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Quote for today … “Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it.                              John Adams, 1776.

• A Special Council meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at 7:00 pm to appoint terms for Board Members of the Market House Historic Trust and any other necessary Borough business. Also, for the remainder of the 2011 calendar year the Property Committee will be meeting at 7:00 pm on the first Tuesday of every month. These meetings will be held in the Columbia Borough Municipal Building, 308 Locust Street, Columbia, PA. If you are a person with a disability wishing to attend any of these meetings and require an accommodation to participate, please contact the Columbia Borough Office at 684-2467. Norman B. Meiskey III Borough Manager”
• from Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era: “MT School District rejects teachers’ proposed salary concessions” These area college students earn fall semester dean’s list awards: Seth Nelson, Marietta, a senior social studies education major, at Elizabethtown College. Garth Libhart, Marietta, a senior majoring in English, a 2007 graduate of Hempfield High School and the son of William and Cynthia Libhart at Susquehanna University.Thomas James Eck, Columbia, a junior studying communication, the son of Gordon and Corrinne Eck and a 2008 graduate of Lancaster Catholic High School at Juniata College. From Columbia, Casey Bates, a first-year student majoring in social work; Alyssa Frey, a senior majoring in biopsychology; Morgan Hartz, a sophomore majoring in nursing; Broderick Keener, a sophomore majoring in health and physical education at Messiah College. From Marietta, Alicia Heigel, a junior majoring in elementary education and Nicole Hess, a junior majoring in education.
• from the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era: Blue Rock Fire Department selects first fire commissioner for regionalized department . “Top of the Rock – Longtime city fireman to lead new firefighting force.”
• from the Lancaster Sunday News (yesterday): Bill Clark shares a grilling recipe for Easter dinner leftovers, “Ham and asparagus frittata with gruyere cheese and potatoes.” 
• from the York Daily Record: “York County police departments seeking citizen volunteers”
• from the York Dispatch: “Former York City school chief files discrimination complaint”