Looking Back – October 8

2008

To save the city approximately $504,000 in 2009, Columbus City Council proposed adding a $1.85-per-month fire hydrant fee onto water bills.

1993

In a national study of 500 school districts across the country published in Expansion Management magazine, Columbus schools ranked highest in Indiana for the caliber of students they produced.

1968

Democratic Ladies League members decided to have a “white donkey” sale rather than the mildly traitorous “white elephant” variety of fundraiser.