Large Fans Will Clean Up 4th St.

Columbia is renting two large fans to clean up trash on the100 block of S. 4th St. A local firm now owns the fans and will rent them to Columbia. The fans were used for special effects in the Hollywood movie "Twister" and move about on four-wheeled dollies. In an upcoming one-day operation, trash will be blown down 4th St, then across the 5 points intersection and onto Perry Street, where residents will continue the work with handheld leaf blowers. Residents will be notified a week before the cleanup. Trash will be blown onto Rte 441 where it will be picked up by trash trucks. The cleanup is scheduled for this coming summer.