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Quote for today… “It’s hard to beat someone who never gives up.” ─ Babe Ruth

• The state may have money for you! There are several names with Columbia addresses listed in three pages of “Claim What is yours!” in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era. This is the treasury department’s annual attempt to return held funds to rightful owners. You may want to pick up a copy to see if your name’s listed. Or you can go to http://www.patreasury.org/ to do a search for your name, your relatives’ or friends’, too.
• From the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era: Governor wants to give voters referendum on school tax levies; read more here: (Taxing power could also be trimmed for Pa. schools). And there is a class for women who want to learn a little more about basic auto repair at a Wednesday evening session at Barton’s Body Shop in Mt. Joy. You can sign up for this free class by calling 717.653.8654 or emailing Jenny Ruhl at jennyruhl@bartonsbodyshop.com.
• From the York Sunday News: “Coupon use is up as shoppers contend with higher food, gas prices” [Editor’s note: Our gas prices are much lower than the ones in Indiana and Illinois; we filled up outside Indianapolis on Friday at $4.19 a gallon for regular.]- “Ohio animal shelter gives fat-cat discount“
• Will it come to this? From the York Daily Record: “Man robs West York Giant Food Store.”
• Also from the York Daily Record: Here is a follow up to a previous article about the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition – “‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’ to build home for York County family.“
• From the Harrisburg Patriot-News: “Bill to require photo ID at polls creates divide in state Legislature“