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Quote for today … “Nothing is easier than spending the public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.” – Calvin Coolidge

• “A defunct Marietta airplane repair business, its president and two employees have been accused of airplane-inspection fraud. A federal grand jury has indicted Flying Tigers Inc., president Jay Stout, his son Joel Stout and Howard Gunter on 29 counts of wrongdoing.” – LancasterOnLine

• Legal Notices published in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era, August 14, 2012 – “FICTITIOUS NAME Carmen & Mike Swinehart, 2093 New Danville Pike, Lancaster, PA 17603 did file in the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on or about 7/31/2012 registration of the name: Savannah Rae’s Café under which they intend to do business at 793 Leffler Court, Columbia, PA 17512 pursuant to the provisions of the Act of Assembly of December 16, 1982, Chapter 3, known as the ‘FictitiousNameAct.’ – LEGAL NOTICE The Zoning Hearing Board of the Borough of Columbia will meet on Wednesday, August 29, 2012, at 7:00 P.M., in the Municipal Building at 308 Locust Street, Columbia, PA, to consider the following application(s) and/or appeal(s): Jason Orndorff and Andy Krueger are requesting special exception(s) and/or variance(s) to operate a place of worship at 232 Locust Street in a Downtown Commercial (DC) zoned district. Luis Hernandez Is requesting special exception(s) and/or variance(s) to operate a place of worship at 26 North Fourth Street in a Downtown Commercial(DC) zoned district. If you are a person with a disability wishing to attend this meeting and require an accommodation to participate in the meeting, please contact the Columbia Borough Office at 684-2467 to discuss how the Borough may accommodate your needs. Jeffrey Helm, Zoning Officer.”

• Janelle Kauffman, Columbia, received a bachelor of science degree from the Antionette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design at Drexel University. – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Letter writers: Night Out, guns & olympians – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era 

• Penn State chronicles continue: “Penn State and Food and Drug Administration investigate objects found in ice cream” & “Penn State warned about accreditation” York Daily Record

• Will the real NCAA stand up? – “As North Carolina academic scandal deepens, all eyes on NCAA president Mark Emmert” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• POLICE LOG – “LANCASTER: Tina S. Bradley, 56, of the 400 block of Union Street, Columbia, was charged Friday after she took a $20 hair tiara from J.C. Penney at Park City Center, police said.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era