Columbia Police Department news release

NATHAN M. BLESSING, AGE 22, OF WRIGHTSVILLE, WAS CITED FOR OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE, AT 3^RD. & LINDEN STREETS, 28 MARCH 2015.

JESSICA VAL FUNCK, AGE 24, OF ELIZABETHTOWN, WAS CITED FOR TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNALS, AT 3^RD. & CHESTNUT STREETS, 28 MARCH 2015.

TERRY LEE MARTIN, AGE 37, OF CONESTOGA, WAS CITED FOR OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, AT 13^TH. & MANOR STREETS, 29 MARCH 2015.

DONNA MAE LEGG, AGE 53, OF DOVER, WAS CITED FOR OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE, AT 3^RD. AND LINDEN STREETS, 29 MARCH 2015.

THE FOLLOWING PERSONS WERE CITED FOR DRIVING WHILE OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED; DENZEL PRINCE ANDREW WALKER, AGE 24, OF ELIZABETHTOWN; EDWARD R. SIVER, AGE 29, OF COLUMBIA; TONY REGINALD CRENSHAW, AGE 56, OF YORK; DANIEL DIAZ, AGE 47, OF COLUMBIA; NOLAN J. BRONNER, AGE 35, OF COLUMBIA; VINCENT DRAGO, AGE 28, OF WRIGHTSVILLE; LEAH SMITH, AGE 30, OF COLUMBIA; DEVEN A. MCMANUS, AGE 30, OF COLUMBIA. MCMANUS WAS ALSO CITED FOR DUTIES AT STOP SIGNS, AT 14^TH. & MANOR STREETS.

LESTER C. SHELTON, AGE 50, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR REQUIRED FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, ON WALNUT STREET, 03 APRIL 2015.

KENNETH L. METZGER, AGE 59, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR ONE-WAY ROADWAYS AND ROTARY TRAFFIC ISLANDS, IN AVENUE H, 05 APRIL 2015.

THE FOLLOWING PERSONS WERE CITED FOR TRAFFIC-CONTROL SIGNALS, IN THE BOROUGH OF COLUMBIA; CHRISTOPHER DORAN FERGUSON, AGE 33, OF YORK; JOHNATHAN CARLOS CARMONA, AGE 18, OF LANCASTER; MARQUISE TORRELL MOULTRIE, AGE 25, OF MARYLAND; TIMOTHY L. MOWERY, AGE 42, OF MANHEIM; JORDAN AGUDELO, AGE 25, OF EPHRATA; STEPHANIE M. RINEER, AGE 19, OF COLUMBIA; SHARROD A. PARKER, AGE 41, OF MARIETTA; AND JESSE JAMES BERSINGER, AGE 20, OF MARIETTA.

Chambersburg Town Council opening with Hindu prayer 1^st time in 212 years (news release)

Borough of Chambersburg Town Council in Pennsylvania, incorporated in 1803, will have its first historic Hindu opening prayer on April 13, containing verses from world’s oldest existing scripture.

Hindu statesman Rajan Zed will deliver the invocation from ancient Sanskrit scriptures before the Town Council. After Sanskrit delivery, he then will read the English translation of the prayer. Sanskrit is considered a sacred language in Hinduism and root language of Indo-European languages.

Zed, who is the President of Universal Society of Hinduism, will recite from Rig-Veda, the oldest scripture of the world still in common use, besides lines from Upanishads and Bhagavad-Gita (Song of the Lord), both ancient Hindu scriptures. He plans to start and end the prayer with “Om”, the mystical syllable containing the universe, which in Hinduism is used to introduce and conclude religious work.

Reciting from Brahadaranyakopanishad, Rajan Zed plans to say “Asato ma sad gamaya, Tamaso ma jyotir gamaya, Mrtyor mamrtam gamaya”, which he will then interpret as “Lead us from the unreal to the Real, Lead us from darkness to Light, and Lead us from death to immortality.” Reciting from Bhagavad-Gita, he proposes to urge councilmembers to keep the welfare of others always in mind.

Bestowed with World Interfaith Leader Award, Zed is a global Hindu and interfaith leader, who besides taking up the cause of religion worldwide, has also raised huge voice against the apartheid faced by about 15-million Roma (Gypsies) in Europe.

Hinduism, oldest and third largest religion of the world, has about one billion adherents and moksh (liberation) is its ultimate goal. There are about three million Hindus in USA.