Looking Back – August 14

Columbus Police Patrolman Matt Meyers put everything he had, including sticking out his tongue, into the caber toss competition during the Scottish Festival at Clifty Park in 1994. From The Republic archives

2009

Two Columbus companies, Elwood Staffing and Productive Resources, an engineering services firm, were listed by Inc. Magazine as two of the nation’s 5,000 fastest-growing private businesses.

1994

As many as 5,000 people turned out in humid, breezy weather to watch graceful dancing and ancient games of strength on the first day of the third annual Columbus Scottish Festival at Clifty Park.

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1969

A two-story building bridging Haw Creek between Bartholomew County Hospital and Lincoln Park was proposed to house one of two mental health centers in the local region.