Eastern York's Case Like 'Bong Hits 4 Jesus' Case, They Say David Hudson said he doesn't know whether the Eastern York School District would have a legal leg to stand on if it had continued a ban on students' magnets in schools, or just the magnet that said, "Smile God Loves You." He's waiting to hear how "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" turns out. That case, which awaits a Supreme Court ruling expected in June, started five years ago when a high-school principal confiscated a student's banner bearing the drug and religious references. And it has a lot in common with the issue at Wrightsville Elementary School, said Hudson, a lawyer and scholar at the First Amendment Center. [continues 1190 words]
Dumping near those "No Dumping" signs that dot the roadways through rural Pennsylvania is a common sight, but some worry that the trash might have a sinister source. In Michigan, for example, hunters have come across at least three methamphetamine labs so far this hunting season, according to reports from that state. Materials used to make the drug are explosion hazards, state police said, making the manufacturing facilities highly dangerous and pushing their construction far away from population centers. And, although no such lab has yet been found on a public hunting land owned by the Pennsylvania Game Commission, officials are asking hunters to be on the lookout for them as they join the million-man orange army marching into the Keystone State woods today. [continues 305 words]
Dumping near those "No Dumping" signs that dot the roadways through rural Pennsylvania is a common sight, but some worry that the trash might have a sinister source. In Michigan, for example, hunters have come across at least three methamphetamine labs so far this hunting season, according to reports from that state. Materials used to make the drug are explosion hazards, state police said, making the manufacturing facilities highly dangerous and pushing their construction far away from population centers. And, although no such lab has yet been found on a public hunting land owned by the Pennsylvania Game Commission, officials are asking hunters to be on the lookout for them as they join the million-man orange army marching into the Keystone State woods today. [continues 255 words]
Rural Community Confronts Issue, Seeks Solutions Jim Brownman called his time under the Norman Wood Bridge a natural buzz. The two-lane expanse of Route 372 crosses more than 100 feet above the Susquehanna River, connecting York and Lancaster counties and giving passing drivers a view of a wilderness paradise. This summer, the river is a series of small pools split by groves of scrubby trees bent, from times of high flows, toward the nearby Maryland border. On a day in June, the sun glinted off the seemingly still water as a lone fisherman cast a line. [continues 2376 words]
