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

• Today’s Weather! 
• Today in History!
• Traffic Cam Rts. 30 & 441
• The Official Time! – Population Clock (U.S. and World)

Quote for today … ““For the first time in a decade, the amount of aid given by the world’s richest countries to the world’s poorest countries has fallen back. Promises are being broken. This is wrong.” – David Cameron, prime minister, United Kingdom

• TORNADO WATCH – LancasterOnLine

• The rest of the story (We posted this story earlier this week : Harrisburg cop is pain in his wife’s butt – Harrisburg Patriot-News), as Paul Harvey used to say, is that the cop was “under the influence of alcohol.” Here’s the link to that story at FOX43.

• The Columbia Public Library calendar of activities for June; click on the calendar to enlarge it.

• You gotta’ get moving … there’s still time to sign up to participate in the 2012 Lancaster Senior Games. June 11 through 15.

• “While acting as caregiver, (a Lititz woman) also stepped in to handle her mother’s finances — and allegedly drained the 95-year-old woman’s bank account to the tune of $122,176.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• “Police in West Hempfield Township are investigating the holdup Thursday of Union Community Bank at 10 S. 18th St., Columbia. It’s the third time in as many days that a county bank has been robbed. A Union Community Bank in East Hempfield Township was held up Wednesday, and a PNC Bank was struck Tuesday in Lancaster Township.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• “Because that’s where the money is!” is what bank robber Willie Sutton, reputedly replied to a reporter’s inquiry as to why he robbed banks. He denied ever saying that, in a 1976 book he co-authored, Where the Money Was. – Wikipedia

• “Lunch in the parlor: Change in state regulations will allow food at funeral services” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• LEGAL NOTICES published in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era, June 1, 2012 – Legal Notice Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Borough of Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania will consider for passage on Monday, June 11, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the Municipal Building, 308 Locust Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania an ordinance titled and summarized as: an Ordinance of the Borough of Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania amending the Code of the Borough of Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Section 82-9 and 126-36 of the Code of the Borough of Columbia to allow unlicensed cats which are neutered or spade [sic] to be released back to the place where captured; providing for the repeal of inconsistent ordinances; providing for the severability of the ordinance; and providing that the ordinance shall take effect as provided by Pennsylvania law. A complete copy of the ordinance may be inspected at the Municipal Building, 308 Locust Street, Columbia, PA during regular business hours and the Lancaster Law Library, located at 50 North Duke Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Columbia Borough By: Norman B. Meiskey, III Borough Secretary”and “Legal Notice Notice is here by given that the Council of the Borough of Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania will consider for passage on Monday, June 11, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the Municipal Building, 308 Locust Street, Columbia, Pennsylvania an ordinance titled and summarized as: ‘An Ordinance of the Borough of Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania amending Chapter 90 of the Code of the Borough of Columbia – Borough Property, to prohibit smoking or use of tobacco products on or in Borough property; providing for the repeal of inconsistent ordinances; providing for the severability of the ordinance; and providing that the Ordinance shall take effect as provided by Pennsylvania law. A complete copy of the Ordinance may be inspected at the Municipal Building, 308 Locust Street, Columbia, PA during regular business hours and the Lancaster Law Library, located at 50 North Duke Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Columbia Borough By: Norman B. Meiskey, III Borough Secretary.’”and “PUBLIC NOTICE Marietta Borough Council will host a special workshop “Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities” on Thursday, June 7, 2012 from 8:30 AM to 11:45 AM and 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM in the Council Chambers, 113 East Market Street, Marietta. Public comment is welcome.”

• Letters to the editors in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• POLICE LOG: “COLUMBIA: Lulu Mae Love, 36, and Jay M. Cooney, 35, both of Columbia, were charged after an incident at their apartment on May 18. – Daniel Diaz, 44, of Columbia, was charged Tuesday after he allegedly attacked a woman, causing a cut lip and bruises. He was committed to Lancaster County Prison in lieu of $15,000 bail. – Henry Lee Thompson Jr., 52, of Columbia, was charged Sunday after a police officer saw him punching a woman in the face. He was committed to county prison in lieu of $10,000 bail – Amber Lynn Rapp, 26, and Blane Thomas Mease, 28, both of Columbia, were charged Sunday after a domestic dispute at their home. They were committed to county prison in lieu of $10,000 bail each.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

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