Columbia vs. Camp Hill: Lions have worn the gold

Friday's District 3 Class A championship on the chocolately turf at Hershey Park Stadium will be the fourth meeting between the Crimson Tide and Lions.
Camp Hill under the direction of first-year coach Frank Gay, who previously coached ar Red Lans, has won all three including twice in the District 3 finals in 1988 and 2001. The Lions also beat the Tide in the semifinals in 2002.
That 1988 Camp Hill team went onto win a state title.
Overall, the Lions have made 11 trips since 1985 to the District 3 finals, winning in 1986 (Hanover), 1987 (Holy Name), 1988 (Columbia), 1996 (Scotland), 2001 (Columbia), 2002 (York Catholic) and 2004 (Holy Name). They lost in the finals in 1985 (Hanover, who beat Columbia in the semifinals), 1997 (Scotland), 1998 (Scotland) and 2007 and 2008 (Steel-High).
Overall, the Lions are 20-9 in the playoffs and their appearance this year was the first since 2009.
They have the second most Class A titles (7) behind Steel-High and their eight and their 18 appearances in Class A is the most in that Class, with Columbia being second with 16.

Camp Hill playoff history
1985: Camp Hill 20, Holy Name 10; Hanover 16, Camp Hill 12.
1986: Camp Hill 35, Wyomissing 17; Camp Hill 20, Hanover 0.
1987: Camp Hill 28, York Catholic 14; Camp Hill 21, Holy Name 0
1988: Camp Hill 26, Hanover 6; Camp Hill 32, Columbia 6
1991: Wyomissig 28, Camp Hill 26.
1996: Camp Hill 27, Hanover 21; Camp Hill 26, Scotland 22.
1997: Camp Hill 21, York Catholic 12; Steel-High 27, Camp Hill 6.
1998: Camp Hill 26, Steel-High 13; Scotland 26, Camp Hill 6
2001: CH 29, Hanover 7; Camp Hill 13, Columbia 6
2002: CH 19, Columbia 8; CH 25, York Catholic 13
2003: Steel-High 13, CH 10
2004: CH 26, Halifax 10
2006: Halifax 41, CH 0
2007: CH 41, Central Catholic 6; Steel-High 33, CH 0
2008: CH 42, York Catholic 21; CH 42, Holy Name 41; Steel-High 48, CH 16.
2009: Steel-High 49, Camp Hill 13

Columbia vs. Camp Hill: How schedules compare

Camp Hill Lions

Coach: Frank Gay
Mid-Penn Capital Division
Overall Record: 7-4
Conference Record: 3-4
Camp Hill 26, Biglerville 6
Trinity 52, Camp Hill 7
Palmyra 47, Camp Hill 17
Milton Hershey 19, Camp Hill 18
Boiling Springs 34, Camp Hill 14
Camp Hill 35, Elco 17
Camp Hill 21, Susquenita 14
Camp Hill 42, Steel-High 24
Camp Hill 22, Middletown 21
Camp Hill 14, East Pennsboro 13
Camp Hill 27, York Catholic 9

Columbia Crimson Tide
Head Coach: Michael Burke III
L-L League Section 3
Overall Record: 5-5

