Great. That should help the low test scores.
MORE HERE:
http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/932340_2-Columbia-schools-will-get-new-names-in-July.html
Monday, December 16, 2013
Two Columbia schools will get new names in July
Winter Solstice Party at Weavings, INK
This Saturday, December 21st, Weavings, INK Gallery will host a Winter Solstice Party. The party is free and open to the public. There will be light refreshments served. It is a great opportunity to purchase unique gifts for everyone on your holiday gift list or even for yourself. Samples of the work on display can be found at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Weavings-Ink/257132257707198 The party will officially be from 1-4 but the 10% discount applies all day. Bob Hammer hopes to see you there. Be sure to pick up his latest 2014 Year of the Horse calendar(supplies are limited.)
They have also extended their holiday hours ...due to the snowy weather.
Friday, December 20, 10-5
Saturday, December 21, 10-4
Monday, December 23, 10-4
Tuesday, December 24, 10-1
Saturday, December 21, 10-4
Monday, December 23, 10-4
Tuesday, December 24, 10-1
They hope this extension of hours make it more convenient for you to come and support your local artists!
Sunday, December 15, 2013
What I saw recently
Ice on a wire fence
The Turkey Hill store at Prospect and 462 is closed for renovations.
As the sign says
Another stash of phone books ready to be foisted upon an unsuspecting public
Sittin' awhile . . . in the street
All lit up
The Christmas tree at Locust Street Park on Sunday night
(I got there shortly before 6:00, and the tree was already lit. If there was a ceremony, I missed it.)
This smaller tree in the gazebo was also illuminated.
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Hanging the lights
Firemen hang lights in preparation for Saturday night's tree lighting ceremony at Locust Street Park.
Friday, December 13, 2013
Accident
This PT Cruiser was involved in a collision near Little's Beverage shortly after 9 o'clock this morning. One person was taken in an ambulance.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
They're baaaaaaack!
The phone books, that is . . .
Telephone books were being delivered around town yesterday, many of which will end up moldering and forgotten in idle doorways.
Monday, December 9, 2013
Ralph Nader: Dollar General's Treatment Of Workers Is 'Shameful'
In the note to CEO Richard Dreiling, Nader said he calculated that Dreiling earns more in one day than many of his employees do over the course of an entire year, a bit of math that Nader found "shocking." According to a Wall Street Journal analysis, Dreiling's 2012 pay package was $22.5 million. Surveys on sites like GlassDoor.com show an average wage for Dollar General store associates and cashiers of less than $8 per hour.
"Dollar General's treatment of low-wage workers is shameful," Nader wrote. "Low wages not only hurt workers: they hurt all taxpayers, too. When large, profitable corporations like Dollar General employ workers at shamefully low wages, employees are forced to resort to public assistance programs to provide their families with necessities. Thus taxpayers end up footing the bill for your company's poverty wages."
Holiday Open House at Jonal Gallery
Jonal Gallery/Alverta Arts Shop
653 Locust Street - Columbia, Pennsylvania 17512
OPEN: Thursday - Saturday 10am-5pm
Here are the exciting specials and "give-aways"
you have been waiting to see ...
Open House Weekend Specials
valid December 14 & 15 only ...
ANDREA'S WHIMSIES
Etched copper and sterling wire jewelry by Andrea Barrier ...
10% OFF all necklaces
20% OFF all other "Whimsies" accessories
D.W. DESIGNS
The designs and art of Dale Weibley ...
Buy one get the second one - 20% OFF*
Unisex textile fashion accessory designs ...
Choose from "SHAKESPEARES" or "LONGFELLOWS"
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Buy one get the second one - 20% OFF
Mix & Match D.W. Designs - "Botanical Garden"
Note Card Sets, Coloring Books and the all new "Magnolia" Cross Stitch Kit
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50% OFF SUPER SPECIAL*
D.W. Designs - "Botanical Garden" Boxed Stationery Sets
*sorry one set per customer at this special price - others available at regular retail.
EGGS-ACTLY RIGHT GIFTS
Delicate carved and crafted eggs by Sue & Tom Babec ...
10% OFF
GENINE ANTONELLI - JEWELRY DESIGNER
One of a kind jewelry designs by Genine Antonelli
20% OFF
SUN GEM DESIGNS
Jewelry designs by Fara Lampart
15% OFF
PLUS other unadvertised specials in the ALVERTA ARTS SHOP
All specials are limited to in-stock inventories. No adjustments permitted on prior sales.
ENTER* TO WIN - HOLIDAY WEEKEND "Give-aways"
Bully's Restaurant & Pub - 647 Union Street, Columbia ............... $25.00 Gift Certificate
Hinkle's Pharmacy & Restaurant - 261 Locust Street, Columbia ... $25.00 Gift Certificate
Prudhomme's Lost Cajun Kitchen - 50 Lancaster Hwy, Columbia .. $15.00 Gift Certificate
Turkey Hill Experience - 301 Lindon Street, Columbia .................... 4 pack pass package
John Wright Store & Restaurant - North Front Street, Wrightsville ..... Vera Bradley Tote
Courtesy of our community businesses - please support these fine local establishments.
