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

Quote for today… “This world of ours… must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect.” – Dwight D. Eishenower

The thrill of beating Buffalo at a home game! – The box score.

• Lancaster County living wages show gaps – Lancaster Online

• Yesterday’s weather shift impacted several events here and elsewhere – Fox 43TV

• Yay-sayers: new bank’s act could mean good-paying jobs” – Lancaster Online

• Nay-sayers: “bank assets still rising but set up to fall in Q3 thanks to BB&T buy” – Central Penn Business Journal

• Here comes the next recession – Bloomberg Business

• Think is isn’t expensive having your own sewer system? Think again. – Lancaster Online

• POLICE LOG: In today’s LNP – Always Lancaster, this: “Daniel Angel Perez Jr., 24, of Columbia, and Freddie Antonio Melendez, 48, of Reading, were charged after a routine traffic stop Aug. 31 on Route 222 near Route 322. Perez was charged with possession of marijuana; Melendez was charged with providing false ID to law enforcement and on an outstanding warrant.”

• Restaurant Inspections – In York County – The York Dispatch

• In Lancaster County – Host gets banged, cannot serve food –  Lancaster Online.

• 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 – Columbia’s codes folks choose not to share that information, if it exists, unless a right-to-know request is submitted.

• Here’s one area of consistency in the inconsistent practices of the borough’s codes department: the folks operating it don’t follow the rest of the state – they use their own inspection forms and formats and they don’t share the results of the “inspections” with anyone unless you pay for them!