Conference Record: 2-4

Columbia 36, Eastern York 13
Columbia 20, Northeastern 8
Daniel Boone 42, Columbia 6
Columbia 24, Boiling Springs 21
Columbia 34, Elco 7
Northern Lebanon 42, Columbia 26
Columbia 34, Annville-Cleona 8
Lancaster Catholic 70, Columbia 25
Pequea Valley 34, Columbia 30
Donegal 49, Columbia 24
Columbia 42, Millersburg 0
Camp Hill Home Record: 4-2, Road Record: 3-2
Columbia Home Record: 4-2, Road Record: 2-3
Camp Hill District 3 playoff teams played: Trinity, Palmyra and Boiling Springs.
Columbia District 3 playoff teams played: Northeastern, Boiling Springs, Daniel Boone, Lancaster Catholic and Donegal.
Camp Hill Record vs. teams with winnig records: 2-4
Camp Hill Record vs. teams with losing records: 4-0
Columbia record vs. teams with .500 or better records: 1-5
Columbia record vs. teams with losing record: 4-0
Camp Hill First Quarter Points Scored: 43, Given Up: 34
Columbia First Quarter Points Scored: 51, Given Up: 91
Camp Hill Second Quarter Points Scored: 66, Given Up: 104
Columbia Second Quarter Points Scored: 88, Given Up: 109
Camp Hill Third Quarter Points Scored: 48, Given Up: 71
Columbia Third Quarter Points Scored: 73, Given Up: 24
Camp Hill Fourth Quarter Points Scored: 95, Given Up: 25
Columbia Fourth Quarter Points Scored: 54, Given Up: 74
Camp Hill AAAA teams played: None
AAA teams played: Middletown, Biglerville, East Pennsboro, Palmyra, Milton Hershey, Elco.
AA teams played: Trinity, Boiling Springs,Susquenita.
A teams played: Steel-High.
Columbia AAAA teams played: Daniel Boone
AAA teams: Northeastern, Eastern York, Elco, Northern Lebanon, Donegal
AA teams: Lancaster Catholic, Boiling Springs and Pequea Valley.
Common Opponents: Elco and Boiling Springs.

Tickets and fan bus

Columbia High School is selling tickets in the main office through Wednesday. The cost is $5 for adulkts and $3 for students, At the game, all tickets will cosr $5.
It should be noted, schools receive a percentage of all ticket sales in advance.

There will also be a fan bus for Friday's game. It will leave the high school at 10:45 a.m. Thje cost is $5. More information is available by calling Laurie Burke at 629-9681.

The game is Friday at 1 in Hershey Park Stadium. Columbia will sit on the east side of the field.

Play of the Week

Vote for Michael Burke's catch and run as the Play of the Week: http://www.wgal.com/sports/29826731/detail.html

Millersburg at Columbia: Tide's District 3 records

From RodFrisco.com, Columbia or its athletes hold the following District 3 football records.
Individual
Most Yards Passing semifinals: Todd Kauffman, 284, 18-31-3, 2TD vs. Scotland, 1995
Most Yards Passing quarterfinsls: Tyler Harrison, 304, 15-29-3, 2TD vs Steel-High, 2010
Most Passing attempts, semifinals: Ben Marley, 39, 18-39-1, 201, 1 TD vs. Canp Hill, 2002
Most extra points, semifinals: 6, Charles McClair, Columbia vs. Holy Name, 2001
Most touchdown passes, semifinals, Charles McClair, Columbia, 3, vs. Holy Name, 2001
Longest kickoff return for a touchdown, semifinals, 92 yards, Scott Rupp, Columbia vs. Scotland, 1995
Most catches semifinals: Michael Poole, 9, vs. Hanover, 1985.
Team
Class AA
Fewest Punts: Trinity, 0, vs. Columbia, 2006.
Most Fumbles lost, one team: Columbia (3) vs. Trinity, 2006
Most Fumbles lost, both teams: 4, Columbia (3) vs. Trinity (1), 2006
Most Fumbles, both teams: 7, Columbia (6) vs. Trinity (1), 2006
Most Touchdowns quarterfinals: 8, Trinity vs. Columbia, 2006
Both Teams: 10, Trinity (8), Columbia (2), 2006
Most Extra Points, quarterfinals, one team: 8, Trinity vs., Columbia, 2006
Smallest margin of victory, quarterfinals: 1, Delone Catholic 27, Columbia 26, overtime, 2007
Class A
Fewest Punts, both teams: 4, Steel-High (0) vs. Columbia (4), 2008
Most Turnovers, both teams: 9, Steel-High (5) vs. Columbia (4), 2005
Most Fumbles lost: 5, Steel-High (5) vs. Columbia in 2005; Scotland vs. Columbia, 1995
Most Fumbles, one team: 9, Steel-High vs. Columbia, 2005
Most Fumbles, both teams: 11, Steel-High (9), Columbia (2), 2005
Moat Fumbles, quarterfinals: 6, Columbia vs. Steel-High, 2008
Most Fumbles, both teams: 10, Columbia (6) vs. Steel-High (4), 2008
Most Yards Gained, both teams: 818, Columbia (455) vs. Steel-High (363), 2010
Moat Yards Passing semifinals, one team: 284, Columbia vs. Scotland, 1995
Most Yards Passing quarterfinals, one team: 304, Columbia vs. Steel-High 2010
Most Yards Passing, both teams: 423, Columbia (304) vs. Steel-High (119), 2010
Fewest First Downs, both teams: 17, Columbia (5) vs. Steel-High (12), 2008
Most First Downs, both teams: 36, Columbia (19) vs. Steel-High (17), 2010
Most Penalty Yardage, championship:  88, Camp Hill vs. Columbia, 1988
Most Penalty Yardage, semifinals: 130, Halifax vs. Columbia, 2003
Most Penalties, semifinals: 13, Halifax vs. Columbia, 2003; Steel-High vs. Columbia, 1999; Scotland vs. Columbia, 1996.
Most Penalties, both teams: 19, Scotland (13) vs. Columbia (6), 1996
Most touchdowns, both teams: 8, Steel-High (5) vs. Columbia (3), 2010
Most extra-points, semifinals: 6, Columbia vs. Holy Name, 2006
Most Touchdiowns passing, semifinals: 3, Columbia vs. Scotland, 1995 and Hanover vs. Columbia, 1985
Smallest Margin of victory, semifinals: 1, Delone Catholic 22, Columbia 21, 1994
Most touchdowns, one team, semiifinals: 7, Halifax vs. Columbia, 2003; Columbia vs. Holy Name, 2001; Scotland vs. Columbia, 1998.
Both teams: 11, Steel-High (6), Columbia (5), 2010

