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It has been an interesting week here on COLUMBIA TALK.


First, who would have thought comments made at a borough council meeting would create that much controversy.

But it is Columbia and we have people who reside here, who one, like to create controversy and two, don’t understand that when Columbia and its people get attacked, the wagons circle.

I have never received so many emails about something that was reportedly “not” said at a council meeting and so on, it just got to the point it was better off to remove the posts, than continue the evil that was being spread.

I do have to ask though, since I’ve been though this for the last 25 years or so that if those comments were reported by a larger media entity, would the same thing happened. In most cases, I doubt it. In this case, it most likely would have. But since it was COLUMBIA, it probably would have made front page headlines or the lead story on the six o’clock news. We’ll pick on the little guy and they will back down.

As I’ve stated previously, if you don’t want to be quoted on something you say at a borough council or school board meeting, don’t say it. If you say it, then be prepared to take the heat for your comments.

If you haven’t figured out, those who grew up here in town and those who have moved here and want to help make our town better, are Columbia’s biggest supporters. It’s those people that come here, who think they can be part of the solution, don’t get their own way, who end up causing problems.

Just remember, there are two types of people – people from Columbia and people who wish they were from Columbia.

Next, I’ll address the weekly polls that I come up with. I hope our community leaders are following the voting on these polls, particularly the ones about the market.

Since the weather has turned nicer, I am in tje market on a weekly basis.

There’s a problem there folks. It’s a great facility, bit its only half full with stand holders. Most of the entire back half of the market is empty. I know the market is going through a transition without a market manager, but something needs to be done.

Perhaps two days isn’t the answer and perhaps it will change once a new manager is approved. But word needs to get out about the facility. People in Lancaster, York and other areas need to find out about the Columbia Market. It will work if promoted right, but I am one of those people who aren’t sure the two-day market will work. Just say, if I’m going in on a Thursday to get lunch meat, baked good, fresh fruit, etc., it’s less likely I will be going back in on Friday, unless its to get something to eat.

Now let’s move on to a group that will always be near and dear to me, the Columbia Boy’s Athletic Association. I spent almost 30 years of my life involved in the organization and if you haven’t noticed, the organization recently reorganized its officers. All of the officers now are young people who went trough the organization as kids, know what the organization once was and how many teams they once had.

I wish them luck because they have a long road to go to get the interest back in the organization. The number of baseball and softball teams are at a bare minimum this year. I can remember when I played and first started as an officer, we had 19 baseball teams and eight softball teams.

But as costs rose and registration fees increased, the numbers have dropped to record low numbers.

I don’t blame those running the organization, because I was one of them. I do blame the parents for not getting their kids involved, or, getting involved themselves.

Playing sports is something good for our young people. Sure, its probably tough for mom and dad to travel, but at least get the kids out there to get involved, instead of letting them sit in the house, text and play on the computer.

The attitude needs to change and despite the hard work of the new officers, if it doesn’t, there might be a day where there is no CBAA and that would be sad because the parents aren’t making their kids get involved.

But then again, a lot of those playing not only at the CBAA level, but the high school levels, are transients, meaning they are here one day and gone the next, not exactly the way to build a program at any level.

Earlier today, there was a comment to the post make about the track program at the high school. As a former member of the track team back in the 1970s, it hurts to see how far that program that dominated the 50s, 60s and 70s has dropped.

I will say this about the current coaches on the hill, most of them have gone through the program from the bottom up and know what it takes to win. Right now, Columbia is going through a little blip on the radar screen, where the coaches are trying hard to work through it, but the athletes just aren’t responding.

It will turn around, but everyone needs to change. The kids have to listen to their coaches, fight through little nicks and bruises, get our their and make Columbia Proud. Right now, that pride isn’t there in most sports and it starts with the kids, some of whom, not all of them need an attitude adjustment, so that next fall, Columbia is the one kicking people when they are down and not getting kicked.

