Columbia/Hellam/Wrightsville JULY 3, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXV • NO 18
“A legacy worth uncovering”
Advocating for a low-waste lifestyle
BY CATHY MOLITORIS
BY CATHY MOLITORIS
people showcased on the website include painter Caroline Peart, illustrator Jasper Green, musician John Reginald Kehoe and poet Dean Young. “As my site demonstrates, there were
Abigail Harvey is the perfect example of the adage, “Think globally, act locally.” The owner of Fount and Fill in Columbia believes one person can make a difference when it comes to environmental impact. “We are dealing with things I remember hearing about in science class in second grade - the ozone layer, our carbon footprint,” she said. “I was concerned about it then. Now, more than ever, more people are aware of how our behavior affects the environment.” With that in mind, Harvey started living a low-waste lifestyle in 2019, replacing plastics with glass containers and purchasing reusable items instead of one-time-use products such as paper towels. “It really started more out of necessity,” she recalled, noting that she was living in a small apartment in Lancaster city at the time and she loathed taking multiple bags of trash down three flights of stairs. “I wanted to have only one bag of trash a week.” She used glass containers to re f ill products , tak ing advantage of a local market that offered bulk items such as laundry detergent and dish soap. When she and her husband,
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Lloyd Mifflin taking a self-portrait
creative accomplishments. To assemble these creators into one place allows citizens of the town to feel something richer about their town’s past than initially perceived. For those who know
little of substance of Columbia and hold a preconceived notion, they might think differently after meeting these creative members of ‘the society.’” Along with Miff lin, other
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olumbia native Lloyd Mifflin, who lived from 1846 to 1921, was a painter, photographer and prolific sonnet writer, but he’s not as well known in the area as you might expect, said Jerry King Musser, who became intrigued with Mifflin after moving to Columbia in 1994. “As I asked around, I was surprised by how little most people actually knew about him,” Jerry recalled, noting that he wondered why Mifflin’s house wasn’t a museum. “I didn’t understand the lack of daily interest. However, it’s understandable that people living in a town are less interested in a ‘fellow towny from the past’ because they lack a larger context. I wasn’t from the town, so I brought that larger context with me.” Determined to showcase everything Mifflin contributed to the world, Jerry formed the Lloyd Mifflin Society. It’s an opportunity to spotlight the work of “America’s greatest sonneteer” as well as other local people of historical interest. “This ‘society’ is one in which the subjects are the members,” Jerry said, explaining that the society consists of a website de tailin g p e o ple w ho h ave impacted Columbia and the surrounding area. “Others who find the site are only visitors to an overview of (the members’)
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