It starts at 10 a.m. Pre-game ceremonies are expected to begin around 9:30.
Also, tomorrow's baseball game has been rescheduled for Wednesday.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Strikeout for Cancer
It starts at 10 a.m. Pre-game ceremonies are expected to begin around 9:30.
Also, tomorrow's baseball game has been rescheduled for Wednesday.
Banquet is tomorrow
The Susquehanna Valley Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame has announced its list of inductees for its May 7 banquet.
The annual banquet will be held at the Suusquehanna Fire Company. 10th and Manor streets, starting at 6 p.m. The cost is $15 per person and tickets are available by contacting Rich Gerfin at 684-4772 after 6 p.m.
he inductees are:
* Jerry Brooks, former administrator in the Penn Manor School District and coach and longtime official and former District 3 committee chairman.
* Robert Derr, current field hockey coach at Warwick High School and top high school and college wrestling official.
* Jim Dougherty, former Columbia Raider and cable television personality.
* Scott Martin, football and wrestling standout at Lancaster Catholic and current Lancaster County Commissioner.
* Bernie Stananiello, former football player at Lancaster Catholic and longtime coach at McCaskey.
* Carmine Taglieri, former athletic director at Lancaster Catholic and longtime PIAA official.
The annual banquet will be held at the Suusquehanna Fire Company. 10th and Manor streets, starting at 6 p.m. The cost is $15 per person and tickets are available by contacting Rich Gerfin at 684-4772 after 6 p.m.
he inductees are:
* Jerry Brooks, former administrator in the Penn Manor School District and coach and longtime official and former District 3 committee chairman.
* Robert Derr, current field hockey coach at Warwick High School and top high school and college wrestling official.
* Jim Dougherty, former Columbia Raider and cable television personality.
* Scott Martin, football and wrestling standout at Lancaster Catholic and current Lancaster County Commissioner.
* Bernie Stananiello, former football player at Lancaster Catholic and longtime coach at McCaskey.
* Carmine Taglieri, former athletic director at Lancaster Catholic and longtime PIAA official.
May Day tradition continues at CHS
67th Annual May Day Celebration, Saturday May 7th, 2011
starting at 7 pm, doors open at 6:30 tickets are $5, senior citizens are $3
2011 May Day Court
Emily Detz escorted by Daniel Kilp
Kerri Sawyer escorted by Cain Warfel
Jenna Geesey escorted by Byron Germer
Karley Simms escorted by Cody Danks
Kalyna Rodriquez escorted by Nicky Dietz
KaBrinna Splain escorted by Jed Steele
Erin Laird escorted by John Markley
Katie Will escorted by Dominique Johnson
Rachael Bowers escorted by Chris Detz
2011 May Day Princess
Brittany Leese escorted by Oulijahwan Michael
starting at 7 pm, doors open at 6:30 tickets are $5, senior citizens are $3
2011 May Day Court
Emily Detz escorted by Daniel Kilp
Kerri Sawyer escorted by Cain Warfel
Jenna Geesey escorted by Byron Germer
Karley Simms escorted by Cody Danks
Kalyna Rodriquez escorted by Nicky Dietz
KaBrinna Splain escorted by Jed Steele
Erin Laird escorted by John Markley
Katie Will escorted by Dominique Johnson
Rachael Bowers escorted by Chris Detz
2011 May Day Princess
Brittany Leese escorted by Oulijahwan Michael
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Bank sale becomes final tomorrow
Both have branches in Columbia: http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/385830
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
CHS Athletic Hall of Fame seeks nominees
The Columbia High School Athletic Hall of Fame is seeking nominees for its 2011 induction ceremony, which will be held Friday, Sept. 9 when the Crimson Tide hosts Northeastern in football.
The Hall of Fame, now in its fourth year, will induct former athletes, teams, coaches and contributors to the CHS programs at halftime of the football game.
Anyone interested in nominating a former Crimson Tide athlete, coach, team or contributor, can email a resume and the nominee's information to Charles Reinhart at cfreinhart@comcast.net
The deadline for nominations is June 29.
The Hall of Fame, now in its fourth year, will induct former athletes, teams, coaches and contributors to the CHS programs at halftime of the football game.
Anyone interested in nominating a former Crimson Tide athlete, coach, team or contributor, can email a resume and the nominee's information to Charles Reinhart at cfreinhart@comcast.net
The deadline for nominations is June 29.
Updated CHS schedule
Baseball and Softball games for Columbia for the remainder the 2011 spring season.
Wednesday 5/04/11 All games cancelled
Thursday 5/05/11 Varsity Baseball vs. Pequea Valley @ Home 3:45 p.m.(location change and early start time due to CHS band concert at 7:00 p.m.)
