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

• Today’s Weather! – Today in History! – The Official Time! – Population Clock (U.S. and World)
• Traffic Cam Rts. 30 & 441
• Lancaster County 9-1-1 map
• York County 9-1-1 map
• Lancaster County police incident map

Quote for the day:“I think all sportsman should remember these shops when buying. Better yet let’s remember the gun dealers who don’t back out and remember not to give them our business in the future.” – Commenter, Mt. Joy’s, comments on the withdrawal of another gun dealer from the Eastern Outdoor Show. – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Lancaster will have its own animal shelter – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Update the information!

• PA’s new lottery partner “rapped” in England – Harrisburg Patriot-News – For the governor’s perspective, click on the picture below.
  

• This is big: “USA Field Hockey moving base to Lancaster” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• How big is Spooky Nook? “Spooky Nook Sports is home to the largest indoor sports complex in America” – Website

Park Elementary’s retiring principal Debra Wallace (Photo courtesy of Columbia Borough School District) – SOURCE: MyColumbiaNews

• “Park Elementary principal announces retirement” – MyColumbiaNews

• How cold is it?

(SOURCE: BudgetTravel.com)

• How cool is Lititz? – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Praise for LGH and “why support” graffiti, milk support pricing and Perdue pollution in Letters to the Editors in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Storm troopers: Once upon a time a snow storm was more than an inch or two. Today an article in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era calls for a storm; Millersville’s Eric Horst says, “It could be an inch, it could be several inches.” The National Weather Service in State College says, “A LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY LATER FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.” WGAL reports: “another storm system will move in for Friday, likely bringing us light snow.” – Oh, by the way, here’s the US snow cover map by Intellicast.com showing where the snow is and how much there is.

Glenn A. Hershey – Lancaster County Prison (SOURCE: WGAL.com)

• WGAL’s coverage on the arrest of former Columbian Glenn Hershey includes the statement from the nursing facility. – WGAL.com –  There’s an expanded article, too, at in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• LEGAL NOTICE published in the Lancaster Intelligencer/New Era on January 23, 2013 – NOTICE The West Hempfield Township Board of Supervisors will meet on Wednesday January 30, 2013 at 7:00 P.M. at the West Hempfield Fire and Rescue, 3519 Marietta Avenue, Lancaster, Pennsylvania to discuss Fire Service topics and to conduct any other business that may properly come before the Board. Township of West Hempfield By: Ron L. Youtz, Secretary.”

• West Hempfield Township Alimax Farms ruling delayed: “‘This whole thing is convoluted,’ said (West Hempfield Township) zoning chairman Gary Lintner.” – MyHempfieldNews

• “A landlord of a Millersville Borough rental property raised concerns Tuesday about the process used to address noise complaints against tenants.” – MyPennManorNews

• “The World War II Oral History Club will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. at St. Anne’s Retirement Community, 3952 Columbia Ave., Columbia. Speaker will be Paul Winters, who served as a medic in the 116th Infantry Regiment 29th Division. He was in the first wave landing on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944, D-Day. He received two Purple Hearts. The purpose of the club is to preserve an oral history of World War II. Anyone who is willing to share memories can call Dan Mastros, 684-9152.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era