Agenda - Shade Tree Commission - June 26, 2023

 

PHREDD! at the gazebo - Wednesday, June 28

 

Deeds Recorded - Columbia Borough - June 26, 2023

 

John B. Moore conveyed property on a public road to Shawn M. Blauser and Rosemary Weaver for $207,000.

Latonya Nicole Garcia conveyed property on a public road to Latonya Nicole Garcia for $1.

Timothy M. Hess and Lindsey M. Brenner conveyed 1020 Cloverton Drive to Jose E. Muniz Plaza for $245,000.

Travis M. Coeyman and Loren Coeyman conveyed property on a public road to Suk Tamang for $169,900.

About Town - June 25, 2023

 This week's photos of Columbia

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

Escaped hospital patients?

Gone fishin'

Ditto

Out for a ride

Dungin' out on Franklin

Tyvek

Many visitors to town don't know where the trail starts. This poorly placed sign might be part of the problem.

The Habitat for Humanity project as seen from Corn Avenue

Soon to be Chicken McNuggets

More signs from Wrightsville. PPL doesn't appreciate signs like this on their poles, especially ones attached with staples and nails.  

It's a good thing ET doesn't rely on poles like this to phone home, even though his sticker is attached.

Many utility poles were installed around town over the past week.

Rumor has it that Bigler's weight-lifting gym on Franklin is closing.

Remember when postal carriers wore uniforms?

There's a familiar plate.

We are all just prisoners of our own device.

What?

Chalk for everyone!

A bluebird of happiness atop an obelisk at Mount Bethel

This white house next to a burned-out house just sold.

Deer at the ol' airfield

What chapter and verse is FX4 OFF ROAD?

A baby praying mantis beginning its first rounds

Welcome to the world!

Fillin' it in

One of the many holes dug into the 200 block of Locust this week.

Here are a few more.

This sign on the Wrightsville side needs some attention.

Let's hope the bridge doesn't collapse before the rehab project starts.

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Aftermath of a water main break at 3rd & Poplar

Emergency personnel responded to several incidents this past week, including this one along Route 441 in which a bicyclist was found on the road.

On Saturday, there was a two-vehicle accident at 5th & Walnut, in which several people were injured. One of the cars had a Colorado plate.

Firemen and CCAT members team up to try to rescue two felines

It all began Saturday morning when a resident saw an adult cat and a kitten in a storm sewer at the top of the Columbia High School hill. They appeared to be trapped. On closer inspection, he noticed that the adult cat had an injured eye. Out of concern, the resident called 911.

The Columbia Borough Fire Department responded - but at the same time, another resident contacted a member of the Columbia Cat Action Team (CCAT) whose members also arrived on scene.

Firemen used a pry bar to remove the sewer grates, but the cats became alarmed and fled through a pipe at the bottom of the enclosure. Firemen then removed a nearby manhole cover to try to locate the cats, but the felines were nowhere in sight. Personnel did find, however, several underground pipes leading away from the area in different directions. Unfortunately, that meant the cats could have gone through any one of them. But all was not lost . . .

CCAT members set traps (above ground) in the area in the hopes of catching the cats so they can be tended to. So far, no luck - but CCAT members vow to keep trying.

In the meantime, if anyone sees a tortoise-shell colored adult cat and its kitten in the area of the high school, please contact CCAT via Facebook.

Lead abatement programs targeting more than 3,300 Lancaster County dwellings have remediated 377 so far [Lancaster Watchdog]

Lead poisoning has been linked to long-term cognitive impairments as well as behavioral impacts such as aggression and hyperactivity. The Lead Free Families program that paid for the removal of the lead hazards from the Wilkinsons’ home was launched with a $50 million investment by LG Health in 2021 with the goal of remediating lead hazards from more than 2,800 Lancaster County residential dwellings by 2031.

According to the 2021 Childhood Lead Surveillance Annual Report from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, 241 children under age 6 in the county showed elevated levels of lead in their blood in 2021. At the time, Lancaster County had 40,687 children under 6.

The number of children who suffered lead poisoning is likely an undercount due to low rates of testing. In 2021, only 22.6% of children under 6 in Lancaster city were tested for lead poisoning, while only 13.2% of children under 6 in the county were tested. Statewide testing rates were at 18.7%.
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The time is right for Pa. to finally raise its minimum wage | Opinion - Pennsylvania Capital-Star

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