Millersburg at Columbia: Tide's playoff history

While Millersburg, the Tide's Class A playoff opponent has done well over the last five seasons in the District 3 playoffs, the same can't be said for the Tide.

The Tide, who will host a playoff game for the third time, is making its 17^th playoff appearance, but hasn't won a game since beating Holy Name, 48-7. They've six lost straight Class A games, the longest current Class A streak in District 3 and eight overall. The other two were Class AA losses to Delone Catholic, 27-26, at home, in 2007 and to Trinity, 56-12 in 2006.

In addition to hosting Delone Catholic in 2007, the Tide also hosted Camp Hill in 2002 and lost to the Lions, 19-8.

That win over Holy Name at Lebanon propelled the Tide into the finals where they were beaten by Camp Hill, 13-6 in the finals in a game played at West York.

The Tide has been to the District 3 championship game three times, losing to Camp Hill, 32-6 in 1988 and in 2001. Columbia won a district title, beating Hanover, 19-8, in a game played at Middletown in 1995.

The Tide's first appearance in the playoffs was in 1985, at Dallastown, when the Tide lost to Hanover, 34-27.

Fields where the Tide played: Steel-High (3), Columbia (2), Dallastown,. Ephrata,. Red Lion, Big Spring, Boiling Sprimgs, Middletown, Central York, Susquehanna Township, Elizabethtoen, Lebanon, West York, Halifax and Trinity/

Leagues played: Mid-Penn (Steel-High, Camp Hill, Scotland, Trinity). York-Adams (Hanover, Delone Catholic). Berks: Wyomissing, Holy Name.

Results

\1985: Hanover 34, Columbia 27
1988: Columbia 20, Wyomissing 7; Camp Hill 32, Columbia 6.
1993: Delone Catholic 22, Columbia 21.
1995:Columbia 40, Scotland 30; Columbia 19, Hanover 8,.
1996: Scotland 29, Columbia 13.
1998: Scotland 48, Columbia 7
1999: Steel-High 26, Columbia 18
2000: Steel-High 35, Columbia 7
2001: Columbia 48, Holy Name 7; Camp Hill 13, Columbia 6.
2002: Camp Hill 19, Columbia 8
2003: Halifax 49, Columbia 20
2005: Steel-High 33, Columbia 7
2006 (AA): Trinity 56, Columbia 12
2007 (AA): Delone Catholic 27, Columbia 26
2008: Steel-High 39, Columbia 6
2010: Steel-High 41, Columbia 32

Millersburg 2011 roster

Millersburg 2011 football roster, courtesy of Max Preps.

