today’s news and information gleanings from here and there! 

Today’s Weather!   Today in History! Rts. 30 & 441 Traffic Cam! The Official Time!

Quote for today… “all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average. ” – Garrison Keillor’s opening line about Lake Wobegon. The Lake Wobegon effect, a natural human tendency to overestimate one’s capabilities, is named after the town.

• Rt. 30 Bridge (eastbound) is one lane today; until 3:30 says PennDOT – PennDOT news release
• Eastern York grad Danielle Krohn (and soccer star)  stepping in at Kentucky – York Daily Record
• Here it comes; the same military drawdown we have seen before: Army to cut nearly 50,000 soldiers over 5 years – Army Times
• County’s “jobless rate up again – increases 4th month in a row” Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Not Guilty:  “Animal cruelty charges against a Columbia horse stable owner were dismissed Monday morning in Lancaster County court.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
• Why don’t we take money from the schools and give it to oil companies? That’s what the oil companies want in Texas – boston.com
• POLICE LOG: WEST HEMPFIELD TWP.: Two local teenagers were charged with stealing a car and trying to flee police. The juveniles, a 16-year-old boy and 15-year-old girl, were seen in a stolen car on Prospect Road and crashed the car when police pursued them. The teens then fled on foot and were caught by the officer. Each is charged with theft, reckless endangerment, fleeing police and driving violations. – WEST HEMPFIELD TWP.: Police charged a Columbia man and two teenagers with breaking into vehicles on Columbia Avenue. Michael Leschke, 19, and the juveniles — a boy and a girl — were spotted looking into vehicles using flashlights, police reported. Later, officers caught up with the group and filed charges of theft, prowling and related offenses. – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
  
• Ad Crable: “Guarding Pennsylvania’s waters as Marcellus shale gas drilling advances” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
• Lancaster County-based “mega-church” buys Saturn property in York; will renovate to have church by Easter 2012. – York Daily Record