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Quote for today… “The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.” – Winston Churchill

• “A proposal for a new charter school is expected to be submitted to the School District of Lancaster in the next few weeks. Backed by some local community leaders, the Academy of Business & Entrepreneurship Charter School promises a rigorous curriculum in math, reading, science and social studies, small class sizes and foreign language literacy beginning in first grade, according to a postcard sent to Lancaster County residents last week.” – Lancaster Sunday News

Brandon Felus, Juniata College

• Brandon Felus, Juniata College, Junior, DL, Columbia, PA / Columbia HS, was named the Centennial Conference’s “defensive player of the week” last week. Felus led the Eagles with a season-high 10 tackles (five solo) as Juniata held McDaniel to a single score and 241 total yards in a 24-7 victory. He had three sacks and another 0.5 tackles for loss. – News release, Centennial Conference

• Columbia 24, Northern Lebanon 0: In Fredericksburg, the Crimson Tide clinched a district playoff spot in Class A by shutting out the Vikings. Columbia (4-6) was the fourth and final team in the district rankings entering the game and only helped itself by beating a Class AAA school in Northern Lebanon (2-8). Read more at the Lebanon Daily News here. Read the article in the Lancaster Sunday News, “Columbia blanks Northern Lebanon to secure playoff spot” here.

• Columbia is one of 11 L-L high school football teams headed to district playoffs – Lancaster Sunday News

• Preview your sample ballot for Tuesday’s election here.

• “Theo” Robinson obituary – LancasterOnLine

• OMG, wouldn’t you expect the folks who run these places to know better and care about food safety: this week’s restaurant inspections in  Lancaster County. – Lancaster Sunday News

• A buffet of violations at the York Buffet with this week’s restaurant inspections in York County. – York Dispatch

• A complete listing of all facilities in Lancaster, York counties and the entire state, except those in Columbia, is available at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Website

• “Community groups and local food advocates are coming together to discuss how to make it easier for farmers to share food within the county, get fresh food to hard-to-reach areas, and boost the local food economy. The first York County Local Food Summit will bring all of those together on Wednesday at the 4-H Center at 711 Stoverstown Road.” – York Dispatch

• Paris Pub, 392 E. Front St., Marietta, was cited in October by the State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement for failing to post signage as required by the Clean Indoor Air Act. – Lancaster Sunday News

• “Seafood Shanty eyes return to Lebanon County” – Lebanon Daily News [NOTE: Before there was a national seafood restaurant chain, there was the small-Pennsylvania cluster of Seafood Shanty‘s serving “only the highest quality of seafood that New England, Baltimore and the West Coast have to offer.”]

• You awoke today after turning your clocks back by an hour last night; “and as always, fire officials urge you to also change the batteries in your home’s smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. And if your home lacks adequate alarms, you are urged to get them and install them. Working smoke alarms cut in half the risk of dying in a home fire, according to the state fire commission. Worn or missing batteries are the most common cause of a smoke alarm or carbon monoxide detector malfunction.” – York Sunday News

• Mt. Gretna property owners hit with whopping tax increases following reassessment – Lancaster Sunday News