Welcome to Wednesday September 21, 2016...

Waking up in Columbia once again.

Summer lingers on here, which (for me) is great.  I'm dreading the coming days when we need to put on a ton of clothing just to step out the door.  Today, I plan to launder those old jackets in preparation. Soon I'll be lining up the artillery to begin the long battle: salt, shovels, boots, gloves, scrapers, hats and coats.   A battle that is all in vain, in the end the enemy melts away!

I attended the Public Works and Public Property Committee meetings last night:

Along the winter battle front, Ron Miller said that the Salt Shed is complete and came in on budget. Salt will no longer be stored under the Veterans Memorial Bridge.

A presentation was made by a group of young men led by Cullen Ferrell and Robert Irwin.  It involves a new use for some market house space.  Borough officials seemed highly interested in the idea. The proposal lacked any figures with regard to cost and did not state exactly who would fund the project.  Please see the Columbia Spy for details of that meeting and the project.

After the meeting, at about 7:20 p.m. I saw police lights flashing on Locust Street in front of Wells Fargo bank.  Police had a white van stopped there and some people (including police) were standing on the sidewalk.   Columbia has been no stranger to excitement.

Nothing else at this time.