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

Quote for today … “We’ll fix this.” – Penn State football coach, James Franklin, said again and again during the post-game press conference. – The Daily Collegian

• DA says home invaders are dangerous – LancasterOnLine

• Berks County man fires shotgun at home intruder – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• The difference between “iterated” and “reiterated” – We noticed the word “reiteration” in an article; since we prefer using the word iteration to mean “to say or do again or again and again,” and the context of the article inferred that, we wonder why the writer chose to say “reiteration.” This correct English usage source says: “The form ‘reiterate’ is most commonly heard in everyday speech, but crept into the language through what’s known as hypercorrection: correcting something which is already right. ‘Iterate’, on its own, already means ‘to say or perform again/repeat something’. However, many people do not know this, so they add ‘re’ to the word, thinking that this will give the ‘again’ element.”

• Often we hear folks, especially folks in the public and governmental sectors, saying they utilized something when, frankly, they used something.  A previous Columbia news, views & reviews post: “These ‘low esteem’ verbifications perplex us. So, too, do those folks who embrace ‘utilize’ when ‘use’ might be the better choice?”

• “In December of 1989, the conference agreed in principle to invite Pennsylvania State University for membership. On June 4, 1990, the Council of Presidents officially voted to integrate Penn State into the conference, giving the Big Ten 11 members.” On September 4, 1993, in Penn State’s inaugural Big Ten game, Joe Paterno-coached Penn State beat Minnesota, 38-20. The next year, nearly that same team romped through its schedule undefeated … only to be No. 2 as Cornhusker-leaning voters named Nebraska the top team in the nation.

• It’s disturbing to see a bunch of “just plain sloppy practices” at lots of Lancaster County establishments – Restaurant inspections in Lancaster County – The Sunday News

• Same here with plain bad management at two chain restaurants in York County – Restaurant inspections in York County – The York Dispatch

• A complete listing of all inspections at food serving facilities in Lancaster, York counties and the entire state, except those in Columbia – Columbia persists in having its own inspection system with its own forms and inspection items – rather than the one used statewide, is available at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Website.

• PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS recorded with the Lancaster County Recorder of Deeds: 285 South Fifth Street is sold to Norwood Realty Investments for $24,000. The recorded mortgage. – – –  418 Locust Street and 422 Locust Street (This real estate Website shows the properties together) are sold to B&K Real Estate, LLC. for $392,000. That recorded mortgage. And the 30-year lease agreement for the borough owned property at 1020 Blunston Street to a cell tower operator is listed with no lease amount shown. Columbia and Reading Railway Company has “combined two contiguous tracts into one tract for tax assessment purposes.”