Looking Back – November 24

Second-grader Jeremy Seward, 8, took a ride on the shoulders of Principal Steve Bayer who dressed in a turkey suit to fulfill a promise he made to students if they read 30,000 pages in the Principal's Reading Challenge in 1995. From The Republic archives

2010

Bartholomew County’s unemployment rate fell to 8.4%, the lowest in nearly two years, primarily, according to analysts, because people gave up looking for jobs or left the area because they lost hope of finding jobs in the area.

1995

Columbus East High School’s New Sensation Show Choir traveled to New York City to sing at Carnegie Hall, the second time the local group had been invited to participate in a holiday extravaganza.

1970

Columbus Kiwanis Club celebrated its 50th anniversary.