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today’s news … Monday, September 17

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

Quote for today… “He who helps the guilty, shares the crime.” – Publilius Syrus, Sententiae

  • “You’re better off being a member of the middle class elsewhere than in Lancaster.” – Quote from this article in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
  • “Armstrong, manufacturers helped boost standard of living” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era – [OPINION NOTE: If you were a college kid in the 60s and 70s in Lancaster you may have been one of the fortunate ones who “got a summer job at Armstrong.” The tasks you were assigned may have ranged from cleaning cork trays at the plant on New Holland Avenue to flooring inspection at the plant on Liberty Street. Sometimes, the work was hot, dirty – and loaded with dust – and other times it was less physically demanding. It didn’t matter, because in addition to getting a darn good pay check (considering you were a dumass college kid with few real skills), you worked with some great people; you learned what work was and you learned about life. Armstrong was great asset to Lancaster County.]
  • The Lancaster New Era editorial today references State Representative Mike Fulmer’s press release entitled “Where does the money go?” to shed light on how Pennsylvania’s revenues are spent. It’s worth a read.
  • “The following students were named to the dean’s list for the spring term at Central Penn College. Columbia — Joseph Robuccio, information technology; Machieobi Ukagwu, criminal justice administration. Maytown — Elissa Anderson, entrepreneurship and small business. Mountville — Roger Rudolph, business administration.
  • “Kimberly Carol Johnson of Marietta, the daughter of Carol and Ralph Johnson, was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Roanoke College.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
  • “The following area students were named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Elizabethtown College. Columbia — Erin Bixler, a senior. Marietta — Laura Bach, a senior.

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