Sunday, June 21, 2020

About Town 6/21/2020

This week's photos of Columbia


On the road to East Prospect

And reiterated in Columbia

Biden for president

Stoltzfus for delegate
(Not an endorsement)

West Hempfield officers emerging from Fine Wine & Good Spirits

 Many departments gathered at Columbia Crossing on Wednesday.



Stover's was hit again on Sunday morning, June 21.

 Closed for the season

 Wire spools being removed from atop Park Elementary Friday morning.

 Here's a closer look.

 Work continues at the Market House.

 New street signs?

 This flag is hanging at a house on the 200 block of South 8th street. It's accompanied by the Mission 22 flag shown below.

According to the Mission 22 website the organization is "dedicated to healing America’s veterans when they need it most — right now. We offer treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress and Traumatic Brain Injury, substance abuse and all of the issues veterans are facing today."

 It's that time.

Ivied wall at Lloyd Mifflin's house

 Master of the alleyway

 Free!

HARB approved signs/brackets for Columbia Life Network and Cooper's Comics (shown below). Both are in Columbia's historic district. Some business owners in the historic district skate around HARB with impunity.



Pink flamingo at Geltz Gotz Goodeze

Outside seating at Coffee & Cream

There's never a shortage of customers (shown here and below).



Garden guides Blue and Petunia at Park School

Blue and Petunia went indoors, but below are several photos of the garden:



Here are some flowers at a grave in Mount Bethel.

Sign for a defunct business

 At the former Shawnee Fire Company

 Ready for some serious sweeping -
Some things in Columbia Borough get swept under the rug.

Always use your head in whatever fashion you see fit . . .

Just be careful when doing so.

Killdeer keeping an eye on things

Under the Veterans Memorial Bridge

A crew of four from Pickering, Corts & Summerson (PCS) inspected the bridge.

A diver appeared to be doing underwater inspections of the bridge piers.


According to their website: "Pickering, Corts & Summerson (PCS) delivers award winning multi-discipline civil engineering services from our four office locations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey."

 Smith's deck is open.

 The weeds are gone. Now if only the litter could go, too.

Mailbox of Bret Greenberg DVM and Associates, Companion Animal Clinic on South 16th Street

An easy chair on Locust for sittin' out 

Floyd Landis passed a car carrier at the turn at 2nd & Bridge to take the lead.

And last but not least, a comment to Columbia Spy from a reader in Ephrata:
I went to Columbia today and took a friend to support the small businesses who have been so hard hit for the last 3 months and ran into your “meter freaks”.... I have heard how these meter people literally jump on a car the minute the time expires.... well - I just received your $10 “Welcome to Columbia” for the sake of 3 minutes. Not like I was gone for an hour and a half on my quarter...... I guess you don’t want people coming to shop in your town and to help it flourish..... I won’t be back.

Friday, June 19, 2020

Agenda - Columbia Borough Council Meeting - June 23, 2020



Download the council packet HERE.

Columbia school board selects IU13 to conduct superintendent search despite backlash

The Columbia Borough school board chose the Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 to conduct the search for a new superintendent, despite continued calls from the community to retain current Superintendent Tom Strickler.

The intermediate unit, one of three options the board considered during Thursday night's four-hour virtual school board meeting, will search for Strickler's replacement at no cost. The Pennsylvania School Boards Association would have cost $5,000, and Templeton Advantage would have cost $9,800.

MORE:

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/columbia-selects-iu13-to-conduct-superintendent-search-despite-continued-community-backlash/article_ee12ad10-b1cb-11ea-a968-ab17ad59c828.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share