Looking Back – October 9

Trynten Wicker led Head Start preschool classmates Trey Stillabower and Akot Tong out of a bulldozer at the 13th annual Touch a Truck event at Clifty Park in 2009. Helping, at left, is Trynten's mother, Amy Wicker, and at right, Jon Nolting of Milestone Contractors. From The Republic archives

2009

Cummins Inc. announced plans to recall about 270 laid-off and transferred workers to the Columbus Midrange Engine Plant to supply Chrysler with 6.7-liter diesel engines for Dodge Ram pickup trucks.

1994

Rachel Stoner was named The Republic’s 1994 Woman of the Year.

1969

Yvonne Gaile Phillips, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Phillips of River Road, left for Columbus, Ohio, to compete in the annual Columbus Day USA pageant.