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today’s news … Sunday, May 20

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

Quote for today… “The one thing … that is truly ugly is the climate of hate and intimidation, created by a noisy few, which makes the decent majority reluctant to air in public their views on anything controversial. … Where all pretend to be thinking alike, it’s likely that no one is thinking at all.” –Edward Abbey

  • At the District Three Track and Field Championships in Shippensburg yesterday, “In Class AA, Columbia’s Mike Burke (187-5) won the javelin … Burke, for his part, put the competition away by nailing his winning throw on his first effort in the trial. His success is impressive considering he’s only thrown the javelin since the end of basketball season. Prior to this year, the Villanova football recruit played baseball in the spring, and he had to overcome a sidearm baseball throw when he threw the javelin. He said he’s ‘still hungry for next week’ at states and that ‘every time I throw, I want to get the school record.’” – Lancaster Sunday News
  • Pennsylvania’s new brochure listing the spate of “fairs” is now available. “Fairs are a living classroom for the thousands of youth who visit each year. From educational exhibits and youth livestock shows to contests and entertainment, fairs are educational and fun for kids of all ages.” – Click here to see (or download) the brochure.
  • Spenders, everywhere, are alike: “”The tragedy of (former Harrisburg mayor Stephen Reed is that he did have 28 years, he did have a generation, to do positive things. Instead he kicked the can down the road.” This from an article in today’s Lancaster Sunday News; this article was posted here on Friday.  More about a community’s irresponsible leadership’s  “kicking the debt can down the road.” – Bloomberg [NOTE: from an April 23 posting – Kicking the debt can down the road. They’re finally figuring it out in Harrisburg; spending someone else’s money is really spending your own in the end. “People knew some of the tricks he used — transferring money from one pot to another to cover deficits, using the Harrisburg Authority as a piggy bank to buy historical artifacts, and pushing an ever-growing debt down the road.” – Harrisburg Patriot-News
  • “Afton Garrett-Edwards, Columbia, was graduated from Lancaster Country Day School in ceremonies held on Saturday. – Lancaster Sunday News
  • “High Transit LLC has promoted Richard T. Radcliffe to permit and escort coordinator. Radcliffe, of Washington Boro, joined High in 2005, most recently serving as escort schedule and safety coordinator. He attended Penn State University, graduated from the Pennsylvania State Police Academy and is a retired state police trooper.” – Lancaster Sunday News

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