1	Patrick Cooper	LB, RB	Sr.	5-9	162
3	Zyaire Reid	RB, LB	Fr.	5-8	142
4	Cole Boyer (C)	RB, CB, P	Sr.	6-2	185
5	Robbie Burger	SE, CB	Fr.	5-5	100
6	Josh Howard (C)	QB, S	Jr.	5-10	170
7	Alex Frederick	RB, QB, CB	So.	5-7	132
8	Christian Wenner (C)	RB, CB, K	Sr.	6-2	185
9	Blake Wood	SE, CB, K	Sr.	6-2	174
10	Connor Keim	RB, LB	Fr.	5-9	144
11	Dylan Carl	SE, CB, S	Jr.	5-9	130
12	Ethan Troutman	QB, SE, CB	Fr.	6-3	175
15	Decker Klawitter	SE, CB, KR	Sr.	5-10	155
18	Mark Simpkins	RB, LB	So.	6-0	141
20	Travis Lamereaux	RB, LB, P	Jr.	6-0	172
22	Ethan Prouse	SE, CB	Jr.	5-7	125
23	Zach Reid	SE, CB	Jr.	6-0	145
24	Logan Brosius	SE, CB	Sr.	6-3	180
32	Ryan Fry	FB, LB	So.	5-10	165
36	Cody Hoy	SE, LB	So.	5-7	126
51	Emery Ramberger	G, DE	Jr.	5-10	225
52	Austin Marks	G, LB	Fr.	5-5	125
54	Brett Forney	T, C, LB	So.	5-11	178
60	Lukas Cassel	DE, LB	Fr.	6-0	155
62	Austin Simpkins	T, G, DE	Fr.	5-10	171
65	Cole Hoover	G, DE, LB	Fr.	5-8	184
68	Ben Shetterly	T, G, DE	Jr.	5-10	190
71	Seth Ramberger	G, T, DE	So.	5-9	220
72	Dawson Schlegel	C, T, LB	Jr.	6-1	184
74	Alex Strine	T, G, NG	Jr.	6-3	277
77	Chance Mobley	G, T, DE	Jr.	5-11	225
78	James Fulkroad	T, G, NG	Jr.	6-2	288
80	Chyloh Youells	SE, CB	Jr.	6-0	155
81	Zach Rudy	SE, LB	Jr.	5-9	140

Millersburg at Columbia: Indians are playoff tested

The Indians of Millersburg, who will travel about two hours to get to Columbia for Friday's District 3 Class A football playoff game (7 p.m. Kick), are no strangers to playoff success.

Cole Boyer

Out of the Twin Valley/Tri-Valley League, the Indians have enjoyed success in the playoffs.

The Indians, who lost in the finals last year, under current coach Steve Boyer, to Holy Name, 27-20, have played in the finals every year since 2006. They won a district title, beating league rival Upper Dauphin, 15-12 in 2009, In the semi-finals that year, Millersburg under then coach Roy Wall, stunned Steel-High in the semi-finals, 14-13. Wall is now the coach at Northern Lebanon.

Overall in 15 games, Millersburg is 9-6, with three of those losses to the Rollers.

The Indians, who are playing Columbia for the first time, have just five seniors on their roster.

Josh Howard

Leading the way for the Indians is quarterback/defensive back Josh Howard, a junior. Howard through 10 games has completed 41 of 91 passes for 582 yards. He's been picked off nine times and thrown six touchdown passes. The biggest impact Howard will have is running the football. He's the leading rusher with 831 yards on 193 attempts and has scored 14 rushing touchdowns.

Other big ball carriers are Travis Lamereaux, also a junior, who has rushed for 724 yards on 111 carries and Cole Boyer, a senior, with 193 yards. For the season, Millersburg has rushed for 1,940 yards in 10 games.

