Food boxes to be delivered

On Friday and Saturday, Dec. 20 and 21, at 9 a.m., the Lions Club members, Sunsnappers, and other community volunteers will meet at Susquehanna Fire and Rescue Company, located at 10th and Manor streets, Columbia, to prep the boxes and set things up so that delivery will run smoothly. On Sunday, Dec. 22, beginning at 9 a.m., the club members will gather to deliver the boxes. The public is welcome to help on any or all of the dates.

MORE HERE:
http://news.engleonline.com/AdDesk/Htmlfiles/Readers/article.epc?id=94924

Meanwhile in another Columbia . . .

Columbia, South Carolina Approves Plan To Exile Its Homeless.

Whatever happened to  "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"?

By comparison, our sleepy, little hamlet doesn't look so bad.

MORE HERE:
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/08/20/2496741/columbia-criminalize-homeless/

CHS grad to discuss cancer on Today this Thursday

On Thursday, Kathi Sheehy Hahn, a 1967 Columbia High School graduate who lives in Morgantown, W. Va., will appear with her daughter, Ashley Calvery, to discuss her two battles against cancer on NBC's "Today" on its its "Everyone Has a Story" segment.

http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/927395_Two-women-with-Lancaster-County-ties-to-discuss-cancer-on-TV-this-week.html

Columbia council cuts $5,000 to Market House Trust

http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/926522_Columbia-council-cuts--5-000-to-Market-House-Trust.html

Columbia Borough seeks applicants for volunteer positions

Columbia borough has multiple board and commission openings. There are seats available on the Shade Tree Commission, the Zoning Hearing Board, the Municipal Authority Board and the Historical Architectural Review Board.

Any interested Columbia Borough resident should send a letter of interest by Dec. 31 to the borough manager, Samuel F. Sulkosky, at Borough of Columbia, 308 Locust St., Columbia, PA 17512

http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/926029_Columbia-Borough-seeks-applicants-for-volunteer-positions.html

Inkmen artwork display on sale at Jonal Gallery

The exhibit Inkmen VI, An Inkmen Holiday is currently on display at Jonal Gallery. An open house will be held on Saturday, December 14 (10-5), and Sunday, December 15 (11-5).

What I saw recently

Poseidon (Neptune) at Toll Booth

Looking ripped and buff.

The statue was recently moved to the Walnut Street side of Burning Bridge Antiques.

  A banjo-playing skeleton at Trin's Beans on Locust

Doesn't anyone proofread anymore?

A skateboarder in the middle of traffic on Locust Street.
Yes, really.

Flowers at River Park

Maple leaf

Emergency personnel leaving River Park as an Amtrak train passes by

More autumn leaves

A-OK at 2nd and Cherry

A tree seemingly on fire at Locust Street Park

Filling in the pit next to Burning Bridge

Clouds aglow

The bridge at sunset

A hawk standing atop an old utility pole . . . because he can

What's this?  Another car into the river?  Fortunately, this one didn't go the whole way in.

Pickup truck parked at the bottom of Locust Street.

I guess the driver didn't see the NO PARKING sign right next to his truck.

Adjusting the Christmas lights at Holy Trinity Church

That's one way to get a free newspaper

Painting the clock tower

Just Married
Shortly after I took this photo, this driver buzzed through a red light at Prospect Road & 30.  Maybe he mistook his wedding for a funeral.