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Quote for today… “If you want happiness for a lifetime – help the next generation.” – Chinese proverb

• NCAA EDICT: NCAA STATEMENT ON SANCTIONS OF PENN STATE FOOTBALL – Associated Press

• OUCH! “Penn State football was all but leveled Monday by an NCAA ruling that wiped away 14 years of coach Joe Paterno’s victories and imposed a mountain of fines and penalties, crippling a program whose pedophile assistant coach spent uncounted years molesting children, sometimes on university property.” – LancasterOnLine

• LancasterOnLine reports 7,300 Manor Township residents out of power.

• Bravo! When Manor Township’s elected public servants had the opportunity, they grabbed it. “‘I think it’s going to be a big plus for our recreational opportunities in Manor Township, in Lancaster County and even the whole East Coast.’ said Manor Township supervisor John May, after the municipality got control of a six-mile stretch along the Susquehanna River on the abandoned Enola Low Grade rail line from Turkey Hill to Safe Harbor Dam. It will be converted for public use.” – Lancaster Sunday News [Someone once said: “The future belongs to people who see the possibilities before they become obvious.” That person must have known about the GOBAGs who refused to “see the possibilities” a few miles upstream of Manor Township.]

• ““We’ve renamed our Fudge Ripple ice cream Four Diamonds Fudge,” says Bob Adams, manager of the Turkey Hill Experience.” – WITF

• Letters to the editors in today’s (and last Wednesday’s) Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era 

• OnLine voter registration: “The State of Washington announced on July 17, 2012 that a new Facebook application will allow its residents to register to vote. Washington is the first state to offer voter registration via Facebook.” – ProCon

• Some report NCAA to hit Penn State with huge fines – York Daily Record and the Harrisburg Patriot-News says the fine will be $30 million or more.

• “Bad Science: In the debate over natural gas drilling, the companies are often the ones accused of twisting the facts. But scientists say opponents sometimes mislead the public, too. Critics of fracking often raise alarms about groundwater pollution, air pollution, and cancer risks, and there are still many uncertainties. But some of the claims have little — or nothing— to back them.” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• OPINION: Statue’s gone – now lets’ focus on “important” – The Daily Collegian