Looking Back – August 23

Trumpet players in the Columbus North High School band worked to synchronize their instruments, their feet and themselves while Brad Milleman, assistant band director, back pedaled to observe but stay out of the way in 1994. From The Republic archives

2009

Property tax bills for nearly half of Bartholomew County homeowners, outside of those affected by the school building project in Hope, increased more than 25 percent from 2008.

1994

Crumbling, water-damaged tiles on the walls of Columbus Post Office necessitated a repair project on the 24-year-old architectural landmark.

1969

Ground was broken on Talley Road just north of State Road 46 East for a new, $25,500 Seventh-day Adventist elementary school.