Looking Back – November 21

From left, Sue Ellen Brown, Georgianna Morrison, Amy Kutch, Bettye Mann, Karen Hinderliter and Maryjane Perry displayed some of the hundreds of dozens of homemade cookies baked by volunteers for the 19th annual Cookie Walk fundraiser at First United Methodist Church in 2009. From The Republic archives

2009

Overwhelming community response to a last-minute call for traditional holiday food, cooks and volunteers ensured the 31st annual Eastside Community Center Thanksgiving dinner would go on as planned.

1994

City Councilman and former city police officer Fred Armstrong announced his candidacy for mayor.

1969

Production workers at Reliance Electric’s Master Plant on 10th Street returned to their jobs after a strike of more than eight weeks.