Friday 5/06/11 No baseball or softball games due to it being LMH’s prom. Games moved prior to the start off the season.
Saturday 5/07/11 Baseball vs. Annville-Cleona @ Home 10:00 a.m.
Softball vs. Eastern York @ Home 10:00 a.m. Strike Out Cancer game
Monday 5/09/11 Baseball vs. Pequea Valley - Away 4:15 p.m. (location change cited above)
Softball vs. Pequea Valley - Away 4:15 p.m.
Tuesday 5/10/11 Baseball vs. LMH - Away 4:15 p.m.
Softball vs. LMH @ Home 4:15 p.m.
Wednesday 5/11/11 Softball vs. Annville-Cleona - Away 4:15 p.m. (this game will most likely decide the section championship)
Wednesday 5/04/11 All games cancelled
Thursday 5/05/11 Varsity Baseball vs. Pequea Valley @ Home 3:45 p.m.(location change and early start time due to CHS band concert at 7:00 p.m.)
Friday 5/06/11 No baseball or softball games due to it being LMH’s prom. Games moved prior to the start off the season.
Saturday 5/07/11 Baseball vs. Annville-Cleona @ Home 10:00 a.m.
Softball vs. Eastern York @ Home 10:00 a.m. Strike Out Cancer game
Monday 5/09/11 Baseball vs. Pequea Valley - Away 4:15 p.m. (location change cited above)
Softball vs. Pequea Valley - Away 4:15 p.m.
Tuesday 5/10/11 Baseball vs. LMH - Away 4:15 p.m.
Softball vs. LMH @ Home 4:15 p.m.
Wednesday 5/11/11 Softball vs. Annville-Cleona - Away 4:15 p.m. (this game will most likely decide the section championship)
CHS sports update
As posted yesterday, the Tide softball team is ranked number two in the District Three Class AA softball power ratings. Here is a link, which also includes the District Three playoff schedule. http://piaadistrict3.org/
The Tide girls have also clinched one of the two playoffs spots out of Section 4 in the L-L League. They have three games left and are in first place, leading Annville-Cleona by two games. The two teams were expected to play today.
Also, Friday's games with Lancaster Mennonite have been moved to Tuesday, with the softball team playing home.
Saturday, the team will hold its second Breast Cancer Awareness Day, at 10 a.m. with a non-league game with Eastern. Donations will be forwarded to the American Cancer Society for strikeouts recorded by Tide pitcher Emily Detz. Last year, the event raised more than $1,110.
The Tide girls have also clinched one of the two playoffs spots out of Section 4 in the L-L League. They have three games left and are in first place, leading Annville-Cleona by two games. The two teams were expected to play today.
Also, Friday's games with Lancaster Mennonite have been moved to Tuesday, with the softball team playing home.
Saturday, the team will hold its second Breast Cancer Awareness Day, at 10 a.m. with a non-league game with Eastern. Donations will be forwarded to the American Cancer Society for strikeouts recorded by Tide pitcher Emily Detz. Last year, the event raised more than $1,110.
On the radar
Bowling Green was in yesterday and he received a letter from the U: http://blog.pennlive.com/westernpafootball/2011/05/recruiting_notes_columbia_wrdb.html
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
School meeting: Few people, no tax hike and salary freeze announced
Three things about tonight's school board community meeting held at the high school auditorium to discuss the 2011-12 budget and the funding challenges and cut the district was considering.
First, about a month ago, there was a similar meeting held to seek ideas on possible cuts and spending ideas. At that meeting there were more than 150 people in attendance and it was a good and what I thought productive meeting. At that meeting, Tom Strickler, school board president, promised another meeting to update the community on the spending plan and potential cuts in staff, educational programs and spending.
That meeting was tonight at 7 p.m. So, what happened, I will tell you in a few paragraphs.
But let's start with those in attendance, Very, very poor. If there were 40 people there, that was a stretch. So why? Well, just thinking out loud. One, perhaps it was because the board announced at the last meeting, there would be no tax increase and that satisfied most people. Two, people didn't know about it. That's lame and an excuse I am hearing far too often around town and quite frankly I am tired of hearing about that. I will not get on my soap box about this, so I will end point two now. Three, there was a threat of rain and that kept people away. Again, hogwash. I could go on and on about why there were so few people, but I won't.
So, here are the other two things that I mentioned above. First as stated at the last meeting and again tonight by Strickler and Superintendent Dr. Barry Clippinger, there will be no tax increase for the upcoming fiscal year. Hats off to the board and administration for working toward that goal. The second good piece of news, which added onto what was announced last month, that the members of the Columbia Education Association, along with the district's other staff, agreed to take a one-year pay freeze.
