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

• Today’s Weather! 
• Today in History!
• Traffic Cam Rts. 30 & 441
• The Official Time! – Population Clock (U.S. and World)

Quote for today… “Fair? You want me to be fair? Listen, ‘fair’ is a place where you go to ride on rides, eat cotton candy and corn dogs and step in monkey poop.” – alleged quote; South Carolina State Troopers

• Exxon robbed – “Two masked men robbed a Columbia convenience store at gunpoint, then fled with an undisclosed amount of cash, police said.” – LancasterOnLine
  
• The Deed Deed, indeed! As easy as 1-2-3 – DEEDS RECORDED: (1) Safe Harbor Water Power Corp. conveyed property on a public road to Columbia Borough for $1. (2) Columbia Borough conveyed property on a public road to Columbia Economic Development Corp. for $350,000. (3) Columbia Economic Development Corp. con­veyed property on a public road to Columbia Heritage River Cottage Association Inc. for $350,000. – Lancaster Sunday News
• Next opponent, next week: the Penns Manor Comets – Lancaster Sunday News

Columbia’s student section cheers for the Tide after their district championship win. (Jeff Ruppenthal/Sunday News)

• Anyone is free to worship in the faith, religion and place of choosing in the United States. That is not the case in a number of countries; Christians, for instance, face death in many countries. Here is a list of the ten most dangerous nations for Christians.
• Ugh, some well-known places ought to know better! Recent restaurant and food serving establishments: York County – York Dispatch; Longer list in Lancaster County – Sunday News. A complete listing of all facilities in Lancaster, York counties and the entire state, except those in Columbia, are listed at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Website
• “SOLD” says Jesse.
• “When are the state lawmakers going to start obeying the law?” asks this columnist as he questions the seedy political practices of “redistricting.” – Reading Eagle
• Noticed that Jennifer Swartz is a “Weekly Winner” in the Lancaster Sunday News “Shop-Dine-do Holidays Sweepstakes” – Congratulations, Jennifer!
• Black Friday sales up 7 percent – Florida Today
• “For companies, these are boom times. For workers, the opposite is true.” – New York Times