Looking Back – October 18

Gary Mitchner instructed Todd Scheidt, 5, in throwing darts at a board full of balloons during St. Peter's Lutheran School's Fall Festival in 1994. From The Republic archives

2009

SIHO Insurance Services, which offered on-site fitness classes, Weight Watchers meetings, organized walks and learning lunches on topics such as nutrition, stress management and headaches, was named a finalist for the 2009 Healthiest Employers of Indiana by the Indianapolis Business Journal and Mavum Consulting.

1994

A quick response by Columbus Fire Department averted a catastrophe at Cummins Engine Co.’s Corporate Office Building when insulation in a dumpster caught fire and spread to a tarp and chute, scorching the side of the building.

1969

Wilson Olds-Cadillac broke ground for a new building on the west side of U.S. 31 just north of 10th Street.