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

• Quote for today… “I  recommend that the school board go to the commonwealth secretary of education and ask to be consolidated with surrounding school districts..” – Excerpted from Michael J. O’Roarke’s OP-ED column in the York Dispatch. 

• “Hundreds of children and their parents turned out Saturday for a community Easter egg hunt in Columbia.” – Sunday News

• Allimax Farm owner speaks out on YouTube

• Animal-rights group investigate deaths of horses at farms in Lancaster, York counties – MyHempfieldNews and SPCA, police investigating horse poisonings in York and Lancaster counties – York Sunday News
  

• Betcha’ Hurricane was not the only business guilty of this during the Columbia Water Company’s lethargic notification process: “Hurricane Pizza Grill, 4031 Columbia Ave., Columbia, March 15. Person in charge did not adhere to conditions of water advisory that were present at the time of operation. Proper handwashing could not be followed due to ‘Do Not Consume’ water advisory and no temporary handwash was set up. Approximately 12-15 previously cooked wings laying in the sink to cool. Facility unable to use mechanical dishwasher and no three-compartment sink in the facility.” – Lancaster Sunday News

• The above and more are listed in this week’s restaurant inspections in Lancaster County – Lancaster Sunday News
  

• 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.

• Clock lovers speak up in letters to the editors in today’s Sunday News

• Opinion column: “Who will stand up for the Old White Man?” – Harrisburg Patriot-News