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or many people, a stray cat is a fleeting sight. For the volunteers with the Columbia Cat Action Team (CCAT), every cat represents another chance to prevent thousands of future kittens from being born on the streets. Since forming in 2022, the nonprofit has been tackling Columbia’s growing feral cat population through a humane trap, neuter, vaccinate and return (TNVR) program. “ There was no population control at the time, and the estimate was at least 1,000 cats in the Columbia borough area itself,” said Liz Ross, who is the co-chair of CCAT with Evan Himes. “There was an obvious need to do something.” When CCAT formed, volunteers had no local veterinary partner and often traveled long distances to have cats spayed or neutered before returning them to the community. Just over three years ago, CCAT formed a partnership with
the Columbia Animal Shelter, where an on-site vet helps the nonprofit with its mission. “CC AT is a volunteer-run organization working to humanely reduce Columbia’s feral cat population through trap, neuter, vaccinate and return while finding adoptive homes whenever possible,” Ross shared. “Our goal is to sterilize or home 70% of the community cats in the 17512 zip code.” Beyond TNVR, CCAT may take things a step further, evaluating each cat and sending adoptable ones to the shelter. CCAT also focuses on kittens. “We try to get people who are willing to socialize kittens until they’re about four months old and can be adopted,” Ross said. “But there are hundreds of kittens born each year, and we can only take in 30 to 40. Our space is very limited.” Still, she noted that CCAT is grateful for the relationship the group has formed with Columbia Animal Shelter. “Every TNR rescue would love See Cats pg 3
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To say that the newest addition to the National Watch and Clock Museum will make a big impact is a bit of an understatement. At almost 19 feet tall, the two-dial Ansonia Street Clock (which the museum refers to as “Quincy”) is by far the tallest timepiece housed in the building, located at 514 Poplar St., Columbia. The massive clock also took a long journey to come to its final resting place, where visitors can see the clock in person and learn about its history.
“The Ansonia Street Clock was first erected in 1887,” in Quincy, Ill., said Don Bugh, president of the Tower and Street Clock Chapter of the National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors (NAWCC). The clock traveled 5,000 miles from where it was manufactured in Brooklyn, N.Y.; to Quincy; to Memphis, Mo.; to Los Alamos, N.M.; to Tampa, Fla.; and finally to Columbia. “It was such a rare clock that there was no question that it should be preserved in the NAWCC Museum for future generations to see,” Bugh said. The street clock is housed in the See Treasure pg 8
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Cats from pg 1 to have this relationship,” she said. “We have a special partnership with them that gives us the flexibility and support to be able to fulfill our mission.” Ross acknowledged that solving the feral cat issue is a huge challenge. “It may feel overwhelming when you look at it statistically,” she said. “Two cats can produce thousands of kittens in a few years. It’s astronomical. But if you don’t start somewhere, it will never be under control, and we’re trapping as many cats as we can.” She underscored why the community should care about feral cats. “It’s really a public health issue,” she explained. “When you have unvaccinated cats, you run the risk of them spreading disease first and foremost.” Feral cats can also affect local wildlife, bring in noise and odors and damage property. S he said the big gest obstacle facing the organization is finding volunteers
who want to help. “We are especially looking for people who have trapping interest,” she said. “They do not need experience, because we can train them, but they have to want to help in a very deep way. This is a hard job. It’s physically demanding, and it’s emotionally demanding.” Currently, CCAT traps on Mondays and Tuesdays of the first and third week of the month, typically spending five to six hours on the work each day. “It’s time consuming, but we will work with people who want to help,” Ross said. “If someone wants to volunteer and they can only do one day a month instead of four, that’s OK. We’ll take the help.” She added that people can help with CCAT’s mission simply by communicating with the organization. “The general public can call us and say, ‘We have an outdoor cat we’re feeding. Can you put it on the list
for TNR?’” she said. “It’s a free program, and we have a long list, but if you don’t get that cat on the list, it’s never going to happen, and the problem will never be solved. … If you’re going to feed a stray cat, get them TNR’d.” Since it began, CCAT has made an impact on the Columbia community. “We trap an average of 200 cats every year,” Ross said. “Once we go to a location, we do not stop until we have every cat spayed, neutered and vaccinated. Over time, those colonies slowly start to decrease in size.” Support for CCAT can range from hands-on work trapping cats to providing monetary or item donations, particularly for kitten care. “ We n e e d p e o p l e to provide transportation for appointments. We could use help with fundraising and public outreach,” Ross said. “If someone wants to help us, we can match their
interest with our needs.” She noted that CC AT strives to publicize its work and bring awareness to its mission through local events and by participating in countywide activities. Over Labor Day weekend, CC AT will be the beneficiary of the Heart of Lancaster Arts and Craft Show held at Root’s Market in Manheim. Supporting CCAT can be as simple as making a phone call when a stray cat is spotted. “Be a good neighbor and make the effort to help with this problem,” Ross said. “If we all work together, we can make things better for these cats and for the people who live in Columbia.” To learn more about CCAT, visit www.columbia-cats .com or call 717-693-0291.
