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… “Whatever it is, I’m against it!” – The song mentioned in Larry Alexander’s column yesterday. Alexander is a staff writer and columnist for the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era. The song from the 1932 Groucho Marx movie, “Horse Feathers,” is a perfect theme for the elected “public servants” in Columbia.

• “A Columbia man has been charged with firing several shots into a vehicle containing his two young children. The incident occurred early this morning in the area of 2nd and Perry streets in Columbia.” – MyColumbiaNews
• “The charges keep piling up against former area residents, Kevin Love and Dwayne Weir, last summer’s Clyde and Clyde who were on the lam from police for two weeks before being captured in a dramatic showdown in Dauphin County. – Lancaster OnLine

• Tragedy: “Twice in one week, two 50-year-old women have hung themselves from a tree in a public place in Lancaster County.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Another trusted employee of a non-profit “embezzles $221 thousand from the York Symphony” to gamble – York Dispatch

• Was it good for you? Reich column: “The most lop-sided recovery on record” – The Chicago Tribune

• Recovery continues: Yahoo lays off 2,000 – The Washington Post

• Follow up from the Walking River Rats: “The Walking River Rats will be walking for it’s Third Year in The StepOut For Diabetes. This year the walk is being held in Middletown instead of Columbia but we are still walking. We will be holding a Bake sale/ Raffle on Saturday April 14th @ 10am. We are in need of Team Members to walk. We are also in need of Baked goods and Items for the Raffles. Anyone wanting to help or walk with the team. Please contact: Lora Pennington – WalkingRiverRats@aol.com or find me on Facebook. You may also call me at 717-224-4719. Leave message.”

• Good Friday Church  Services – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• “POLICE LOG: WEST HEMPFIELD TWP.: WEST HEMPFIELD TWP.: Shawn M. Derstler, 18, of Columbia, has been charged with the theft March 27 of 30 pounds of copper tubing and wire from a property in the 2500 block of Ironville Pike. He also was charged with criminal trespass. – Robert Stefano, 42, and Ann Lewis, 39, both of Lancaster, have been charged with possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia in an incident Friday at a motel in the 4000 block of Columbia Avenue. Police who were called to the motel discovered Stefano unconscious and not breathing, and officers performed CPR until medical personnel arrived. Police said they later determined Stefano’s condition was the result of a drug overdose and evidence was located in the motel room. – WEST HEMPFIELD TWP.: Colette Hostetter, 39, of Mount Joy, was taken into custody after allegedly driving in an erratic manner Sunday at Marietta Avenue and Farmdale Road. Hostetter was belligerent toward police and staff at Lancaster Regional Medical Center, where she was taken for a blood test which she subsequently refused, police said. She was committed to Lancaster County Prison on a parole violation. – WEST HEMPFIELD TWP.: A red 1993 Honda Civic with Pennsylvania registration HTC6623 was reported stolen Friday from a parking lot in the 2100 block of Oak Hollow Road. – WEST HEMPFIELD TWP.: Chris Pizzola, 18, of Mountville, was arrested for DUI after police saw him allegedly driving in an erratic manner Saturday at Hill and Church streets. Pizzola and a 17-year-old passenger were charged with underage drinking. – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era