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Celebrating The Scary And Hairy)Albatwitch
Nadia Walter is the daughter or Kathleen and Todd Walter of Landisville. At school, Nadia is a member of the National Honor Society (NHS), yearbook, Anchor Club, FCA, and garden club. She also participates in Mini-THON and Dance Theatre. Outside school, Nadia attends youth group. Following graduation, she plans to attend college to study forensic science.
Noah Felty is the son of Jen and David Felty of Centerville. At school, Noah is on the varsity boys’ soccer team, serves as treasurer of the Student Council, and participates in the spring musical and Dance Theatre. He also plays guitar. Following graduation, he plans to study environmental science.
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Jack Kirchner is the son of Jenifer and Scott Kirchner of Columbia. At school, Jack serves as president of the student council, president of the Spanish Club, and a member of the National Honor Society. He also participates in Mini-THON. Outside school, he volunteers for Edible Classroom. Following graduation, Jack plans to attend college in Washington, D.C., to study international relations or political communications.
Anthony McAlpine is the son of Mandy and Matthew McAlpine of Landisville. At school, Anthony is on the boys’ lacrosse team. Outside school, he is a member of a lacross club. Following graduation, he plans to attend college, where he will play lacrosse. hi goal is to become a realtor.
Parker Wolfe is the son of Sarah and David Wolfe of Columbia. At school, Parker is on the boys’ basketball team and is a member of the NHS, FCA, Anchor Club, and Varsity Club. Outside school, he attends youth group. Following graduation, he plans to become a real estate agent.
Ride frompg 3 and the event will also include food and games. Troop 64 will perform a flag ceremony at the Amvets Post and a small remembrance ceremony at Indiantown Gap.
There is a fee per bike, with a discount per extra rider. For information about the ride, to sponsor wreaths, or to get involved with Wreaths Across America, contact Nina Evans at 717-572-3448.
Troop 64 and Amvets Post 19 will place wreaths at Indiantown Gap on Saturday, Dec. 18, and at local cemeteries on Sunday, Dec. 19.
BY CATHY MOLITORIS
If you’re ever driving down the road in the early hours of the morning and you see a small, manlike creature peeking out of the woods, don’t worry. It’s just the albatwitch. Sightings of “Albie” have been reported for years, and there are newspaper accounts going back more than a century of groups searching for the creature, said Chris Vera. Vera, along with Rick Fisher, will celebrate this unique part of Columbia’s history at the eighth annual Albatwitch Festival. The event will begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 9, at Columbia Crossing River Trails Center, 41 Walnut St.
Fisher got the idea for the event after visiting the Mothman Festival in West Virginia. “I came back and said, ‘Wouldn’t it be neat to have something like this in Columbia?’” he recalled. Vera and Fisher thought the albatwitch, a sort of “baby Bigfoot,” would make the perfect subject for a festival.
Each year, the festival has grown, Vera said. The event will feature live music, more than 40 food and artisan vendors, lectures and author visits. Vera will also lead trolley tours that will take groups through town to learn about the albatwitch and Columbia history. Rumor has it that the albatwitch loves apples (his name comes from the phrase “apple snitch”), so trolley riders will also have the opportunity to line up and throw apples into the woods to feed the creature.
In the evening, Vera will offer haunted trolley tours, and he recalled one particularly scary encounter a few years ago. “The trolley stopped, and everyone on the trolley looked out into the dark, and we saw pairs of red eyes staring at us,” he said.
Fisher, who is known for his ghost hunting prowess and had his own encounter with the albatwitch a few years ago, will be a lecturer at the festival. He’ll be joined by other experts in the field of unexplained events and cryptozoology, the term given to the search for and study of animals whose existence is disputed.
“There have been 11 sightings of the albatwitch within a 5-mile radius of here,” Fisher noted, adding that people come up to him year after year at the festival to relate their own sightings. Visitors come to the festival from as far away as Oregon, with many repeat attendees.
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