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

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

Quote for today… “Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas.” – Joseph Stalin

• “Submit a video proposal for a shot at $20K grant” – York Dispatch
• Recent restaurant and food serving establishments: York County – York Dispatch; 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.
• REMINDER: The monthly Columbia Borough council meeting will be held tomorrow evening in the Borough Hall meeting room at 7:00 pm.

Justin David Graybill/Sunday News Cassidy Marie Price, right, a 5-month-old newcomer to the Christmas tradition, sits in Santa’s lap Saturday at the National Watch & Clock Museum. Below right, Zoey Geyer, 10, attaches the hands to the face of the clock, below left, she made from a compact disc.

• It’s time for Santa: “And Santa, it turns out, sets his watch at the National Watch & Clock Museum in Columbia.” – Lancaster Sunday News
• POLICE LOG: MANOR TWP.:A security camera was stolen overnight Thursday from an office building that has been targeted by thieves several times in recent months, police said. In late October, police said, photos taken by the camera led Officer Mark Burkholder to arrest a man for entering and taking things from the building, in the 3300 block of Columbia Avenue. Anyone with information is asked to call Officer Burkholder at 299-5231. – Lancaster Sunday News
• “Effort under way to replace Confederate soldier’s gravestone along Susquehanna” – York Sunday News
• Columbia boys’ basketball team downed in Hanover tournament final – gametimePA.com
• No more nice guy – “Anyone who’s accumulated a sizable bill from Lancaster Public Library in recent years may soon learn that the hard way. To go after the more egregious offenders, Executive Director Herb Landau will be seeking approval to hire a collection agency at the library board of trustees’ Dec. 20 meeting.” Lancaster Sunday News
• Eric Stark, Lancaster Sunday News travel editor, has written a cover story in today’s newspaper extolling the Harley-Davidson plant tour in York. He writes, “But there is a nearby tour — just 40 minutes away — that allows you within a few feet of the product being assembled and gives you an up-close look at fenders and frames being welded and gas tanks being installed.I am talking about the Harley-Davidson Tour Center in York. There is nothing like it on the East Coast. It is free to the public, so there’s no need for a press pass.” Here is a link to the Harley-Davidson plant tour site for more information.
• GOBAGs and ethics? Not in the same sentence: “Ex-coach Sandusky, Penn State police chief who closed ’98 sex abuse inquiry were once neighbors” – York Sunday News
• More skunks in the woodpile! – The Harrisburg Patriot-News reports: “Another version of Mike McQueary’s story about Jerry Sandusky surfaces.“