Book signing at Great Finds!

Drop by Great Finds to meet former Columbia County resident Michael Arndt, this Saturday March 21 from 2-4. Michael Arndt is an award-winning graphic designer whose love of animals and typography inspired this book. He lives in New York City with his yellow dog Clooney who sometimes says woof and his black cat Aiden who often says meow. Cat Says Meow is his first published bookanimalopoeia™ animals that look the same as they sound.

Kiss me I'm Irish!

Columbia Science Olympiad team Advances to Nationals

Posted March 16, 2015
Columbia High School’s Science Olympiad Team won the New York State tournament Saturday at LeMoyne College in Syracuse and will advance to the national tournament on May 15 and 16 at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Columbia avenged its runner-up finish from last year, knocking off 11-time state champion Fayetteville-Manlius High School of Central New York by seven points.

Columbia defeated 53 schools in 25 different events including biology, chemistry, earth science, physics, computers and engineering. Events range from paper and pencil tests, to laboratory activities and construction of devices.

Individual medals are given for the top 10 teams in each event, and these scores are combined to earn an overall team score. Columbia’s team medaled in 18 of the 25 events held on Saturday, and every member of the team won at least one individual medal. Additionally, team members Tim MacDonald, Peter Herrick and Parth Bhide’s gold medal performances qualified them for $14,000 in scholarships.

This is Columbia’s second consecutive trip to the national tournament. In 2014, Columbia finished 16th out of 60 schools and won the award for best new team.

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There are no good guys

abc news

One and a half billion dollars in American weapons.

Officials said "certain Iraqi units" have already been denied U.S. military assistance -- including weapons, equipment and training -- because of "credible information in the past" of gross human rights violations.

“It’s tough sorting out good guys and bad guys in a lot of these areas,” said Brennan referring to scenes of “horrific human rights abuses.”

“When we see it, we do bring it to the attention of authorities and we will not work with entities that are engaged in such activities,” the CIA director said.

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65th Annual Albany St. Patrick's Day Parade

When: Sat, Mar 14, 2:00 PM
Where: Albany
Cost: FREE ADMISSION
Celebrate St. Paddy's day with the 65th Annual Albany St. Patrick's Day Parade! The parade steps off at 2pm and travels through the Capital City! Learn more HERE!
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