Travis Lamereaux

Howard's favorite receiver is Boyer with 12 catches and senior Christian Wenner with nine catches. Boyer and Lamereaux each have caught two touchdowns.

Millersburg runs similar schemes on offense and defense like Northern Lebanon.

Defensively, the top tackler with 93 stops is junior linebacker Dawson Schlegel, followed by Lamereaux, who doubles as a linebacker with 72 and another linebacker Connor Keim with 55 stops. Keim is a freshman.

On special teams, Blake Wood has kicked 17 PATs; Decker Klawitter leads the Indians in kick returns, while Lamereaux handles the punting and punt returns.

Millersburg playoff history

1992: Wyomissing 21, Millersburg 0
1993: Scotland 28,. Millersbirg 15
2006: Millersburg 56, Hanover 0; Millersburg 28, Halifax 14; Steel-High 47, Millersburg 31/
2007: Millersburg 54, Upper Dauphin 0; Millersburg 30, Holy Name 13; Steel-High 24, Millersburg 21.
2008: Millersburg 41, Central Catholic 7; Steel-High 42, Millersburg 7
2009: Millersburg 41, Central Catholic 0; Millersburg 14, Steel-High 13; Millersbutg 15, Upper Dauphin 12.
2010: Millersburg 13, York Catholic 12; Holy Name 27, Millersburg 20.

What I've learned and what I want to do

Well, its been an interesting week to say the least. From getting out to the polls, waiting for the results, accepting congratulations through e-mail, Facebook and in person, I'm still very humbled and wanting to thank those who voted for me and tell everyone how honored I am to represent our great town for the next four years

As I have promised, I will work in the best interests of all 10,300 people of our fine town and work hard to improve this town. I know there are plenty of issues expressed to me during the campaign, with two of the biggest being code enforcement and parking.

Going back a step, one of the most surprising phone calls I got since Tuesday was yesterday from County Commissioner Craig Lehman. I was very surprised and had a nice talk about with the commissioner.

So what have I learned this week. There is a lot of work to do. I also learned that a local businessman wants an ordinance governing Pawn Shops that have popped up in the borough. His business was ripped off, he said, by one of those Pawn Shops and hopefully that, the theft can be settled through the legal system. I did read somewhere that Pawn Shops were discussed at the committee level.

Also learned there was a meeting at Our Lady of the Angels School held last week to discuss plans to go from two school buildings – the former St. Peter's and Holy Trinity, down to one building, at the Holy Trinity building. Costs and a decline in enrollment are factors. Here's something for those involved, which was brought to my attention yesterday. Since it looks like the St. Peter's building might be the one vacant, why not donate it to the Community Life Network, so there could be a year round shelter for the homeless, which appears to be a growing problem in our town.

Other than that, I have talked with a number of people, setting up meetings, with elected leaders and others, to discuss what has been done, can be done and will be done. I got plenty of questions too and ideas, which I will keep everyone updated on through COLUMBIA TALK.

Feel free to talk to me anytime, give me your suggestions and ideas. Get into the habit of attending meetings and becoming involved.

One thing I will ask, in addition to asking questions, give me and the council some solutions of how to address different issues. It's the only way I know how we can improve things in Columbia.

Again, thanks for your vote and I will work hard for you.

Millersburg at Columbia: How schedules compare

Millersburg Indians

Coach: Steve Boyer
Twin Valley League
Overall Record: 5-5
Conference Record: 4-4
Millersburg 42, Big Spring 29
Millersburg 33, Newport 13
Pine Grove 53, Millersburg 12
Williams Valley 34, Millersburg 7
Line Mountain 46, Millersburg 6
Millersburg 28, East Juniata 7
Millersburg 27, Tri-Valley 21
Millersburg 27, Upper Dauphin 14
Halifax 26, Millersburg 19
North Schuylkill 37, Millersburg 14

Columbia Crimson Tide
Head Coach: Michael Burke III
L-L League Section 3
Overall Record: 5-5

