Looking Back – December 14

Paul Scarbrough, left, and Ben Porter flew in tandem down the hill at the Mill Race Park amphitheater after snow and cold weather conspired to close many local schools in 2010. From The Republic archives

2010

Despite temperatures in the 20s, a steady stream of cars drove through Garland Brook Cemetery to view hundreds of luminaries placed on graves by family members for the cemetery’s eighth annual “An Evening of Remembrance” observance.

1995

Sculptor Dale Chihuly visited Columbus and got his first look at his glass “Yellow Neon Chandelier” hanging in the two-story bay windows of Columbus Visitors Center.

1970

More than 6,000 people attended the school corporation’s annual Christmas carol sing at Memorial Gym.