Columbia Borough buys blighted Bigler property

According to deeds recorded in LNP:

Samuel L. Bigler and Cynthia L. Bigler conveyed property on Locust Street to Columbia Borough for $51,711.

Police investigating 'suspicious' death of Columbia woman at Pequea Township campground

Amanda Place

The Southern Regional Police Department is investigating a suspicious death which occurred on 5/8/17 at the Outdoor World Campground, 2111 Millersville Rd. in Pequea Twp. The victim in the incident - Amanda Place, 34 years of age, from Columbia PA was staying with friends at a campsite within the campground. She was by herself for several hours and upon the return of her friends she was found unresponsive. Her friends placed her in a private vehicle and began to drive her to the hospital, however after several miles stopped and called for an ambulance. Arriving emergency response personnel found the victim unresponsive and in cardiac arrest. She was transported to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. There were no obvious signs of injury to the victim and nothing unusual was found at the campsite. The official cause of death is pending toxicology results.

Anyone with any information on the whereabouts of the victim prior to her death or any information relevant to the investigation are asked to contact the Southern Regional Police Department 717-872-0352. 
Anonymous tips may be left at www.slcrpd.org

Source:
Southern Lancaster County Regional Police Department

About Town

This hawk was minding his business atop a telephone pole on Maple.

 But some neighborhood birds didn't want him around.

 They buzzed and strafed him until . . .

 Outta here!

 Mark your calendar.

 Vote - the deadline is looming.

 More entries here on the 200 block of Locust

 Changing attire

 Sticker shock

 Quite a bargain

 Sign, sign . . .

 "Old school" printing

 Water-weighted petals

 On the prowl in Avenue G

 Violators will be intimidated.

 Some mice hanging around on South Third

 Big bad yellowjacket

 Vacant lot vacant a lot

 You don't see many of these nowadays.

Frying pan in a tree.

Some things in life can never be understood.

 Gallifreyan symbol on the Watch & Clock Museum frieze

 mew

 Coming up

 Open carry

Columbia in the rain

Nursing home is honored - then cited for violations

Susquehanna Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 745 Old Chickies Hill Rd, Columbia, received recognition from the Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce on April 30 for 40 years of service to the community. About a week later, however, the Department of Health conducted an inspection and cited the facility for “deficient practices that caused concern for the health and safety of the residents," according to an ABC27 report. Inspections over the past six months found concerns about failure to investigate and report abuse, neglect, and misappropriation of resident funds, failure to provide a sanitary environment, allowing strong odors of urine to persist, and failure to follow physicians' orders. The Department will release a full report in the near future.

The facility was previously known as Heatherbank Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.

ELANCO moves teachers - Is Columbia next?

According to an LNP article, Eastern Lancaster County School District plans to shuffle 31 teachers to different grades and between schools:

"One by one, 31 teachers were called into meetings and told they were either switching grades or moving to another school for the 2017-18 school year."

Readers' comments following the article were less than favorable towards the action, for which many blame ELANCO Superintendent Robert Hollister.

Currently, ELANCO and Columbia are operating under a shared services agreement. A commenter asks if teachers could even be switched between the two districts:

"Now that Elanco and Columbia are quasi-merged regarding administration, just how long until teachers are switched between these two school districts? Elanco school district already seems to have a large turnover of teaching staff."

Columbia School District combats hunger with "School Breakfast Week"

This week, which also happens to be the first week of Keystone Exams, has been denoted School Breakfast Week at Columbia High School. It will feature special guests, giveaways and a new coffee bar — serving the traditional breakfast, but with a coffee option — outside the gymnasium.

MORE:

http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/columbia-high-school-combats-teenage-hunger-with-school-breakfast-week/article_e1dcf15a-3a27-11e7-9841-1f6f699c8731.html

Two appointed to Planning Commission

Barbara Fisher (center) and Charity Kadwill were sworn in to the Columbia Borough Planning Commission by Mayor Leo Lutz at Monday's Borough Council meeting.