. Here are several media reports on that game. Presswire – KDKA Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

•  Today’s “Market Day at the Columbia Market House“

• Pennsylvania’s funeral laws outdated? – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• Steve Chapman’s column nails it; tragic but true: “Every president is a war president – politics protects the garrison state” – Chicago Tribune

• “I seen bodies drop.” More on the Columbia murder trial. – MyColumbiaNews [LancasterOnLine Update]
  

• Good idea: “York City Police will offer a Citizens Police Academy during the month of June, according to a news release. The academy is an educational program designed to teach citizens in the community what police officers really do.” – York Daily Record

• Despite resident concerns, CVS moves ahead with plan to add more traffic congestion at Marietta Pike and Centerville Road. – MyHempfieldNews