Looking Back, Oct. 17, 2023

Abbey Bonner, left, and Ashley Reeves, seniors and advanced physics students at Columbus North High School, were the first among 26 classmates in a contest to heat 250 milliliters of water to 100 degrees Celsius with their custom-built solar water heater in 1998.

From The Republic archives

Oct. 17

2013

ColumBUS and Call-a-Bus hours were extended from 7 to 8:30 weekdays to accommodate varying needs of regular riders.

1998

Children 12 and under were invited to participate in a yo-yo contest to celebrate 50 years of yo-yo manufacturing at Flambeau Products.

1973

Bartholomew County was “dusted” with its first frost of the fall.