Let’s get back to rolling on the hill and you’ll find out how much the community supports you.

Help Laura

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Columbia track competes at Penn and M-ville

Thursday and Friday, the Tide sent two relay teams to the prestigious Penn Relays in Philadelphia. The Tide’s 4 by 100 teams, placed ninth in their heat in the girls’ relay and seventh in their heat in the boys’ relay.


Friday, the Tide was one of a number of teams participating in the Millersville University High School Invitational at Beamsderfer Stadium.

Placing for the Tide boys were Derek Zercher and Tony Barton, 47th and 56th in the 1,600; Zercher, 39th and Barton, 46th in the 3,200; Brandon Felus, 18th in the discus and 22nd in the shot put and Alan Foehlinger, 46th in the 200 hurdles.

On the girls’ side, Shaday Fraizer was 40th in the 100 and 200; Audreanna Edmond was 36th in the 200; Rebecca Kuhn was 52nd in the 800; Rachel Knighton, 53rd in the 1,600 and Rachel Hall, 42nd in the 300 hurdles.

Record setters have big week

Last week, the Columbia girls’ softball team became the school’s best softball team ever with a win over Cocalico.

The 6-0 win over Cocalico was the Tide’s seventh of the season, the most in CHS softball history since 1995 when Columbia went 7-9.

Friday, they broke the record with a 5-2 win at Elco.

The win improved the Tide’s Section 4 record to 7-2 and overall mark to 8-3.

But with the program history changing, the Tide is eyeing a bigger prize, a section title and league playoffs berth.

And with seven games left in the league season, the Tide has a big week to reach those lofty goals. Coach Brad Brubaker’s teams hosts Northern Lebanon on Monday, travels to Donegal on Wednesday and then Pequea Valley on Friday. The combined league record of the three is 21-5 with Donegal unbeaten in league play at 9-0 and leading Section 3. Northern Lebanon, who beat Pequea Valley on Friday is 6-3 in league play and Pequea Valley is 6-2 in Section 4.

Columbia scored in the top of the first inning when Emily Detz, who had walked and stole second base, then advanced to third on a passed ball, scored after Ashlyn Phillips walked and continued on to second. The play distracted ELCO pitcher Carrie Stamm and Detz scampered home.

The Tide would add two runs in the second inning when jacked an RBI triple plating Kayla Lambert. Detz would later score an a Valessa Carollo fielders choice hit. Jenna Plastino and Phillips added two runs in the fifth and the Tide secured the win behind the 3-hitter thrown by Detz. She struck out 12 and walked one in the win.

Big inning dooms Tide

For almost five innings Friday afternoon at Glatfelter Field, Crimson Tide sophomore Jimmy Lee was doing his best Jamie Moyer imitation. He was dazzling Elco batters with an assortment of pitches.


In the fifth, Lee struck out the first batter he faced, then gave up a bunt base hit and got the next batter to fly deep to right to Johnny Vazquez.

He had two easy outs and the Tide was leading 2-1. After the fly ball to right, another Elco batter doubled to right. And it looked like Lee was going to get out of the inning when a ground ball was hit to Tide third sacker Brandon Aukamp.

What should have been the third out turned into an eight run inning and a 9-2 Elco lead. The visiting Raiders turned the big inning into an 11-2 win.

After the error on Aukamp, the Raiders saw the next six hitters reach base, four with hits, one of which was a bases clearing double.

While that inning may have turned the game around, the Tide left this one get away in their half of the third and fourth innings.

In the third, Josh Elliot and Brandon Arnold led off the inning with singles. After Seth Lefever struck out, Michael Burke blooped a hit to center to score one run. Aukamp then reached on an error to load the bases with one out. But, Lee struck out and Johnny Vasquez flied to right to end the threat.

In the fourth, Jake Sentz ripped a double down the left field line and Cain Warfel followed with a single. The Tide had runners on the corners with no outs. But things went bad for the Tide. Chris Aruda, the courtesy runner for catcher Warfel was picked off, Elliot struck out and Arnold flied out to center to end the second threat.

