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

Quote for today … “”When you have a district that has a higher than normal percentage of students living in poverty, it’s very difficult to get all of those children on grade level.” –
Columbia Superintendent Kenneth Klawitter, comment on PA’s new school reporting system in this article.

• Turkey Hill recalls three ice cream flavors – York Daily Record

• A published LEGAL NOTICE states that Columbia Borough Council “will consider for passage” issues relating to inconsistent ordinances and other issues at Monday’s Borough Council Meeting on Monday, October 14, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.

• Find out how your school is doing academically. Click on the above graphic.

• Pa Department of Education releases school performance scores

• PA school performance profile: Columbia Jr.-Sr. High School

Australian motorcycle gang the Finks are expected to merge with US group the Mongols. Does this represent a new ‘corporatised’ world of organised crime? AAP/Eric Sands

• Can life get stranger: “A Lancaster General Hospital doctor is charged for allegedly moving the body of an acquaintance from the doctor’s Lancaster County home to a North York parking lot.” – York Dispatch

• Columbia Police Department news release