Area superintendents say drop in PSSA scores doesn't mean decline in academics

Columbia School District scores are here:

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2015/09/area_superintendents_say_drop.html?appSession=085160082090146

Zombies, ghouls, and goblins invade Albatwitch Festival on Saturday

Zombies, ghouls, and goblins from Field of Screams invaded Columbia's Albatwitch Festival on Saturday. Click for the story, and to see all the pics and a video.

Columbia feet take to the street on Fourth Friday

Despite cloudy weather, Columbians turned out for Fourth Friday events, including Feet in the Street on the 500 block of Locust Street . . .

 Participants chalked the street with various designs . . .

. . . that began to evolve into a temporary mural.

(Could this be the rebirth of surrealism?)

 About those feet - there they are now. Attendees dipped their feet in tempera paint and walked along butcher paper, trailing colorful footprints along the way.

 A similar procedure was used for hands.

 Sweet Life provided music in the gazebo.

Children adorned pumpkins with splashes of color.

 Here are some of the finished products.

 Several more to go.

Others allowed themselves be the canvas for the artist's brush.

 A little later, it became obvious that the butcher paper had been well traveled.

Surfing on hay bales was a popular activity . . .

. . . as was eating ice cream on them.

 Down at Through the Fire Gallery, William Chambers, in 1950s-era service station garb, invited people to participate in a performance event. In answer to the question "What's missing?" (written on a mirror at the station) one could embroider a response on a cloth dangling from a dispenser, or write in a notebook.

Further information on this project can found HERE.

 The studio also featured an exhibit by artist Todd Geiger . . . 

. . . as well as the usual display of glass-wrangling.

This sign recently appeared in a display window next to Hinkle's.  The heading says, "The Arts @ Hinkle's."  

A voyeur's view of Susquehanna Center Creative Arts, 224 Locust Street.

Happening now at Columbia River Park

Movie under the Stars

         The movie is "The Never-ending Story"
                             Admission is free.

WGAL's Katelyn Smith reports on bypass project

WGAL's Katelyn Smith was in town this afternoon to report on the progress of the Route 441 bypass project. (Columbia Spy reported on the project yesterday.) According to the WGAL report, the project will be completed before the end of October.

Emergency crews investigate empty kayak on river

Emergency crews responded this morning to a call about an empty kayak caught on the rocks on the Susquehanna River, above the Wrights Ferry Bridge. As of this posting no owner or occupant has reportedly been located.

Albatwitch Festival this Saturday