And when you are going bad, bad things happen and they did to the Tide in the fifth.

Things started good for the Tide in this one.

The Tide scored an unearned run in the first, when Elco had trouble fielding the ball and led 1-0.

Elco tied the game in the third with some sall ball, using three walks and a sacrifice fly.

But the Tide’s inability to come up with the big hit in the third and fourth innings hurt.

Elco scored one more in the sixth on an infield bunt, walk two balks called on Aruda, who became the pitcher in relief of Lee.

In the seventh, Aruda was called for three more balks, which allowed Elco to score another run. A nice diving catch by Arnold in center kept Elco from scoring a few more runs in the final frame.

Morgan goes to the Titans

Derrick Morgan, who played midget football here in Columbia and also at the junior high level.
Here is the link from the Tennessee Titans' web page http://www.titansonline.com/

NFL Draft bears watching

It's the start of the three days of the NFL Draft. Here is a story on Derrick Morgan, I found this morning in the West Chester Daily Local. http://dailylocal.com/articles/2010/04/22/sports/srv0000008098602.txt

Another slugfest

It was another slugfest this afternoon at Cocalico for the Columbia baseball team.
The Tide and Eagles combined for 17 runs and 20 hits as Cocalico scored an 11-6 win over the Tide.
Last night, the Tide gave up 11 runs in a loss to L-S.
The difference in the game was the bottom of the sixth when the Eagles scored six runs.
Cocalico led the game 3-0 with a pair of runs in the second and a single run in the third. The Tide got back in the game somewhat with a two spot in their half of the fifth innings, before the Eagles scored twice in their half of the fifth to take a 5-3 lead.
Columbia closed the gap with three runs in the top of the seventh.

No more warnings

As many of you know, street sweeping has resumed its normal schedule in the borough of Columbia.
Warnings will no longer be issused for vehicles that aren't moved. As of tomorrow, all vehicles not moved will be ticketed.

Tide back to winning ways

Junior pitcher Emily Detz broke open a 0-0 tie game in the second inning with a grand slam home run that cleared the left field fence and led the Crimson Tide to a 6-0 win over visiting Cocalico in a L-L League Section 3/4 crossover game.
 Detz went 2-3 at the plate and also walked in four appearances. In the circle, she struck out 14, while walking two and yielding just 4 hits on the rain-soaked afternoon at Glatfelter Field.



The win improved Columbia to 6-2 in Section 4 and 8-3 overall, and established a new single season school record for wins by the softball team. The previous mark of 7 wins was set in 1995 when the tide finished 7-9.

The Crimson and Gold visit Elco on Friday looking to keep pace with Section 4 front runner Pequea Valley. The Tide currently sits in second place in Section 4, a game ahead of Annville-Cleona.

Tide drops make-up

The Columbia baseball team was a 10-0 loser Tuesday night to Section 3 leading Lampeter-Strasburg.
The game was postponed from Friday.
The Tide had just five hits for the game.
The Pioneers, who hosted the game under the lights, scored three times in the second inning and twice in the third. They also scored once in the fifth and four more times in the sixth.
Brandon Arnold making his first start of the year, struck out three and walked six, until he was relieved in the sixth.

Columbia man charged in burglary

A Columbia man has been charged by Susquehanna Regional Police. Here is the link http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/251367

Province buys Union National

Province Bank, with a location in Columbia and one in Marietta, has agreed to purchase Union National Community Vank, which also has an office in Columbia.
Here is the link from today's story in the Intell/New Era: http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/251349

Tide drops slugfest

It was a day for hitters on Monday afternoon at Glatfelter Field as Manheim Central and the Crimson Tide combined for 21 runs and 20 hits. The bad part for the Tide was Manheim Central scored 15 of the 21 runs in a 15-6 win over the Tide.
Columbia dominated the first three innings of the game, leading 4-1. But "Manheim Magic" hit in the top of the fourth inning when the Barons exploded for eight runs to take a 9-4 lead in the game.
Columbia pulled within 9-5 with a solo run in their half of the fourth, but the Barons were not donem scoring twice in the fifth and four times in the sixth to bust the game open.
The two teams also combined for 14 strikeouts and 17 walks.

