Looking Back – May 26

{&subleft}Around Columbus

May 26

2011

Maria Fischer, 12, a sixth-grader at Southside Elementary School, was chosen to flip a switch to start the moveable parts of “Chaos I” for the first time since it was reinstalled at the new Commons.

1996

Residents and officials of Hope began working together to identify and stop a scourge of vandals who did thousands of dollars in damage to the town square and three parks.

1971

Estimates of the total damage from a recent tornado ran more than $1 million dollars, with re-roofing the biggest expense.