Looking Back – June 13

2007

The giant toilet at kidscommons outranked the city’s architecture, world-class golf course, sculpture and other attractions when Jay Leno joked about the attraction during a segment of NBC’s “The Tonight Show.”

1992

Officials unveiled the first Bartholomew County flag in ceremonies at the courthouse and the County Highway Department garage.

1967

Liquid nitrogen and other fertilizers used by farmers putting out spring crops was though to be the reason hundreds of dead fish washed ashore at Schaefer Lake south of Hope.