Looking Back, Oct. 28, 2023

Angelina McCray, front, and others put on blindfolds to experience walking as a blind person during an i-CARE exercise at Schmitt Elementary School in 2013.

From the Republic archives

Oct. 28

2013

With a colorful Bollywood theme, the 38th annual unCommon Cause attracted 270 people and raised nearly $60,000 for Columbus Area Arts Council.

1998

Facing a far-reaching decision about whether to move sixth-graders from elementary to middle schools, Bartholomew Consolidated School Board scheduled two public hearings in the hope of hearing from as many parents as possible.

1973

Plans for a state police district post to be built near Elizabethtown were scrapped by the state in favor of a re-evaluation of the building program with new priorities in mind.