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Quote for today… “We could have a whole generation out there that’s not able to contribute.” – Dr. Robert Hollister, Eastern Lancaster County superintendent, commenting on Charter Schools and state testing. – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• According to the Columbia Borough Website, the monthly council meeting is scheduled for this evening at 7:00 pm. – Website

• “‘Change for Change’ – Parking Authority meters collecting contributions for charities” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Excuses for lowered results at cyber schools – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

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

• Feeding the elephant: “Want to see how quickly the look and business model of American public universities are changing? Visit a place like Indiana University. Five years ago, there were 87 undergraduates from China on its idyllic, All-American campus in Bloomington. This year: 2,224.” – Mail.com

• Drowsy Driving Prevention Week — November 12–18, 2012. Drowsy driving has been identified as a major factor compromising public health and safety. In the general population, nearly 5% of respondents to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System reported that, at least once in the preceding 30 days, they had fallen asleep or nodded off while driving. Results of a questionnaire administered at truck inspection stations in several U.S. states indicated that 28% of commercial motor vehicle drivers acknowledged that at least once during the preceding month, they had fallen asleep while driving. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of unintentional injury deaths among youths aged 15–24 years, and drowsy driving has been identified as one type of teen driver error. Given the prevalence and dire consequences of drowsy driving, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) encourages parents, educators, health-care providers, and the general public to learn more about healthy sleep practices that can combat drowsy driving. Additional information is available online from the National Sleep Foundation and from CDC.”

• LEGAL NOTICE, published in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era on November 12, 2012. – “NOTICENotice is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors of West Hempfield Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania has completed the proposed budget for 2013. The proposed budget will be available for public inspection at the West Hempfield Township Municipal Building, 3401 Marietta Avenue, Lancaster, Pennsylvania between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday beginning November 12, 2012. The Board intends to adopt the budget at the irregularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at the West Hempfield Township Municipal Building. Township of West Hempfield By: Ron L. Youtz, Secretary.