Looking Back – November 16

The James Simms family of Woodland Parkway, Mary Beth, 7, Andrew, 9, Tom, 15, and Ann and Jim, dusted off their skates and donned coordinating sweaters to attend opening day at Lincoln Center Ice Rink in 1969. From The Republic archives

2009

Columbus high school teachers Autumne Streeval and Harriet Armstrong earned first place in the Innovation in Content category at the Worldwide Innovative Teachers Forum in Brazil.

1994

Gwendolyn Williams won a third term as president of the local chapter of the NAACP.

1969

More than 1,440 skaters turned out for opening day at Lincoln Center Ice Rink, the second largest crowd in the facility’s 12-year-history.