"Gulliver's Travels" at the Library - Wednesday, January 4

 

Deeds Recorded - Columbia Borough - January 2, 2023

 

Thomas A. Horner, Wendy Jean Horner and Lancaster County Tax Claim Bureau conveyed 452 Cherry St. to 92321 Madison LLC for $1,000.

P. Douglas Dicely, Tracey E. Dicely and Lancaster County Tax Claim Bureau conveyed 148 Church St. to 92321 Madison LLC for $1,000.

Jane P. Boyd, Terri L Sisley Fuller and Lancaster County Tax Claim Bureau conveyed property on Avenue H to 92321 Madison LLC for $1,000.

Seal Property Group LLC and Elam F. Fisher Jr. conveyed property on Walnut Street to Amanda Sue Goodwin for $295,000.

Alexander Meligakes and Alexa Axmacher conveyed property on Ridge Avenue to Rodney Dale Martin and Laurel Kristine Martin for $250,000.

Sonia N. Colon conveyed 124 S. Eighth St. to Domingo Colon and Elizabeth Colon for $186,000.

Alphonso Vazquez, Ruth Arce and Ruth N. Arce Carmona conveyed 492 Manor St. to Alexandra Caitlyn Gummo and Brenda Lee Gummo for $190,000.

Book Bingo at the Library - January 2 - March 31, 2023

 

About Town - January 1, 2023

Recent photos of Columbia

(Click/tap on photos to see larger, sharper images.) 

Down by the riverside

On off off on

Snowflake with a little help from the moon

There it is.

Sign down!

At least it's pointing in the right direction (sort of).

There was ice and flooding at the river this week:

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Demolition continues at 332 Locust to make room for a courtyard:

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The water intake project at the Columbia Water Company continues:

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NO DRUGS

Ornate above-ground coffin at Mount Bethel Cemetery:

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Heron on shore

A hawk and his hapless prey . . .

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There was a bit of fog this week.

True believer

Return flight

The first sunset of 2023 . . .

Columbia Public Library Calendar of Event - January 2023

 

Columbia Cat Action Team member shows how to trap a cat (or several)

 The Columbia Cat Action Team (CCAT) has trapped 97 cats this year since June in its Trap/Neuter/Return (TNR) program. Dee Henry, who traps for the group, shows how it's done:

Dee typically brings several traps in her own vehicle to the trapping site and then lines them with newspaper. The traps are provided by Columbia Borough.

After a trap is lined, she places food inside.

Canned cat food is used as bait.

Here's a trap that's almost ready to go.

She then covers each trap with a blanket to disguise it and help calm a cat after it's trapped.

The final step is setting the trap, as shown here.

After a cat is trapped, it is held overnight in a CCAT member's garage with other cats trapped that day. In the morning, a volunteer transports the cats to the York SPCA for spaying/neutering. While there, cats also receive rabies and distemper shots. All cats are ear-tipped (left ear) to show they've been fixed. A volunteer then picks up the cats in the late afternoon and takes them to a member's garage to be held overnight until the effects of anesthesia wear off. Finally, the cats are returned to the location where they were originally trapped.

CCAT, which currently has about 15 members, meets monthly to identify potential trapping locations in the borough. Alan Landsman chairs the committee.  The public is invited to the next meeting on January 11, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. at the Watch & Clock Museum.