Wendell Sweeney, left, and Tommy Greenlee, were among Columbus firefighters who renovated bicycles to be given to underprivileged children during the annual Cheer Fund Christmas event in 1973.
From The Republic archives
Nov. 20
2013
An Eighth Street home and a vehicle outside were sprayed with gunfire in the early morning hours.
1998
Sixteen instructors from a variety of backgrounds with 14 teen assistants conducted a variety of out-of-the-ordinary classes, such as slug vs. snail races, at the 13th annual Super Saturday event at Indiana University Purdue University Columbus.
1973
An application for a $75,000 federal grant to help reconstruct the city’s Greenbelt golf course and build tennis courts and a clubhouse was denied by the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation.
