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… “Members of Congress shouldn’t get pensions in perpetuity at a time when American families are struggling and the nation’s deficit is far too high.” – (US) Rep. Jared Polis D-Colo., in a Government Executive article calling for an end to the “cushy” congressional pension system. More than one in six retire at more than $100,000 a year.

• “We want to be nude like every other BYOB club … “Columbia residents oppose nude dancing at club” – MyColumbiaNews

• Update the information!

• DA will investigate Gundel Funeral Home – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Thursday is Market House day

• “Lowest of the low” Letter to the Editors in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• Dog for dinner? Cat creole?– Columnist Joel Brinkley’s column on the gruesome dearth of animals in Vietnam – The Chicago Tribune

• Great line: “It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted – by present facts – of incompetence and irresponsibility.” – from a letter to the Harrisburg Patriot-News

• Here’s “what’s happening at the Library in February” – NOTICE: “Due to circumstances beyond our control, Friday afternoon story times at the Columbia Public Library will be cancelled.  The “Groundhog’s Day” program held this Friday, February 1, WILL be held at 3:30 PM. Our sincere apologies for any inconvenience.” – email message from Lisa Graybill, Director, Columbia Public Library

• 110 arrested in York “theft ring” – York Daily Record