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Quote for today… “Those who can make you believe absurdities, can persuade you to commit atrocities.” –
Voltaire

• PPL’s Community of Volunteers will team with local volunteers to clean up Glatfelter Field on Friday, April 20 – MyColumbiaNews

•  “Starting next year, the check will no longer be in the mail for millions of people who receive Social Security and other government benefits.” – Reading Eagle

• “People planning a $26 million sports complex in East Hempfield Township have added a new wrinkle to their application.They have added a second separate zoning application to build the indoor-outdoor sports complex, even though the first application has yet to be decided by township officials.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Miracles do happen: “One evening last May, the alcohol-fueled fight between Heather Sands and her boyfriend got so out of control that police were called to their Columbia home.” – Lancaster Sunday News

• National Boys and Girls Club Week, April 15 -21 – The Columbia Clubhouse

• Pennsylvania’s 10 greatest laws: ” …  Temple University student researchers have produced a ‘greatest achievements’ list of the most important laws passed by Pennsylvania’s General Assembly in modern times.” – PhillyBurbs.com

• Interesting LEGAL NOTICE published in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era, Monday, April 16, 2012 – “NOTICE The Strasburg Borough Council will hold a special meeting on April 30, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at the Strasburg Borough Office, 145 Precision Avenue, Strasburg, PA to discuss the possibility of enacting a Fire Tax Ordinance for the Borough of Strasburg.

• “winds of change” at Harley-Davidson plants – York Daily Record

• “Tax tips for the last minutes: Deadline to file is Tuesday” – Harrisburg Patriot News