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 …  “It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races.” – Mark Twain

• Final Score: Tide falls to Penns Manor, 41-22
• Another pre-game assessment: Keith Schweigart’s analysis – “I think this one comes down to which defense establishes itself. Columbia has improved significantly in that area since its late-season swoon, and the Tide is certainly capable of winning a shootout if the game breaks that way. In fact, you could argue that Columbia will be in a much better position if a track meet breaks out. But I don’t think it will. As the old saying goes, defense wins championships — or in this case, state playoff quarterfinal showdowns.”
  
• LEGAL NOTICE published in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era, December 2, 2011: “PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Columbia Fish & Game Association has submitted a final report to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Southcentral Regional Office, to demonstrate attainment of the statewide health standard for a site located at 2350 Marietta Avenue, West Hempfield Township, Lancaster County. The Columbia Fish & Game Association has indicated that the remediation measures taken have attained compliance with the statewide health clean up standard established under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act. This notice is made under the provision of the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act, the Act of May 19, 1995, P.L. #4, No. 2. “
• POLICE LOG: MANOR TWP.: “Kyrell Wright-Smith, 20, of Columbia, was charged after he went to a home in the 300 block of Pisgah Place on Oct. 30 and got into an argument with the resident. Police said Wright-Smith caused $280 in damage to the home. – Shari Shaub, 49, of Columbia, was taken into custody Sunday at Charlestown and Millersville roads. Police said Shaub was screaming and appeared in distress as she walked along the road. She told officers a friend kicked her out of a vehicle and left her. Police discovered Shaub, who initially gave a false name, was wanted on a state parole board warrant.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
• “If you want to understand why the Occupy movement has found such traction, it helps to listen to a former banker like James Theckston. He fully acknowledges that he and other bankers are mostly responsible for the country’s housing mess.” This line leads the opinion column written by New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristoff that assigns blame where it belongs … big banking, (aided by a pathetic, bought-and-paid-for legislature) in this country.
• New York Times interview with Jerry Sandusky