Looking Back – December 20

WCSI Radio sports director and local radio legend Sam Simmermaker was honored on his 50th year in sports broadcasting in 2009. From The Republic Archives

2009

Columbus broadcasting legend Sam Simmermaker was honored for his 50 years as a local radio sports announcer and supporter of local athletes during halftime ceremonies at the Columbus East-North basketball game.

1994

Horizon Outlet Center held a grand opening for 11 new stores at the shopping complex north of Columbus on U.S. 31.

1969

Florence Gaier of Roosevelt drive found a still-inflated balloon in a tree in her front yard with a note from two children in Morton Grove, Illinois, approximately 400 miles from Columbus.