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

Quote for today … “Be ye neither the first nor the last to embrace change.”- Willis Shenk, former Chairman of the Board of Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. and other Steinman-held properties.

Another Quote for today … “There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. For the reformer has enemies in all those who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new order, this lukewarmness arising partly from fear of their adversaries … and partly from the incredulity of mankind, who do not truly believe in anything new until they have had actual experience of it.” – Niccolo Machiavelli.

Another Quote for today … “A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, you can learn about the new world you’re in and take advantage of it.” – Nikki Giovanni

Another Quote for today … “You can get used to anything. You can stand on your head with your head in a bucket of doo-doo every day, and eventually you’ll get used to it!” – Sergeant Nelson. [NOTE: Sergeant Nelson was our drill sergeant and he used another word for doo-doo.]

• Breaking the mold – newspaper front pages from around the country … and the world – Newseum

• “Early on” commenters to articles and facebook posts to the new look at Lancaster Newspapers are not embracing change –

• Be happy – think negatively – AlterNet

• Anyone else confused? Nearly 1,000 show at job fair in York yet the unemployment rate is down – The York Daily Record and PA Department of Labor Website

• Senator Pat Toomey on the need for Alzheimer’s research – GoErie.com

• ELCO 42, COLUMBIA 21 — Tyler Horst had a pair of first-half TD runs, Jeff Martin tossed a pair of TD passes, and Kyle Knight returned a blocked punt 25 yards for a score as the Raiders scored four first-half touchdowns and cruised past the Crimson Tide. Columbia’s Daeshawn McIlwain staked the Tide to a quick 7-0 lead with a 25-yard TD catch from Kyle Warfel. But Elco scored four unanswered TDs and was on its way. Warfel also had a pair of TD passes to Austin Hartman for the Tide. – PennLive

• With two months to build his story: The Ferguson law enforcement officer says he was in “fear for his life.” – The New York Times

Another Quote for today … “Once you get used to it, it will be better. Sometimes change is good. I personally don’t care for it, but it is what it is…our newspaper.” – Commenter Pat Richardson in the facebook posts about the newspaper’s changes at the you’re from Columbia PA if…” page’s threads.