today’s news and information gleanings from here and there! 

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Quote for today… “The Corbett administration continues to give away massive tax breaks to corporations and, so far, those tax breaks have failed to deliver the promised growth in jobs and, subsequently, tax revenue.” – Kathy Jellison, opinion column in the Harrisburg Patriot-News.

• “12 Mistakes School Board Members Make” – an opinion column at the Pennsylvania School Boards’ Association Website
  

• Hempfield tackles school safety issues – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

Google flu trends

• “Widespread’ flu activity in York County” – York Daily Record

• A bunch of “sheriff sales” properties listed in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era; here’s the January 30 listing from the Sheriff’s Office.

• “Amish” bankers – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era [“Sometimes you just have to start your own bank“]

• Carol Galligan, Susquehanna Center for the Creative Arts – SCCA – Resident Artist and Milt Friedly, Resident Artist and SCCA Director will exhibit their work at witf radio and television January 8 thru March 7, 2013. A reception is planned for February 7 from 4-8 p.m.  Both artists are members of the Echo Valley Art Group.

• “A Carlisle fire company plans to throw water on what it regards as burning untruths about home fire sprinklers. Union Fire Company No. 1 announced today its has received $1,000 it will use to help dispel “Hollywood myths about home fire sprinkler technology.” – Harrisburg Patriot-News
  

• Lancaster’s Central Market study wins national award – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era [Read the study.]

• “WORKSHOP: A workshop on “Cooking for Crowds: A Volunteer’s Guide to Safe Food Handling,” will be held Monday, Jan. 21, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Farm & Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road. Participants will learn up-to-date methods for safely handling and preparing food for large groups. The workshop is appropriate for nonprofit food providers such as churches, fire companies, schools and civic groups. Cost is $8. To register, call Penn State Extension at 394-6851.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• POLICE LOG: “MOUNT JOY: Christine C. Lally, 49, of 257 W. Market St., Marietta, was charged with disorderly conduct and public drunkenness following a disturbance Dec. 31 in the 900 block of West Main Street. – MOUNT JOY: Michael R. Dick, 27, of 780 Hempfield Hill Road, Columbia, was charged on Jan. 2 after an incident at 741 W. Main St. – LEBANON COUNTY: John T. Ondrusek, 51, of Lebanon, has been charged in a Dec. 24 road rage incident along Route 72, Cornwall Borough police Chief Bruce Harris said. The incident began just north of the Lancaster County border near Hess Express, 3190 Lebanon Road. Ondrusek followed a 51-year-old Columbia woman in his vehicle, flashing headlights and blowing his horn, Harris said. He followed her all the way to a home in a neighboring township.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era