Andrea's Whimsies - at Alverta Arts Shop inside Jonal Gallery . Necklace by Andrea Barrier
Eggs-actly Right Gifts-at Alverta Arts Shop inside Jonal Gallery . Carved Goose Egg by Tom
Dale Weibley Designs - at Jonal Gallery . winner's choice -one- Hand colored
Sun Gem Designs-at Alverta Arts Shop inside Jonal Gallery ...Bracelet created by
From our artists and artisans at Jonal Gallery - Please enjoy an exceptional Arts Shop and Gallery experience!
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SEE YOU AT THE GALLERY - JOHN and DALE
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VISIT OUR LABRYNITH GALLERY FOR OUR CURRENT EXHIBIT ...
"INKMEN VI - An INKMEN HOLIDAY"
Continues through December 28, 2013
Exciting and unique INKMEN Holiday Ornaments still available!
Sunday, December 8, 2013
What I saw recently
Some photos from around town over the past week . . .
200 block of Locust
Pillars at the River Park project
Two trains side-by-side on parallel sets of tracks
A sign of winter
Ready for the alien autopsy
Denizen of the darkness
Fading in the fog
Looking at the Wrightsville side
Copper-topped clock tower at town hall
The leak continues at the Columbia Plaza parking lot.
Water has been leaking here for several years. Could it lead to a sinkhole?
Nature's designs . . .
Signs of life?
A few new business signs have cropped up recently . . .
At the former United Telephone Company building on the first block of
North 3rd
417 Locust Street
Route 462, near Royer's
Cellphone surveillance: A new tool in police arsenal
Is it happening here?
The swelling ability by even small-town police departments to easily and quickly obtain large amounts of cellphone data raises questions about the erosion of people's privacy as well as their Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable search and seizure.
Saturday, December 7, 2013
Friday, December 6, 2013
Food boxes to be delivered
On Friday and Saturday, Dec. 20 and 21, at 9 a.m., the Lions Club members, Sunsnappers, and other community volunteers will meet at Susquehanna Fire and Rescue Company, located at 10th and Manor streets, Columbia, to prep the boxes and set things up so that delivery will run smoothly. On Sunday, Dec. 22, beginning at 9 a.m., the club members will gather to deliver the boxes. The public is welcome to help on any or all of the dates.
MORE HERE:
http://news.engleonline.com/AdDesk/Htmlfiles/Readers/article.epc?id=94924
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Meanwhile in another Columbia . . .
Columbia, South Carolina Approves Plan To Exile Its Homeless.
Whatever happened to "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"?
By comparison, our sleepy, little hamlet doesn't look so bad.
CHS grad to discuss cancer on Today this Thursday
On Thursday, Kathi Sheehy Hahn, a 1967 Columbia High School graduate who lives in Morgantown, W. Va., will appear with her daughter, Ashley Calvery, to discuss her two battles against cancer on NBC's "Today" on its its "Everyone Has a Story" segment.
Monday, December 2, 2013
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Columbia Borough seeks applicants for volunteer positions
Columbia borough has multiple board and commission openings. There are seats available on the Shade Tree Commission, the Zoning Hearing Board, the Municipal Authority Board and the Historical Architectural Review Board.
Any interested Columbia Borough resident should send a letter of interest by Dec. 31 to the borough manager, Samuel F. Sulkosky, at Borough of Columbia, 308 Locust St., Columbia, PA 17512
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Inkmen artwork display on sale at Jonal Gallery
The exhibit Inkmen VI, An Inkmen Holiday is currently on display at Jonal Gallery. An open house will be held on Saturday, December 14 (10-5), and Sunday, December 15 (11-5).
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
What I saw recently
Poseidon (Neptune) at Toll Booth
Looking ripped and buff.
The statue was recently moved to the Walnut Street side of Burning Bridge Antiques.
A banjo-playing skeleton at Trin's Beans on Locust
Doesn't anyone proofread anymore?
A skateboarder in the middle of traffic on Locust Street.
Yes, really.
Yes, really.
Flowers at River Park
Maple leaf
Emergency personnel leaving River Park as an Amtrak train passes by
More autumn leaves
A-OK at 2nd and Cherry
A tree seemingly on fire at Locust Street Park
Filling in the pit next to Burning Bridge
Clouds aglow
The bridge at sunset
A hawk standing atop an old utility pole . . . because he can
What's this? Another car into the river? Fortunately, this one didn't go the whole way in.
Pickup truck parked at the bottom of Locust Street.
I guess the driver didn't see the NO PARKING sign right next to his truck.
Adjusting the Christmas lights at Holy Trinity Church
That's one way to get a free newspaper
Painting the clock tower
Just Married
Shortly after I took this photo, this driver buzzed through a red light at Prospect Road & 30. Maybe he mistook his wedding for a funeral.
Shortly after I took this photo, this driver buzzed through a red light at Prospect Road & 30. Maybe he mistook his wedding for a funeral.
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