PreSchool Pals at Columbia Library Monday morning November 6 at 10:30

Columbia Crime Watch group to meet at the library Monday, November 6, at 6 p.m.

About Town

Recent pics from around town...

Sometimes you just need an ear to chew on.

Cry of the Columbia taxpayer

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 Columbia Crossing getting hosed

There are those lines again, which means UGI will be tearing up our streets again. And here's what those colors mean again:

 That's no way to treat a flag.

 Pretty good guidelines

 The banner belongs to this church.

 Elaborate brickwork down at the Tollbooth building

 Hats off . . .

 There's that trailer again at the former Prudhomme's.

 SOL: Spice Of Life

 Time to retire or replace these old signs

3 lights

 First across the bridge on Saturday morning's run

 Baby on board

 Runner with stroller

 It got a bit crowded out there.

Runners running in the run

 Superman - here to save Columbia?

 Mr. & Mrs. House Sparrow

 Sick starling

 Ticket time

 How to shrink-wrap a boat

 On the lookout, or looking to get out?

 New coffee shop on Locust:

"The Spot"

 Grand opening was Saturday, November 4.

 Betty Boop

Dress for walking the streets at night

Junk artist creates sculptures down by the railroad tracks

The man shown here appears to be the creator behind several examples of what could be called "trash art" or "junk art" that appeared recently down by the railroad tracks along Bank Avenue.  The two dozen or so sculptures consist of found objects such as shards of glass, pieces of railroad ties, and various metal objects. This type of outsider art could be considered a creative means of recycling. Over the past few days, the sculptures have been disappearing - currently down to about half the original number.

Set clocks back

Daylight saving time ends Sunday, November 5, 2017 at 2 a.m.

COLUMBIA gets the gold

Columbia went for the gold - and got it, at least on a new sign at 301 Locust Street. The sign, which formerly read CLOTHING, now reads COLUMBIA in bright gold letters. It was painted by Chris Redding and Jeff Moore, as just one more facet of the ongoing renovation there. 

Go HERE and HERE for the backstory on the renovation project.

11-11-11 Club to host banquet and memorial service November 11

The 11-11-11 Club will host its annual banquet and memorial service at the Red Rose Memorial Post #2435 on Saturday, November 11, 2017.

Guest speaker is Lieutenant General Dennis L. Benchoff.

Born in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, in 1939, Dennis L. Benchoff graduated from the U. S. Military Academy in 1962. He holds Masters degrees from Michigan State University in Operations Research and Systems Analysis and from New York University in Economics Analysis. 

He held numerous commands, including the 101st Airborne Division's 20th Chemical Detachment in Vietnam; the 707th Maintenance Battalion at Fort Ord, California; the 59th Ordnance Brigade in U.S. Army Europe; the Red River Army Depot at Texarkana, Texas; and the Industrial Operations Command at Rock Island, Illinois.

The final assignment in Lieutenant General Benchoff's distinguished career was as Deputy Commanding General, U. S. Army Materiel Command (AMC), from July 1996 to August 1998, where his leadership and technical skills proved instrumental in enhancing the Army's logistics system. 

Lieutenant General Benchoff retired in 1998, however military service continued in the Benchoff family with his son Peter, who graduated from West Point in 1993.

The service begins promptly at 11 a.m.

The Red Rose Memorial Post #2435 is located at Fourth and Manor Streets, Columbia, PA 17512.

Tickets are $18 each.  Anyone wishing to make reservations may call Kevin Kraft at 717-684-2370.