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Willy Wonka Night at Hinkle’s Pharmacy | WPMT FOX43

Date/Time: Thursday, February 21, 4–8 p.m.

Location: Hinkle’s Pharmacy, Columbia, PA

The Columbia Drama Boosters Club will be having a Willy Wonka Night with characters from the cast of the Columbia High School Spring Musical Production of Roald Dahl’s “Willy Wonka” in attendance to mingle with the diners in the pharmacy’s restaurant. Twenty percent of your restaurant bill will go to the Columbia Drama Boosters Club. The Drama Boosters Club was founded to provide volunteer and financial support for the student theater arts. School district funding for programs such as drama is extremely limited, and the community’s help is essential to sustaining the program. For more information contact Sarah Deets at (717) 799-6823 or Janet Woods at (717) 406-8494/

http://fox43.com/2013/02/07/willy-wonka-night-at-hinkles-pharmacy/

One for the road

I’m guessing the business owner means the opposite of what the sign says.

What I Saw – 2/6/13 – Lots of Signs

“Life is one big road with lots of signs.” – Bob Marley

Antiques shop on Locust

Site of the former Columbia Drive-in

Site of the former Lincoln Highway Diner

County school officials happy Corbett wants to increase education funding, worried about how he's going to pay for it

Basic education funding for Columbia Borugh School District will increase by $94,819 for the 2012-13 school year.

The full article is HERE.

Columbia to become power broker? – LancasterOnline.com

In exchange for being the legal conduit for the sale of electricity, Columbia would net an estimated $50,000 per year, with a 2 percent increase over 20 years.

http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/811996_Columbia-to-become-power-broker-.html

Veterans License Plate – New PA plate honors veterans | WPMT FOX43

http://fox43.com/2013/02/04/new-pa-license-plate-honors-veterans/

Man and woman hunting for turtles fall through ice – CW 15

And this is why you shouldn’t walk on a frozen river – any river – our river.
http://www.cw15.com/news/local/story/Man-and-woman-hunting-for-turtles-fall-through-ice/xGOv2YxhIEudD5uJ_cCCKA.cspx

Oops!

Look who didn’t shovel their sidewalk.

What I Saw – 2/3/13 – Frozen hula skirts, ice aprons, snow sculptures

The receding river left behind some frozen hula skirts, ice aprons, and snow sculptures along the shore.

One in custody

This morning, Officer Mann caught a stray dog that was running loose in the area around Barber Street and Route 462. The dog eluded capture several times and also ran across the busy highway before being apprehended in Bob Snyder’s yard, next to Snyder’s Market.