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

Quote for today… “I fully, truly believe in the concept of regionalization and the concept of shared services as long as the safety of residents comes first.” – Robert McCoy, York Area United Fire & Rescue Chief, in this Hazleton Standard-Speaker article about consolidation of public safety services.

• Here we go … hang on for your life – “President Obama next week will take the political risk of formally proposing cuts to Social Security and Medicare in his annual budget in an effort to demonstrate his willingness to compromise with Republicans and revive prospects for a long-term deficit-reduction deal, administration officials say.” – The New York Times

• Bully’s gets back page splash in Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era‘s Entertainment section.

This photo depicts notes and drawings by Sgt. Roger Lamb, an Irish soldier who served with the British during the Revolutionary War and who was a prisoner at Camp Security in Springettsbury Township. Photos courtesy of Friends of Camp Security (Photo courtesy of Friends of Camp Security) – York Daily Record

• “Drawings by a long-dead soldier to assist Camp Security fundraising efforts” – York Daily Record

• Camp Security’s Website

• St. James Lutheran Church’s pastor to install Centerville’s Holy Spirit Lutheran Church pastor – Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era

• Points of Light and generationOn Websites

• SCAM: Online school cafeteria accounts – Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era

• Another “lessons learned” for municipalities: ” … officials should take note as Stockton, Cal., becomes the largest city in the U.S. to qualify for bankruptcy protection. What went wrong in this once-idyllic Central Valley metropolis of 291,000, host of the annual Asparagus Festival? For starters, crime, unemployment, failing educational system, distressed tax base, the collapse of the sub-prime lending market — all markers of distress … , which can also add decades of official neglect to the list of woes.” – Harrisburg Patriot-News