Today’s news and information gleanings from here and there.

Today’s quote … “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” – Malcolm X

• “1,300 playground slides, manufactured in Columbia, are recalled after 2 children lose fingers” – Lancaster Online

• “Pearl Harbor: How FDR responded to the ‘day of infamy’” – CBS News

• “Columbia Borough Council Vacancy | There is a position open on the Columbia Borough Council.  Available immediately with a term to expire 12/31/2017.  Please contact the Borough Manager at 717-684-2467 for additional information.”

• Now only two of the seven council positions are held by those elected to the office; the other councillors were appointed.

• James Young is page one story in today’s LNP – Always Lancaster; Young spoke at Columbia’s 11-11-11 Club on Veterans Day.

• LEGAL NOTICE | The Meeting on Monday, December 12 will include a public hearing and discussion about the 2017 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. – Lancaster Online

• The 2017 Budget will also be considered for adoption at this meeting.

• “What does it mean to be Muslim? There are 1.7 billion answers.”

• Today’s the last day for Medicare’s “open enrollment.”

• Yeah, that’s a prudent way to spend public money! | PA’s Auditor General doesnt agree. – Pennlive