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today’s news … Saturday, September 8

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

Quote for today… “If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.” – Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms.

  • Congratulations, Erin Nissley for earning the Lancaster New Era Red Rose “shout out” – It’s on the editorial page of today’s newspaper.

Market House hours are displayed on the revamped sign.

  • “POLICE LOG: COLUMBIA: Chad Edward Faus, 33, of South 3rd Street, Columbia, was cited in an incident at his home Aug. 26. – Firefighters quickly extinguished a small electrical fire that burned a sign at the Exxon station at 1480 Lancaster Ave. at about 5 a.m. on Friday, a Susquehanna Fire Company firefighter reported.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
  • For-ward, march! “Bands, walking groups, floats, baton squads and costumed individuals are needed for the 49th-annual Mardi Gras Halloween Parade in Columbia. The Columbia Lions and the Sunsnappers group are sponsoring the parade, which will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 25.” – MyColumbiaNews

  • OPINION: The other day, a reader asked us why we were “against the Republicans” because of recent posts and articles that have been critical about vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan. We replied that we neither were for or against any party, but that we do bristle against any elected “public servant” who says one thing and does another. Or any elected “public servant” who makes a ton of money after being elected. Here’s now another perspective from the Pew Research Center about vice presidential candidates: “Asked for their one-word impression of Joe Biden, more people use negative than positive words to describe the vice president. Many of the negative words disparage Biden’s competence and performance, with idiot, incompetent and clown among the terms used most frequently.”

Wheatland Federal Credit Union CEO Kathy Rye flips pancakes at Trinity House Apartments in Columbia. Wheatland Federal employees cooked pancakes for the residents of the Apartments as part of United Way’s Day of Caring. (SOURCE: Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era, Blaine Shahan / Staff)

  • “This is the third year that the Wheatland Federal Credit Union has prepared breakfast at Trinity House on the Day of Caring, after doing painting and cleaning projects in previous years.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
  • “The following area students were named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology: Columbia — Autumn Moore, John Rupp, Robert Miller, Logan Stark; Mountville — Andrew Shertzer, Alex Yost, Hollie Carter; Washington Boro — Hannah Breneman, Nathaniel Frey and Adam Stinson.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
  • “St. John’s Herr Estate Retirement Community, 200 Luther Lane, Columbia, will hold its annual Fall Fest on Saturday, Sept. 15, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will include food, home baked goods, homemade items, a white elephant sale and a book sale.  The proceeds will be used for projects for residents, the community and the library. For more information, call Edna Sheckart at 684-7586.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

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