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Quote for today… “”Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” – Thomas Henry Huxley

• “Starting next year, if you smoke, dip or chew, you won’t get hired or be accepted as a new volunteer at Lancaster General Health.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Ah-h-h-h, the results of irresponsible governance … and citizens not paying attention: “Hearing on Harrisburg debt shows ‘no one is minding the store, and there’s no police or penalties for robbing it’” – “The attorneys, financial consultants — everyone was interrelated … . “You have people wedded to each other. No one was willing to stand up and say ‘no.’ The push was to get the project done, and no one was willing to stop it.” Harrisburg Patriot-News

• Tomorrow’s the Bridge Bust! Lots of excitement as tens of thousands of visitors flock to the Veteran’s Memorial Bridge for the promenade between Wrightsville and Columbia for the food, crafts, people-watching, good fun and experience.

• Letter to the editor writer in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era thanks Watch and Clock Museum.

• “Comparing superintendent to CEO is apples to oranges.” is what one commenter responds to a revealing article (“School superintendents’ employment contracts reveal area trends for pay, perks”) in today’s Harrisburg Patriot-News.

• “Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President Joe Biden, will campaign for President Barack Obama and the Democratic ticket in Lancaster next week.” according to Tom Murse’s column in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• POLICE LOG: “EAST DONEGAL TWP.: Joshua Omar Morales, 30, of 10 Hampshire Court, Marietta, was charged Monday with criminal mischief and four counts of recklessly endangering another person in a Sept. 5 incident, Susquehanna Regional police said in a criminal complaint. Morales was sleeping with a Glock .40-caliber handgun in his home at 7:20 p.m. when he apparently woke up, pulled the trigger and accidentally discharged the gun, police said. The bullet went through the wall of his home and struck the street and a vehicle outside. The bullet then broke a window and damaged the ceiling of a neighbor’s home across the street. A man, woman and two children ages 1 and 5 were inside that home at the time, police said. No one was injured.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• L-L football look at tonight’s game: “Pequea Valley at Columbia: Hunter Smith’s 185 yards on 11 carries (16.8) and scoring jaunts of 51 and 71 yards highlighted the Braves’ 257 yards rushing at Northern Lebanon last Friday. PV defense has also recorded 17 takeaways, tied with Donegal for most in the league. Crimson Tide’s Nick Nobile, Dashawn McIlwain and Andrew Combs are three of Section Three’s top four reception leaders.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era and Jeff
  Reinhart says: “Pequea Valley @ Columbia – Braves thinking postseason? You betcha. PV tames Tide, 20-12.”