Looking Back – September 8

From left, Jacob Anderson, Peyton Rhodes, Maya Aufdermauer and Cassie McDonald, fifth-grade students at Smith Elementary School in 2009, convinced state officials to replace incandescent lights bulbs in chandeliers with compact fluorescent bulbs after noticing during a tour of the statehouse that the less efficient bulbs were still being used. From The Republic archives

2009

After the departure of longtime director Arkady Orlovsky, Columbus Symphony Orchestra began a season of “auditioning” five guest conductors from which to choose a new leader.

1994

Mariah Packing announced it would stop slaughtering hogs in early October and convert to a process and packing facility.

1969

A vote of 330-201 ended the 43-day-old strike at Hamilton Cosco on State Street.