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Quote for today… “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

Columbia graduate Derek Zercher with his drums. He was a member of the marching, concert and jazz bands. (Blaine T. Shahan / Staff)[SOURCE: Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Columbia’s Derek Zercher is “Teen of the Week.” – MyColumbiaNews

• All non-profit organizations have to deal with this issue: “What’s the Math? Three Questions Your Board Members Really Need to Know” – GuideStar

• “Get really, really rich: Form a non-profit” – CBS News

• School taxes going up 2.48% – My ColumbiaNews

• LEGAL NOTICE published in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era, June 22, 2012. “Legal Notice Borough Council of the Borough of Columbia will hold a public hearing regarding the following described Ordinance and immediately following thereafter will consider for adoption at its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, July 9, 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, setting forth its authority to establish an “Airport District Overlay”, and provisions regarding: purposes of the Ordinance; relation of the overlay to other zones; definitions; establishment of airport zones; airport zone height limitations; permit requirements; use restrictions; nonconforming uses; obstruction marking and lighting variances; violations and penalties; appeals; conflicting regulations; amending the official zoning map by the adoption of an official supplementary airport overlay zoning map; 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, 50 North Duke Street, Lancaster, PA and a copy is on file with the Lancaster Newspapers, 8 West King Street, Lancaster, PA 17603.Columbia Borough By: Zimmerman, Pfannebecker, Nuffort & Albert, LLP, Solicitor.”

• Too cute … there is hope for mankind! Be sure to click to see the video, too. – KOMO News (Seattle, WA)

• Sandusky trial: Guilty – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• “Hey, it’s Pennsylvania, the land of low expectations. It’s behavior we’ve come to rely on.” Read this column by columnist John Baer and ask when is enough enough?” – Philadelphia Daily News

• “After a five-year downward spiral with losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars, stagnant revenue and plunging share prices, the Rite Aid Corp. on Thursday told shareholders the company was going in the right direction.” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• Follow up to this Tuesday article (“A West Hempfield Township man was seriously injured when his dog attacked him Friday afternoon, police said. The incident occurred around 2:30 p.m. at the man’s home in the 3800 block of Columbia Avenue.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era): “A dog that authorities said would be euthanized after attacking its owner last week in West Hempfield Township is now in the care of an animal rescue group.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era