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Quote for today… “”It would leave college football in the hands of the Jackie Sherrills and Barry Switzers.” – Joe Paterno

• 2012 Lancaster County Home Ownership Fair – April 14 – Public Private Partnership in action.

• Lancaster City hits Columbia-Marietta water deal – MyColumbiaNews [NOTE: The announcement of the “deal” was made in a LEGAL NOTICE previously posted here. – LINKS: Columbia Water Company – Marietta Gravity Water Company]

• “Fat Tuesday. Mardi Gras. Fasnacht Day. Those are three names for the one day a year when you’re actually supposed to eat fatty foods — the day before Lent. So go ahead and eat up all that rich goodness on Tuesday. It’s easy to feel like you’re in The Big Easy at Prudhomme’s Lost Cajun Kitchen, located in a haunted 1800s-era hotel. – Central Penn Business Journal

• There should be an addition to the “three great lies.” Here it is: making promises to communities, their elected “public servants” and public sector agencies and then reneging after existing rules have been relaxed, abandoned or violated. Columbia news, views & reviews published this on December 8: “Hope springs eternal; or as Cole Umber said, “hope lives on because it has no choice.” – “Lancaster City Planning Commission members Wednesday granted final approval for a $20 million project which may never be built. The plan for a 76,578-square-foot office building on the redeveloped Lancaster Stockyards received unanimous commission approval. But real estate developer Tim Harrison said he still does not have an agreement from the national company for which it was designed. – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era AND HERE’S THE ARTICLE IN YESTERDAY’S NEWSPAPER

• $antorum made $3.6 million by lobbying – “Santorum’s federal tax returns show his wealth has risen rapidly since Senate defeat in 2006” – The Washington Post

• “The normally mundane task of re-appointing volunteers to serve on municipal boards turned into a heated argument at this week’s Manheim Township commissioners’ meeting. Manheim Township Commissioner J. Michael Flanagan wondered out loud during Monday’s meeting whether the appointment of township resident Ian Hodge to Manheim Township’s planning commission was politically motivated. The whole thing was “railroaded through improperly,” Flanagan claimed.” – MyManheimTownshipNews

• Gomer Pyle would have said, “Surprise, Surprise!” – Here’s how US intervention helped another nation: “A year after uprising, militias hold sway in Libya” – San Francisco Chronicle

• “AARP will hold driver-safety courses in March, including a basic eight-hour course and a pair of four-hour refresher courses. Dates, times and sites are: Tuesday, March 20, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (refresher course), at Covenant United Methodist Church, 110 Mulberry St. To register, call 569-2859. – Monday and Tuesday, March 26 and 27, noon to 4 p.m. both days, and Wednesday, noon to 4 p.m. (refresher course), at the Ephrata Recreation Center, 130 Academy Drive, Ephrata. To register, call 738-1167. For additional information, contact A. Richard Erisman at 627-2775, or at aresje@windstream.net.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• LEGAL NOTICE published in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era, February 18, 2012 – “ST. ANNE’S RETIREMENT COMMUNITY’S SKILLED NURSING CENTER The skilled Nursing Facility of St. Anne’s Retirement Community, Inc., located at 3952 Columbia Avenue, Columbia, Pa., part of a non-profit corporation associated with the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, complies with the provisions of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act and Title V 1 of the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 and all requirements imposed pursuant thereto, to the end that no person shall on the grounds of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, religious creed or handicap, be excluded from the participation in, be denied benefits of, or otherwise be subject to discrimination in the provision of any care or service.”

• “Don’t scam — or be scammed! IRS lists ‘dirty dozen’ tax frauds” – Los Angeles Times