Agenda – Columbia Borough School Board Meeting – June 18, 2020

Agenda items of note include:
  • Presentations from firms applying to conduct the superintendent search
  • Approval of the 2020-21 Annual Budget
  • Selection of firm to conduct superintendent search
  • Discussion to adopt administrative and board goals for the 2020-21 school year
  • Consider adoption of resolution on racism, social justice, and diversity

About Town 6/14/2020

This week’s photos of Columbia

No Fear
For President
Lawn sign
A citizen weighs in on a personnel issue.
At work on the Market House:
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Line-up at Coffee & Cream

 They’ll do it every time.

 This squirrel was the cause of a power outage that affected several residents of the 500 block of Chestnut Street on Saturday morning. The squirrel caused a transformer to blow out in the 500 block of Avenue G and paid dearly for it.

 This metal grate over a groundhog hole was moved aside.
(Is there a super-groundhog down there?)

 Parking meters can double as bucket hangers.

 Construction continues at 403 Locust.

A lighting study is currently underway on the Veterans Memorial Bridge in advance of a multi-million dollar bridge rehabilitation project.

Lighting of various intensities and colors is being tried in an effort to control the yearly mayfly pile-ups on the bridge.

Replacing some signs on Chestnut Street:

 A PennDOT worker replaced damaged signs on the 400 block of Chestnut Street this week.

 
The signpost was knocked over last week by a car that jumped the curb.

There’s the car.
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 This is true.
 Roofer at work on the 200 block of Locust
 Lawn flowers
 Let’s rock!
 Down at Front and Bridge
 Time for some housekeeping
 The lot at River Park is often full on weekends.
 This sign indicates where the trail starts.
But visitors, still confused, frequently travel the upper part of Heritage Drive to the field, looking for the trail. 
 Often the lot is so filled that drivers park anywhere and everywhere.
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 One of the entrances to Riverfront Drive
 Killdeer – a pretty common sight down at the tracks
 Roadwork at 2nd & Perry
 Food distribution on South 4th, thanks to Columbia Presbyterian
 The second block of South 4th
 Way down the river
 Hitch your wagon.
Or at least fill it with flowers.
Storming the barricades to place the flag on Sunday morning
This one on Purples Lane needs an intervention.
Flag Day – June 14, 2020
This is a photo. It is not a criticism or indictment. It is merely a photo of dedicated men at work performing duties that help serve the public. Unfortunately, some people – including local officials – might try to imply that a photo (or video) represents something that it doesn’t. They might try to assign motives or intent behind it. Do not uncritically accept what you are told by others.

[Submitted photo]
And for those who prefer news that’s not too upsetting, here’s a photo of a cute little bunny rabbit.
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The following photos were submitted by Todd Stahl:

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And here are some photos commemorating graduation 2020, from Glenda Jones and Larry Hince:

Columbia business moves to a new location in town

TES employee Zach Lape stands at the company’s new location at 272 Locust Street.

TES is moving. TES, or Total Exterminating Services, is moving from its location at 30A North 4th Street to 272 Locust. The company will be moved in and ready to go by July 1, according to employee Zach Lape. TES is owned by Steve Shetter and has been in business in Columbia for several years.  Columbia Spy published a profile of the five-person operation HERE.
The building formerly housed the offices of the Heritage Insurance Agency.

Mayfly season is here, with a new twist for 2020 – pennlive.com

It’s a long-standing natural event that repeats every summer, but there’s a new twist this year: The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has launched a study into why mayflies are attracted to the above-deck lighting on the Route 462 Veterans Memorial (Columbia-Wrightsville) Bridge.
MORE:

https://www.pennlive.com/life/2020/06/mayfly-season-is-here-with-a-new-twist-for-2020.html 

About Town 6/7/2020

This week’s photos of Columbia

Out for a walk at Columbia River Park
 As were many

 Another look at that steel magnolia in the town square

 Trash, or a resting place?

Time for a change

 Free bikes, etc.

Free food

 Caged pigeons

 These bricks appeared at the parking lot at the bottom of Locust Street earlier this week. Some residents were concerned that they were placed there to entice looters to use them during protests. There are no reports of that happening. The bricks were intended for the Market House construction project and were later delivered to the site.

Murder in the Mansion is coming soon here at 131 Locust Street.

 Seems like a song.

Above it all

Like clockwork, working on the clockworks at the Watch & Clock Museum. . .

Here’s a look inside one of the clocks nearer the building.
Here’s the clock tower, top to bottom.
 Here’s the top.

Here’s the bottom.

 And across the street is the School of Horology.

Horology is the study and measurement of time, and the art of making clocks and watches.

 The fallen at Laurel Hill:

 At Glatfelter’s Field

 Graves of Columbia’s bridge burners at Mount Bethel Cemetery are marked with medallions such as this one.

 Mixed menagerie

 Drilling down on Walnut

 Big man for a big job

401-403 Locust Street

 Nick Mills shrine at 3rd & Walnut

 Upgrades at the police station

 Bagged mulch for sale

Early on Friday morning, a person or persons threw two bricks through the front window of Stover’s and took cash and a handgun. The bricks were a different style from those shown above.

 Working on the windows
Snowy egret on Purples Lane

DO NOT TOUCH!
Congratulations Class of 2020!

Update on Columbia Library procedures – Starting June 8

Beginning June 8

Please CALL (717-684-2255) to request items. Prior to calling, please use the online catalog at search.lancasterlibraries.org to locate your titles. We will locate your titles and call you back to schedule a pick up time.

Limit of FIVE items at a time. This includes up to THREE DVDs. Grand total of five items.

Families with children will be given TWO books per child, if requested.

Unsure what titles you want? We can do a “grab bag” pull of a favotite author or subject.

Only COLUMBIA materials are available at this time.

Patrons must provide this information when calling (717) 684-2255:

Name

Library Card Number

Phone Number

Titles of Materials requested

We will call you back to schedule a pickup after retrieving the items

Pickup

PROCEDURE FOR PICKUP

YOU MUST HAVE YOUR PHOTO ID AND YOUR LIBRARY CARD!

ONE person OR family at a time will proceed up the front handicap ramp to the library window closest to the front doors. NO EXCEPTIONS.

Patrons MUST wear masks. NO EXCEPTIONS! No mask -no service.

A staff member will open the window and ask to see your library card. Without a library card, we cannot release your materials.

The staff member will give you your materials in a bag.

Please exit either down the steps or down the ramp.

“X”s will be placed on the sidewalk to adhere to social distancing guidelines. Please remain on the x’s while waiting your turn.

Return

RETURNED materials MUST be placed in the BOOK DROP. You may NOT hand your returns to a staff member. NO EXCEPTIONS.

If you do not pick up your items at your scheduled time slot, they will be checked back in and reshelved. We cannot accomodate changes in pickup times right now.

You may not pick up items for other people during this time.

We will be offering “Curbside at Your Car” only for patrons with mobility issues – time slots limited.


[Source: Lisa Greybill
Admininstrator
Columbia Public Library]