Five Things To Know About Columbia, 9/30

1) The Weather

“Partly sunny, with a high near 75. West wind between 3 and 11 mph.” - From the National Weather Service.

2) Celebrate Community College With Cake

Members of will get together at 3 p.m. today (Friday) at the café on the quad on campus.  There will be cake and punch and a celebration about the fact the college enrolled this fall term—a 231 percent increase from the 3,042 enrolled in the fall of 1980 and the highest in HCC’s history.

3) Featured Reader Comment

“I don’t drink coffee and I hate the smell of it,” Columbia Patch Facebook reader Gloie Wall on the Coffee Day--a day celebrating all that is coffee.

4) Question of the Day

What is so great about Splashdown? Why did you love it as a kid? The Columbia Association has voted to make some repairs to the stair tower to keep the attraction open—at least for the time being.

5) Headlines You May Have Missed, 9/29

Splashdown Saved, For Now

Burglars Get Pub Dob ATM Cash: Howard County Crime Roundup

Proposed Bus Route Would Link Columbia To Bethesda Metro