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OCTOBER 14, 2020
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 36
Columbia High School Celebrates Homecoming coming queen after a vote from the student body and the faculty. Her escort for the event was Carter Houck. The homecoming ceremony was
combined with the recognition of fall athletes and marching band participants, and organized by CHS parents and booster club members. It was held at Crimson Tide Stadium on Oct. 3 and attended by friends and family of the athletes, band members and court members. The event was livestreamed on the district’s YouTube channel. Emma is the daughter of Christopher and Alegra Grove. She is class president and a member of the softball team, concert band, National Honor Society (NHS), Student Council, unified bocce ball, Best Buddies and the theater program. She participates in concert band and is a marching band section leader. She is a Columbia United Methodist Church (CUMC) day camp counselor and Attollo Scholar. Emma plans to attend a four-year university on a premedicine track with a specialization in pediatric emergency medicine. Her goal is to attend See Columbia Homecoming pg 2
Providing Expert Care For Injured Wildlife BY DAYNA M. REIDENOUER
For five years, Raven Ridge Wildlife Center in Washington Boro has been rescuing and rehabilitating ill, injured, and orphaned animals. Founder, director, and rehabilitator Tracie Young holds permits from the Pennsylvania Game Commission, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to both See Wildlife pg 6
Members of the Columbia High School homecoming court are (from left) Madison Hedgepeth, Cleo Grove, Jada Dyson, homecoming queen Emma Grove, Anonya Bland, Cassidy Cook and Breanna Murphy.
Albatwitch Day To Offer Lectures, Trolley Tours And More The Columbia Historic Preservation Society will present the seventh annual Albatwitch Day on Saturday, Oct. 17, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Columbia Crossing River Trails Center, 41 Walnut St., Columbia. The event will include lectures, food vendors, live music, a ghost tour on a trolley and daytime trolley tour. Admission is free and open to the public. According to www.facebook .com/columbiahistory.net, the
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Albatwitch, Columbia’s mythical “little Bigfoot,” is a small 3- to 5foot manlike creature that lived in Chiques Rock, a heavily wooded area along the banks of the Susquehanna River. The creatures are known for their love of stealing apples from picnickers at Chiques Rock, and their name is short for “apple-snitch.” For the event on Oct. 17, a series of lectures will be offered outdoors. Attendees should dress for the weather.
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Author Rick Fisher, shown with Bigfoot, will be one of the guest speakers on Albatwitch Day in Columbia on Oct. 17. The Albatwitch is Columbia’s mythical, apple-eating “little Bigfoot.”
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Emma Grove (left), escorted by Carter Hourck, was named Columbia High School homecoming queen on Oct. 3.
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