today’s news and information gleanings from here and there!
Quote for today … “God bless us, every one!” – from “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens
- “Helen Bechtold, with the Columbia Christmas Ladies” is featured in the page one article at LNP – Always Lancaster: “How we spend Christmas: Snapshots from across Lancaster County”
- “LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Borough Council of the Borough of Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania will hold a public hearing … “ – Lancaster Online
- Seamy side of college athletics | “Confessions of a college hoops ‘slimeball’” – The York Daily Record
Lots of commenters wonder what the heck’s happening with New Holland’s police department’s decision to file charges on the “black roses.” – Lancaster Online
Did you notice? Columbia was missed in this pre-Christmas Entertainment Lancaster publication?
- Sure was “one foggy Christmas eve” last night.
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Also from “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens: Scrooge was told by the Spirit of Christmas Present, as he opened his robes to reveal a destitute boy hugging one of his legs and a quivering, emaciated girl clutching his other leg, “The boy is ignorance, the girl is want. Be especially concerned with the boy.”
Wonderful quote … thanks for being so versed in the classic.