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Quote for today… “In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day’s work.  It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years.” – Jacques Barzun

• Two Amandas – “Two Columbia women tried to rob a woman outside a grocery store (Weis Markets) in West Hempfield Township and fled in a vehicle with two young children inside Tuesday night, police said.” – Lancaster OnLine
• “An alleged drunk driver was arrested after leading police on a high-speed car chase in West Hempfield Township and Columbia Monday night, they said. Township police stopped Elid David Gueits, 34, of 432 Locust St., Columbia, on Route 30 west near Malleable Road at 9:23 p.m. for speeding, they said.” – Lancaster OnLine
• Pa. liquor board votes to jump prices on 313 iems – York Dispatch
• “Hempfield School District is moving forward with a revolutionary open-campus initiative that will shift the boundaries of cyber education in Lancaster County and beyond. Three school districts — Hempfield, Manheim Township and Penn Manor — are cooperating in developing the program, which officials expect to initiate on a limited basis next year.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Mayor proclaims “Celebrating Catholic Schools Week during January 29, 2012″ – At the Monday night Council Meeting Leo Lutz read a proclamation from the Borough.  Tessa Katalinas, student council vice president, and Victoria Kraft, student council president, two students representing Our Lady of the Angels School were on hand to witness the reading and accept the citation. Accompanying the students to the meeting was second-grade teacher, Michelle Detz; she is the school’s coordinator for Catholic Schools Week, January 29 through February 4.
• ‘Columbia council approves tax incentives” – MyColumbiaNews
• Last night’s “community development meeting” and a promise delayed – Yesterday, Columbia news, views & reviews stated there would be additional notes from the Monday night council meeting. That was the plan, but because of conflicting events, we have not found time to review our notes to write the follow up. We will continue to work on that. One of the conflicting events was attending very last night’s informal, but enlightening and community-focused and collaborative meeting. It turns out the advertised meeting posted on Monday and Tuesday at Columbia news, views & reviews (A Special Meeting of the Columbia Borough Community Development Committee  [Councilors for this committee are Renae Sears, chairperson; Jim Smith; Barry Ford and Mary Wickenheiser, alternate] will be held tonight, Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the Borough Municipal Building, 308 Locust St., Columbia, PA to address Economic Strategic Plan actions and any other business” was an action-item “progress-report” meeting for the Economic Strategic Plan. 22 people representing the agencies and organizations who combined their energy, vision and talents meet at the borough hall’s council chambers for just over two hours last night to share progress reports on the projects included in the Economic Strategic Plan on pages 43 through 47.  Councilor Mary Barninger facilitated the meeting; others from the borough’s leadership attending included: borough manager, Norm Meiskey; councilors Mary Wickenheiser, Mike Beury, Renae Sears, Kelly Murphy and Jim Smith and Mayor Leo Lutz. Others who attended included business, resident and community shareholders from Columbia and Lancaster County. The Economic Development Strategic Plan Advisory Group includes shareholder organizations listed on page 2 of the Economic Strategic Plan. The people in attendance last night willingly and openly shared their concerns and ideas that can unite separate forces to ” concentrate … energies and develop a strategy to benefit all segments of the Borough. All interested citizens and shareholders who want to participate in this collaborative community initiative to position Columbia’s emergence are invited to attend the next scheduled “progress” meeting on Tuesday, March 20 at 7:00 pm.
• The additional notes In Wrightsville: “Local athletes excel at World’s Toughest Mudder finale” – York Daily Record

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