Track team enjoy first success

The Columbia track teams picked up their first wins of the season in a non-league tri-match up on the hill against the Lititz Christian School and the Christian School of York.
Columbia won the boys' meet with 71 points, followed by Lititz Christian with 43 points and the Christian School of York with 32.
In the girls' meet, the Tide had  74 points, followed by Lititz with 25 and CSY with 12.
There were a number of events that were not contested or had one or two competitors.
First place finishers for the Tide girls: Rachel Knighton (1,600); Audreana Edmond (400), Rachel Hall (300 hurdles); Rebecca Kuhn (800); Nicole Bowman (high jump and long jump), and Kelsy Ulrich (shot put, discus and javelin).
Second place: Edmond (100 and 200); Shaday Frazier (400); Knighton (3,200) and Michelle Hall (shot put and javelin).
Third place: Frazier (100 and 200); Kuhn (400); Rachel Hall (long jump) and Kolyana Mimnall (shot put, discus and javelin).
First place for Tide boys: 3,200-meter relay (Markis Harrison, Tony Barton, Alan Foehlinger and Derek Zercher); Jerermy Daise (100); David Wells (300 hurdles); Brandon Felus (shot put, discus and javelin).
Second place: Well (100); Zercher (1,600); Foehlinger (300 hurdles); Harrison (800); 1,600-meter relay team and John Bosley (discus and javelin).
Third Place: Harrison (400) and Jeremy Beckley (long jump).
Fourth Place: Tony Barton (1,600); Daise (200).

Tide falls again in softball

:It was a tough one today," said Columbia softball coach Brad Brubaker.
.Manheim Central defeated Columbia 5-1 in a Section3-4 crossover game in Manheim today.
Emily Detz battled with a 7 strikeout, 1 walk performance, giving up 6 hits. "She was hit by a line drive in the hip in the third inning, but remained in the game," Brubaker said.
Freshman catcher Ashlyn Phillips, who was hit in the dugout area with a line drive foul ball in the top of the first inning, went 2-3 and drove in the Tide's lone run with a one-out single in the third inning, plating Detz who had walked.
Columbia could only muster three hits and three walks on the offensive side.

The loss drops Columbia to 5-2 in league play and 7-3 overall.

Columbia's weekly police reports

JOHN N. MORRISON, 62, OF RED LION, WAS CITED FOR OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, AT NORTH THIRD AND LINDEN STREETS, AT 5:38 P.M., APRIL 12.

MARCELLUS BYAS, 47, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR DRIVERS REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED, IN THE 200 BLOCK OF SOUTH THIRD STREET, AT 8:43 P.M., APRIL 12.

BRIAN JACYSZYN, 26, OF CONESTOGA, WAS CITED FOR OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AT ROUTE 441 SOUTH AND PERRY STREET, AT 4:15P.M., APRIL 12.

FRANKIE RIVERA, 30, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR REQUIRED FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNAUTHORIZED TRANSFER OF REGISTRATION; AND FOR DRIVING WHILE OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, IN THE 200 BLOCK OF CHERRY STREET, AT 9:08 P.M., APRIL 12.

ERNEST T. CONNOR, 53, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR DRIVING WHILE OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, AT 12TH AND MANOR STREETS, AT 10: 54 P.M., APRIL 12.

BRADLEY A. GROFF, 41, OF LANCASTER, WAS CITED FOR MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS AT FRONT AND PERRY STREETS, AT 9:18 A.M., APRIL

SANDRA B. GARCIA, 42, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES IN THE 900 BLOCK OF LANCASTER AVENUE, AT 7:45 A.M., APRIL 13.

