Author: SPY
Dayspring students place flags at Mount Bethel
About a dozen 10th-grade students from Dayspring Christian Academy in Mountville replaced flags on veterans’ graves at Mount Bethel Cemetery today (Wednesday, May 24th) in preparation for Memorial Day. They were joined by Mount Bethel Superintendent Ryan Sexton and two instructors from the academy. Old and damaged flags were set aside for dignified retirement. Students also weeded around grave markers. This is the second year that Dayspring students participated in this activity.Sexton said 512 flags will be placed today on graves of veterans from all wars except Iraq and Afghanistan since there are currently no veterans from those conflicts buried at Mount Bethel.
Sexton also said 120 flags were placed a few weeks ago when volunteers cleaned veterans’ grave markers. He said there are 700 veterans buried at the cemetery but not all have markers.
DEEDS RECORDED – COLUMBIA BOROUGH – APRIL 5, 2021
Arthur Wilmot III and Tami L. Wilmot conveyed 1061 Cloverton Drive to Jonathon R. Lauten and Amy L. Lauten for $120,000.
Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office, Mary Henry and Douglas Henry conveyed 530 Manor St. to FHG 92 LLC for $126,000.
Amy C. Danz conveyed property on Manor Street to Almir Cokrlija for $100,000.
Jennifer L. Egge conveyed 229 S. Fourth St. to Awakened Properties LLC for $68,800.
Connie L. Vera and Connie L. Geltz conveyed 713 Walnut St. to Diana Jt Rebert for $66,500.
Celebrate National Library Week at the Library, April 5 through 10
About Town – April 4, 2021
This week’s photos of Columbia
(Click on photos to see larger, sharper images.)
Nest-building time
Saint Francis will look out for them.
Daffodils just in time for Easter
Tulip about to bloom
Small backhoe next to Shawnee Run
Here’s the tunnel that runs under South 4th.
Part of the Shawnee Run restoration project
Train near Florence & Mill
It will never pass inspection in this condition.
Ghost signs near the intersection of Barber, Florence, and Mill
Tracks on their way to somewhere
Fallen trees and branches about to clog Shawnee Run
Chassis on Manor
How many people know where this is?
(The answer’s at the end.)
Sign down!
Metal tubes hanging from a gutter in Avenue G
Why?
Roof work on Locust
Shadows on Second
Old-fashioned light globe at the Watch & Clock Museum
More globes there
A Canada goose looks inquisitively at the camera.
The other public boat ramp that almost no one uses, at the bottom of Union Street
” “th & WALNUT
Experience
On the lookout at River Park
Saint Peter’s Church
Buddha on Second
Here’s his story.
Here’s his friend.
And here’s her story.
Guardian of the temple
Here’s what he looks like from behind.
Two guardians
Meanwhile, at Mount Bethel
Above ground
Brit flag
“Come unto me.”
“Abide with me.”
In the grass
Broken up
“He loved his country.”
Rows
Cracks are forming.
Born September 7, 1802
Truck on Linden
Here’s the logo on the back of the truck.
“DEPT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE MD.”
So, what’s in that truck?
It won’t work like that.
He’s back!
Sign down!
UGI guy at Route 462 & Cherry
Ominous cloud advancing
Wide cloud
Getting closer
Chinook flying over in the evening
Stag
An Iron Stag, at that
Coal car
A very long train consisting of coal cars passed through on Saturday morning.
Many coal cars were on the train.
Very many coal cars were on the train.
Happy Easter!
Abandoned bike at Second & Cherry
401-403 Locust Street
The St. John Neumann School is open.
The “C” on this medallion presumably stands for “Columbia.”
There are several on the base of this lamppost.
The post is located at 4th & Cherry, at the former Andy’s Market.
So, should the cloth be red . . .
(Holy Trinity)
. . . or purple?
(Victory Church)
Illegally parked on Bank Avenue
A flag that seems to support everything
Datestone at Manor School
At 10th & Manor
Training in progress
Coming soon on South 12th
Answer: The Strine Memorial is at the District Administration Center, 200 North 5th Street.
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Trial date set for historic Pa. school funding lawsuit; ‘It has been a long road to get here’
The long awaited trial date for a lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s school funding system has been tentatively set for Sept. 9 in Commonwealth Court.
Attorneys for the school districts, parents and organizations filed the lawsuit in 2014 in an effort to prove the General Assembly failed in its constitutional duty to provide a “thorough and efficient system of public education.”
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U.S. District Court Dismisses Excessive Force Case Against Columbia Borough and Borough Police
COLUMBIA, Pa., April 2, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Columbia Borough has received confirmation that Matthew Grab's complaint, filed in April 2020, alleging excessive force against the Borough, Chief Jack Brommer and Officers James Jacobs and Brett Keyser has been voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff and that dismissal has been confirmed by the U.S. District Court. The voluntary withdrawal of all claims thoroughly vindicates the position of the Borough that its officers acted professionally and appropriately at all times.
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Agenda – Columbia Borough Council Work Session – April 6, 2021
Vaccine providers brace for another surge of appointments
From WPMT
Vaccine providers brace for another surge of appointments
Vaccine providers in Pennsylvania are preparing for another wave of appointments after the state accelerated its vaccination eligibility timetable.
Columbia set to begin vaccinations at Market House
When: Columbia Borough Council meeting, March 23.
What happened: The borough plans to offer up to 300 COVID-19 vaccines per day at Columbia Market House as soon as Lancaster General Health has enough immunizations to start giving doses to residents in the latest category. Shots should be completed before the venue’s scheduled opening Memorial Day weekend, Borough Manager Mark Stivers said after the meeting. Also, Columbia plans to use buses and trolleys to get people to and from the site. “I don’t want transportation to be an issue,” Stivers said.
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