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

Quote for today… “Wright and town citizens renamed the town ‘Columbia’ in honor of Christopher Columbus in the hope of influencing the U.S. Congress to select it as the nation’s capital. When Congress voted in 1790, the final tally was one vote short. Later, Columbia narrowly missed becoming the capital of Pennsylvania. Harrisburg was chosen instead, since it is closer to the state’s geographical center.” – Hyperbaric Oxygenation Medical Center Website

• Really? No matter what you hear, the District of Columbia was not named after Columbia, PA.  Columbia was a popular name in the latter part of the 19th century,

• How Pennsylvania lost its chance to have the nation’s capitol – PennLive | 2011 article

• LNP – Always Lancaster moving printing to multi-user facility in Mechanicsburg – Central Penn Business Journal

• Hempfield’s new teacher contract has employees paying “higher co-pays, prescription costs and premiums in July.” – Lancaster Online

• And this is what high-priced, mega-size legislatures come up with? –  House of Representatives memo

• Heroine deaths jump nationally. Good news locally, according to the mayor at Monday’s council meeting: No drug evidence found during a recent locker and premises search at the High School. – Lancaster Online

• GOP boondoggle in Hershey – Lancaster Online

• “Too feminized?” Oh, you gotta’ love this guy – not! – The Washington Post

• Dorothy Cooper’s works at Garth Gallery – Lancaster Online

• Walk the talk! – It’s curious that Hempfield School District is being blasted for a lack of transparency in the recent hiring of its superintendent. In a 2012 Policy Committee meeting memo, this line appears: “Discussion focused on the leaderships desire to make sure the educational process flows, while respecting and honoring its commitment to the Board to be transparent in the hiring process.”

• Talk about taking hits! Check out the facebook comments and the comments following the LNP – Always Lancaster article.