MICHAEL K. ALLISON, 33, OF CONESTOGA, WAS CITED FOR OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AT FOURTH AND LOCUST STREETS, AT 8:15 P.M., APRIL 13.

MARY C. HENRY, 36, OF MOUNT JOY, WAS CITED FOR DRIVING VEHICLE AT SAFE SPEED AND FOR DRIVING WHILE OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, IN THE FIRST BLOCK OF SOUTH FOURTH STREET, AT 12:18 A.M., APRIL 14.

A 15 YEAR OLD COLUMBIA MALE, WAS CITED FOR REGISTRATION AND CERTIFICATION OF TITLE REQUIRED AND FOR DRIVERS REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED IN THE 400 BLOCK OF LOCUST STREET, AT 4:06 P.M., APRIL 15.

SARAH PATRICIA THRAN, 26, OF MARIETTA, WAS CITED FOR DRIVING WHILE OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, AT ROUTE 30 EAST AND 441, AT 3:46 P.M., APRIL 15.

CALVIN E. BEAMESDERFER, 76, OF MYERSTOWN, WAS CITED FOR OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AT SIXTH AND LOCUST STREETS, AT 7:48 A.M., APRIL 15.

KEVON BARRY FREY, 49, OF RED LION, WAS CITED FOR MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS, ON ROUTE 30 EAST, AT2:38 P.M., APRIL 15.

JARRETT MICHAEL BAYMAN, 21, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR TURNING MOVEMENT AND REQUIRED SIGNALS, IN THE 100 BLOCK OF NORTH SEVENTH STREET, AT 3:33 P.M., APRIL 16.

DONALD LEE HEINAMAN, 52, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS, AT MUSSER’S MARKET, 960 LANCASTER AVENUE, AT 7:18 P.M., APRIL 16.

TRACY L. FINEFROCK, 49, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR REQUIRED FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AT CHERRY STREET AND ROUTE 462, AT 4:23 P.., APRIL 16.

KEVIN MAURICE SPRIGGS, 45, OF YORK, WAS CITED FOR DRIVING WHILE OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, AT SECOND AND WALNUT STREETS, AT 7:34 P.M., APRIL 16.

CHRISTOPHER D. BOWMAN, 27, OF LANCASTER, WAS CITED FOR DRIVING WHILE OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, IN THE 400 BLOCK OF CHERRY STREET, AT 12:41 A.M., APRIL 19.

HARRY ARTHUR LAIRD, JR., 45, OF MANHEIM, WAS CITED FOR PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS AT SECOND AND MILL STREETS, AT 1:58 A.M., APRIL 17.

L-L Coaching chances since Goodling came to HHS

Twenty-five years in a long time to stay in coaching. But that's how Long Warren Goodling has been at Hempfield.
Over those 25 years, each team in the L-L League has changed coaches at least once.
Here is a list:
CV, McCaskey and Township have had two coaches.
Three -- Cedar Crest, L-S and Lebanon Catholic.
Five -- Ephrata, Pequea Valley, Cocalico, Northern Lebanon and Lancaster Mennonite.
Six -- Penn Manor, Solanco, Warwick, Lancaster Catholic, Columbia (can you name them?), Donegal and Elco.
Seven -- Central, Annville-Cleona, Garden Spot, Lebanon.
10 - E-town.

Tide doesn't do well at Shippensburg

The Columbia track team competedat the annual Shippensburg Invitational yesterday and for one of the rare times in school history failed to score any points.
In girls' events, the 400-meter relay team placed 18th, while the 1,600-meter relay team placed 16th. In individual events, high jumper Nicole Bowman did not place.
In boys' events, Jeremy Daise tied for 34th in the 100 and Derek Zercher was 20th in the 3,200. Thrower Brandon Felus was 23rd in the shot put and 19th in the discus.
In relay events, the 400-meter relay team was disqualified, whole the 1,600-meter relay team was 19th and the 3,200-meter relay team was 16th.

