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

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Quote for today… “That’s why it has to be a nonprofit, because a nonprofit is required to take monies it receives and use them for the purposes for which it’s chartered by the government. It can’t be pocketed.” – Mitch Kapor
[EDITOR’S NOTE: That was then, Mitch.]

• Here’s the lead sentence from an article appearing at MyColumbiaNews: “The Historic Columbia Market House is besieged by allegations of mismanagement, miscommunication, computer hacking and harassment.”

• War for the sake of war, an opinion: “Empires Then and Now”

• Another blogger, Wendy, visits THE – WendyVee’s Roadside Wonders

• “Join us for the ‘Last Dinner on the Titanic’ fundraiser event! This special event will take place April 14th 2012, from 7 PM until midnight. Take a journey back in time to an Edwardian world of strict class distinctions, obsession with etiquette and fashion and the era’s love of fine food. Now booking passage to attend  ‘Last Dinner on the Titanic’ being held at the National Watch & Clock Museum, 514 Poplar Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania on the 100th anniversary of the RMS Titanic‘s maiden voyage. The evening will be a white tie affair featuring a sumptuous 7-course dinner from the kitchens of the historic Accomac Inn. Throughout the evening you will be entertained by the 5-piece White Star Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Austin Hartman playing compositions by Strauss,Tchaikovsky and other music of the day. To confirm your reservation for our fundraiser event, telephone the Columbia Downtown Development Committee at 717.684.0651. Tickets are $150. each. Champagne, wine or beer is included with admission.” – Press Release

• Introduction to art gives new lease to kids in trouble: “Bringing hopeful images to dull walls” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• “The pursuit of The Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com began in October with an unsolicited offer by two businessmen with South Jersey roots, Lewis Katz and George E. Norcross III. It ended Monday with Katz, Norcross, and four other local investors paying $55 million to acquire the daily newspapers and their related website from the hedge funds and financial firms that had owned them since they emerged from bankruptcy in 2010.” This latest sale of the media properties was the fourth in six years. – Philadelphia Inquirer

• LEGAL NOTICE – published in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era, April 3, 2012 – “A meeting of the West Hempfield Township Zoning Hearing Board will be held on Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 7:30 PM in the West Hempfield Township Municipal Building located at 3401 Marietta Avenue, Lancaster, PA to hear the following cases: 1. Case 1145 – Sheetz, Inc., 5700 Sixth Avenue, Altoona, PA for an appeal of Zoning Officers interpretation of zoning ordinance in regards to maximum width for driveways and in the alternative, a variance to Section 707.2.C to allow a non-residential driveways 32 feet wide for a Columbia Avenue access and 36 feet wide for a Prospect Road access on property located at 4010 and 4014 Columbia Avenue, currently owned by Wawa, Inc., 260 W. Baltimore Pike, Wawa, PA zoned C-2.2. Case 1146 – Fern Hill Partners, LLC, 327 Locust Street, Columbia, PA for a use variance to Section 402.2. A to allow a veterinary clinic; avariance to Section 402.3.A.5 for minimum landscape area; avariance to Section 802.21. A for extent of required screening; a variance to Section 802.22.B for extent of landscaping; and a variance to Section 802.23. A to allow access driveway within 200 feet of an intersection for the property owned by Don-Joe, Inc., 600 A Fountain Avenue, Lancaster, PA. The property is located at 601 South 16^th Street, zoned C-2. Daryl S. Peck, Secretary, West Hempfield Township Zoning Hearing Board.”