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OCTOBER 7, 2020
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 35
Lantern Tour To Highlight Local History, Lore Participants will experience life as it was in the early 1800s when Rivertown Theatre Productions presents Columbia’s Haunted Lantern Tour, themed “Authentic Illusions.” The annual event will take place on Friday, Oct. 16; Sunday, Oct. 18; Friday, Oct. 23; and Saturday, Oct. 24. Tours will run every half hour beginning at 6:30 p.m., with the final tour stepping off at 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 16, 23 and 24, and 8 p.m. on Oct. 18. Returning to directing the tour again this year are Sara Mimnall and Rebecca Wright, who noted that the event was expanded to two weekends in 2020. “Last year, we had 300 to 350 and we sold out and we had to turn people away,” Wright explained. “That’s why we expanded it. We expect up to 500 people this year.” Due to COVID-19, safety precautions will be in place. “It will be a little different this year,” said Mimnall. “We are asking our tour groups to all wear masks. They will have to remain 6 feet away from our tour
guides at all times. We are limiting our groups to 20 people each.” “Actors will not be wearing masks, which is why they have to stay 6 feet away from the tour groups,” she added. “With voices muffled (by a mask), they can’t perform a specific character.” The tour, led by actors from the nonprofit theater company, will begin and end at the Loyal Order of Moose, 223 Locust St., Columbia, and will venture down Locust and Second streets guided by lantern light. A trolley ride will also be part of the tour, and there will be an indoor location - the historic Samuel Miller mansion, which is now home to Art Printing Company at 131 Locust St. The characters being portrayed on the tour will include both fictional and real-life characters. For example, this year visitors will meet the original owners of the First National Bank of Columbia at the corner of Second and Locust streets. “Each of these characters performs as if they are living in the moment of the time period they were from,” Wright explained. See Lantern Tour pg 2
A Safer Way To Travel Is Trending BY ANN MEAD ASH
The pandemic has resulted in a significant increase in families looking into and plunging into camping during the summer of 2020. For fall, that trend does not seem to be slowing much, and fall weather is often ideal for camping activities. Scot Ash, general manager of Shady Maple RV in East Earl, has seen a 50% increase in sales over 2019, and he said that the majority See Camping pg 5
Family First Health Opens Columbia Dental Center Family First Health held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new dental center, 430 Walnut St., Columbia, on Sept. 17. The event was livestreamed on social media and featured Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center executive director Beverly Shank, who welcomed the new dental center to the Columbia community. Family First Health president/CEO Jenny Englerth, vice president of dental services Dr. LaJuan Mountain, and board chair Rob Bernhard also gave remarks.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE VIRTUAL YOUTH SUMMIT SLATED . . . . . . .2 EYRA PLANS PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . .6 BUSINESS DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . . .6 HOUSE OF WORSHIP . . . . . . . . . .7 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . .8
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The Family First Health Columbia Dental Center ribbon-cutting ceremony included (from left) Beverly Shank, Becky Murphy, Don Murphy, Jenny Englerth, Rob Bernhard, CarrieAnn Frolio, Dr. LaJuan Mountain, and Dr. Joseph Mountain.
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