Columbia/Hellam/Wrightsville
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AUGUST 24, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
Fund Drive To Repair Gate
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Have Fun At The Hellam Carnival BY CATHY MOLITORIS
A small town will host big-time fun at the annual Hellam Carnival. The carnival will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 24 and 25, from 6 to 10 p.m. and on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 26 and 27, from 5 to 10 p.m. in the baseball fields off West Beaver Street in Hallam Borough. “We have live entertainment every night,” said Mark Potosky,
chairman of the carnival. On Wednesday, local church groups will perform. Thursday evening’s entertainment will be Grant Bryan, who performs cover songs. On Friday, Hometown Strangers will take the stage. “They played last year on Wednesday night, and they were a huge hit,” Potosky stated. Country Express will wrap up the music on Saturday night. “They are a yearly carnival staple,” Potosky noted. See Carnival pg 3
The Hellam Carnival will feature rides, games, food and live music.
Taking On A Cycling Challenge
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This summer, teams of teens took to the streets on bikes as part of Lifecycles, a Christian-based organization that works to build young men and women of character. Five teams participated in Summer Challenge Rides, which took them on trips ranging from six to 14 days long. “This is the most Challenge Rides we’ve ever done,” said Lee DeRemer, Lifecycles director. “We had more See Cycling pg 2
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Kloidt said. “We noticed that it could soon fall into deeper disrepair and become a liability, so we knew we needed to do more.” Built in 1936, the brick entranceway has been structurally compromised by rain, snow and the expansion and contraction of ice that has seeped behind the walls. Large vertical and horizontal cracks, displacement of limestone panels and cracked and stained brick veneer are all visible and in need of repair. The restoration will also include the removal, powder coating and replacement of the six entranceway gates. In total, the board estimates the project will cost $82,000. As Kloidt emphasized, Glatfelter Memorial Field has a long history. It was built by the Works Progress Administration during the Depression, giving unemployed citizens an
opportunity to get back to work. At that time, in addition to the main gate, a grandstand was constructed, riving along Route 462 in and the grading of a football field, a Columbia, one sees a striking baseball field and tennis courts was feature rise above the horicompleted. Landscaping on the zon. It’s the main gate of Glatfelter grounds included dwarf maple trees Memorial Field. “This is a landmark and large sycamore trees, many of when you come into Columbia,” said which still stand today. When the Bill Kloidt, president of the Glatfelfacility was completed, it was dedicatter board of directors. “It’s one of ed to the memory of Lt. Richard Glatthe first things you see when you’re felter, a graduate of Columbia High on Lancaster Avenue, and it’s a neat School and the U.S. Military Academy sight to behold.” Now, the gate at West Point. He was killed in a car needs your help. Constructed 86 accident during his first assignment years ago, the structure is in need of at Fort Dix, N.J. His father, David L. repairs, and the Glatfelter Memorial Glatfelter, donated the land to memoField Trust is in the midst of a solicirialize his son. tation drive to restore the entryway, Over the years, the field has hostlocated at 1249 Lancaster Ave. ed Columbia’s semiprofessional foot“We’ve been inspecting the strucball team in the 1960s and the closture over the last couple of years ing ceremonies of both the 1938 and doing patchwork repairs,” Columbia Sesquicentennial Celebration and the 1988 Columbia Bicentennial Celebration. In September of 2002, the Trust planted trees in collaboration with the Columbia Shade Tree Commission to honor the first anniversary of 9/11. Today, the property includes five baseball fields, a football field, tennis courts that have been converted into a street hockey rink, a track and a pavilion. Since the early 1960s, the field has also served as the home of the Columbia Boys Athletic Association (CBAA), and Kloidt noted that the goal is to complete the repairs before the start of the CBAA football season this fall. He encourages anyone with ties to Columbia to consider supporting the restoration project. “So many people have shared great memories at that field,” he stated. “We’re asking for their support to preserve this lovely structure for many years to come.” For more information or to make a donation, contact Bill Kloidt (left) and Audrey Kuhn, honorary chairperson of the fund drive to Kloidt at 717-201-5134 or wkloidt@aol.com. repair the Glatfelter Memorial Field main gate BY CATHY MOLITORIS
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