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NOVEMBER 10, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXII • NO 39
Coming Together For A Cause Along with the shelter, the hosts for the party will be the Columbia Tammy Jalbert believes there is Public Library, Columbia Economic strength in numbers. The executive Development Corporation, Off the director of the Columbia Animal Streets Susquehanna and the Shelter invites the public to a party Columbia Education Foundation. “We decided to try to partner with on Friday, Nov. 19, during the Extraordinary Give. The party will as many local groups as we could and be held at the shelter, 265 S. 10th St., to get everybody together under one Columbia, from 7 p.m. to midnight roof for the Extraordinary Give,” and will feature five Columbia Jalbert explained. “Each organization organizations that are all partici- will have a table set up, and anybody pating in the 24-hour fundraising who has an interest can come and talk to people from each one of the organimarathon. zations throughout the evening.” Food and drinks will also be served, and students from Columbia School of Music will perform. “Several local businesses are donating refreshments,” Jalbert said, noting that these will include Rose’s Deli and More, Hinkle’s Restaurant, Gorman Distributors, Half Nuts Popcorn Co., the Black Olive Family Diner and Sue’s Food Columbia Animal Shelter, along with four other Market. BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Veterans Tim Blessing (left) and Phil Lehman (center) with principal Bill Rickard display a plaque featuring the names of the Eastern York Class of 1964 who are veterans.
Preserving Their Service BY CATHY MOLITORIS
im Blessing, a member of the Eastern York High School Class of 1964, had a question. “I reached out to members of our class because, out of curiosity, I wondered how many veterans we had,” he recalled. “I asked them to send me their stories.” He soon found out there are 35 members of the Class of 1964 who are veterans. “We covered all the bases,” said Blessing, who enlisted in the Army right after graduation at age 17. “We had everyone from a doctor to a corpsman to a helicopter pilot to a cook.” To honor the service of these men, Blessing worked with Eastern York principal Bill Rickard to create a plaque listing their names. The plaque will be presented during an assembly on Veterans Day, Thursday, Nov. 11. “It’s important to recognize our veterans, some of whom made the
we remember them.” Blessing said of the 35 veterans he contacted for stories, he received responses from 14, and he hopes to collect them and put them together in a booklet someday. He noted that he hopes the assembly will reinforce for the students how he and his classmates were once in their shoes. “For the seniors especially, I think it’s important for them to imagine where we were and what we did right after we graduated from school,” he said. “I want them to picture themselves where we were six months from now when we were their age.” Rickard, who became principal this year, said he hopes to make a Veterans Day assembly a tradition at the school. “This assembly and this plaque is a way to emphasize the importance of patriotism,” he said. “A lot of people are divided right now, but no matter who we are or what we believe, we are all Americans, and we should show our patriotism.”
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ultimate sacrifice,” noted Rickard, whose father and father-in-law are veterans. “I want kids to understand history and how they fit into it. I want them to understand the importance of service.” The plaque will be first of its kind installed at the high school, but Rickard hopes to add more. “We want students to see the connections between what they do in school and what happens out in the world when they leave here,” he stated. What started out as a plaque presentation has blossomed into a full Veterans Day assembly that will include the entire school, Rickard said. “We’ll have the plaque presentation, plus a color guard will present the colors, and the band is working on playing music for the assembly,” he stated. Eight veterans will be coming to represent the Class of 1964, including Phil Lehman, who served with the Navy Seabees. “I’m glad we can honor the service of our classmates,” he said. “It’s important that
local organizations, will host a party during the Extraordinary Give.
At Home On The Water BY CATHY MOLITORIS
In December of 2019, Mark Platts was at an event chatting with Liz and Steve Winand, the owners of Shank’s Mare Outfitters, when he mentioned something. “I said, ‘We’re looking to get a bigger boat,’” recalled Platts, the president of Susquehanna National Heritage Area (SNHA). “Steve said, ‘Hey, I know a boat you might be interested in.’” That boat turned out to be the Chief Uncas, built in 1912 by the Electric Launch Company for Adolphus Busch, co-founder of the
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