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today’s news … Monday, October 1

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

Quote for today… “Frank is a tremendous manipulator of people, which is probably why some people thought he was a great superintendent.” (SOURCE: Quote from an article, The Bad Superintendent, New York Magazine)

  • When there’s a crime; citizens gotta’ be notified: “A masked robber with a knife targeted a Manheim Township home Friday night, police said. A 16-year-old boy reported that at 9:59 p.m., he answered a knock at the door and a masked intruder entered his home in the 3000 block of Aster Lane, Manheim Township police said.” – LancasterOnLine
  • “Lancaster County’s jobless rate rose for the third straight month in August, hitting 6.6 percent, the state announced today.The increase from July’s 6.5 percent put the local unemployment rate at its highest point since January.” – LancasterOnLine
  • OPINION: Just read this headline and accompanying AP article in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era: “Ryan: Explaining tax plan too time-consuming.” WTF: Is this guy related to Biden? When the dumass and superficial “Path to Prosperity” was released, we thought it contained little substance. Now we’re certain the purported author is a lot like the product. Here’s the link to an article from FoxNews.
  • School superintendent: springboard to big bucks – Editorial in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era takes to task: out-of-touch school boards. [NOTE: Columbia news, views & reviews added the yellow highlighting.]

O’s go! … PHOTO: Baltimore Sun

  • “The following area students graduated from YTI Career Institute’s Lancaster campus on Aug. 21: Columbia — Erin Carroll, criminal justice and first response; Heather Cidor, dental assisting; Blanca Pagan-Morales, dental assisting; Jackie Vega, dental assisting; Megan McKonly, dental assisting; Courtney Haldeman, expanded function dental assisting; Yecenia Pagan, medical assistant; Luz Rivera, medical assistant; Francisca Schreck, medical billing and coding – Marietta — Barbara Marsh, medical billing and coding – Washington Boro — Joshua Sensenig, culinary arts and restaurant management – Wrightsville — Jayd Gladfelter, medical assistant; Aimee Gray, pastry arts; Amber Wise, criminal justice and first response.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
  • The Lancaster Osteopathic Health Foundation recently awarded scholarships to these  area students pursuing nursing degrees: Dana Moyer of Columbia, to attend Eastern Mennonite University to achieve an RN to BSN degree and Amanda Stager of Mountville, to attend Penn State for a bachelor of science in nursing. – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

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