Looking Back – Dec. 10

Hope native Erin Anderson stands alongside the three-piece Christmas ornament she created to represent Bartholomew County on the state Christmas tree on display at the Indiana State Museum in Indianapolis in 2013.

2013

About 10 inches of snow plus rain, sleet and ice created treacherous driving conditions, which rural Bartholomew County drivers had a particularly tough time navigating.

1998

A $100,000 grant for alternative education in Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. helped students learn in the classroom and on the job.

1973

Criticism of federal controls on farming highlighted the opening and noon sessions of the 1973 annual Farm Bureau convention in Indianapolis.