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

Quote for today… “Yeah I can’t find it on my phone but I read it. Also that’s what the officers told me at the scene. I was one of the first people to run up to the cars when they crashed. It was literally right outside my front door.” – Bev, commenter to the MyColumbiaNews article about the Wednesday car crash in Columbia.

• Well, somebody’s not a Columbiaphile – Craigslist

Michelle Keifer of York left her job at Bath and Body Works in the West Manchester Mall to brush the driving snow from her car Thursday. The snow caused major travel headaches, but the real danger this weekend is cold, with wind chills well below zero. (Bil Bowden Photo) SOURCE: The York Dispatch

• Two plus pages of abbreviated listings of properties for the January 29 Sheriff Sale; including more than a few Columbia properties. – Lancaster County Sheriff’s office.

• The weather folks got it right this time – and it IS COLD … the coldest in 20 years. The York Dispatch

• Slow go this morning – PennDOT reduces speed limits; 45 mph on Route 30 – PennDot Website

• “It’s a crappy way to start the new year,” said Nick Schmid about the jump in gas prices. – The York Dispatch

• A LEGAL NOTICE in today’s Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era shows the revised 2014 meeting schedule for the Columbia Parks & Recreation group; it appears the meetings are the first Tuesday of each month. The meetings are at 6:00 pm in the Borough office.

• PA Football News 2013 All-State football stars – Pennsylvania Football News

• Liked this comment at the LancasterOnLine listing of school closings today: “The college educated people in the district offices wait and see what the other college educated people at the other districts are doing they are not educated enough to make their own decisions and these are the people that oversee the teachers.” Also noticed that there’s nothing about Columbia’s school closing at the school district’s Website.