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

Quote for today … “On a federal level republicans in Washington have been jamming President Obama since he was inaugurated back in 2009. In Harrisburg the wackjobs are gutting funding for anything and everything so their corporate crones don’t have to pay their fair share to keep Pennsylvania working.” -Fudgin_McRac, commenter on this piece in Lancaster Newspapers about Hickernell’s 441 bridge priority.

• It could happen! “Penn State over Michigan” – Centre Daily Times

• Wolverine woe: ” … I keep wondering how O’Brien can get so much out of a bunch of three stars and walk-ons and we can’t get nearly the same effort out of our four star players.” – Reader comment at the Ann Arbor, MI online publication, MLive.com

• Some school boards … publish LEGAL NOTICES when seeking candidates when vacancies occur! Penn Manor does with the notice “seeking applicants for a Board of School Director vacancy” in the Sunday News. And some do not.

• “… our Congressman Joe Pitts is an extortionist. At best he is a spoiled child who goes on a temper tantrum because he can’t get his own way.” says letter to the editor in today’s Sunday News.

• Wow; five out of compliance restaurant inspections – in each case: “person in charge does not have adequate knowledge of food safety.” – York Dispatch

• A complete listing of all inspections at food serving facilities in Lancaster, York counties and the entire state, except those in Columbia, are listed at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Website.

• The Historical Architectural Review Board of the Borough of Columbia will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in council chambers of Borough Hall, 308 Locust St., Columbia.
  741 Chestnut Street; Jared Keim, owner, replace slate roof shingles with metal shingles. 242 North Fourth Street; Jonathan Lutz, owner, replace metal porch posts with wooden porch columns.