COLUMBIA SPY

 The Columbia Cat Action Team (CCAT) has trapped 97 cats this year since June in its Trap/Neuter/Return (TNR) program. Dee Henry, who traps for the group, shows how it's done: Dee typically brings several traps in her own vehicle to the trapping site and then lines them with newspaper. The traps are provided by Columbia Borough. After a trap is lined, she places food inside. Canned cat food is used as bait. Here's a trap that's almost ready to go. She then covers each trap with a blanket to disguise it and help calm a cat after it's trapped. The final step is setting the trap, as shown here. After a cat is trapped, it is held overnight in a CCAT member's garage with other cats trapped that day. In the morning, a volunteer transports the cats to the York SPCA for spaying/neutering. While there, cats also receive rabies and distemper shots. All cats are ear-tipped (left ear) to show they've been fixed. A volunteer then picks up the cats in the late afternoon and t...

Shawn Stryker   A Columbia man was sentenced to 6 to 20 years Thursday by Lancaster County Judge Jeffery Wright after entering an open guilty plea.  Shawn Stryker, 51 of the 500 block of Goldfinch Road, was charged with Aggravated assault after opening fire on police on January 3, 2021 when they responded to a domestic incident. Stryker was also charged with misdemeanor simple assault and reckless endangerment for pointing a gun at his girlfriend. When police arrived, Stryker refused to surrender and continued the standoff for approximately 10 hours.  A Lancaster County Special Response Emergency Team (SERT) fired a shot at Stryker when he exited the home with a rifle drawn and aimed at police, which was later deemed justified by District Attorney Heather Adams.  Nobody was struck by gunfire. MORE: Sourced via CRIMEWATCH®: https://lancaster.crimewatchpa.com/da/11617/post/columbia-man-sentenced-6-20-years-after-hours-long-standoff-west-hempfield-township-home   ...

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Drop off at Columbia Fire Company at the corner of 10th and Manor Street, or the Columbia Borough Yard Waste Center on Blue Lane from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Jan. 14. 

 

 

Recent photos of Columbia (Click/tap on photos to see larger, sharper images.) Here are the last of the Christmas photos for this year:   Rockin' Santa! **************** **************** **************** Here are some other shots about town: St. John's in the afternoon This sign on Front Street, near the Veterans Memorial Bridge, was replaced recently, after being knocked down in a fatal car crash on February 15, 2021. The base was sitting empty during that time and was fast becoming a trashcan. According to Wikipedia, this phenomenon is called a "parhelion" or "sun dog": "The sun dog is a member of the family of  halos  caused by the  refraction  of sunlight by  ice crystals  in the atmosphere." Why is this sign almost in the middle of the sidewalk? It's winter, but it still looks like fall. Looks like the 900 block of Barber Street is about to be dug up. Why does no one ever display the First Amendment? New sign at Living Stones on Front Str...