Columbia Spy

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What happened: A storage building on the site of what will become the borough’s public works department recently experienced one break-in and one attempted illegal entry that caused about $10,000 in damages.

Details: A municipal employee two weeks ago interrupted three teens trying to break into the borough storage facility at 1100 Ridge Ave.

More: The worker called the police department, which responded. The individuals ran away, but the borough was able to identify them through the bicycles they left behind. That investigation continues.

Previous incident: This incident came about two weeks after one or more people illegally entered the same structure, vandalizing equipment and defacing the building with spray paint in mid-April.

Damages: Workers found a 10-foot aluminum ladder plunged through a window of a mini-backhoe tractor. Other equipment vandalized included leaf trucks and a machine that seals cracks, Mark Stivers, borough manager, said in a May 9 phone call. Graffiti covered the walls and equipment.

Details: Although the borough carries insurance for such incidents, Columbia will have to pay any deductibles and may face rate increases, Zink explained.

MORE:

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/gambling-debts-led-to-theft-from-columbia-boys-athletic-association-police/article_75be7a26-1151-11ef-b01a-d78424548bd3.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share

The former treasurer of the Columbia Boys Athletic Association who was charged last week with stealing $184,251 from the organization did so to cover gambling debts, according to borough police.

Kimberly Clark, 47, of Columbia, is charged with one count of theft by deception, a third-degree felony.

According to charging documents, the thefts were discovered by a co-treasurer of the nonprofit.

Erik Albright, the co-treasurer, told Columbia police he tried to withdraw funds for association expenses late last year and learned the account was overdrawn.

He said he spoke to Clark, who admitted taking more than $85,000, according to charging documents. However, an analysis found $184,251 was missing.

Clark wrote checks to herself or made them payable to cash, police said. The thefts spanned 2020 to 2023, police said.

MORE:

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/gambling-debts-led-to-theft-from-columbia-boys-athletic-association-police/article_75be7a26-1151-11ef-b01a-d78424548bd3.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share

Due to road construction on the 200 block of Union Street, the Memorial Day Parade route will now be as follows:

• Manor Street to Fourth Street,
• Fourth Street to Cherry Street,
• Cherry Street to Second Street,
• Second Street to Locust Street.

The parade will assemble at 10th & Manor and disassemble at 6th & Locust. The event is scheduled for 1-3 p.m. on Sunday, May 26. Parade starts at 2:30.

The estate of Roseanna Watson conveyed 247 Fifth St. to Thomas Watson for $1.

Highmount Properties LLC conveyed 823 Locust St. to Michael Kuzar for $287,500.

Lorie A. Smith conveyed 1058 Cloverton Drive to Hernando Salcedo for $165,000.

Ashley West Glatfelter and Bradley David Koehler conveyed property on Perry Street to Georgia Rodriguez for $299,900.

Alfred A. Greenya conveyed property on a public road to Alfred A. Greenya and Evelyn M. Greenya for $1.

Shalondra J. Edmond, Shalondra J. Hartman, James Daryl Hartman and James D. Hartman conveyed 246 S. Fifth St. to Long Run Two LLC for $122,500.

Patricia Young and P. Young conveyed 15 N. Fourth St. to United Steel Workers Local 376m for $150,000.

Thomas G. Hollingsworth conveyed property on a public road to Thomas G. Hollingsworth and Margaret Hollingsworth for $1.

The estate of Shirley F. McBride, the estate of Shirley G. McBride and Michael McBride conveyed 219 Perry St. to Michael McBride for $80,000.

Riehls Taste of Lancaster County LLC conveyed property on Houston Street to Yue Qin Lu for $115,500.

The estate of Judy M. Warner conveyed property on Union Street to Jolinda A. Murillo and Jose A. Santiago for $70,000.

Joseph G Jr. Murphy conveyed property on South 12th Street to Samuel J. Reyes and Nydia I. Santiago for $185,000.

 This week’s photos of Columbia

(Click/tap on photos to see larger, sharper images.)

Say good-bye to the Lazy K Lounge on the 100 block of Locust Street.

The sign was removed on Friday morning.

These two signs were removed, also. They were on an exterior wall of the former chip factory at 2nd & Locust.

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Fox on the run

There he goes.

Amazon driver busted

Tree topping at 2nd & Walnut by BTS Tree Service

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DO NOT park or tamper here

(Columbia Water Company)

Columbia’s Jimmy Jones at borough hall

Killdeer on track

Coming soon to your neighborhood

A few members of a group of about a dozen bikers who were in town for Ascension Day (Ascension Thursday)

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Work on the 200 block of Union Street

Big balls

Rain-drenched peonies about to open . . .

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Fishin’

Star car

Motorcycle officers did traffic control at 5th & Chestnut (Route 462) on Friday to allow a convoy to pass through. The convoy was part of National Police Week (NPW), being held May 12-18 this year in Washington, D.C., to honor the service and sacrifice of U.S. law enforcement officers. On May 11 and 12, surviving families and co-workers begin arriving in Washington, D.C. for the events.

In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed Public Law 87-726 designating May 15 as Peace Officers’ Memorial Day, and the week in which May 15 falls as National Police Week. The law was amended by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Public Law 103-322, signed by President Bill Clinton, directing that the flag of the United States be displayed at half-staff on all government buildings on May 15 each year.

Here’s a video of the tail end of the convoy.

Following are photos from the 2022 convoy:

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Mausoleum at Mount Bethel

New stenciling at River Park

There’s Columbia’s favorite bridge – in the fog

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What are its by-laws?

How does one become a member?

Sidewalk art

Nailed to a cross and nailed to a frame

When pigs fly…which might be any day now, from the looks of it

Petals

Columbia River Park

Don’t move the tables!

Crumbling datestone

Back on

Guardian of the gravestone

Fog

Ready to ride

He’s either dining or admiring his reflection.

Man in a fog

Money man with a watchful eye

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After police found six dogs, including five puppies, living in unsanitary conditions on the side porch of a condemned home in Lancaster County, Amanda Kinnard, 38, of Columbia was arrested and charged with multiple counts of animal abuse. 

According to online court records, Kinnard is facing six counts each of neglect of animals – vet care, cruelty to animals, and neglect of animals – shelter/protection. 

Kinnard’s mother, Tammy, contacted Katherine Hogan, a Humane Society Police Officer with the Pennsylvania SPCA, on September 18, 2023, to report that Kinnard had acquired five pitbull puppies. This incident occurred after Hogan had previously seized three dogs from Kinnard’s residence on South 8th Street in May 2023, as detailed in the affidavit.

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