Looking Back – October 6

More than 200 participants in the 2009 Buddy Walk for Down Syndrome headed south along Lafayette Avenue through Donner Park, raising $9,000 to benefit the Columbus Area Down Syndrome Support Group. From The Republic archives

2009

An active methamphetamine lab that covered a quarter of an acre was found off County Road 350E near a creek in a wooded area and a soybean field.

1994

Columbus North’s football team forfeited five victories, including a 28-12 win over crosstown rival Columbus East, when school officials discovered the Bull Dogs had used an academically ineligible player.

1969

Unable to drive a car through tourist-congested streets, John E. Hyer Jr. of Maple Street used a wheelbarrow to transport his new bride, the former Jean Ann Taylor of Nashville, as they left Nashville Christian Church following their wedding.