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

Quote for today… “All things on earth point home in old October; sailors to sea, travellers to walls and fences, hunters to field and hollow and the long voice of the hounds, the lover to the love he has forsaken.” – Thomas Wolfe

• The cost of police: In Red Lion, citizens say “Keep cops, regardless of cost.” In Columbia, one councillor says “police want an amount that exceeds the $2.8 million the borough collects annually in tax money.”

• Rape and pillage of the land begins in Lancaster County – LancasterOnLine

“When teens are excluded or bullied, it can be reasonable to wonder if they are ‘losers’ or ‘not likable,'” says David Yeager. “We asked: Could teaching teens that people can change reduce those thoughts? And if so, could it even prevent overall symptoms of depression?” – SOURCE: Futurity.org (Photo Credit: chloe delong/Flickr)

• USA Today article about Columbia’s Mardi Gras Parade: “The month of October brings Columbia’s residents out into the streets again, with a carnival atmosphere that includes an annual Mardi Gras Parade. Though fashioned after the famous Mardi Gras parades of New Orleans, this one takes place in the autumn, rather than in February. Thousands show up to watch the procession of masked revelers, as well as demonstrations by citizen groups such as the Columbia Fire Department. Firefighters don their uniforms and march in the parade to demonstrate their commitment to the community.”
  

• A google search produced this 2010 Columbia Halloween Parade facebook page, too.

• Free-range cows on Rt. 441 – FOX43 TV