The CEA voted on Friday to approve the pay freeze by an overwhelming margin.
The school district's 2011-12 budget has a proposed revenue of $20,000,235 and expenditures of $20,619,331. To balance the budget, unless additional funds become available, Dr. Clippinger said, the district would use $350,000 from its general fund reserve and another $264,096 from its capital reverse fund.
Clippinger also explained how much money taxpayers would get from gaming funds in terms of tax relief for those who filed exemptions.
Most cuts in staffing were due to retirements. For the next school year, Clippinger said there would be one less middle school English teacher and high school science teacher, along with changes in the instructional support staff, foreign language, school psychology and special education.
Also eliminated would be a hall monitor at the high school, library assistants, EAP tutors, custodians at the district administrative center and Park Elementary, plus the reassignment of a custodial classification. Also decreased were curriculum revision, staff development, technology upgrades, conference ad mileage and athletic equipment and uniform purchases.
“We are not eliminating positions or programs. We did reduce some, but not eliminating them,” Clippinger said.
Prior to a brief question and answer period, Strickler announced the extra-curricular and drama staffs have given back another $22,700 in salary back.
“We are deeply grateful for our teaching staff for taking their freeze,” Strickler said.
Questins from residents included financial issues and how to review a copy of the 2011-12 school budget, which will approved by the school board next week.
The meeting lasted around 45 minutes.
For more, check out the district's web site: www.columbia.k12.pa.us.com.
First, about a month ago, there was a similar meeting held to seek ideas on possible cuts and spending ideas. At that meeting there were more than 150 people in attendance and it was a good and what I thought productive meeting. At that meeting, Tom Strickler, school board president, promised another meeting to update the community on the spending plan and potential cuts in staff, educational programs and spending.
That meeting was tonight at 7 p.m. So, what happened, I will tell you in a few paragraphs.
But let's start with those in attendance, Very, very poor. If there were 40 people there, that was a stretch. So why? Well, just thinking out loud. One, perhaps it was because the board announced at the last meeting, there would be no tax increase and that satisfied most people. Two, people didn't know about it. That's lame and an excuse I am hearing far too often around town and quite frankly I am tired of hearing about that. I will not get on my soap box about this, so I will end point two now. Three, there was a threat of rain and that kept people away. Again, hogwash. I could go on and on about why there were so few people, but I won't.
So, here are the other two things that I mentioned above. First as stated at the last meeting and again tonight by Strickler and Superintendent Dr. Barry Clippinger, there will be no tax increase for the upcoming fiscal year. Hats off to the board and administration for working toward that goal. The second good piece of news, which added onto what was announced last month, that the members of the Columbia Education Association, along with the district's other staff, agreed to take a one-year pay freeze.
The CEA voted on Friday to approve the pay freeze by an overwhelming margin.
The school district's 2011-12 budget has a proposed revenue of $20,000,235 and expenditures of $20,619,331. To balance the budget, unless additional funds become available, Dr. Clippinger said, the district would use $350,000 from its general fund reserve and another $264,096 from its capital reverse fund.
Clippinger also explained how much money taxpayers would get from gaming funds in terms of tax relief for those who filed exemptions.
Most cuts in staffing were due to retirements. For the next school year, Clippinger said there would be one less middle school English teacher and high school science teacher, along with changes in the instructional support staff, foreign language, school psychology and special education.
Also eliminated would be a hall monitor at the high school, library assistants, EAP tutors, custodians at the district administrative center and Park Elementary, plus the reassignment of a custodial classification. Also decreased were curriculum revision, staff development, technology upgrades, conference ad mileage and athletic equipment and uniform purchases.
“We are not eliminating positions or programs. We did reduce some, but not eliminating them,” Clippinger said.
Prior to a brief question and answer period, Strickler announced the extra-curricular and drama staffs have given back another $22,700 in salary back.
“We are deeply grateful for our teaching staff for taking their freeze,” Strickler said.
Questins from residents included financial issues and how to review a copy of the 2011-12 school budget, which will approved by the school board next week.
The meeting lasted around 45 minutes.
For more, check out the district's web site: www.columbia.k12.pa.us.com.
Want to be notified of meetings?
On this site, I have a link to the Columbia School District's web site (www.columbia.k12.pa.us). On that site, there is a link to public meetings. At tonight's sparsely attended public meeting, Tom Strickler, school board president, announced two things.
