Looking Back – March 2

Live United teammates Kha Vu, left, Tamas Rauznitz, Kyle Schafer and Ashley Evans built a Rubik's Cube out of food cans during the annual Canstruction fundraiser for area food banks at FairOaks Mall in 2011. From The Republic archives

2011

Columbus City Council voted 6-1 to reduce trash fees by $5.

1996

Indiana’s three Republican candidates for governor, Steve Goldsmith, Rex Early and George Witwer, spoke before a packed house at the annual Columbus Lincoln Day Dinner at the Ramada Inn.

1971

Bartholomew Consolidated School Board announced the name of the new high school in Columbus would be Columbus East, Columbus High School would become Columbus North and the new grade school southwest of the city would be named Mt. Healthy Elementary.