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High winds wreak havoc around the area today
[Photo by Drew Nyce]
Today’s high winds wreaked havoc around the area, as evidenced by the missing siding on the house shown above, on South 5th Street.
[Submitted photo, name withheld by request]
The winds also brought down a tree on South 2nd Street and left it hanging over into Avenue J (shown here and below).
[Submitted photos]
The tree was removed from Avenue J later in the day.
PPL responded to wires down on the first block of South 4th Street.
[Photo by Melissa Shirk]
And over in East Prospect, winds blew over a stockade fence and almost took away a backyard trampoline.
Here’s an example of one of the many wind-related calls today on the Lancaster County-Wide Communications website.
The weather forecast for Tuesday looks a little more promising.
About Town 4/12/2020
This week’s photos of Columbia
On patrol
Bike patrol, that is
Some prefer to walk their bikes.
This bike barely averted disaster. The driver made a wide turn and almost collided with the car.
Sometimes it’s hard to “social distance” on a bike, especially here on the Veterans Memorial Bridge, where the sidewalk is only six feet wide.
Luckily, the sidewalk is 10 feet wide at the beginning of the trail, but it still presents a challenge for three or more people passing each other. (The trail widens a bit, further on.)
Part of Chickies Rock County Park was closed earlier this week, reportedly due to the Covid crisis.
This ranger apparently was making sure it stayed that way.
There’s his truck.
Speaking of trucks . . . looks like this man is about to be eaten by one.
Morning at the DAC
Evening at the DAC
This church on Kinderhook Road was holding drive-thru communion/prayer for the congregation.
Here’s their tent.
A marker along Lincoln Highway
Unfortunately, someone blinded Lincoln.
Overstuffed at Borough Hall
The ribs of the sky
Some sort of op-art windmill on Purples Lane
Here are a few sections of town:
And here’s a birds-eye view of a bird (a male cardinal, to be exact).
And of course, the bluebird of happiness, whose presence is no doubt welcome right now.
Here’s a black vulture – hopefully not an omen.
This one is airing out.
A view of this week’s pink supermoon
Down by the tracks on Union
Seems they did this before, not too long ago.
The message is clear.
Sign, leaning
Many deer here
Spraying detail at River Park
Open
It’s now recommended that you wear a mask whenever you go out.
This water heater is free, even with the rust.
This is not the proper way to dispose of a mask.
Flowers at the window.
And here’s who’s making the windows dirty.
Near the top of the high school hill . . .
A Cooper’s hawk
York County’s “green and pleasant land”
Also over there, a recommendation to make an emergency plan, now that the zombies have been defeated.
In Wrightsville – a stay-at-home order?
In Columbia – a pray-at-home order?
Tree vines, not social distancing
The following two photos were submitted:
The Cross
A family self-isolating for Easter dinner?
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Letting loose with his favorite song
Fallen angel
Here’s Mary trampling a serpent in her bare feet.
Mere mortals should never try this.
Easter’s here.
Along with the flowers
Balloon Artist Topaz Martofel created this giant Easter basket made from balloons.
(5th & Locust)
(5th & Locust)
Here are some more balloons at the town square:
Before
After
Shower curtains now being used to help protect EMS crews in Lancaster County
Susquehanna Valley EMS has begun using shower curtains to help transport possible COVID-19 patients in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
“It was important for us to get the clear plastic (curtains) so they (the patients) don’t feel totally confined,” said Susquehanna Valley EMS Chief Mike Fitzgibbons.
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Agenda – Columbia Borough Council Meeting – April 14, 2020
Vecchia Sicilia Pizza thanks LGH staff with pizza and cannoli
Vecchia Sicilia Pizza on Columbia Avenue delivered a generous donation of pizza and cannoli to the staff at Lancaster General Hospital today. The Campailla family, which owns the restaurant, made the delivery to thank the doctors and nurses working during the current health crisis.
Columbia's Susquehanna Glass Company is one of the businesses hoping for help from government loan program
Walter Rowen, president and owner of Susquehanna Glass Co. in Columbia, Pennsylvania told MarketWatch that as of Friday afternoon, the large regional bank that he works with was not accepting applications, though he hopes they will on Monday. “Hopefully there will be enough money left that you didn’t have to be one of the very first to apply.”
Rowen remains optimistic that the program will ultimately benefit his business and the broader economy by keeping workers attached to their employers, but he said he hoped the program will be updated to extend the June 30 deadline. Retailers compose the majority of his clients, and he’s not sure they will need to be at full capacity by that date.
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About Town 4/5/2020
This week’s photos of Columbia
Taco Nazi says,
“No tacos for you!” at Tacos to Go until further notice.
Morning light
A few more fog pictures from Monday morning…
Sparrow peeking through
Cormorant and friend
Tall window on Locust
Citizens are urged to.
Tangled in the fly swatter
Almost ready
Saint Francis
There’s been a lot of web activity lately.
Spiders have been busy (here and below).
Precautions at St. John’s Herr Estate
“Tree” o’clock
Open
Daffodils in a row
A full supply of F-bombs
Speaking of “bombs”
At the Marine Corps League headquarters
On Ironville Pike
In bloom
Out at Norwood
An earth-sheltered domicile
Suitable for anyone named Bilbo, Frodo, or Samwise
Another F-bomb ready to go
Lancaster Container on Bridge Street is OK to operate.
At the town square . . .
Flowers made from silverware (here and below)
And a new butt holder has been placed.
Free stuff . . .
Capitalists don’t want people to get free stuff.
Surprise!
Resting
Aware
EXPAWLORER
The Easter Bunny was surveying the area to determine whether or not he’ll be here next week.
Four towers and an evergreen
Structures
Woodpecker on high
Loose doggos at Laurel Hill Cemetery
In case of emergency
Love trumps hate.
Semi-feral feline on Locust
Folks still aren’t getting it.
Central PA Food Bank truck at Columbia Presbyterian
Workers unloading supplies there
Palm Sunday
Morning song
Despite the note . . .
People dump stuff anyway.
Photographer at work
Turkey vulture . . . waiting . . .
Columbia Borough PD appeals to public to help provide personal protective equipment for its officers
A Lancaster County police department is appealing to the public for help in providing its officers with personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Columbia Borough Police Department said Tuesday it is reaching out to the community for help in protecting its officers. The department said it is specifically in need of N-95 surgical masks, rubber gloves, and hand sanitizer for its officers.
“If you wish to donate or provide information on how to obtain these needed supplies, please call the Police Department at 717-684-7735,” the announcement said. “The N-95 respirators are especially important for the protection of our officers.”
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Columbia man charged with robbing 2 Turkey Hills made over 100 calls from prison in effort to lie to court: police
Timothy D. Jenkins
A Columbia man charged in January for robbing two Turkey Hills, 42 minutes apart on Jan. 5, sporting a knife in one robbery and wearing a wig in another, has been charged with perjury and attempt to intimidate a witness, according to new charges filed by the Columbia Borough Police.
Timothy Jenkins, 52, made more than 100 phone calls to a woman that helped police in the robbery investigation, “demanding that she not testify against him during court proceedings,” according to the affidavit of probable cause.
Jenkins, who made all of these phone calls from Lancaster County Prison, also demanded that the woman tell investigators and the court that he was with her when these robberies happened, police said.
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Columbia Spy 