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

Quote for today… “No, sir. It was a good day, an important day, a day that may just rewrite the history of drugs in sports — and not merely this sport.” – From this ESPN article, “An unforgettable day in baseball.” Hurray, actually this was lenient; it’s time to rid sports of dopers.

• William “Chip” D. Linkous, II, 59, died Sunday, Aug. 4, 2013. Service will be 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 9th, at Columbia U.M. Church, 510 Walnut St., Columbia. Viewings will be 6-8 p.m. Thursday and 10-11 a.m. Friday both at the church. The Etzweiler Funeral Home, Inc., Wrightsville is in charge. – Legacy.com

• Fire reported at Anvil Corporation – Lancaster County-Wide Communications
  

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• “A Lancaster man is accused of impersonating a public servant as he drove recklessly and berated other drivers. It happened on July 8th on the New Danville Pike.” – FOX 43

• Harrisburg will install 10 spy cameras; in a couple years the city will have as many as Columbia has. – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• 3 shot dead at township supervisors’ meeting; shooter tackled – NPR.org

This photo taken May 22 shows Rockne Newell talking about his trials and tribulations with Ross Township over junk on his property. State police identified 59-year-old Newell as the suspect in a shooting Monday, in which three people were killed in Ross Township. Witnesses say he barged into a municipal meeting room and began shooting before being tackled by a local official and possibly another person. AP Photo — Pocono Record

• Conflicting story as FOX News says four dead.

• Pocono Record reports:
  • Gunman kills three at Ross Township meeting
  • Rockne Newell identified as gunman in deadly Ross Twp shooting
  • Firsthand account from shooting: Bullets, blood, shock

• OPINION: The long stall – The New York Times [Despite the government’s crowing, this recession is a long way from being over.]

• Kicking the can down the road; at some point it goes over the cliff – “Harrisburg school officials trying to refinance $29M debt taken to pad past budgets” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• Washington Post to be sold to Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon – The Washington Post

• There’s a legal ad in the newspaper of general circulation announcing “Cellco Partnership and its affiliates” intends to construct a 159 foot tall “monopole communications tower” in Landisville. Could this be the same company that’s made the proposal to Columbia Borough. “Cellco Partnership is the #1 US wireless phone operator in terms of sales and subscribers (ahead of top rival AT&T Mobility). Serving nearly 110 million consumer, business, and government customers nationwide under the Verizon Wireless brand, the joint venture is controlled with a 55% stake by Verizon Communications; UK-based global communications giant Vodafone owns the remainder. Offering both standard post-paid (about 95% of its customers) and prepaid subscriptions, it distributes phones from manufacturers including Samsung Electronics, Research in Motion, LG, and Apple. The company also offers mobile data services, including text messaging, multimedia content (V CAST), and Web access.”

• Really? Who would want to see him for free, much less for $500-750? “Few lay eyes on House Speaker John Boehner at City Island fundraiser” – Harrisburg Patriot-News