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Scanning the daily paper so you don’t have to … Linglestown Middle School announces its honor roll for the 3rd marking period. … In Tuesday’s election, Judy Hirsh won the Democratic state Senate race, and will take on Republican incumbent Jeffrey Piccola in November. … More on Central Dauphin School Board’s decision to seek a new tax collection agency … Linglestown man dies in boat accident.

Contest update … Two entries were received in the lawn-mowing contest. If you missed the big announcement, CLICK HERE for details, and please enter today!

One entrant asked if he could buy me a breakfast to rig the results. My response: Attempts to bribe the publisher are grounds for disqualification, so we better ask for separate checks. Hey, this is a serious contest! :)

CD sports … On the soccer pitch Tuesday, goals from Jocelyn Weidner, Gabby Singer and Allye Landis fueled CD’s 3-0 victory at Carlisle. The team’s overall record is 11-0. … CD volleyballer Connor Ecklund dished out 37 assists and had three aces and three blocks in CD’s 3-0 sweep of Lower Dauphin. … In softball, Kelsey Shutt's two-run single in the 10th inning put CD past Carlisle 3-1 in a Mid-Penn Commonwealth showdown. Jessie Probst gained the win with eight strikeouts, allowing one walk and no earned runs. The Rams sit on top of the division with a 9-1 overall record. … Moving to tennis, CD moved up to a .500 division record in a shutout victory over Harrisburg. … Finally, in track and field, Rams boys and girls teams lost to Cumberland Valley.

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Reflections on Hillary rally … I attended Sen. Clinton’s rally Monday at the Zembo Temple in Harrisburg. (CLICK HERE to view a Linglestown TV report.) The Clinton campaign packed the place with labor union members, primarily AFSCME members. … To gauge how many people attended, a warm-up gal asked everyone to send a text message to her cellphone, and sweetened the pot by announcing that one person would be selected to meet Hillary backstage. I didn’t have my cell phone on me. … The secret service agents scared me. … I had a gigantic urge to shout out “Your go girl!” during Hillary’s speech, but decided to keep my big yap shut and focus on getting some good video. … As you would expect, the place was crawling with local and national media. All the satellite trucks (see picture) parked out the Zembo created enough diesel fumes to gag a rat. Presidential campaigns clearly are not "green."

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