Upcoming events

Here are a list of upcoming events in our town through Sunday.
If you have any events, send me an email and I will post them, free of charge.
Friday night will be a special night  on the hill, when the fourth class  of inductees into the Columbia High School Athletic Hall of Fame is honored.
The inductees will be honored at a reception, starting at 5 p.m., in the high school cafeteria followed by the induction at halftime of the Tide's home opener with Northeastern.
Leading the way is the undefeated 1970 football team, known by many as the Big  Red Machine, along with Donald Schoelkopf, Aaron Anspach, Glenn VonStetten and Lamar Kauffman.

Saturday, the Columbia wrestling team is hold a chicken barbecue at Scott's Automotive,12th Street and Lancaster Avenue. Across the street at Glatfelter Field, as part of a Day of Caring, a number of community groups will participate in a clean up.

Also Saturday, the Columbia Football Booster Club will host a Night of Comedy at the Susquehanna Fire Company.

Saturday morning, three Columbia Churches will host a yard sale in the 500 and 600 blocks  of Walnut Street.

Sunday morning, the Columbia Community will come together to observe the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with a service in the Locust Street Park at 9 a.m.

Weekend of events

In addition to the Cruisin' Columbia Car Show, which will close the downtown streets, there is plenty of other activities in the Columbia area.
At the same as the Car Show, the Susquehanna Vallwey Chamber of Commerce will hold a Marketplace event at the Boys and Girls Club building.
Columbia will also hold Juneteenth, starting at 8:30 a.m. from the Mount Zion AME Church on South Ffifth Street.
At 8 p.m., the Columbia Ministerium will hold a Night Watch, beginning from the Visions Church at Fourth and Mill streets.
The group will walk various areas of the town to talk with and meet with residents in troubled areas.
St. John's Herr Estate located at 200 Luther Lane, Columbia, will be abuzz with activity during the second annual Red, White, and Blueberry Jamboree  from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The public is invited to attend all the events.

Sometimes, I think too much

When I went on vacation last week, there were a couple of things I wanted to do – see my friend, have fun and take in the scenes and events.


I think I pretty much accomplished that. But in taking in the events and reading all the brochures I received from down South, I got to thinking if the Southern events would work here as add to what we already have.

Well, if we could all work together, they could.

Throughout the area, starting with our town, we have two 5-K Runs, the Antique, Art and Craft Show, the Bridge Bust, Fourth Fridays, activities for Memorial Day and July 4th. Across the pond (Susquehanna), they have Heritage Day and River Fest and the long running Stay at Home Fourth. North of the mountains (Chickies), there is Marietta Day, their July 4th carnival and both areas have Memorial Day Parades.

But when I was down South, there were a couple of events I attended such as the Marketplace and Peach Festival. There were other events coming up or previously held and I thought what the heck, I’m gonna throw them out there and see what the thoughts are.

The Marketplace was an event similar to our craft show, but the focus of this once a month event is farm produce and community groups. There were some craft stands, but not many and it closed off a few streets. Looked like a good event tat could work here, if it were limited to farm produce and community groups.

The Peach Festival is a lot like the Washington Boro Tomato Festival and was very well attended. So, we already have something like that.

One event I didn’t get to because of the weather was Hartsville Idol. It rained that night and the event was pushed back a week. That could work here, teamed with something like the car show or craft fair.

They had a Bluegrass Festival in May, along with a ton of other events throughout the year, but they didn’t do anything in Hartsville for Memorial Day.

There’s a lot going on in our area now and I think a couple of new events added to what we have could work. Sorry when I get to thinking, the ideas just keep coming.

These are just suggestions and nothing more. I’d be willing to share the various brochures and talk to people, but if we could all work together and promote the area, good things could happen.