• 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… “There’s some end at last for the man who follows a path: mere rambling is interminable.” – Seneca

• Beginning next Saturday, July 7, the Historic Columbia Market House will be open Saturdays, 8:00 am to 2:00 pm.

• “U.S. Supreme Court Upholds President Obama’s Health Care Overhaul” – WITF

• Columbia’s Bike Auction will be held at the Columbia Market House on Saturday; the auction begins at 10:oo am. The Market House is open today and tomorrow … and the Market House will be open 9am – 3pm on June 30th for the Antique Art and Craft Show.

• And the annual “Antique, Art, and Craft Show takes place (in downtown Columbia) rain or shine from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 30. – The Merchandiser

• July-like weather – It’s going to be hot for the next several days; check the “Today’s Weather!” link above. Here’s the “Hazardous Weather Outlook.”

• Yesterday’s fire: “A three-alarm fire ravaged a Columbia motorcycle dealership Wednesday afternoon. Fire was reported at the Cycle Den, 1115 Lancaster Ave., at 1:02 p.m. Fire crews arriving at the scene found the building engulfed in flames and smoke.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era
  

• Bank robbery indictment: “A Philadelphia man was indicted by federal prosecutors Tuesday in connection with the armed robbery of a bank in Columbia on March 1.” – MyColumbiaNews

• Lancaster’s Central Market Trust continues upgrades – Continuing improvement is an outcome of the collaborative nature of the Trust and the municipality.  Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Celebrating Eagle Scouts: “”A Century of Eagles” will be celebrated by the Pennsylvania Dutch Council, BSA, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 21 at J. Edward Mack Scout Reservation in Brickerville.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era [NOTE: To be an Eagle Scout is no mean feat; Eagle Scouts commit and excel.]

• POLICE LOG: “RAPHO TWP.: Edward J. Oslowski, 19, of 2115 Oswego Drive, Columbia, Joshua W. Guacci, 19, of Weaverville, N.C., Gregory R. Kauffman, 18, of 104 Saddleback Drive, Marietta, and Kyle A. Russell, 20, of 134 E. New St., Mountville, were charged with vandalizing a soda machine May 16 in the 900 block of Strickler Road.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

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

• Supreme Court decision: Time for a kinder kind of justice for teen killers or “opening the doors.” – The Chicago Tribune