Conference Record: 2-4

Columbia 36, Eastern York 13
Columbia 20, Northeastern 8
Daniel Boone 42, Columbia 6
Columbia 24, Boiling Springs 21
Columbia 34, Elco 7
Northern Lebanon 42, Columbia 26
Columbia 34, Annville-Cleona 8
Lancaster Catholic 70, Columbia 25
Pequea Valley 34, Columbia 30
Donegal 49, Columbia 24
Millersburg Home Record: 3-2, Road Record: 2-3
Columbia Home Record: 3-2, Road Record: 2-3
Millersburg District 3 playoff teams played: NONE/.
Columbia District 3 playoff teams played: Northeastern, Boiling Springs, Daniel Boone, Lancaster Catholic and Donegal.
Millersburg Record vs. teams with winnig records: 0-4
Millersburg Record vs. teams with losing records: 4-1
Columbia record vs. teams with .500 or better records: 1-5
Columbia record vs. teams with losing record: 4-0
Millersburg First Quarter Points Scored: 42, Given Up: 84
Columbia First Quarter Points Scored: 51, Given Up: 91
Millersburg Second Quarter Points Scored: 41, Given Up: 45
Columbia Second Quarter Points Scored: 88, Given Up: 109
Millersburg Third Quarter Points Scored: 79, Given Up: 68
Columbia Third Quarter Points Scored: 73, Given Up: 24
Millersburg Fourth Quarter Points Scored: 53, Given Up: 77
Columbia Fourth Quarter Points Scored: 54, Given Up: 74
Millersburg AAAA teams played: None
AAA teams played: Big Spring, East Juniata
AA teams played: Newport, North Schuylkill
A teams played: Upper Dauphin, Halifax, Line Mountain, Tri-Valley, Williams Valley/.
Columbia AAAA teams played: Daniel Boone
AAA teams: Northeastern, Eastern York, Elco, Northern Lebanon, Donegal
AA teams: Lancaster Catholic, Boiling Springs and Pequea Valley.

Beware of phone scam

Columbia Police are asking residents to be aware of a phone scam targeting possibly older residents.

Police said they received a report late last week from an elderly woman, who received a telephone call stating she won $2.5 million.

Police said the caller had an old address for the woman and had called her twice. She was instructed to send $350 through UPS and when the caller persisted, the victim asked a few questions and was hung up on.

Police said they looked into the two phone numbers but they did not lead anywhere.

Anyone who may have received similar phone calls is asked to call police at 684-7735.

Columbia Police reports

Daniel Maldonado-Garcia, 22, Columbia, cited for driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked, driving with suspended registration, and operation of a vehicle without certificate of inspection in the 200 block of Locust Street, Nov. 3.

Richard F. Borden, Jr., 61, of Ephrata, cited for public drunkenness, on South Fourth Street, Oct. 29.

Amanda Jean Williams, 24, of Columbia, cited for public drunkenness, at Fourth and Cherry streets, Oct. 30.

Dennis Allen Stauffer Jr., 33, of Texas, cited for disorderly conduct at 10^th and Manor streets, Oct. 30.

Ralph Jarvis, 45, of Columbia, cited for registration and certification of title required, on Lancaster Avenue, Nov. 3.

Matthew Miles Leonard, 30, of Willow Street, cited for public drunkenness, in the 400 block of Locust Street, Nov. 3.

Beverly S. Wardlaw, 73, of Wrightsville, cited for obedience to traffic control signals, at Third and Chestnut streets, Oct. 25.

Gustavo Pena, 31, of Lancaster, cited for registration and certification of title required and operation of vehicle without official certificate of inspection, in the 400 block of Locust Street, Oct. 29.

Tammie L. Mutzabaugh, 44, of Columbia, cited for driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked, in the 600 block of Locust Street, Oct. 29.

Wade L. Beaver, 31, of Columbia, cited for drivers required to be licensed on Furnace Avenue, Oct. 29.

Joanie Rignel Dickson, 29, of Columbia, cited for obedience to traffic control devices, at Third and Locust streets, Oct. 30.

Nathaniel Smith, IV, 27, of Lancaster, cited for registration and certification of title required, on North Third Street, Nov. 1.

Michael S. Polek, 34, of Yoe, cited for obedience to traffic control devices, at Third and Linden streets, Nov. 2.

