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 … “Aid leads to more aid and more aid and more aid and less independence of the people that are receiving aid.” – Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda

• Opinion: When we saw this picture at a Website yesterday, we thought: “You’re right.” We should get out of Muslim Lands. We should take our foreign aid and redistribute it elsewhere where it may be appreciated.  This should become part of our foreign policy, Hillary. Or as Dr. Phil might say about Egypt, Libya, Iraq and Syria, “How’s that foreign policy working for you?” It’s pretty clear … it’s not! It is, though, killing American citizens who believe they’re there to help people!
  

• TONIGHT’S MEETING POSTPONED due to weather conditions … Where is Columbia headed? Come to the Economic Development Strategic Planning community meeting tonight at 6:30 in the Borough Hall meeting room.

• One town catches their burglary suspect – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• It’s a new day at Lancaster Newspapers – It’s a pledge! Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• POLICE LOG: “MANHEIM TWP.: Valerie A. Breiner, 27, of Fifth Street, Columbia, was charged after a Sept. 2 traffic stop at Lititz Pike and York Road. – EAST LAMPETER TWP.: Amanda Leigh Clawson, 24, of Columbia, was cited Saturday after she filled a plastic bin with $335 worth of merchandise at the Walmart store, 2034 Lincoln Highway East, and walked out of the store with it.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• LEGAL NOTICE, published in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era, September 18, 2012 – “The Zoning Hearing Board of the Borough of Columbia will meet on Wednesday, September 26, 2012, at 7:00 P.M., in the Municipal Building at 308 Locust Street, Columbia, PA, to consider the following application(s) and/or appeal(s): Columbia & Reading Railway Company, LLC, is requesting special exception(s) and/or variance(s) to develop two railroad business properties at 400 Avenue X and 360 South Fourth Street in a Light Industrial (LI) zoned district. If you are a person with a disability wishing to attend this meeting and require an accommodation to participate in the meeting, please contact the Columbia Borough Office at 684-2467 to discuss how the Borough may accommodate your needs. Jeffrey Helm, ZoningOfficer.”

• York Fair sets attendance record – York Daily Record

• Ah, the irresponsibility of leadership! “A budget is not a wish list. It should be a realistic time measurement of what you are trying to achieve in the coming year.” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• Fat rules! – “McDonald’s adds calorie counts to menus, but few customers change ordering habits” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• And this is new: elected “public servants” ignoring the people they serve? – “Harrisburg debt-recovery plan: Some community leaders say taxpayers are being ignored” – Harrisburg Patriot-News