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 … “When it was all said and done, Sandy did bring a lot of rain, wind and misery to Lancaster County on Monday, but the storm didn’t deliver the devastating blow many had feared.” – LancasterOnLine [Article]

• There is a vacancy on the Columbia Borough Planning Commission; if you are a resident of Columbia and have an interest in serving your community submit your interest to one of the borough councilors. According to the Planning Commission in Pennsylvania guide, “The greatest responsibility (of a community’s Planning Commission) is to lead their residents in developing a view of their future.”

• Because of Sandy, some communities want “Trick or Treat” night change – ColumbiaOnLine

• “Block scheduling” works at Columbia High School – MyColumbiaNews

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

The picture of the writer of the article below is too good. (SOURCE: Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era)

• “Confessions of a neurotic archer” – by Ad Crable, Outdoor Trails, Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• “Sandy treats states differently: A state-by-state look” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• LEGAL NOTICE published in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era, October 30, 2012 – “The regularly scheduled meeting of the West Hempfield Township Zoning Hearing Board will be held on Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 7:30 PM in the West Hempfield Township Municipal Building located at 3401 Marietta Avenue, Lancaster, PA to hear the following cases: 1. Case 1159 – Columbia Christian Fellowship, 401 Locust Street, Columbia, PA for a Special Exception to Section 304.2.B.1 to allow a church use in a portion of an existing structure owned by Drug & Alcohol Rehabilitation Services located at 1290 Prospect Road, zoned R-3. They also request a variance to Section 707 for parking requirements and Section 708 to allow one building sign and one free-standing sign. 2. Case 1160 – Joseph Meyer (Allimax Farm), 1620 Snyder Corner Road, Windsor, PA for an appeal from decision of Zoning Officer/Interpretation of Zoning Ordinance for property he leases from Chiques Rock Farms, Inc. located at 786 Kames Hill Road, zoned Rural Agricultural. Daryl S. Peck, Secretary West Hempfield Township.”

• The following area students received degrees from Penn State University this summer: Richard J. Long of Columbia, Harrisburg campus, electrical engineering, master of engineering; Eric M. McConaughey of Columbia, University Park campus, recreation, park, and tourism management, bachelor of science; Gloria K. Nwabueze of Columbia, Harrisburg campus, Teaching And Curriculum master of education; Michael Shelley of Columbia, University Park campus, soil science, master of science; Andrew W. Torchia of Columbia, University Park campus, veterinary and biomedical sciences, bachelor of science and Casey S. Douglas of Mountville, Harrisburg campus, teaching and curriculum, master of education. – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era