Monday, December 9, 2013

Columbians frustrated by school funding, taxes

We need an outcry. Maybe one could start here.

Holiday Open House at Jonal Gallery

Jonal Gallery/Alverta Arts Shop
     653 Locust Street - Columbia, Pennsylvania 17512
         717-681-9400                jonalgallery.com
          OPEN: Thursday - Saturday 10am-5pm
      Here are the exciting specials and "give-aways" 
                 you have been waiting to see ...
                 Open House Weekend Specials 
                 valid December 14 & 15 only ...
ANDREA'S WHIMSIES
Etched copper and sterling wire jewelry by Andrea Barrier  ...
                         10% OFF all necklaces
        20% OFF all other "Whimsies" accessories
D.W. DESIGNS
The designs and art of Dale Weibley ...
          Buy one get the second one - 20% OFF*
                           Unisex textile fashion accessory designs ...
                  Choose from "SHAKESPEARES" or "LONGFELLOWS"
                                      the totally reversible fashion scarf   or   the totally reversible casual tie
                                   *second must be of equal or lessor price
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          Buy one get the second one - 20% OFF
                         Mix & Match D.W. Designs - "Botanical Garden"
    Note Card Sets, Coloring Books and the all new "Magnolia" Cross Stitch Kit
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                     50% OFF SUPER SPECIAL*
                 D.W. Designs - "Botanical Garden" Boxed Stationery Sets
             *sorry one set per customer at this special price - others available at regular retail.
EGGS-ACTLY RIGHT GIFTS
Delicate carved and crafted eggs by Sue & Tom Babec ...
                            10% OFF
GENINE ANTONELLI - JEWELRY DESIGNER
One of a kind jewelry designs by Genine Antonelli
                            20% OFF
SUN GEM DESIGNS
Jewelry designs by Fara Lampart
                           15% OFF
                       PLUS other unadvertised specials in the ALVERTA ARTS SHOP 
                    All specials are limited to in-stock inventories. No adjustments permitted on prior sales.
   ENTER* TO WIN - HOLIDAY WEEKEND "Give-aways" 
Bully's Restaurant & Pub - 647 Union Street, Columbia ............... $25.00 Gift Certificate
Hinkle's Pharmacy & Restaurant - 261 Locust Street, Columbia ... $25.00 Gift Certificate
Prudhomme's Lost Cajun Kitchen - 50 Lancaster Hwy, Columbia .. $15.00 Gift Certificate
Turkey Hill Experience - 301 Lindon Street, Columbia .................... 4 pack pass package
John Wright Store & Restaurant - North Front Street, Wrightsville ..... Vera Bradley Tote
              Courtesy of our community businesses - please support these fine local establishments.
Andrea's Whimsies - at Alverta Arts Shop inside Jonal Gallery . Necklace by Andrea Barrier
Eggs-actly Right Gifts-at Alverta Arts Shop inside Jonal Gallery . Carved Goose Egg by Tom
Dale Weibley Designs - at Jonal Gallery . winner's choice -one- Hand colored
                                                         "Holiday Memories" print by Pen & Ink artist Dale Weibley
Sun Gem Designs-at Alverta Arts Shop inside Jonal Gallery ...Bracelet created by
                                                                                                           Fara Lampart
      From our artists and artisans at Jonal Gallery - Please enjoy an exceptional Arts Shop and Gallery experience!
                              * No purchase necessary. See Gallery for restrictions and drawing policy.
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                    SEE YOU AT THE GALLERY - JOHN and DALE
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     VISIT OUR LABRYNITH GALLERY FOR OUR CURRENT EXHIBIT ...
                      "INKMEN VI - An INKMEN HOLIDAY"
                              Continues through December 28, 2013
                    Exciting and unique INKMEN Holiday Ornaments still available!

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Snowy bridge

What I saw recently

Some photos from around town over the past week . . . 

 200 block of Locust

 Pillars at the River Park project

 Two trains side-by-side on parallel sets of tracks

 A sign of winter

 Ready for the alien autopsy

 Denizen of the darkness

 Fading in the fog

 Looking at the Wrightsville side

 Copper-topped clock tower at town hall

 The leak continues at the Columbia Plaza parking lot.

 Water has been leaking here for several years.  Could it lead to a sinkhole?


Nature's designs . . .



Signs of life?

A few new business signs have cropped up recently . . . 

 At the former United Telephone Company building on the first block of
North 3rd

 417 Locust Street

Route 462, near Royer's

The Knockout Game: Coming to a town near you?

Cellphone surveillance: A new tool in police arsenal

Is it happening here?
The swelling ability by even small-town police departments to easily and quickly obtain large amounts of cellphone data raises questions about the erosion of people's privacy as well as their Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure.