Sunday, October 17, 2010
District 3 power rankings
Columbia reains fifth after seven weeks. Holy Name was the only Class A team to win last week: http://district3.piaa.org/football/2010/WK7-A.pdf
Saturday, October 16, 2010
For this amount....
I thought at one time or they still are, the Columbia School District is working with the Market Street Sports Group: http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/10/school_districts_weigh_letting.html
Pay to Play
Seems to be a growing trend across the state: http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/10/west_shore_school_district_deb.html
Thank you from the owners of the Daily Grind
On Oct. 14, Don and I celebrated our last day as owners of The Daily Grind Coffee Shop. This was a sad yet memorable occasion for us, and we are finding it difficult to put into words what our family at “The Grind” means to us.
We are fully aware that our accomplishments were not simply attributable to long hours and great product. We grew and prospered only because we found some great friends likeyou who gave us loyal support along the way.
So this is a thank-you note—for being our family, for putting up with occasional errors due to “growing pains,” and just for helping to put The Daily Grind on the map.
We are very pleased with the success that we have had. Four years ago we had a dream, as scary as that may have been we went for it. We smiled as we stood around and looked on this, our last day and realized we accomplished so much more than we set out for.
The help we received along the way was overwhelming. We recognize that without the support from local area organizations, businesses and our daily patrons we would not have come so far. It truly is encouraging to know that the people of Columbia can stand together to promote our community.
With that, we would like to invite you all to join us in expressing our well wishes for the new owners of The Daily Grind, Cole Knighton. We are extremely pleased that this local family has decided to continue the tradition of The Grind and it is our hope that they find the family of happiness that we found along the way.
Sincerely yours,
Don & Mandy Gallagher
We are fully aware that our accomplishments were not simply attributable to long hours and great product. We grew and prospered only because we found some great friends likeyou who gave us loyal support along the way.
So this is a thank-you note—for being our family, for putting up with occasional errors due to “growing pains,” and just for helping to put The Daily Grind on the map.
We are very pleased with the success that we have had. Four years ago we had a dream, as scary as that may have been we went for it. We smiled as we stood around and looked on this, our last day and realized we accomplished so much more than we set out for.
The help we received along the way was overwhelming. We recognize that without the support from local area organizations, businesses and our daily patrons we would not have come so far. It truly is encouraging to know that the people of Columbia can stand together to promote our community.
With that, we would like to invite you all to join us in expressing our well wishes for the new owners of The Daily Grind, Cole Knighton. We are extremely pleased that this local family has decided to continue the tradition of The Grind and it is our hope that they find the family of happiness that we found along the way.
Sincerely yours,
Don & Mandy Gallagher
Friday, October 15, 2010
Expect delays
This is for those traveling on Route 441 Monday: http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/301531
Football merger is discussed
Wrightsville man is charged
Target shooting gets Wrightsville man arrested: http://www.ydr.com/ci_16342532
Friday thoughts
Just a couple of thoughts from downtown today.
* One, two items have just been posted on COLUMBIA TALK.
* Two, there is a traffic nightmare downtown. McMinn's Asphalt is repaving an area of North Third
Street, south to Route 441, to repair the previous asphalt they laid back in the summer. Perhaps had they done the job right the first time, there would be no need to today's repair issue. By the way, before we go bashing Columbia Borough, it was a PennDOT project.
* Three, the new owners of the Hotel Locust/Columbia are working on improvements, including a new paint job out front.
* Four, earlier this week, masons were laying some brick work around the bus stop near the police station. The new brick work includes a section designating the avenue by the police station as Market Street.
* Five, work is also continuing on the new parking lot near the market.
* One, two items have just been posted on COLUMBIA TALK.
* Two, there is a traffic nightmare downtown. McMinn's Asphalt is repaving an area of North Third
Street, south to Route 441, to repair the previous asphalt they laid back in the summer. Perhaps had they done the job right the first time, there would be no need to today's repair issue. By the way, before we go bashing Columbia Borough, it was a PennDOT project.
* Three, the new owners of the Hotel Locust/Columbia are working on improvements, including a new paint job out front.
* Four, earlier this week, masons were laying some brick work around the bus stop near the police station. The new brick work includes a section designating the avenue by the police station as Market Street.
* Five, work is also continuing on the new parking lot near the market.
RIP William Meyers
Meyers served on the police force from October 1974 through April 2007.
Last day at 438 Locust Street
Stop by tomorrow morning at the Daily Grind coffee shop and say best wishes to Don and Mandy Gallagher, who are selling the business. The new owners will also be there. I will post more on this tomorrow.
Attention local non-profits
Saw this on PennLive this morning: http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/10/small_nonprofits_must_register.html
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Let's move on and think to the future
As I said Monday night and have said all week, I am fine with not being appointed to serve on Columbia Borough Council. I am tired of being asked about it and although I haven't talked with her since Monday night, I am sure Carmen Swinehart is fine with it as well.
Sure, I don't like how things turned out and despite some comments and suggestions made to me about pursuing a Sunshine Law violation or even an ethics' violation, I am not. Why drag Columbia through the mud because we tend to sling enough mud ourselves.
Yes, I plan to run for a four-year term next year and I would have hoped that by gaining the appointment would have gotten some experience in what to do and what not to do. I didn't, so I am moving on and asking residents to do the same as well. I will still be following the council and its endeavors over the next 14 months.
I urge the citizens as well to keep a close eye on what is going on. I trust that Jim Smith has an agenda for all 10,000 plus residents in our town and not a certain few. If he doesn't have an agenda for all 10,000 people, then he will fall into the trap of some people serving.
Yes, change is coming to Columbia and I hope that next February and March when people make a decision to run for office they do it for the right reason -- the 10,000 people of Columbia, not a certain group or some individuals.
Thanks for the support I've gotten over the last month, it was appreciated. I hope to be able to serve you in the future.
Sure, I don't like how things turned out and despite some comments and suggestions made to me about pursuing a Sunshine Law violation or even an ethics' violation, I am not. Why drag Columbia through the mud because we tend to sling enough mud ourselves.
Yes, I plan to run for a four-year term next year and I would have hoped that by gaining the appointment would have gotten some experience in what to do and what not to do. I didn't, so I am moving on and asking residents to do the same as well. I will still be following the council and its endeavors over the next 14 months.
I urge the citizens as well to keep a close eye on what is going on. I trust that Jim Smith has an agenda for all 10,000 plus residents in our town and not a certain few. If he doesn't have an agenda for all 10,000 people, then he will fall into the trap of some people serving.
Yes, change is coming to Columbia and I hope that next February and March when people make a decision to run for office they do it for the right reason -- the 10,000 people of Columbia, not a certain group or some individuals.
Thanks for the support I've gotten over the last month, it was appreciated. I hope to be able to serve you in the future.
Interesting story from Strasburg
Strasburg employees decline raises for 2011. Could that or would that happen here? http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/300993
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Newsletter is published
Columbia Borough has published a four-page newsletter. It can be found as an insert in this week's Merchandiser.
Weekly Columbia Police reports
JOHN W. MARSTELLER, SR., AGE 77, OF STEWARTSTOWN, WAS CITED FOR MAXIMUM ASLE WEIGHT OF VEHICLES IN THE 200 BLOCK OF LINDEN STREET, OCT. 5.
TAMMY J. BAHAM, AGE 36, OF MARIETTA, WAS CITED FOR STOP SIGNS AND YIELD SIGNS; DRIVING WHILE OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDE OR REVOKED; AND FOR OPERATION OF VEHICLE WITHOUT OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION, AT PURPLES LANE AND SEVENTH STREET, OCT. 7.
JOHN J. SCHOTT, AGE 60, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR REGISTRATION AND CERTIFICATION OF TITLE REQUIRED, ON LOCUST STREET, OCT. 8.
SHAWN M. LOWRY, AGE 29, OF LANCASTER, WAS CITED FOR DRIVING WHILE OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, ON CHERRY STREET, OCT. 9.
ROBERT M. SWIFT, JR., AGE 39, OF ELLIZABETHTOWN, WAS CITED FOR OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AT THIRD AND CHESTNUT STREET, OCT. 9.
JOSEPH MICHAEL MASTRIANIA, AGE 19, OF LANCASTER, WAS CITED FOR HAVING A SUSPENDED REGISTRATION, ON LANCASTER AVENUE, OCT. 9.
MARION MARIE GOOD, AGE 38, OF LANCASTER, WAS CITED FOR FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIRED, ON LANCASTER AVENUE, OCT. 9.
TARYN E. NACE, AGE 20, OF HELLAM, WAS CIATED FOR TRAFFIC- CONTROL SIGNALS AT THIRD AND CHESTNUT STREET, 0855 HOURS, OCT.10,
JOSEPH JUNIOR MERCADO, AGE 21, OF LANCASTER, WAS CITED FOR OPERATION OF VEHICLE WITHOUT OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION AT THIRD AND WALNUT STREET, OCT. 10.
JALEISA A. KING, AGE 22, OF LANCASTER, WAS CITED FOR DRIVING WHILE OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED AT PLANE AND FRANKLIN STREETS, OCT. 10.
MILTON I. GRACIA, JR., AGE 35, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR DRIVING WHILE OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, AT SEVENTH AND WALNUT STREET, OCT. 11.
JUAN D. OBER, AGE 26, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR OPEN CONTAINER, ON CHERRY STREET, OCT. 9.
JEREMY D. CROUSE, AGE 33, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR STOP SIGNS AND YIELD SIGNS AND FOR PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS, AT CHERRY AND FOURTH STREETS, OCT. 9.
THOMAS J. MARTINELLI, AGE 25, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS ON SOUTH THIRD STREET, OCT. 9.
AMBER MARIE VANAULEN, AGE 20, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS IN 300 BLOCK OF AVENUE J, OCT. 9.
TAMMY J. BAHAM, AGE 36, OF MARIETTA, WAS CITED FOR STOP SIGNS AND YIELD SIGNS; DRIVING WHILE OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDE OR REVOKED; AND FOR OPERATION OF VEHICLE WITHOUT OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION, AT PURPLES LANE AND SEVENTH STREET, OCT. 7.
JOHN J. SCHOTT, AGE 60, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR REGISTRATION AND CERTIFICATION OF TITLE REQUIRED, ON LOCUST STREET, OCT. 8.
SHAWN M. LOWRY, AGE 29, OF LANCASTER, WAS CITED FOR DRIVING WHILE OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, ON CHERRY STREET, OCT. 9.
ROBERT M. SWIFT, JR., AGE 39, OF ELLIZABETHTOWN, WAS CITED FOR OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AT THIRD AND CHESTNUT STREET, OCT. 9.
JOSEPH MICHAEL MASTRIANIA, AGE 19, OF LANCASTER, WAS CITED FOR HAVING A SUSPENDED REGISTRATION, ON LANCASTER AVENUE, OCT. 9.
MARION MARIE GOOD, AGE 38, OF LANCASTER, WAS CITED FOR FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIRED, ON LANCASTER AVENUE, OCT. 9.
TARYN E. NACE, AGE 20, OF HELLAM, WAS CIATED FOR TRAFFIC- CONTROL SIGNALS AT THIRD AND CHESTNUT STREET, 0855 HOURS, OCT.10,
JOSEPH JUNIOR MERCADO, AGE 21, OF LANCASTER, WAS CITED FOR OPERATION OF VEHICLE WITHOUT OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION AT THIRD AND WALNUT STREET, OCT. 10.
JALEISA A. KING, AGE 22, OF LANCASTER, WAS CITED FOR DRIVING WHILE OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED AT PLANE AND FRANKLIN STREETS, OCT. 10.
MILTON I. GRACIA, JR., AGE 35, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR DRIVING WHILE OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, AT SEVENTH AND WALNUT STREET, OCT. 11.
JUAN D. OBER, AGE 26, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR OPEN CONTAINER, ON CHERRY STREET, OCT. 9.
JEREMY D. CROUSE, AGE 33, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR STOP SIGNS AND YIELD SIGNS AND FOR PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS, AT CHERRY AND FOURTH STREETS, OCT. 9.
THOMAS J. MARTINELLI, AGE 25, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS ON SOUTH THIRD STREET, OCT. 9.
AMBER MARIE VANAULEN, AGE 20, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS IN 300 BLOCK OF AVENUE J, OCT. 9.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
CHS football program to be featured
Be sure to tune into WGAL tonight between 5 and 6:30 p.m. for a story on the Columbia High School football program.
Susquehanna Regional charge 7
Vandalism, theft charges are brought: http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/300003
Man is sought
West Hempfield Township Police aqre looking for an individual for passing fake money: http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/300028
Monday, October 11, 2010
New council member is
By a 5-1 vote, Jim Smith, former owner of Smith's Hotel was selected as the newest member of Columbia Borough Council tonight.
Council President Mary Wickenheiser voted against Smith's appointment, who will serve as a replacement for Anna Gerlitzki, who resigned last month.
With his appointment, Smith was forced to resign from the Civil Service Commission, which he held for more than 30 years.
As I said last week as much as it would have been nice to serve on Borough Council, it is not the end of the world. The sun will (okay might) come up tomorrow and life goes on. Yes, I will run for election next year.
Again, what I didn't like was some of the back door stuff that was going on with this appointment, which borough council apparently knew about. Learned today, that the other candidate for the position, Carmen Swinehart, was asked to drop out as late as tonight again and also offered $1,000 to do so.
I also question that if this was suppose to be debated on at a public meeting, and I was not the only one thinking this way, why was there no debate? And why did the new council member already have a name plate.
Again, there are no sour grapes, but something just isn't right with the way this went down.
Council President Mary Wickenheiser voted against Smith's appointment, who will serve as a replacement for Anna Gerlitzki, who resigned last month.
With his appointment, Smith was forced to resign from the Civil Service Commission, which he held for more than 30 years.
As I said last week as much as it would have been nice to serve on Borough Council, it is not the end of the world. The sun will (okay might) come up tomorrow and life goes on. Yes, I will run for election next year.
Again, what I didn't like was some of the back door stuff that was going on with this appointment, which borough council apparently knew about. Learned today, that the other candidate for the position, Carmen Swinehart, was asked to drop out as late as tonight again and also offered $1,000 to do so.
I also question that if this was suppose to be debated on at a public meeting, and I was not the only one thinking this way, why was there no debate? And why did the new council member already have a name plate.
Again, there are no sour grapes, but something just isn't right with the way this went down.
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