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 today… “If this is any indication how this administration does oversight of private contracts, heaven help the lottery.” – Mike Sturla, Pennsylvania State Representative, in a Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era article about the pay SNAFU’s with and newly-signed private entity contractor.

“Ice forms on a stick Wednesday near the edge of the Susquehanna River near the Columbia-Wrightsville bridge.”: Richard Hertzler / Staff – SOURCE: Page one picture in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• “The Eastern Sports & Outdoor Show is being postponed.” – LancasterOnLine
• An email from a reader about Park Elementary School principal’s retirement announcement – “Wondering if she ‘retired’ due to board plans to re-do setup at elementary schools for 2013-14 year.  (Someone I know) already pulled her son out of Cola Schools due to discussed plan to make Park grades K-3 and Taylor grades 4-6.  2 other acquaintances with children who have (asked) what they can do to stop this. Interesting …. ”
• Ah-h-h, those vice presidents: One invents the Internet; this one “heard the shots” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era … and we keep putting jokers like these into “elected public servant” roles?

• “Biden’s claim of brush with gun massacre questioned” – The Washington Star

• Some guy this is!: “Former Pennsylvania Game Commissioner Stephen L. Mohr pleaded guilty Wednesday to animal cruelty for keeping dogs in foul conditions.” – MyElizabethtownNews

• Jeff Hawkes column: Townships wrong to pull out of LIMC – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• “I’m going to quit milking cows.” – “Tom Frey, a third-generation owner of the landmark Frey Dairy Farms, said Wednesday that the family is getting out of the dairy business.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Want to be a police officer in York County? Here’s your chance. – York Daily Record

• “Rat yourself out and save money on car insurance.” – York Daily Record

• Toomey’s got the idea: term limits – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• This one does not: Long-term “at-the-public-trough” Casey “will propose a tax credit tied to new hiring and wage increases.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era – [NOTE: Businesses can hire more people and can pay more when their sales increase or when “government red tape is eliminated or reduced.” – Small Business Executive

• POLICE LOG: “LANCASTER: “A male struck a 50-year-old Columbia man with a baseball bat in the 200 block of North Queen Street at about 11 p.m. Friday. The victim suffered a head injury and was taken to a local hospital for treatment. Police have not identified a suspect, but are investigating video footage from Lancaster Community Safety Coalition cameras, they said Tuesday.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• PA charter schools “fare poorly” – Harrisburg Patriot-News