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

Quote for today… “… “the greatest strategic disaster in US history”, – Retired Lieutenant General William Odom, a former senior military and intelligence official in the Carter and Reagan administrations, commenting on the lunacy of the 2003 Iraq war and the other jingoistic adventures the leaders of this nation engage in. – The Conversation

• Not guilty! – Lancaster Online

• Take that, Mom: Woman strikes mother with frying pan, hammer – The York Daily Record

• The increased cost of dying – WGAL-TV8

• One small town gets half a mil for main street improvements – The York Dispatch

• Hard to figure: Columbia School District is losing its financial guru and a school board member … and there’s no mention at the Website except for the above position posting. And the District plans on saving $30K or so! – Lancaster Online and school district Website

• Another trusted person allegedly steals from youth club – FOX43-TV

• Lots of times trusted person thefts happen at cash businesses: “Restaurants, Cafes, Hotels and Bars (and social clubs, churches, not-for-profit organizations and youth organizations, etc.) have a constant challenge to control stealing and dishonesty.”

• Interesting, local information at the West Hempfield Police Department’s facebook page

• Are passwords passé – The Conversation

• Noticed at the borough website: On the Police page – interestingly fire police are affiliated with law enforcement. According to the Pennsylvania Fire Police Association Website, “A Pennsylvania Special Fire Police Officer is a member of a volunteer fire company empowered by the municipality to handle emergency situations throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.”

• Also noticed at the borough website: The public services page

• At the moment, the special license for the 10th Street fire department is INACTIVE.

• The high price of public safety personnel – Harrisburg Patriot-News