Sunday, July 6, 2014

What I saw recently

 Show me a sign.

 Under roof (partially)

 Catchin' a ride

 Phil Robertson is now bald and beardless.

 Cheap seat

 Mangled mailbox

 Do not touch.

 Bird on a wire

 Which way?

 Fraternal twins

 Two of a kind

 Covering the past

 Children a pla

 Flags at CCFD carnival

 Flying by

 "Big wheel keep on turning."
I don't think this one has in a while.

Guard duty

At Laurel Hill

CCFD fireworks


Friday, July 4, 2014

Happy Fourth!


 This morning, patriotic gals set up flags around town.


Down at the Moose - flags right and left.

The national anthem as rendered by a veteran of the 101st Airborne.

Thursday, July 3, 2014

State funding increases do little to help cash-strapped Columbia schools

The newly passed state budget offers the high-poverty Columbia schools a little extra cash, but the amount is less than what district leaders were counting on.

The smaller increase " will continue to squeeze Columbia financially," said Laura Cowburn, the district's business manager.

MORE:
http://m.lancasteronline.com/news/local/state-funding-increases-do-little-to-help-cash-strapped-columbia/article_43076d5e-0243-11e4-ad62-0017a43b2370.html?mode=jqm

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Vehicle Accident - Class I


At 3:32 p.m. this afternoon, emergency personnel responded to a vehicle accident involving a car and a motorcycle on the 400 block of Locust Street.  The motorcycle rider apparently suffered minor injuries.

The motorcycle rider (far left) gets a hand - or several - with his bike.

Pointing out details of the collision

The temporarily grounded bike . . .

was moved out of the street by a Columbia Borough Police officer.

Columbia officials talk fire radios, company consolidation

Discussion about the number of radios Columbia borough needs for their fire departments grew heated on June 23, when members of Columbia Consolidated Fire Department aired their opinions about both the necessary radio purchase and the proposed consolidation of the fire departments.