today’s news and information gleanings from here and there!
Quote for today… “Both sides of the road serve as a dump.” – Excerpted from Chio Smedley’s column in the Sunday News: “Trouble with trash on Route 30.“
- Three to five inches: “I can say with 100 percent certainty that there is a storm,” Greg DeVoir, of the National Weather Service, said.” – Lancaster OnLine
- The “absolute best” wins another championship – GameTimePA
- “Columbia native Tom Bigler, longtime business manager for the Lancaster County Career & Technology Center, is the guy who works behind the scenes, taking care of the details so his school can ‘provide a great environment to educate our secondary and postsecondary students.’” – Sunday News
- Sometimes the Borough Website get’s updated quickly! Other times, the wheels just grind slowly.
- County Board of Assessment Appeals, January 9, 2013 minutes: “COLUMBIA WATER COMPANY/ A motion was made by Mr. Fry and seconded by Mr. Bechtold to continue exemption for the following properties they recently acquired from Marietta Gravity: 150-99504-0-0000 located in East Donegal Township, 300-21066-0-0000 located in West Hempfield Township and 420-81742-0-0000 located in Marietta Borough. The three parcels will continue to be in PURTA. Motion passed.”
- Tragic end: “Child and father dead following custody exchange shooting outburst in Huntingdon County” – Harrisburg Patriot-News
- Kingdom Buffet again sports dozens of violations; why would anyone eat there? This week’s restaurant inspections in Lancaster County – Lancaster Sunday News [NOTE: In February, the Kingdom Buffet had these violations.]
- Not why the restaurant wants to be “Famous” – This week’s restaurant inspections in York County. – York Dispatch
- A complete listing of all facilities in Lancaster, York counties and the entire state, except those in the “republic” of Columbia, is available at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Website.
- “Columbia Fish & Game‘s 32-target, 3-D archery shoot from 7 a.m.-1 p.m.; $10 for adults; $3 for kids 12-16. Take Route 30 west; right on Prospect Road; left on Fairview Road.” – Sunday News
Columbia news, views & reviews 
Tom Bigler What a great guy, very nice guy to be around and if the ever was a man to be as good as his word it was Tom.
We were unlucky enough to try out Kingdom Buffet once. The food was terrible. The service was worse. We decided the local Burger King had much better food. You’d have to know our local Burger King to appreciate that comment.
In response to Joe Browns comments, Shame you didn’t follow in his footstepts.