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

Quote for today… ““Do the right thing, Red Lion.” – Issak Oliver Wolfe, student addressing the Red Lion Area School Board on diversity last night. – York Daily Record

• Class of 2013 graduation – “Columbia — Commencement is at 7 p.m. June 6 in the high school auditorium; baccalaureate is at 7 p.m. June 4 at Columbia United Methodist Church. Graduates each will get five commencement tickets; additional tickets may be available upon request.” – Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era

• Eastern High School’s graduation information is online at its Website

• LEGAL NOTICE, published in the Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era, May 17, 2013 – “LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Columbia Borough Council (committee meeting of the whole) has been rescheduled from Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. to Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at 6:00p.m. This meeting will be held in the Columbia Borough Municipal Building, 308 Locust Street, Columbia, PA. If you are a person with a disability wishing to attend this meeting and require an accommodation to participate, please contact the Columbia Borough Office at 684-2467. Samuel F. Sulkosky Borough Manager.”

• PowerBall soars to half a billion plus, thanks to California – York Daily Record
  

• UGI seeks rate increase: “Gas Division (UGI) has announced that its purchased gas cost rates will increase on June 1, 2013. As a result, the total bill for the typical residential heating, commercial and industrial retail customer will increase by 7.2%, 7.2% and 7.4% respectively on June 1.” – Advertisement in Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era

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

Hieronymus – (SOURCE: The New York Times)

• The real IRS scandal – The New York Times

• Corporate lobbyists buy more breaks for big banks – The New York Times

“Smart car 2009” – craigslist

• Susquehanna Bank closing three Lancaster County sites – Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era