Author: SPY

Columbia fixes up, cleans up, digs up

Folks took advantage of the warm weather over the past few days to get out and about to fix up, clean up and dig up around town…
There was a JLG on high at 3rd & Locust.

 And a pressure washing project at 4th & Locust.

 And an “Amish” high and dry, aloof on a roof at South 2nd & Cherry.

 There were guys in white looking up ladders on North 3rd.

 Here are some of the bricks that were collected.

And here’s a longer view.
And there’s another JLG.

 And there are the guys taking down the bricks.

Just up the block – yes, another JLG

And there’s the driver.
 And there he goes.

The self-storage project along Front Street appears to be done.

Rewiring was being done yesterday on North 4th.

UGI was digging up the 500 block of Walnut to install new services and redo old mains. Workers will be proceeding to various locations around town shortly for more of the same.

The building at North 2nd & Walnut was being scraped and painted.
And even the giant cow was getting a “makeover”!

Columbia moves to become 1st county municipality to zone for medical marijuana

Columbia Borough is looking to amend its zoning to allow medical marijuana dispensaries and growers or processors in areas zoned “light industrial.”

MORE:

http://lancasteronline.com/insider/columbia-moves-to-become-st-county-municipality-to-zone-for/article_38357c92-a248-11e7-b68d-2f76f897a2d7.html

Columbia has 5 murals – with a big one on the way

Columbia currently boasts five large murals within its borders – one a work in progress – with the promise of a large-scale project on the way that will include community participation.
This painting of Columbia poet and painter Lloyd Mifflin was rendered by Columbia artist Mark Kise on the rear wall of the Foresters building facing, appropriately enough, the Columbia Historic Preservation Society. The mural was completed in 2014.
Many travelers along Route 462 have marveled at this wall-sized mural that Columbians know well. The painting was commissioned by the renowned National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors and was rendered by artist Marion Stephenson. 

This giant mural was painted on the back wall of Our Lady of the Angels Catholic School at Fourth and Cherry.

This mural, composed of thousands of small square tiles, is located on the north wall of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors at Fourth and Poplar. The association’s motto,”Tempus Vitam Regit” (Time Rules Life) is symbolized by the presence of two timepieces; a sundial and a pocket watch.

This work-in-progress at Locust Street Park is being rendered by Joanna Spicer, an art teacher at Our Lady of the Angels Catholic School. When the “wraparound” mural is completed, the five circles shown above will feature the insignia of the five main branches of the armed services of the military: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. The backstory on this project is HERE.

The Eastern Drillers building, shown above, will be the location of a large – and long – mural currently being planned by Philadelphia artist Cesar Viveros. The painting – or rather, paintings – will be rendered on a parachute-like cloth to be permanently installed to the wall. The mural will first be divided into grids (up to 100) within which sections will be traced and which members of the community will be invited to paint. The grids will then be installed to the wall.

The project is expected to be completed sometime in 2018.

Columbia Spy first reported on this project HERE.

Upcoming Public Input Hearings for Columbia Water Company Rate Increase Request

The hearings, by the PUC’s Office of Administrative Law Judge, will be held at the following location and times:

Wednesday, September 27 – 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Marietta Borough Hall
Council Chambers
111 East Market St.
Marietta, PA 17547
MORE:

http://fox43.com/2017/09/25/upcoming-public-input-hearings-for-columbia-water-company-rate-increase-request/

Another letter writer cites inaccuracies in LNP reporting on Columbia and elsewhere

“I am tired of reading in the paper that a person from, say, Columbia is arrested for an incident that occurs in Columbia, and then when reading the article, being from Columbia, knowing the location is not in Columbia Borough, but maybe West Hempfield Township, Rapho Township or even Manor Township.”

MORE:

http://lancasteronline.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/be-more-specific-with-addresses/article_292839f2-9fa9-11e7-b90c-37e8372d9c12.html

About Town

Recent pics from about town…
 Sign down!

 Man down!

 Here we go again.

 Jeeeez!

 Some sort of flag statement?

 Speaking of flags, would anyone salute this abomination?

Chauffeur-driven dogmobile

 Dusk
 This old farmhouse at Cloverton Drive and Kinderhook Road…

 …has been condemned.

 Signs have been taped to the property…

 …stating that it’s an unlawful structure.

 ???
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 Heritage Drive has been paved.

 A view from the Union Street end.
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 House of Cutz has left the building.

 Newly laid memorial walk at Mount Bethel

 Golden cross at Mount Bethel
Does Indiana Jones know?

 Outta here

 Bug-encrusted old-timey lamp fixture at the Lancaster General Hospital Susquehanna Division – site of the former Columbia Hospital.
 Another one
 Black cat with green eyes on Purples Lane
 Creative use of a skid
 The former mattress store building at Front & Bridge is for sale.
 Like the sign says
 Just one problem – No roof!
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 Off to the trail!
 Heron unintimidated by boaters
 A victim of the lug “nut” who’s been loosening lugs around town?
 Pressure washing at 4th & Locust
 Trouble right here in River City?
“We’ve surely got trouble!
Right here in River City,
Right here!
Gotta figger out a way
To keep the young ones moral after school!
Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble…”
– “Ya got Trouble” from The Music Man
 Showing off?
No. 
Vultures do this to dry and warm their wings and to get rid of bugs and bacteria.
 That’s a lot of stick figures.
United Arab Emirates in our airspace.
What could possibly go wrong?
 Long distance shot of a hot-air balloon dangling…a fish?
 Some folks take two parking spaces.
Fortunately, it was a Sunday.
Unfortunately, there were only a few spaces available.
 New sign?
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 Cleaning up items at the former Prudhomme’s
 Pressure washing
 Equipped
 Formerly Prudhomme’s. Before that, the Rising Sun Hotel.
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 Columbia loves JLG lifts.
Keep an eye on that tanker truck on the far right, going up Locust.
 There it is, on its way up 441. Instead of using the Route 441 bypass, it wound its way through town via the usual route – right onto Locust, left onto Third – crowding the intersection in the process and rattling homes along the way. 
 At the church/business/…residence? at 6th & Chestnut
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In St. Pete’s parking lot… 
(submitted photos)