Monday, December 12, 2016
71-year-old woman charged with threatening neighbor at knifepoint
A Columbia woman threatened to kill a man in the 400 block of Locust Street on Thursday, Columbia police reported.
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Sunday, December 11, 2016
Christmas tree lighting at the park
The 50-foot tree was lit tonight at Locust Street Park as part of the Fourth Annual Columbia Winterfest celebration. The event was dedicated to Bert and Peanut Burkert, both of whom passed away this year. Cimarron Properties, the Slaymaker Group, Express Printing, and Union Station Grill sponsored.
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Families enjoyed hot chocolate, music, and Santa Claus during hte celebration.
Our Lady of the Angels choir sang Christmas carols.
Santa (Walter Bosch) worked the crowd.
The tree stood forth in its illuminated glory
Peanut and Bert
A privy - Can you dig it?
Four diggers excavated the remains of a privy on Walnut Street this afternoon. What's a privy, you ask? The dictionary defines it as: "A toilet located in a small shed outside a house or other building; an outhouse." So, why would anyone be digging up such a thing?
In the days before indoor toilets, people used the privy not only to "do their business," but also as a trash receptacle. In other words, a privy is - or can be - a trove of artifacts from a particular era.
Rick Weiner, one of today's privy diggers, told the Spy that workers were retrieving objects from about the 1890s. (A previous dig in the same area yielded objects from the 1700s.) He said the privy (shown below) was especially large, measuring six feet in diameter. He estimated it could turn out to be 15 feet deep. Most privies around town measure about four feet in diameter and four feet deep, Weiner said.
Weiner added that the top layer of digging usually consists of lime that was applied to neutralize the soil and moderate the smell of the privy. The process of excavation is laborious and time-consuming, as workers in the hole dig and load buckets that are continually hauled to the top and dumped.
Rick Weiner's website is HERE.
Workers dig and load soil into the bucket shown (left). The bucket is then pulled up and dumped.
A few finds from today's dig
Loose bricks are set aside. The privy wall consists of a single layer of bricks stacked without mortar.
Workers continue loading buckets during excavation.
Rick Weiner shows a bottle from today's dig. The inscription appears to read: "W.M. Borden, Odd Fellows Hall Pharmacy, Columbia, PA."
Another medicine bottle from the dig.
"Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription"
The remains of a comb
71-year-old woman charged with threatening neighbor at knifepoint
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Susquehanna's smallmouth bass numbers rise, but agency still pushes for 'sick river' status
“The positive vibe on the river is that it’s better than it’s ever been,” says Mike Acord, co-owner of Susquehanna Fishing Tackle in Columbia.
“The fishermen were on board with the process. They’re worked hard to get the river back. We’ve got it back with the fishermen’s help and now we should be able to enjoy it.
“We’ll support what’s right and right now it deserves to be open. We all worked for it.”
More information HERE.
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