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

Quote for today… “It’s hotter than two rats making love in a wool sock.” – Anonymous [It was this hot when this quote of the day first was posted here on June 21, 2012.]

• Did you read that Mount Joy’s coaching their citizens to construct rain gardens and that the borough’s holding classes to instruct the why’s and wherefor’s of rain gardening. Did you also read that seven of the nine “elected public officials are signed to take the classes. Golly, gee!

• Could be: “Final day of stifling heat” – Fox43-TV

• “Suspect in 4 drag racing deaths in Philadelphia was on bail in 3.6M ambulance fraud case” – The Washington Post

• “‘What he did was flat out wrong.’” Gundel Funeral owner charges continue to build. – ABC27-TV

• “Detroit files for bankruptcy protection” – USAToday

• Meanwhile, a bankrupt Harrisburg sells stuff: “Harrisburg Wild West auction midway: $1.7M, 100-degree heat index and no sign of Reed” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• A letter to the editor in today’s Lancaster newspaper questions and condemns Conestoga Valley School District’s decision to “spend $3.4 million for an entertainment facility.” The writer wonders about the wisdom of this kind of expenditure. This information comes from the “Buckskin Bosters” Website. Isn’t transparency great?

• Economic recovery? some of the sign are there – The Wall Street Journal