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

Quote for today… “We didn’t want to duplicate services that might already be in place, which is why we didn’t necessarily locate in the city of Lancaster.” – Sean Reynolds, St. Joseph’s CEO for the newly-unveiled St. Joseph’s Health Ministries’ pediatric dental practice in Columbia. Read more in the MyColumbiaNews article: No-cost children’s dental service opens in Columbia.

• Beauty:  Just a couple days of bright sunshine and warmth is all the trees and shrubs needed. The magical combination made it happen seemingly instantly.

• “New report questions emergency planning around nuclear plants” – Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era

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

• “Lancaster County LINK to Aging and Disasbilities will host its monthly partners’ meeting and a cross-training workshop on Thursday, April 18, at Cocalico Senior Center, 156 W. Main St., Reinholds. The meeting begins at 1 p.m. Immediately following the meeting, Liz Fry of Beyond the Fork in the Road will present a look at the plethora of issues, challenges and observations of the new “Senior Move Management” phenomenon. The event is free, but anyone planning to attend should email LancasterCountyLINK@mail.com or call 380-9714 by noon on Tuesday.” – Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era

• Oh, poop! – “Springettsbury Township Police are seeking a man who reportedly defecated on the sidewalk outside the U.S. Post Office on Concord Road Monday evening. Police said the man, described as a balding, heavy-set white male in his early 60s, was identified by a postal employee as the same man who had previously defecated in the post office lobby. The man left the area before police arrived and has not been located.” – York Daily Record