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Quote for today… “It is time to change the make up of Congress with term limits, strict ethics laws, and oversight committees (not made up of politicians but ordinary people) to watchdog all politicians. All members of Congress should be barred from working for a company as a lobbyist or in any other capacity for 20 years after they retire or get kicked out by the voters of Congress or any other elected office. ” – Comment from the Washington Post article below.

• This evening … Committee of the Whole/Council at 6:00 pm

• “Brittany Elizabeth Detz of Columbia, who is majoring in nursing, was named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Clemson University in Clemson, S.C. – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• “One-hundred-thirty members of Congress or their families have traded stocks collectively worth hundreds of millions of dollars in companies lobbying on bills that came before their committees, a practice that is permitted under current ethics rules, a Washington Post analysis has found.

• “Author Glenn Banner will tell the story of many exciting happenings of the historic years of 1862 and 1863 in Columbia during a presentation on Saturday and on Saturday, Oct. 6, at the Columbia Historic Preservation Society, 21 N. Second St. The video lecture, “Flames across the Susquehanna,” will be offered those days for children at 10:30 a.m. and for adults at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Off with his ear!: “A York City man is injured after a portion of his ear was bitten off during a fight on Saturday morning.” – Fox43