All about the Albatwitch

He looks sort of like a baby Bigfoot, and he's rumored to live somewhere in the Columbia area. He also loves apples. He's the Albatwitch, and he'll be celebrated at the ninth annual Albatwitch Day, to be held on Saturday, Oct. 8. The festival will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Columbia River Park, 41 Walnut St.

"This is a multifaceted event," said Rick Fisher, who is organizing the festival with Chris Vera. "There is so much happening."

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Columbia's Dean Young leaves legacy of enigmatic poetry, inspiration

Dean Young’s work was humorous, heartbreaking, and deeply influential in the field of contemporary poetry, and it continues to inspire people even after his death.

Young was an award-winning poet, mentor, and close friend to many who he inspired with his decades of written work. A former Iowa Writers’ Workshop faculty member, his connection to the University of Iowa and surrounding literary community is unmeasurable. On Aug. 23, Young died at the age of 67 due to complications from COVID-19.

Born in 1955 in Columbia, Pennsylvania, Young earned his Master’s of Fine Arts from Indiana University. He taught for many years at the University of Texas at Austin, where he held the William Livingston Chair of Poetry. He was also chosen as Texas Poet Laureate in 2014. 

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Apples for Preschool Pals at the Library - October 5

 

Agenda - Columbia Borough Council Work Session (Budget Workshop) - October 4, 2022

 

See the budget sheets HERE.

Deeds Recorded - Columbia Borough - October 3, 2022

The estate of Betty L. Betts conveyed property on Staman Lane to Aysia J. Allen for $1.

Patrick A. Bakes and Vicki S. Bakes conveyed 1045 Ironville Pike to Jacob S. Stoltzfus and Mary S. Stoltzfus for $240,000.

Bradley L. Haberstroh conveyed 218 Walnut St. to Adam Kendig Rohrer for $107,500.

Columbia Borough conveyed property on a public road to Columbia Borough for $1.

Edna M. Wakefield, Edna May Wakefield, Kirk J. Wakefield and James D. Wakefield conveyed property on a public road to George W. Sager and Jennifer W. Sager for $365,000.

Melanie Laura Jackson conveyed 1198 Central Ave. to Ashlyn Phillips for $265,000.

Jumping Jack O'Lantern is October's Take & Make at the Library

 

Using Mount Bethel model, Perpetual care planned for cemetery where Thaddeus Stevens rests

Early last month, Mr. and Mrs. Scribbler attended Fete en Noir, a fundraising event at Mount Bethel Cemetery in Columbia. Visitors paid $20 each to sit at dozens of tables amid the tombstones. We ate dinner and listened to a rock band. Some people danced. Others toured the burial ground founded by Quakers in the 1720s.

The Friends of Mount Bethel Cemetery, a nonprofit founded in 2017, are using funds from the event to rewire the cemetery caretaker's house. In this way, they help the cemetery's board of directors, who operate as a nonprofit 501(c)13 corporation, to maintain and improve the cemetery in perpetuity.

Ross Hetrick, president of the Thaddeus Stevens Society, hopes to do something similar — that is, to move beyond volunteer fundraising to provide permanent preservation — for the Shreiner-Concord Cemetery at Mulberry and Chestnut streets in Lancaster. He wants to establish a cemetery owner and provide a substantial endowment.

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