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 … “Are you all aware that that irresponsible bunch of incompetents we call a Congress did it again?.” – From a letter to the editors to the Harrisburg Patriot-News.

• And ilk like this get elected to public office: “Christie ‘prayed’ for storm” – Cherry Hill Courier Post

• Who dat? Dat is Sharon Prudhomme “cookin’ it up” – WHTM-TV

• POLICE LOG: MANOR TWP.: Brandon Wright, 22, of Kinderhook Road, Columbia, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia after he was found unconscious in a parking lot Friday in the 2200 block of Columbia Avenue. – MANOR TWP.: Jenna Weaver, 25, of Oak Lane, Mount Joy, was charged as the result of a traffic stop Nov. 9 in the 2500 block of Columbia Avenue. – WASHINGTON BORO: Warren Troop III, 48, of Blue Rock Road, Washington Boro, was charged after he allegedly grabbed a woman around the neck during a domestic dispute Dec. 25 at his home. – MANOR TWP.: Chad Beckley, 28, of Williamsburg Road, was charged with simple assault and harassment after he allegedly punched a woman and hit her in the head with a laptop computer during a domestic incident Dec. 28 at his home. – MANOR TWP.: A resident of the first block of Cartledge Lane reported that $3,000 worth of cash and jewelry was taken from her apartment Dec. 26. Police ask anyone with information to contact Officer Mark Burkholder at 299-5231. Tipsters also may call Lancaster City/County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-322-1913 or anonymously text LANCS plus your message to 847411 (TIP411). – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• – South Bend Tribune

• Sometimes you just have to start your own bank – these legal notices appear in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era: “NEW BANK CHARTER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Department of Banking and Securities of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on January 7, 2013, for the purpose of incorporating the BANK OF BIRD-IN-HAND, 2801 Old Philadelphia Pike, Bird-in-Hand, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 17505 under the provisions of the Banking Code of 1965 as amended. The names and addresses of the Incorporators as they appear in the Articles of Incorporation are: J. Harold Bare, 27 Oak Hill Drive, Paradise, PA 17562; Samuel S. Blank, 568 Gibbons Road, Bird-in-Hand, PA 17505; Wilmer A. Esch, 365 Lynwood Road, Bird-in-Hand, PA 17505; Levi A. Esh, Jr., 85 Old Leacock Road, Ronks, PA 17572; Samuel M. Esh, 547 Gibbons Road, Bird-in-Hand, PA 17505; Levi S. Fisher, 2807 Church Road, Bird-in-Hand, PA 17505; Melvin L. Fisher, 3007 West Newport Road, Ronks, PA 17572; Daniel K. Glick, Jr., 40 Reservoir Road, Strasburg, PA 17579; Daniel P. Lapp, 20 North New Holland Road, Gordonville, PA 17529; Kevin J. McClarigan, 19 Leacock Road, Paradise, PA 17562; Christian B. Miller, 2888 Miller Lane, Bird-in-Hand, PA 17505; David W. Miller, 584 Gibbons Road, Bird-in-Hand, PA 17505; Edward L. Miller, 1010 Main Street, Akron, PA 17501; William P. O’Brien, 1849 Crooked Oak Drive, Lancaster, PA 17601; Brent L. Peters, 3938 East View Drive, Orefield, PA 18069; Ephraim D. Riehl, 436 Redwell Road, New Holland, PA 17557; Elmer L. Stoltzfus, 171 Quarry Road, Leola, PA 17540; and John D. Stoltzfus, Jr., 55 Brick Church Road, Leola, PA 17540. The names and addresses of the First Directors as they appear in the Articles of Incorporation are: Levi A. Esh, Jr., 85 Old Leacock Road, Ronks, PA 17572; Melvin L. Fisher, 3007 West Newport Road, Ronks, PA 17572; Kevin J. McClarigan, 19 Leacock Road, Paradise, PA 17562; Edward L. Miller, 1010 Main Street, Akron, PA 17501; William P. O’Brien, 1849 Crooked Oak Drive, Lancaster, PA 17601; Brent L. Peters, 3938 East View Drive, Orefield, PA 18069; Elmer L. Stoltzfus, 171 Quarry Road, Leola, PA 17540; and John D. Stoltzfus, Jr., 55 Brick Church Road, Leola, PA 17540. The purposes for which the institution is incorporated are to receive deposits, make loans, and transact generally any and all business permitted to a banking institution, as defined in the Banking Code of 1965, as amended, and under any present or future laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. All interested persons may file comments regarding this application, in writing, with the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities, Corporate Applications Division, 17 North Second Street, Suite 1300, Harrisburg, PA 17101-2290. In order to be considered, comments regarding this application must be received by the Department of Banking and Securities no later than thirty (30) days after the date that notice of the filing of this application is published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin may or may not appear contemporaneously with this notice. Please check the Pennsylvania Bulletin Web site at www.pabulletin.com to determine the due date for filing comments. Bybel Rutledge LLP Nicholas Bybel, Jr., Esquire 1017 Mumma Road, Suite 302 Lemoyne, PA 17043″ and “NOTICE OF FILING BANK OF BIRD-IN-HAND 2801 Old Philadelphia Pike Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania 17505 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Incorporators of the Bank of Bird-in-Hand (the “Bank”), a proposed Pennsylvania state-chartered bank to be located at 2801 Old Philadelphia Pike, Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania 17505, have filed an Interagency Charter and Federal Deposit Insurance Application with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) by which the Bank’s deposits will be insured by the FDIC to the extent permitted by law if the application is approved and other conditions are met. The Incorporators of the Bank are: J. Harold Bare; Samuel S. Blank; Wilmer A. Esch; Levi A. Esh, Jr.; Samuel M. Esh; Levi S. Fisher; Melvin L. Fisher; Daniel K. Glick, Jr.; Daniel P. Lapp; Kevin J. McClarigan; Christian B. Miller; David W. Miller; Edward L. Miller; William P. O’Brien; Brent L. Peters; Ephraim D. Riehl; Elmer L. Stoltzfus; and John D. Stoltzfus, Jr. Any person wishing to comment on this application may file his or her comments in writing with the Regional Director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation at its regional office at 350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1200, New York, NY 10118-0110 not later than February 7, 2013. The nonconfidential portions of the application are on file in the regional office and are available for public inspection during regular business hours. Photocopies of the nonconfidential portion of the application file will be made available upon request. Bybel Rutledge LLP Nicholas Bybel, Jr., Esquire 1017 Mumma Road, Suite 302 Lemoyne, PA 17043.”