• One problem with Joe: he thinks Boehner’s got it right! “In contrast with the President, the Speaker’s counteroffer was not merely the House Republican budget, it was an honest effort to meet in the middle.” Really, Joe? – Joe Pitts’ email to constituents.

• Columbia wins Hanover hoops title – Hanover Evening Sun

• “Will you remember where you were when we went over the ‘fiscal cliff’? You may not. But you will remember the first weeks of 2013 when your pay was cut by 2 percent, or $1,608 per year on average.” – Reading Eagle

• Bad news at “Newsy’s” (formerly Midway Hotel) in this week’s restaurant inspections in Lancaster County – Lancaster Sunday News

• Wrightsville fire company gets zapped in 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.

• Letters to the editor in today’s Lancaster Sunday News

Volunteer Rich Bair rakes leaves from among gravestones in Columbia’s Mount Bethel Cemetery.

• ” … Superintendent Ron Mable and nearly two dozen other volunteers who care about Mount Bethel Cemetery” are featured in a story in today’s Lancaster Sunday News

• “The home of Mark and Barbara Fitzpatrick, sitting atop a hill at 170 Richland Drive, Columbia, features some 15,000 Christmas lights, some of which draw an outline of the house. The woods behind the home are awash in green and red light, and the trees at the front — some real, some created — blink and blaze in time to the music in a 15-minute light show, while reindeer appear to prance on the lawn. Decorating for Christmas is “my husband’s passion,” Barbara said. The entire family, she said, loves sharing their decorations with others. Lights are on from 5:30 to 10 p.m. daily.” – Lancaster Sunday News [Their Columbia home listed at LancasterOnLine‘s Top Holiday Lights map.]

• Hanukkah began last evening, Saturday, December 8 and ends in the evening of Sunday, December 16 – “A sacred holiday: Hanukkah commemorates Jewish military victory over Greek-Syrians” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• Volunteers sought – “Christmas basket delivery in Columbia On Dec. 23, the Columbia Lions Club along with the Sunsnappers organization will deliver Christmas food boxes to families in need in the Columbia, Wrightsville, Marietta and Mountville areas. Each year about 170 names of families are forwarded to the Lions Club.The Lions then solicit local businesses and civic organizations for either monetary donations or food donations for the food basket delivery. The baskets will also include a toy for children through Toys for Tots. Those interested in helping on the delivery date of Dec. 23, or contributing, should contact Ken Kramer, project chairman at 684-0599 or 684-2185. The baskets will be assembled at Columbia No. 1 Fire Company on Front Street, starting at 9 a.m. Dec. 23. The organizers expect to deliver about 550 baskets.” – Lancaster Sunday News, 12/2/2012