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

Quote for today… “For those folks who are donating their salaries to a charity, they will recoup some of that money next year on their tax returns, so how are they really taking a pay cut?” – kar102678 commenting on this Government Executive article, “Who’s Forfeiting Pay Alongside Furloughed Employees?” 

• Body found along road in West Hempfield Township – LancasterOnLine

• And what about our elected “public servants?” Why aren’t you on the list of legislators giving back? Joe? Bob? Pat?  Tough backing away from that trough, huh?

• And now Wal-mart joins Sears – York Daily Record

• My “Mouseketeer” passes – The New York Times

• Margaret  Thatcher, too – BBC News

• Letters to the editors in today’s Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era

• LEGAL NOTICE published in the Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era on April 9, 2013 – “LEGAL NOTICE The Zoning Hearing Board of the Borough of Columbia will meet on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at 7:00 P.M., in the Municipal Building at 308 Locust Street, Columbia, PA, to consider the following application(s) and / or appeal(s): Doolittle Investments, LLC, is requesting special exception(s) and / or variance(s) to convert the building into a first floor microbrewery and restaurant, and a first floor retail sale of antiques and collectables, and convert the second floor into retail sale of antiques and collectables at 40 North Third Street in a Downtown Commercial (DC) zoned district. Paul & Roseann Nikolaus are requesting special exception(s) and / or variance(s) to construct an attached garage / foyer entrance to an existing dwelling at 31 North Thirteenth Street in a Rural Residential (RR) zoned district. Benjamin & Michele Gorman are requesting special exception(s) and / or variance(s) to convert the third floor of a business building into a dwelling unit at 1201 Manor Street in a Medium Density Residential (MDR) zoned district. If you are a person with a disability wishing to attend this meeting and require an accommodation to participate in the meeting, please contact the Columbia Borough Office at 684-2467 to discuss how the Borough may accommodate your needs. Jeffrey M. Helm, Zoning Officer.”

What a day of warm sunshine will do! Spirits are lifted when the furnace gets shut off for the season; open windows allow fresh air and buds release.