DUI check point busts 7

Seven people were charged with driving under the influence as the result of a DUI Sobriety Check held from 11:30 p.m., Nov 4 and 2:30 a.m., Nov 5 on Route 462 in the area of 18th Street in West Hempfield Township.
Police said 14 drivers were tested and in addition to the seven DUI charges, there were 12 summary citations given or for offenses such as inspection violations, registration and driving under suspension.
Assisting township police were officers from Columbia Borough, Manor Township, Mount Joy Borough, Lititz Borough and the Lancaster County DUI Task Force.

Columbia High School Drama Department to present

Columbia grad key to Ville's hoop success



Millersville University photo

Columbia grad Mike seibert is a key player on the Millersville University's men's basketball team: http://www.millersvilleathletics.com/news/2011/10/27/MBB_1027114323.aspx?path=mbball

Columbia grad part of championship team

Columbia gead Colby Tuell is a member of the championship football team at Kutztown: http://www.kubears.com/news/2011/11/12/FB_1112111730.aspx

Guiles alone in the record book at the Valley



From Lebanon Daily News

Columbia grad Ben Giiles played his final regular season home game at Lebanon Valley and it was a record setting day again. Also scoring for LVC was another Columbia gead Yahya McIntyre: http://godutchmen.com/news/2011/11/12/FB_1112110503.aspxLVC

11-11-11 Club holds annual service

This from WGAL: http://www.wgal.com/news/29746943/detail.html

Wrightsville considers fire tax

This from the York Dispatch: http://www.yorkdispatch.com/news/ci_19298177

A heartfelt thank you

Wow, what I day Tuesday was. It was something I never experienced before or did.
It was also very overwhelming and humble and a very big thank you to the voters of Columbia for electing me to a four-year term on Columbia Borough Council.
When I got into this earlier this year, I didn't know what to expect, really what to do. I love Columbia, never really looked to go anywhere else and don't really want too.
As I said throughout this, I am here for all 10,300 residents of our great borough and feel free to call me or talk to me or e-mail at anytime with your questions or concerns and I will try to get an answer or tell you my thoughts.
I would also ask patience as we move forward and I work with others to improve our town. It won't happen overnight, but I will work 24/7 to make this happen, that I will promise you.
I never thought I would ever get a position to serve Columbia again and I am looking forward to a new challenge in my life. I know our town, know what needs to be done and what from talking with different folks, what they would like to see, and with cooperation of everyone, we can get it done.
I thought I'd retire writing for the newspaper here in town and when the Columbia Ledger closed more than two years ago, the challenge of serving our town was gone, but now its back and I will do my best.
Yes, I will continue this endeavor with Columbia Talk and hold live chats and get you the information you need to know. This will be a huge asset of getting the word out to Columbia as we don't get the coverage we deserve.
Thanks Columbia, I am very humbled and ready to roll up my sleeves and get to work.

Last chance to talk before Tuesday

Tomorrow night from 7 to perhaps 9, it will be the last chance to chat Columbia befoe Tuesday's municipal election. The polls will open at 7 Tuesday morning and close at 8. If you feel, I can help Columbia move forward and become the great small town in Lancaster County and I can make the changes and improvements necessary to do that, vote for me.
Here is the link to the chat tomorrow night:

Is it a move that will hurt Columbia?