First, residents can access the site and sign up for email alerts concerning public meetings. Also, it was announced that probably in the fall, various community committees will be formed with the school district to discuss programs and other information,
First, residents can access the site and sign up for email alerts concerning public meetings. Also, it was announced that probably in the fall, various community committees will be formed with the school district to discuss programs and other information,
Tide vaults to second
The Columbia girls' softball team is now second in the power ratings, up from fifth: http://tripletdad33.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/softball-aa1.pdf
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Don't forget school meeting
A public budget meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at the Columbia Jr./Sr. High School beginning at 7:00 p.m.
The purpose of this meeting is to update the public on the solutions to the budget challenges for the 2011-2012 school year.
The purpose of this meeting is to update the public on the solutions to the budget challenges for the 2011-2012 school year.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Earth Dy at Sahd's Salvage
Chicken time at Susquehanna
Friday, April 29, 2011
Pictures of more River P+ark flooding
The mighty Susquehanna has overflowed its banks again. These are pictures this morning at River Park.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
River cabin purchase moves forward
By a 6-1 vote, Columbia Borough Council moved forward with the proposed sale of the cabin area along the Susquehanna River to the River Cottage Owners Association.
The sale, which was first proposed late last summer, will net the borough an undisclosed amount of money, believed to be $350,000, that will be used for infrastructure improvements.
The borough, who was gifted the land from the Safe Harbor Water Power Corporation, will use the Columbia Economic Development Corporation, as the middle man in the proposed sale. This is similar to the approach used when the borough sold the property at Third and Linden streets, which will become the Turkey Hill Experience late this summer.
Council vice-president Mary Barninger expressed concern on any potential financial impacts the transaction will have on the borough. She didn't the borough to get into the real estate business again. Borough Manager Norm Meiskey explained the impact would be minimal.
Resident Frank Doutrich, under citizen comments, questioned the deal and wanted to know about any hidden costs. He was given a copy of the two documents approved last night.
Voting for the two motions to accept the gift of the land and then to proceed to sell it were Barninger, Mike Beury, Jim Smith, Mary Wickenheiser, Sandy Duncan and Renae Sears. Voting against the motions was Kelly Murphy, who explained his "no" vote.
Murphy said it had to do when he first moved to Columbia back in 2002 and he and his wife were walking around the cabin area and were told to get "off private priperty."
He also said the borough should have explored other opportunities for the area.
"It was a tough decision for me, but 10,000 residents of this community would love to have an opportunity like this. There wasn't enough thought given to this process and I know my position is unpopular," Murphy said.
After the vote, Doutrich also questioned Smith's vote as a potential conflict of interest. Smith is a board member of the CEDC. Solicitor Barry Handwerger said there was no ethics violation.
The sale, which was first proposed late last summer, will net the borough an undisclosed amount of money, believed to be $350,000, that will be used for infrastructure improvements.
The borough, who was gifted the land from the Safe Harbor Water Power Corporation, will use the Columbia Economic Development Corporation, as the middle man in the proposed sale. This is similar to the approach used when the borough sold the property at Third and Linden streets, which will become the Turkey Hill Experience late this summer.
Council vice-president Mary Barninger expressed concern on any potential financial impacts the transaction will have on the borough. She didn't the borough to get into the real estate business again. Borough Manager Norm Meiskey explained the impact would be minimal.
Resident Frank Doutrich, under citizen comments, questioned the deal and wanted to know about any hidden costs. He was given a copy of the two documents approved last night.
Voting for the two motions to accept the gift of the land and then to proceed to sell it were Barninger, Mike Beury, Jim Smith, Mary Wickenheiser, Sandy Duncan and Renae Sears. Voting against the motions was Kelly Murphy, who explained his "no" vote.
Murphy said it had to do when he first moved to Columbia back in 2002 and he and his wife were walking around the cabin area and were told to get "off private priperty."
He also said the borough should have explored other opportunities for the area.
"It was a tough decision for me, but 10,000 residents of this community would love to have an opportunity like this. There wasn't enough thought given to this process and I know my position is unpopular," Murphy said.
After the vote, Doutrich also questioned Smith's vote as a potential conflict of interest. Smith is a board member of the CEDC. Solicitor Barry Handwerger said there was no ethics violation.
Market board is approved
At last night's special council meeting, the previously appointed board members of the Market House Trust were appointed to their terms:
Three Year: Ann Grubb, Nancy Jo Lutz and Don Haines.
Two Year: Ed Schopf and Rebecca Murphy.
One Year: David Rupp and Elaine Beckley.
Three Year: Ann Grubb, Nancy Jo Lutz and Don Haines.
Two Year: Ed Schopf and Rebecca Murphy.
One Year: David Rupp and Elaine Beckley.
Two are charged
After incident that started in Columbia: http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/381697
Hempfield approves fees
From tthis morning's Intell/New Era: http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/381445
Donegal chooses new leader
From this morning's Intell/New Era: http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/381444
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