Hempfield's Goodling steps down

I was told this earlier last week, but veteran Hempfield boys' basketball coach Wareen Goodling is stepping down. He's been the Black Knight boss for 25 years.
Here is Mike Gross' story http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/251257

Michener to Kutztown

Columbia senior and veteran bowler Allison Michener has accepted a bowling scholarship to Kutztown University.

Morgan ready for NFL Draft

Here is a link to a story today in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Derrick Morgan, who played football with the CBAA program and at the junior high level here in Columbia, before moving back to Coatesville.

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/20100417_Coatesville_s_Morgan_ready_for_NFL_draft.html

Park Rangers to hold detail

On Saturday, April 24, the Columbia Park Rangers, as part of Columbia Pride Day, will work at Locust Street Park. Rangers will assemble at 8 a.m. at Sixth and Locust streets.
The four-hour work session will be a general cleanup one focused on getting the park in tip-top form for spring.

Accident snarls Route 30 traffic

http://www.wgal.com/video/23173084/index.html

A lesson learned in loss

The Columbia girls’ softball is young, with a lot of inexperience at the varsity level.


There’s no denying that through the first seven games of the season, they’ve done well, winning six of those games.

For the first time in school history, the rest of the Lancaster-Lebanon League is taking notice.

Through the first half of Section 4 play, the Tide went 5-0, beating a couple of traditional powers.

Friday afternoon at Glatfelter Field, coach Brad Brubaker’s team started crossover play with a game against Lampeter-Strasburg, one of top teams in Section 3.

And it was a dandy of a game, with the Pioneers holding off the Crimson Tide for a 2-1 win.

Columbia is 5-1 in league play and 6-2 overall. Monday, the Tide travels to Manheim Central for another tough non-league game.

The difference in this one was that the Tide, despite an 11-strikeout performance by junior Emily Detz, didn’t come up big in the field and two runners thrown out at the dish attempting to score.

The Pioneers scored first. Their lead-off batter tripled just wide of the glove of Tide right fielder Emily Nobile. Despite striking out the side in the first, the Pioneers got the jump in the scoring column, scoring on a passed ball.

Columbia got its first chance to score in the third when Allison Michener reached on an infield hit and moved to third on a stolen base and a ground out. With two outs, Emily Groft worked a walk to give the Tide two base runners, but Vallesa Carollo was called out on a questionable third strike call to end the threat.

With two outs in the fifth, the Pioneers reached Detz for another run, capitalizing on a solid single to right, two stolen bases and a little infield nubber that went for a hit.

At that points, the two runs looked big for the Pioneers as the Tide wasn’t doing much at the dish.

But in the fifth, the Tide got something going.

With one out, Nobile reached on a bunt hit and Detz with a single to right, allowing Nobile to scurry to third and Detz eventually ending up on second. A golden opportunity for the Tide. Next up was Groft, who bunted, but Nobile was gunned down at the plate, keeping the Tide off the board.

After a scoreless sixth, this one went down to the final three outs.

Michener led off the seventh with a solid single to center and pinch-hitter Kayla Lambert came off the pines to rip a gapper to left-center scoring Michener. All the sudden, it was 2-1 with no one out and the top of the order up.

Rather than give up a big hit to the Tide’s best player Detz, L-S threw four balls out of the strike zone, with one problem. Ball four sailed wide of the plate past the L-S catcher, allowing Lambert to move to third.

With the game on the line, Groft hit a hard liner to second, which was caught and nearly doubled Detz off first. With one out, Carollo hit one to third, but Lambert was cut down at the plate. Still, there was at least one more chance for the Tide, but the comeback ended when Jenna Plastino popped out to end the game.

Despite the loss, the Tide still leads Section 4, just ahead of Pequea Valley and Annville-Cleona.