COLUMBIA SPY

DON'T MISS IT THIS SATURDAY! Huge indoor yard & bake sale. St. John's Herr Estate, 200 Luther Lane 8:00AM – 2:00PM Saturday, September 19 th  - Jewelry, HH goods, crafts, decorations, food & baked goods.

Columbia school board president Tom Strickler told LNP last month that the district would start seeking loan proposals in September. That process in itself is an extra human resources burden, Strickler said. "We in Columbia don't have the extra resources for anything." MORE  HERE

Undaunted by rain, Buffalo Soldiers on motorcycles stopped at Zion Hill Cemetery on Saturday to honor the memory of African-American soldiers buried there. The visit was part of a daylong observance that included stops at several local cemeteries, including those in Marietta and Lancaster.  According to Wikipedia:  The  Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club  (NABSMC) is a Black ( African-American )  motorcycle club  in the United States, named for the historic African-American United States Army regiments known as  Buffalo Soldiers , seen in their  patch . [1] [2] [3] [4]  It is one of the biggest Black motorcycles clubs in the USA and the biggest African American motorcycle club in Chicago, with 97 chapters as of 2012, [5]  with over 2000 members across the USA. [6] [7] The full Wikipedia article is  HERE . The Buffalo Soldiers gathered under the Route 30 overpass near Zion Hill Cemetery after riding from Mariet...

A 24-year-old Columbia man, sentenced in August to up to 75 years in prison for a vicious attack on a city woman, had an extra 10 to 20 years added to his sentence Monday. MORE  HERE

A 15-year-old girl from Columbia has been missing since Friday night, according to police. Columbia Borough police are searching for Hannah Fleckenstein, 15, who was reported missing by her parents at 12:14 p.m Saturday. Hannah was last seen at 11:30 p.m. Friday in her home at 1020 Chestnut Street. She may be in Columbia or Millersville, police said. Hannah's mom, Christina Fleckenstein, said her daughter is a freshman at Lancaster Mennonite High School. Anyone with information is asked to call the Columbia Borough Police Department at 684-7735. http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/police-search-for-missing--year-old-girl-from-columbia/article_37b22a52-5a44-11e5-93eb-1f7f67b06c54.html