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

Question for today… “Poor innocent animal. I hope with all my heart that the SOB piece of crap who did this gets caught and punished. But knowing how little people around here seem to care about animals, they’ll probably get a slap on the wrist.” – roxi, commenter, to the article about the senseless shooting of a horse pulling an Amish family in their buggy. 

• Maytown Winter Festival – December 14

• Marietta’s 48th Annual Candlelight Tour of Homes – December 1

• Aren’t open FaceBook pages just a great way to tell people about local events, local business or a local police department? (o-o-p-s, that one’s not an open, current page!) These Columbia police departments, though, have active, open, community-focused, information-filled FaceBook sites: Columbia, TN – Columbia, IL – Columbia, MS

• Hinkle’s Website lists upcoming events around the area.

• Interesting lawsuit against a school district, school board and superintendent – Harrisburg Patriot-News