Looking Back – November 20

Lily May, 3, talked to Santa Claus about her Christmas wish list after he and Mrs. Claus arrived on the opening night of Hope's "Christmas of Yesteryear" festivities in 2010.  From The Republic archives

2010

Almost 900 people, mostly teenagers, some dressed in wizard’s robes and scarlet-and-gold scarves, packed into Showplace 12 theater for the midnight premiere of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.”

1995

Federal employees in the Bartholomew County area returned to work to find a considerable backlog of work following a government shut down.

1970

An 18-month study released by Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce concluded a lack of new housing in Columbus and Bartholomew County contributed more than any other one factor to the siphoning-off of young families from the area.