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

Quote for today… “Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.” – Willa Cather

• Not a peep at the company Website: American LaFrance closes sh0p – sconfire.com 

• One newspaper’s new model for news – Reading Eagle

• Follow up to “chemicals in the water system” in WV: “Back to business but not tap water” – Sunday Gazette-Mail, Charleston, WV

• Columbia news, views & reviews has published numerous articles about water and the need to keep the supplies clean.

• Last week’s restaurant inspections in York County – The York Dispatch

• It’s disturbing to see so many tic marks for basic cleanliness items on this chain restaurant’s inspection.

• 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. “Inspections are a “snapshot” of the day and time of the inspection. Also, at the time of the inspection, violations are recorded but are often corrected on the spot prior to the inspector leaving the facility. Inspection results are posted as inspections are conducted, and only represent eating and drinking establishments and retail food establishments that fall under the inspection jurisdiction of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, and those county and local health departments which have elected to post results.” Of course, if you’re trying to see the results of any food serving establishment in Columbia, you’re out of luck.