This Friday: Legislative Breakfast with Sen. Ryan Aument and Rep. Dave Hickernell

Do you have a concern that you wish to share with our local legislators?  Do you have questions about recent or pending legislation? Are you concerned about the impasse on the PA budget? Join SVCC on

Friday, October 9, 2015

for a

Legislative Breakfast with Sen. Ryan Aument and Rep. Dave Hickernell.

This session will be held in the Fellowship Hall of Columbia United Methodist Church (5^th & Walnut Streets, Columbia).  The breakfast will begin at 8 am with a continental breakfast buffet and will be followed by a short time for the legislators to update us on recent actions at the state level.  A question and answer session will follow.  We hope to wrap up all discussion by 9 am.  Please contact SVCC with the names of those who will be attending.  Bring your questions and comments!

Too close for comfort?

Workers recently installed a natural gas service line near the former Long's Funeral Home at 855 Chestnut Street. The line, which at last look was not protected, is quite close to the street, making it vulnerable to wayward vehicles.

Cameras installed at 3rd & Locust

Workers installed cameras at the intersection of Third and Locust Streets on Monday. Each of the four cameras monitors a section of the two streets. For example, on Third Street, one camera faces northwest, while the other points southeast.

  

Three cameras were also installed recently at Front and Walnut, near the entrance to Columbia River Park.

Q&A: Market House Trust - Part 3

Part 3 of the Market House Trust Q&A can be found HERE.
This is the final installment of the Q&A.
Supplemental information will be posted tomorrow.

Jeff Helm at library tonight

Part 2 - Q&A: Market House Trust

Part 2 of the Market House Trust Q&A can be found HERE.

(The third and final installment will appear tomorrow.)

Q&A: The Market House Trust - In their own words

Columbia Spy recently met with several members of the Columbia Historic Market House Trust for a question-and-answer session.  The Trust has sometimes been the target of criticism since its inception in 2011/2012, and in the interest of accuracy, the Spy asked Trust members to explain the organization's purpose and to correct public misperceptions. Due to its length, this Q&A will be presented in three parts over the next few days and will also include legal documents as supplemental material.

The current members of the Trust are as follows:

VOTING MEMBERS

Chair - Cleon Berntheizel

Vice Chair - Don Haines

Secretary - Jodie Eck

Treasurer - Elaine Beckley

Director - Jeanne Cooper

Director - Roche Fitzgerald

Director - Kellan Kernisky

(All of the above members are directors.)

NONVOTING MEMBERS

Standholder Representative - Teresa Allen

Market Manager - Beth Troxell

Member at large - Bill Collister

For Part 1 of the Q&A, follow THIS LINK.

Part 2 will appear tomorrow.