Looking Back – November 2

While their mothers worked on details of the next day's election, Eric Baker, Julie Davis, Scott Thompson and Roger McIntyre, clockwise from left, occupied themselves with coloring books and crayons at Bartholomew County Republican headquarters in 1970. From The Republic archives

2010

Students and parents from Smith, Schmitt, Parkside and Taylorsville elementary schools took part in International Walk to School Day to promote safer routes for walking and bicycling and emphasize the importance of physical activity and pedestrian safety.

1995

A Family Fun Walk highlighted dedication ceremonies of a 38-acre site targeted for a new city park south of McCullough’s Run subdivision on the city’s east side.

1970

A dummy, dressed in blue coveralls and a sombrero, spent the weekend hanging in the rain from a light pole high above the Columbus High School football field.