COLUMBIA SPY

This week's photos from around Columbia (Click/tap on photos for larger, clearer images.) Soldiers of Light assembled at Columbia River Park on Saturday afternoon.  Walking down Walnut  The afternoon's workout included car pulling.  Hard work!  A test of strength  Good weather for pulling a car down by the river It might also be a good way to save on gas. Once around the park!  Wrinkled old tree at Rotary Park  Animals bore the brunt of the latest snow.  Railing about snow does no good, so here's a railing with snow.  Map of Snowville, PA  In general, good fences make good neighbors.  Have a seat, but not here, of course.  Like the sign says  Piercings and tattoos available  In the middle of the night on Locust Street. (Actually, the time was an hour earlier than what the clock shows.)  That's a good deal! ...

Someone got creative and put all this snow to good use. This snow dog recently appeared on North 6th Street to cheer up onlookers as they pass by.

Citizen Comments, Part 2, 1/22/2019 Columbia Borough Council Meeting Mary Wickenheiser: " Well all I ever heard about Social Security was, it was to help you in your retirement. It wasn't supposed to be your entire retirement. So somehow it has reached that point, and it's sad that it has reached that point, and I'm sorry there are people who are in that position, but the borough needs to do what is best for the borough."  Mary Wickenheiser said she supports what previous speakers Taylor Callaway and Kay Leader said in favor of the recent tax hike. Wickenheiser, who noted she was a member of council for 13 years, said that back then, council had resisted raising municipal taxes due to the school district's tax increases - in order to avoid overtaxing residents. "We know the school district's going to raise the taxes," she recalled. "We can't hit our citizens with two tax hikes." She added that holding the line on taxes wa...