There are some towns around that have thriving downtowns and others who want to have thriving downtowns. I think Columbia is in the category of wanting to have a thiriving downtown.
However, if you noticed this month on thr back of sewer bills that were sent to property owners, sometime in the next month, the borough of Columbia will recalibrate its meters, changing the cost of parking in downtown from the current 25 cents for an hour or 50 cents for two hours to 25 cents for 30 minutes.
While it might be a surprise that this is happening now, its actually a plan that has been on the books for about two years and never followed through with. When talking with a borough official on Friday at the market, I was told this was approved two years ago and the previous occupant of one of the higher ranking posts in Columbia never follwoed through with the plan. Now, with a different person sitting in this position, he's finally getting around to cleaning up a mess he was left.
I'm downtown everyday and unless there are people and cars I don't see, we do not have a thriving downtown. We may in ther future, so for now, I hope council rconsiders this decision, until conditions improve. A couple of things I see happening, not including people coming downtown, is, one, those visiting will not come back to our town. Two, those who park downtown, will now look to park elsewhere where there are no meters, thus taking other parking spaces, which is legal, leading to other problems. Three, it will make downtown more of a ghost town more than it is some days.
No one knows for sure how much we collect in meter deposits, but one thing it will do is add more parking tickets, which will lead to citations from the local judge, which will line our financial pockets in the end. If that's how we have to get money in, that is sad.
Also talked with some business folks downtown. They were not aware of these plans until they got their sewer bills and don't remember being contacted for their thoughts on this issue. Again, this is not a good way to do business either/
Perhaps a better way would be to enforce our codes and get we will get more money from these fines.
I'm just not in favor of this decision and if voters choose to elect me on Tuesday, I will add this to my concenrs of how to improve our town.

What really has changed?

At last night's football game, Off. Brent Keyser (also a firefighter) gave me a copy of a newspaper that I had left in my car when I had my accident back in July 2009.
The title of the article was "The two sides of Columbia downtown." As I read the article from about two years ago, I got to asking myself what has changed and when I read it, the more it started to look like some of the things I've seen saying over the past few months while campaigning for a four-year term on borough council. I will priomise residents of our great town, I have been a tireless supporter of Columbia and will work hard to better Columbia. Here is that article.

Have you been through downtown Columbia lately? I have several times during the day and at night. Our town takes on two different personalities -- one by day and one by night. Go dtowntown during the day and there are people walking the street, more often than not willing to say "hello" or help the old folks across the street. The businesses tha are downtown are a beehive of activity for the most part. But when the working day ends, the town starts to change.
The people are less friendly walking the streets; the skateboarders and the bicyclists are out. Instead of people wantingto help you across the street, they'd rather make you run across the street. In a couple of areas in our downtown, there are people outside on the street in front of their buildings cooking outside with no care or the problems an open flame might bring. I saw some of this the last two Saturdays in our town and several nights when I dare go downtown. Heck, the other night, I even saw a resident on Locust Street trying to be a DJ, complete with blaring music, and trying to cook right out on the sidewalk.
I was in an e-mail conversation last week about these very problems and have been in a weekly or bi-weekly conversation at one of our downtown businesses, and I talked with a member of borough council about it Saturday at the craft show.
Last week, someone was told about parking a small scooter on the sidewalk outside a local business. (NOTE: THIS WAS WRITTEN BEFORE I HAD MY SCOOTER, SO IT WAS NOT ME) But yet we don't worry about the weeds growing up in our downtown and the paint chipping off buildings.
So how do we take back our downtown? We work together.
First, those out-of-town landlords must be sent a strong message. Columbia isn't going to tolerate buildings with chipping paint and weeds out front. We aren't going to tolerate renters who cook outside on our streets and it needs to be enforced with zero tolerance.
Second, when we see there is a problem, report it to the police or the borough so a paper trail can be developedd, and keep calling until something is done. And make sure you go through the appropriate channels.
Third, our borough council needs to send a strong message to those who wor for them -- codes and police -- that this is no longer going to be tolerated. No more Mr. or Mrs, Nice Guys.
Fourth,m zero tolerance is the only way to go. If the apartment dwellers aren't abiding by the rules and regulations, let's send them packing, and the same for the out-of-town landlords. If the message sent by the borough is strong enough, they'll either leave town to become someone else's problem or get with the program and become vital to our town's success.
It's time for the borough council to say enough is enough and some unannounced weekend, just go nuts and have our police and codes our arresting people for everything and anything downtown. It would be a start and then keep doing it!

Late surge pushes Camp Hill

Here are the final Class A power ratings: http://tripletdad33.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/class-a-template.pdf

Guiles goes for 200

Ben Guiles had another big day at the Valley and Yahya McIntyre caught two passes in the win: http://godutchmen.com/news/2011/11/5/FB_1105112922.aspx