Looking Back – January 16

Linda Thompson registered Reyhan Westbrook, left, and Chaz Anderson at the alternative out-of-school celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Calvary Pentecostal Church in 1995. From The Republic archives

2010

Rockcreek Elementary School was recognized as a Four-Star School for the 2008-09 school year based on student achievement on ISTEP-Plus and overall attendance rates.

1995

More than 60 Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. elementary and secondary students participated in a daylong alternative Martin Luther King Jr. program at Calvary Pentecostal Church.

1970

Former Columbus High School and Purdue University quarterback Mike Phipps was named the most outstanding college football player in the nation by Sport magazine and was recognized as one of 10 all-time Purdue football greats.