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

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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.

• A new Tom Hermansader creation features prints which will help create a safe driving program in Manheim. – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era and WGAL.com
• Jennifer Gayman of Columbia (West Hempfield Township) was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Temple University where she is majoring in tourism and hospitality management. She is a 2010 graduate of Hempfield High School. – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
• West Hempfield Township fall/winter newsletter – West Hempfield Township map
• Didn’t the thought of a downside to being a highly-paid military contractor occur to you before the inevitable?  www.propublica.orghas this story about war contractors who are raking in big bucks, “Injured war contractors sue over health care, disability payments.
• Zoning Board hearing agenda … At last night’s two-hour zoning board hearing the three applications presented, heard and considered, were granted with conditions and considerations. The four citizens who attended the meeting heard the presentations; there will have more specifics about each of these applications in the coming days.
• “Sobriety checkpoints and roving DUI patrols will be conducted in York and Lancaster counties this weekend, according to the Center for Traffic Safety. The checkpoints will be held between 6 p.m. Friday and 6 p.m. Sunday as part of the center s Sobriety Checkpoint and Expanded DUI/Underage Drinking Enforcement Program.” – York Dispatch
• “Come Charlie, get in the game! I’ll bet Jason Werth enjoyed his visit to Citizens’ Bank Park to “shut out the Phillies.” Oh well, it has been fun to watch Hunter Pence, who is a team player. Here’s hoping they do better in the playoffs. – writes Joan Mohr of  Marietta in a letter to the editor in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
• York County Sheriff Sales show steep drop: Could be “in part to an increased willingness by banks to negotiate short sales before they become sheriff sales.” – York Dispatch
  
• “Now, downtown streets are packed with people every First Friday, gallery and restaurant openings have become almost commonplace and the meeting center and attached Marriott hotel bring visitors into the city year-round.” From an article in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era about the Downtown Improvement District program that has helped bring about positive change in the core business district.
• LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT BORROWING RESOLUTION TO THE TAXPAYERS AND RESIDENTS OF THE FOLLOWING LANCASTER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS: COCALICO SCHOOL DISTRICTCOLUMBIA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT CONESTOGA VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT DONEGAL SCHOOL DISTRICT EASTERN LANCASTER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ELIZABETHTOWN AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT EPHRATA AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT HEMPFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT LAMPETER- STRASBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LANCASTER MANHEIM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT MANHEIM TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT PENN MANOR SCHOOL DISTRICT PEQUEA VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT SOLANCO SCHOOL DISTRICT WARWICK SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of School Directors of each of above-named Lancaster County School Districts, at public meetings to be held not less than three nor more than thirty days as calculated from the date of publication of this notice, in accordance with the provisions of the Pennsylvania Local Government Unit Debt Act, proposes and shall adopt a Resolution authorizing, among other things, the incurrence of lease rental indebtedness for each School District and specifying that such indebtedness is to be incurred in connection with the issuance of the Lancaster Career and Technology Center Authority Guaranteed Lease Revenue Bonds, Series of 2011 (the “Bonds”). The Resolution to be considered and acted upon by each Board at each such meeting, among other things, sets forth that proceeds of the Bonds will be used to provide funds for improvements, renovations, modernization, upgrading and new equipment for Lancaster Career and Technology Center facilities; for the purchase and renovation of a building to be used for a practical nursing center; and for the payment of costs of issuance of the Bonds. The Resolution also determines to authorize the execution and delivery of an agreement of Lease and an assignment thereto to Fulton Bank, Trustee under a Trust Indenture; sets forth the parameters of the lease rentals payable by the School District; and provides covenants related to the payment of such lease rental debt. The Resolution currently on file estimates that the maximum aggregate principal amount of indebtedness to be authorized will be Forty-Three Million Dollars ($43,000,000), but such amount may be increased or decreased prior to final adoption. The maximum principal amount of lease rental debt to be incurred by each School District under each Resolution will be inserted prior to enactment. A COPY OF THE FULL PROPOSED TEXT OF THE RESOLUTION MAY BE EXAMINED BY ANY CITIZEN AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE OF EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AT THE ADDRESS LISTED BELOW ON ANY BUSINESS DAY, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9 A.M. AND 3 P.M., PREVAILING TIME: Cocalico School District – S. Fourth St., Denver, PA 17517; Columbia Borough School District – 200 N. Fifth St.,Columbia, PA 17512; Conestoga Valley School District – 2110 Horseshoe Rd., Lancaster, PA 17601; Donegal School District – 1051 Koser Rd., Mount Joy, PA 17552; Eastern Lancaster County School District – 669 E. Main St., New Holland, PA 17557; Elizabethtown Area School District – 600 E. High St., Elizabethtown, PA 17022; Ephrata Area School District – 803 Oak Blvd., Ephrata, PA 17522; Hempfield School District – 200 Church St., Landisville, PA 17538; Lampeter-Strasburg School District – 1007 Village Rd., Lampeter, PA 17537; School District of Lancaster – 1020 Lehigh Ave., Lancaster, PA 17602; Manheim Central School District – 71 N. Hazel St., Manheim, PA 17545; Manheim Township School District – 450A Candlewyk Rd., Lancaster, PA 17601; Penn Manor School District – 2950 Charlestown Rd., Millersville, PA 17551; Pequea Valley School District – 166 S. New Holland Rd., Kinzers, PA 17535; Solanco School District – 121 S. Hess St., Quarryville, PA 17566; Warwick School District – 301 W. Orange St., Lititz, PA 17543. KEGEL KELIN ALMY & GRIMM LLP BOND COUNSEL – (SOURCE: Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era, September 29, 2011.