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

Question for today … $3,244,991.07 from 21,769 gifts.

• We’re confused when a line from a LancasterOnLine article says, “A K-9 officer and his handler from Columbia assisted in the search.” Is the K-9 an officer? Do Columbia PD’s officers have handlers?

• Columbia PD news release 22 Nov 2013

• Giant customer finds spider in produce – York Dispatch

• “Three trainers and a man who timed practice runs at a central Pennsylvania horse track face fraud-related charges for allegedly trying to rig races.” – York Dispatch

• The price of the transportation bill: “After tax and fee increases take full effect in five years, gas taxes could go up by as much as 28.5 cents per gallon at the pump, based on the average wholesale price in use for 2013, while drivers would pay more for licenses, registration and some traffic violations. Pennsylvania could have one of the highest, if not the highest, gas tax rates in the nation.” – WPXI-TV

• The “rules for the Extraordinary Give – Participating-Organization-Rules-2013

• NUMBERS: 71 donations made to the below Columbia organizations – 4,433 – Households in Columbia –

• EXTRAORDINARYGIVE TOTALS … Final tally for selected Columbia organizations

Columbia Crimson Tide Education Foundation (CCTEF)	28	$3,765.00
Columbia Economic Development Corporation (CEDC)	15	$8,460.00
Columbia Public Library	12	$400.00
Community Life Network	16	$910.00