Tag: Bloomsburg
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The View from Here: Todd Heiss
Read more: The View from Here: Todd HeissAs I was heading to work last evening down Main Street, I couldn’t help but notice the big yellow CAT back hoe along with several dump trucks on the west end of town. It sat on a piece of property that had been a house just over 30 days ago. They were on site to start demolishing the first of what will be many homes lost to the water. It seemed strange to see what was once someone’s home turned into a pile of rubble being hauled off to the landfill. I spoke with the foreman about the homeowner rebuilding. He replied,…
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Why Isn’t Local News More Open?
Read more: Why Isn’t Local News More Open?As a librarian at Penn State University, my job centers on helping users—students, faculty, and community members—find the information they need. Focusing on this important task for over fifteen years has given me a valuable perspective on how information is created, published, and made available. To a librarian, there’s nothing more exciting than an information challenge—helping someone find the newspaper articles or the books they need to dig deeper into a research area. During the recent Bloomsburg flood, my skills as a librarian were put to the test. I read about the Bloomsburg Press Enterprise’s paywall—re-erected after five days of…
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Mini-Fair this Weekend
Read more: Mini-Fair this Weekend4-H members from Columbia County, as well as six other nearby counties, will put on a Mini-Fair this weekend. It will happen at the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds in the barn area. Parking and admission are free, and over 30 vendors will be in attendance (including John the Greek, Dave’s Concessions, Williams Concessions, Hewlett’s & others). There will also be crafts/jewelry and games. About 240 goats, sheep, hogs, beef cattle, and steer will be featured. The animals are raised by 4-H members. Shows include: Friday, October 14th: 6:00 PM Sheep and Market Lamb Show Saturday, October 15th: 8:00 AM Market Hog Show…
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Rainfall Brings a Chance of Localized Flooding
Read more: Rainfall Brings a Chance of Localized FloodingIt had to end sooner or later – our fantastic run of weather over the last week is ending with a storm system moving north from the Florida panhandle and up just inside the East Coast. A few months from now, we would be talking snow, but this will be a classic October rainstorm. Lately, folks in Columbia County hear rain and immediately wonder if that means flooding. As it appears now, it seems the storm track would focus the heaviest rain to Bloomburg’s west, back into the spine of the Appalachians and western Pennsylvania. This would mean that there…
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Plagued by Doubts, Flood Victims Begin Again
Read more: Plagued by Doubts, Flood Victims Begin AgainWarm October days, cool crisp evenings, the noise of saws and hammers, slowly dwindling piles of debris. All of these sights and sounds makes one think that a month after the flooding caused by Tropical Storm Lee, life is starting to return to normal in Bloomsburg. But for Tina Parks Erb, her husband Marlin, and their sons Kyle (17) and Walker (8), things are far from normal. For them, their neighbors in the west end of town, and all families affected by the flood, new worries and dangers abound. On Wednesday, September 7th the sheriff’s office alerted Mrs. Erb and…
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Town to Hold Open Forum
Read more: Town to Hold Open ForumFrom the Town of Bloomsburg: 6:00 PM Oct 18, 2011 Location: Bloomsburg Fire Department, Social Hall, 911 Market Street, Bloomsburg. Mayor Knorr will facilitate discussion where residents will be encouraged to provide their insights, suggestions and criticisms on all aspects of the recent flooding disaster and subsequent reponse and recovery efforts. Town Council, Police, Fire, Code Enforcement and EMA representatives will be present to answer questions. Please plan to attend this important event. For more information, please call the Bloomsburg Police Department at (570) 784-6779.
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Applications Being Taken for Gary Hock Fund
Read more: Applications Being Taken for Gary Hock FundApplications are starting to be taken for flood victims who are interested in receiving grants from the Gary Hock Fund, which is being administered by the Wesley United Methodist Church and the Bloomsburg Area Community Foundation. Hock, a former Bloomsburg resident, generously donated $100,000 to the area to assist victims of flood damage. His attorney, Jack Mihalik, says the grants are aimed at folks in the flood-ravaged area of Bloomsburg, Fernville in Hemlock Township, and along Montour Township’s Perry Avenue. Applications may be filled out at the Bloomsburg YMCA from 5:30-8:30 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays and from 4:00-6:00 on…
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“We Wanted to Find a Way to Help.” (Stories of the Relief Effort)
Read more: “We Wanted to Find a Way to Help.” (Stories of the Relief Effort)On Friday, October 7, the Wesley United Methodist Church on Market Street in Bloomsburg served the last of its AGAPE-sponsored, post-flood lunches. By the end of that day’s service, the church and AGAPE volunteers, led by Wesley kitchen coordinator Tracy Beere, served over 17,000 meals to members of our community during this time of crisis. Some of us needed to eat because our kitchens were destroyed and we could not cook for ourselves. Some of us were hungry after a long morning of volunteering to clean-up. And some of were simply too distracted to realize we were hungry until someone…