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For many years, Jake Sitler of Marietta was a professional cyclist. He raced in Europe and had an impressive career, but in 2018 he was hit by a car, leaving him with a broken back and an uncer tain future. Although he made a comeback in 2022 when he represented the United States in the Mountain Bike World Championships, he shifted his focus to running Endo Café & Collective, a wellness endeavor with a location in Lancaster city and in Marietta. B u t t h e p a s s i o n fo r mountain biking never left the father of two young boys, and he wanted a way to share that passion with the community. Thanks to Sitler’s efforts, the Marietta Woods Trail Project will soon be open to anyone who wants to mountain bike, from novices to avid riders. “I know how to help people get into the sport, and I know that there’s not a lot of accessible, easy mountain biking trails in central Pennsylvania,” he said. “The area is very rocky and full of roots.” Sitler, who claims he’s ridden on the Northwest Lancaster County River
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Trail “more than anyone in the history of Marietta,” hoped to find a way to make mountain biking available to anyone, and he discovered an opportunity when he saw an old lumber yard for sale along the trail. He pitched an idea to Marietta Borough officials: Could he recruit SAMBA, the Susquehanna Area Mountain Bike Association, to help oversee the project and install a bicycle playground and create mountain bike trails off the river trail? “I told them I would raise all of the money needed,” Sitler recalled. In April, he organized the Dusty Susque, a trail ride that raised more than $10,000. To date, he’s raised upward of $40,000 through donations from local businesses and individuals. The first phase of the M a r i e t t a Wo o d s Tra i l Project is the construction of a bicycle playground, an area where bikers can practice on rollers, berms, bridges and other features designed to build skills and confidence. “It’s meant to develop the smallest kid on a bike to teens or adults looking to get into mountain biking,” Sitler explained. “It’s going to have places parents can
sit and watch their kids ride laps and learn skills development.” The project also includes a little under 40 acres of ground through which Sitler and his team will sculpt 2 miles of mountain bike trails. Eventually, he hopes to extend the trail system down to Columbia, offering 7 to 8 miles of hiking and mountain biking trails to complement the Northwest River Trail. The bicycle playground was constructed over two weeks in late July and early August, and it’s located near Front Street Park, 502 E. Front St., Marietta. The trail construction is expected to be completed by Labor Day weekend. Along with encouraging the public to come out and discover mountain biking, Sitler noted that the space will be used by the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Cycling League (PICL), which includes students from Donegal School District. “Society as a whole, we’re removing spaces for our children to be outside in nature and be active,” Sitler said. “Screens are taking over, and it’s harder for people to find ways to get outside safely. I want this
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Baseball Game to Celebrate Kindness T he York Revolution will host Pack the Park for Kindness on Thursday, Aug. 20. This year, organizers hope to fill WellSpan Park, 5 Brooks Robinson Way, York, to capacity. Gates will open at 5:30 p.m., with the first pitch at 6:30 p.m. The York Revolution will play against the High Point Rockers. L ast year ’s inaugural Pack the Park for Kindness drew 4,573 fans on a weekday evening, one of the Revolution’s top crowds of the season. The event was advertised almost entirely by word of mouth. In addition to encouraging kindness, this year’s event will serve as the unofficial national launch of ROKindness, a new Kindness Worldwide platform that lets anyone record an act of kindness and watch it ripple across a live global map. To inspire guests, kindness will be woven into every inning at the event, from specially selected player walk-up songs to Kindness Cards shared with fans and kindness-themed citations given out by representatives of the York County Sheriff ’s Office to people doing good. The event will include ceremonial first pitches from Kindness Worldwide
global ambassadors Gary Sutton, representing Pennsylvania, and Delma Rivera, representing Puerto Rico and York’s sister city, Aguadilla. The mayor of York will read a proclamation, part of a countywide push for 100% municipal participation in the worldwide Kindness Week. The event will include meet-and-greets with Miss Pennsylvania Stephanie Skinner, as well as second runner-up Abby Traxler the first-ever recipient of the Kindness Worldwide Scholarship in partnership with the Miss Pennsylvania Scholarship Foundation. Skinner will also light a kindness cannon in the first inning as the York Revolution come to bat. The first 1,000 fans will receive T-shirts, and the baseball players will wear kindness-themed caps. Positive Energy Arts, a York nonprofit, will offer familyfriendly entertainment. Organizers hope to have 1,000 fans sign up for the kindness platform www .rokindness.org. Once they do, one winner will receive signed merchandise and other prizes involving the York Revolution team, and the stadium will go dark as fans raise their phones to symbolically light the park
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with kindness. The movement traces to Good Friday 2023, when a good Samaritan n a m e d B ro o k e D u b s drove 2.6 miles out of her way to hand-deliver a lost wallet back to its owner, Kevin Smith - an act of kindness that sparked what is now Kindness Worldwide, headquartered in York. That 2.6mile drive lives on in this year’s $2,600 Kindness Worldwide Scholarship. From York, the ripple has reached the international stage, including a keynote in Palermo, Italy - where the message was that across every faith and culture, the common denominator is kindness - and the award-winning documentary “For Such a Time as This,” which features footage from last year’s Pack the Park. To purchase tickets, visit www.yorkrevolution .com. To get involved in kindness initiatives, visit www.kindnessworld wide.org.
COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: 360 Locust St. in Columbia, Rev. David C. Powers, phone: 717-684-6271, Sunday Morning Worship 10am. Handicap accessible. 4th Street Cafe Coffeehouse 1st & last Sunday @5pm with community meal. Free Clothing Bank Mondays 9-11am & Tuesdays 5-7pm.
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FAITH BIBLE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH: 151 Donnerville Rd., Lancaster (one block south of Columbia Avenue). Pastor: Keith M. Long. 8:45 am Sunday School (with nursery and classes for children, youth and adults); 10:15 a.m. SundayWorship Service (with nursery and children’s church). Wed.: 6:30 p.m. AWANA Clubs (K6); Wed.: 6:30 pm Youth Group 717-285-1900. www.faithbfc.com
ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH: Sixth & Locust St., Columbia. Pastor: Rev. Richard Whitesel. In-Person Worship Schedule: Wed. 10:15 am, Sun. 10:15 am. Sunday service is also available on Facebook live & YouTube. Holy Eucharist at all services. Handicap accessible. Meals on Wheels ministry 717-684-4244, church office 717-6842763. www.stjohnscol.org
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH: 243 Hellam Street in Wrightsville. (717-252-2417) Sunday morning service at 9:15am with Holy Eucharist. Handicap accessible. We can be found on Facebook. WRIGHTSVILLE HOPE UM CHURCH: 404 Hellam St. Wrightsville, PA. Come and worship with us Sunday mornings at 9 AM. We offer a traditional service with children’s service downstairs after the children’s chat with the pastor. Come join us to praise God in word and song.
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museum’s newly expanded Public Time gallery. “ T he Q uinc y Galler y extension to the Public Time gallery added over 500 square feet,” Bugh shared. “The Ansonia Street Clock is such an important addition that the space is used exclusively to display Quincy, its separately displayed movement, along with documented history and photos.” The Quincy is the best of three surviving examples of an Ansonia street clock, and one of only two of its ornate design still in existence. In April, 23 members of the Tower and Street Clock C hapter, NAWCC staff members and local NAWCC volunteers helped during “Quincy Week” to apply goldleaf to the decorative elements of the clock. “On Saturday of that same week, the clock was erected in the new Quincy extension of the Public Time gallery,” Bugh said. “For the first time in over 12 years, Quincy was standing tall again - and this time in its own dedicated space within the NAWCC Museum.” On July 25, a formal dedication of Quincy took place at the museum, with about 120 people in attendance. The ceremony included a ribbon cutting, the formal
People enjoy a lecture on Quincy during the July ribbon-cutting event.
opening of the new Quincy extension and a program on the history of the clock. “Standing next to nearly 19 feet of a gilded, ornate, ticking street clock is something you won’t soon forget,” said Laura Taylor, managing editor of the NAWCC. “The beauty and mechanics are mesmerizing. The museum is filled with thousands of clocks, pocket watches and wristwatches from around the world. You really do travel through time when you visit - you can see how timekeeping has changed over hundreds of years.” T he muse um houses a p p rox i m a te l y 1 3 , 0 0 0 timepieces, many of which are the most culturally and historically valuable examples of their type in the world. Recently updated
and expanded displays include the Public Time gallery, the Hamilton and Bulova exhibits and the history of wristwatches exhibit. The museum is run by the NAWCC, a nonprofit member organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the art and science of timekeeping. “Clocks and watches tell stories about the people who made them and the people who used them,” Taylor said. “The National Watch & Clock Museum shares these stories so visitors discover the amazing art, science and history of timekeeping.” T he museum is open Tuesdays through Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, visit https://museum .nawcc.org.
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The Saddle Bag Riders, a chapter of Motorcycles For Jesus Ministries, will hold the group’s annual charity ride benefiting the Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors on Saturday, Aug. 29. Registration will open at 9 a.m., and the ride will start at 10 a.m. T he ride is expected to last two and a half hours, covering 80 miles through picturesque farmland, countryside roads, and five covered bridges in souther n L ancaster County. The ride will start and end at Bethany Evangelical Cong re gational Church of Creswell, 1165 Letort Road, Conestoga. Following the ride, attendees will fellowship and eat lunch. The ride is by donation,
The motorcycle charity ride will benefit the Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors.
and all proceeds will go To preregister or for more directly to the Pennsylva- information, call Chuck nia Wounded Warriors. More at 717-224-8790.