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Quote for today… “The average Joe should be just as concerned about embezzlement, even more so, because it’s so easy to do. All you have to do is be trustworthy to do it.” - Peter Henning

• “We really felt strongly that this has to be a year where we had to hold the line because of the overall economic situation,’ said Tom Strickler, president of Columbia school board. Columbia was able to adopt a zero-tax-increase budget and avoid major cuts when its entire staff — teachers, administrators and support workers — agreed to freeze their wages, saving the district about $330,000. Several coaches also have agreed to work this year without pay, and community members have stepped forward to volunteer as ticket takers and scorekeepers at athletic events to cut costs, Strickler said. Strickler knows the district is hardly on firm financial footing, with pension and special-education costs continuing to soar and state funding not likely to recover from the hit it took this year.” Read the rest of this Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era article here.
• LEGAL NOTICE … This Legal Notice in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era is a requirement under Pennsylvania law; it provides public notice that the Columbia Historic Market House Trust has been registered as a non-profit organization with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (http://columbianewsandviews.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/pa-business-entity-registration-columbia-historic-market-house-trust.pdf.)  
• “Trust, but verify!” … Here’s another Read the rest of this entry »