What I saw recently

Some pics from around town over the last few days . . .

 Recent additions at the Catholic War Vets

 An old-timey sleigh of some sort at Toll Booth

 Several engines linked 

 Skateboarder at River Park.

Maybe he didn't see the sign.

Oh, there it is - right in front of him.

 Can anyone ID this type of plane?

 It flew low over the area on Friday afternoon.

 It's obviously a kind of cargo transport.

 Possibly, a C-130 something or other?

 Lots o' nuts 'round here

 Well, what the hell?

Part of a broken banister or headboard, left lying there.

Where did it come from?

 Why walk on the sidewalk when you have that whole street right there?

 Recent heavy rains have lifted the docks at River Park.

The sign says: ADA ACCESSIBLE PIER.  Somehow, I don't think so.

It also says: NO SWIMMING. Well, how else are you supposed to get out there?

 Another dock

A different view of the same

 Out for a swim

 Working at cross purposes?

Each has a priority: getting the story - and getting the selfie.

 An old-style street lamp outside Andy's Market.

There's a "C" on the base, presumably for "Columbia."

All lit up

Of the new bridge lights that have been installed, all are now in working order.  I took these shots on Saturday morning just before sunrise.  (A software glitch created the effect in the last photograph in this series.)

Officers save man, 45, who used bandage gauze to hang himself in cell in Columbia

Columbia officers saved a man who tried to hang himself in a cell at the police station Friday morning, police said.

The 45-year-old man's name was not released because charges have not yet been filed against him, borough police Chief Jack Brommer said.

MORE:
http://m.lancasteronline.com/news/local/officers-save-man-who-used-bandage-gauze-to-hang-himself/article_e36d7282-dd1a-11e3-8e29-0017a43b2370.html?mode=jqm

Bank robberies linked to serial bandit

COLUMBIA, Pa. (WHTM) -
The man who robbed a Columbia bank last month may be a serial bandit who's responsible for at least eight similar crimes in Pennsylvania and New Jersey,

MORE:
http://www.abc27.com/story/25539606/bank-robberies-linked-to-serial-bandit

Columbia is advised to accept LASA plan for wastewater treatment

Columbia Borough's ad hoc wastewater management committee has recommended to council that the borough accept Lancaster Area Sewer Authority's proposal to assume wastewater treatment and management.

MORE:
http://m.lancasteronline.com/columbia/news/columbia-is-advised-to-accept-lasa-plan-for-wastewater-treatment/article_616a1d2e-dc36-11e3-857e-0017a43b2370.html?mode=jqm

They're coming down

This morning, workmen began removing the old pole lights on the Veterans Memorial Bridge.

Columbia updates rules governing street trees in the borough

Columbia Borough Council clarified issues about planting, trimming and paying for shade trees, during their meeting Monday, May 12 as they amended the borough's "shade tree ordinance."

MORE:
http://m.lancasteronline.com/columbia/news/columbia-updates-rules-governing-street-trees-in-the-borough/article_5417daea-dba4-11e3-9eea-001a4bcf6878.html?mode=jqm

Helping claws: Falcon from Columbia hooks up with one from Harrisburg to form new nest in Reading

Mix in a female peregrine falcon that hatched from the Route 462 bridge in Columbia in 2011 with a 9-year-old male falcon from Harrisburg and you get a nest with three or four young falcons right now in Reading.

http://m.lancasteronline.com/news/local/helping-claws-falcon-from-columbia-hooks-up-with-one-from/article_5c4fc8fa-dab2-11e3-b346-0017a43b2370.html?mode=jqm

New cast-iron lanterns being installed on the Columbia-Wrightsville bridge

From York Daily Record:

http://www.ydr.com/local/ci_25747637/some-new-cast-iron-lanterns-expected-be-lit

What I saw recently

Some pics from around town over the last few days . . .

 Threaded rods and nuts that will be used to secure a lighting fixture on the Veterans Memorial Bridge.

At the Columbia Historic Preservation Society on Second Street: 

One of the original lights from the entrance to the Veterans Memorial Bridge.

 Like the sign says . . .

 Hey, doesn't he work for Taco Bell?

Must be his day off.

 Scene from the living room window:

I think this is a female red-headed house sparrow.

 View from the bridge:

The River Park project continues.

 Aerial view of a killdeer on the tracks:

It's only fair; birds look down on us all the time.

 Relaxing - but keeping an eye on things.

 Another view of the River Park project under construction.

 How much is that . . . well, you know the rest.

 Continuing to rise

 More bridge lighting fixtures have arrived recently.  Lights have been installed in some.

 Two of the original bridge light fixtures on the front lawn of Sahd Salvage along Route 462.

Damn straight!

We knew it all along!

In Columbia, prayer would have continued regardless of high court's ruling

http://m.lancasteronline.com/lifestyle/faith_and_values/in-columbia-prayer-would-have-continued-regardless-of-high-court/article_a0d29884-d7b2-11e3-ae95-001a4bcf6878.html?mode=jqm

Columbia bridge project sheds new light on the Susquehanna

http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/columbia-bridge-project-sheds-new-light-on-the-susquehanna/article_ecead84c-d7aa-11e3-90e6-0017a43b2370.html?TNNoMobile

Bridge lights installed

I took these pics of the new bridge lights on the Veterans Memorial Bridge today. Currently, there are 10 lights installed. Starting from the Wrightsville side, they leapfrog (every other pier) on the southern edge for about 2/3 of the way across to the Columbia side, and alternate with the existing pole lights. One pier was skipped for some reason. On the Columbia side, four available piers remain, which will bring the total to 15 when the rest of the lights are installed on the southern edge. I assume the same number will be installed on the northern edge, bringing the total number of lights to 30 for the entire bridge. Removing the pole lights could allow that number to double, but I don't know if that's part of the plan.

About a month ago, I counted only 21 light fixtures at the borough garage along the river. Are there more on the way, or are some stored elsewhere?

Bridge work in progress

Seen today on Veterans Memorial Bridge