Month: April 2016

Columbia to get trolley on trial basis

Columbia’s getting a trolley. Or more precisely, it’s renting a trolley service on a trial basis.  Columbia Borough Council approved the move at its April 11 meeting after a presentation by Daisy Pagan, who is championing the project through the Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce. The borough is fronting $30,600 for the trolley for a one-year tryout during tourist season. Any revenue generated from the operation – conservatively estimated at $20,500 – will be returned to borough coffers. The amount is based on a charge of two dollars per rider and income from advertising on the side of the trolley.
Rivertowne Trolley Company will provide the service with a 24-seat trolley that was recently restored. Service will run from Memorial Day weekend (5/26/16) through Labor Day weekend (9/2/16), 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, and as needed for special events, and extended for Fourth Fridays. Guests might ride free if the budget allows.
The Turkey Hill Experience has agreed to contribute signage, parking attendants at lots, and an informational piece to be distributed to all guests.
The tentative trolley route is shown in red below:

Man gets stuck waist-deep in mud, crews pull him out

Traffic on a stretch of Route 441 was diverted for about an hour this afternoon when emergency crews responded to an environmental rescue call for a man stuck in the mud at Chiques Rock County Park. Personnel found the man in mud up to his waist in the eastern part of the park between Route 441 and Old Chiques Hill Road. Crews had to remove some of the mud before pulling him out. Afterward, the man appeared unhurt at the scene, except for a possible case of hurt pride.
Fire police diverted northbound traffic on Route 441 right onto Klinesville Road. Southbound traffic was detoured onto Old Chiques Hill Road.

Painter Frank Morgan to appear at Fourth Friday print signing at SCCA

Painter Frank Morgan will do a print signing at the SCCA Friday, April 22, 5-9 p.m., and will have a variety high-quality reproduction prints available to the public at very reasonable prices.

Morgan attended Harvard University where he studied drawing and art history while obtaining a bachelor’s degree in political science. After graduating in 1973, he worked as an architectural draftsman for the Architects’ Design Group in Cambridge, Massachusetts and painted in his spare time.
During the 1990s, he produced a series of prints of Washington, D.C. scenes which were sold widely in the Washington area, and in 2000 he was commissioned to paint a unique series of views of the U.S. Capitol for the Congressional Holiday Ornament program, a series still in use at the Capitol today. He also worked as an architectural designer and consultant for private clients in the Washington area.

Frank Morgan’s home and studio are now in Wrightsville, Pennsylvania where he now devotes his time to historic and religious painting and architectural designing. He can be contacted at studioguild1@verizon.net.

SCCA to hold FREE classes in clay and printmaking

Columbia Spy visited the studios of the Susquehanna Center for the Creative Arts recently to find students there finishing up clay birdhouses. The birdhouses will be painted and fired in the near future to complete the project. Several student projects from previous classes were also on display.
SCCA will be holding similar classes, as well as printmaking and other classes, in an arts camp beginning in June that is FREE to all school age children of Columbia Borough. Enrolled children from surrounding communities may enroll in the same summer classes for $60 per/week. Some scholarships may be available. (See the information listed near the end of this article for dates and more information.) Enrollment begins April 20.
SCCA will also host a National Art Honor Society exhibition this coming Friday, April 22, as part of the borough’s Fourth Friday Celebration. 
SCCA is located at 224 Locust Street in Columbia.

Susquehanna Center for the Creative Arts Announces Summer Art Camp in the Borough of Columbia, PA.
June 13 – August 2016
The Susquehanna Center for the Creative Arts and the Borough of Columbia will be offering an outstanding ARTS Camp for FREE to all school age children of Columbia Borough. In addition, enrolled children from surrounding communities are offered the same fine summer classes for $60 per/week.
Summer Art Camp – Some scholarships may be available.
Enrollment begins: April 20, 2016.
To register: go to www.sccaartstore.com and enroll on Eventbrite.

Classes and dates are listed below:

Medical marijuana now legal in PA

Pennsylvania has become the 24th state to legalize a comprehensive medical marijuana program.

Democratic Governor Tom Wolf signed the bill into law at 1 p.m. today.

It could take two years to write regulations and get retailers opened, but a provision allows parents to legally administer medical marijuana to their children in the meantime when the bill takes effect in a month.

An FAQ fact sheet released by the PA Department of Health is shown below and can be found on its website HERE.