Sunday, February 19, 2023

About Town - February 19, 2023

Recent photos of Columbia

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Just passing through

At the Columbia Historic Preservation Society
(Bonus point if you can find the cat.)

The United States battle flag?

Here's where the first stars and galaxies were formed.

Those tags on the string were part of a presentation at Columbia River Park, probably to show a timeline of events from the beginning of the universe to now. Humans most likely showed up at the last eighth of an inch or so.

Notice of an upcoming zoning hearing

Here are the details.

The hearing is scheduled for this week, but someone was working there already. 


At Mount Bethel Cemetery:





You can order one of these tee shirts HERE.

Whichever way the winds blows

Grocery cart in Avenue G

Looks like it came from CVS.

The bluebird of happiness?

Or the bluebird of annoyance?

Workers at 149 North 3rd Street

They're working at the former Subway building.

HER

Time for a hose-down

Reflection

Daffodils springing to life on the 400 block of Locust

About to burst out

At the former Twin Oaks site

A Trump-era rollback of safety regulations for the railroad industry contributed to a train derailment in Ohio on February 3, which created an environmental catastrophe. Could it happen here? Trains have derailed in Columbia in the past, so the answer is "yes."

Don't stop on the tracks, especially those owned by Norfolk Southern


That's one way to dress up your car antenna.

A tragedy occurred right up the alley from this sign about a week-and-a-half ago.

Two outta three ain't bad.

Sure doesn't look like a fire extinguisher.

Let's hope this is correct.

Firetrucks don't look like this anymore.

MISSION BBQ!

The stones at this Civil War-era bridge pier began disappearing about a decade or two ago. Where did they go and why?

Some might have been thrown into the water, near the pier.

Or alongside it, but what about the rest?

Ready for a barbecue, possibly a goose dinner

Which one would win?

Even mail trucks need help sometimes.

Expect lane closures on the Route 30 bridge this week.

The ol' home at 1020 is gone and forgotten.

Former police officer Troy Engle is now a realtor.

CAT CROSSING
PLEASE SLOW DOWN

Here are some cats now:




Let's hope this one's been found.

These two can hold their own.

Who broke the door at the Wine and Spirits store?

Meanwhile, at Long Level: a naked guy who goes by the name of Poseidon and sometimes Neptune.

And this guy lives in Wrightsville.


Elaina M. Smith — Clyde W. Kraft


At the Library - Monday, February 20

 



Friday, February 17, 2023

Columbia fends off Lebanon, hands Cedars first loss to capture L-L League girls basketball championship

The Tide has risen — all the way to the tippy top of the Lancaster-Lebanon League girls basketball mountain.

Columbia took Lebanon's early punch, used a 15-0 run to open up a working lead, and then fended off the Cedars down the stretch for a 51-44 championship-game victory before an overflow crowd at Manheim Township on Thursday night in Neffsville.

Columbia, which won a league crown for the first time since 1995, picked up its 15th win in a row, getting 20 points from Brie Droege, 14 points from Brooke Droege, and some hard-fought paint work from Gambler and Delaney Burke, who were tasked with marking Lebanon's 1-2 glass-crashing punch of Liliana Harrison and Zariyah Whigham.
MORE:

https://lancasteronline.com/sports/highschool/girlsbasketball/columbia-fends-off-lebanon-hands-cedars-first-loss-to-capture-l-l-league-girls-basketball/article_07e8af88-ae71-11ed-888e-337b07623b74.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share 

Like mother like daughters: Droege twins help Columbia end drought, win L-L League girls basketball title

No girls basketball player in Lancaster-Lebanon League history scored more points, 2,573, than Brie and Brooke Droege's mom.

"They're bigger than me,'' Marjorie Droege — known as Marjie Rhoads during her playing career — said Thursday, while crouched with a camera in full mom mode, as her kids and their teammates cut down the nets at Manheim Township, after they and their Columbia teammates held off Lebanon to win the L-L League championship.

"They're stronger than I was,'' she added. "I think they're a little more skilled, too.''

She's being modest, of course, having led the Crimson Tide to three straight District 3 championships in high school, in the late 1990s, before going on to a fine, 1,042-point college career at Division I La Salle.
MORE:


https://lancasteronline.com/sports/highschool/girlsbasketball/like-mother-like-daughters-droege-twins-help-columbia-end-drought-win-l-l-league-girls/article_0df78116-ae70-11ed-b15b-638f32f99f64.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share 

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Drug Task Force Arrests Five in Columbia Borough Narcotics Investigation | Columbia Borough Police Department


The Lancaster County Drug Task Force, Office of Attorney General Bureau of Narcotics, and Columbia Borough Police Department executed two search warrants and arrested five individuals in Columbia Borough in reference to an ongoing narcotics investigation on Feb. 10. 

Kyle Gerlitzki, 29; Daniel Englehart, 33; Javier Molina-Pabon, 46; Tanya Nunez, 41, all of the 100 block of Walnut St., and Shane Kenney, 43 of the first block of N 2nd St., were arrested in connection with the investigation. 

Investigators conducted several undercover purchases of methamphetamine and crack cocaine from two Columbia residence through Jan. and Feb. 2023 and two search warrants were granted for the addresses.
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Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Rape, other charges filed against Columbia man accused of killing 12-year-old girl [update]

Columbia police and the Lancaster County District Attorney's office filed child rape, rape and related charges against Jason Shackelford, the Columbia man already charged with killing his ex-girlfriend's 12-year-old daughter last week.

The charges are related to crimes investigators said Shackelford committed against Elaina Smith and her mother.

Online court documents show one count each of child rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and strangulation in addition to the homicide charge, which was filed last Friday. Those new charges are related to Elaina.

Another docket filed Thursday shows two counts each of rape and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and four counts of sexual assault. Those charges are related to Elaina's mother.  LNP | LancasterOnline typically does not identify alleged victims of sexual assault.
MORE:

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/rape-other-charges-filed-against-columbia-man-accused-of-killing-12-year-old-girl-update/article_df137e94-ad71-11ed-8853-a7e51a86dd5b.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share