Carroll Green, left, a Republican candidate for the second district commissioner nomination, and J. Walter Johns, next to left, a Democratic candidate for sheriff nomination, file to run for office on Feb. 21, 1974, in the voter registration office on the first official day of filing. Doing the paperwork are Charles Nolting, county clerk, and Dorothy Cooley, voter registration deputy.
From The Republic archives
2014
Columbus East High School seniors Bryce Lienhoop, Payton Gray, Jordan Foster and Josh Smith combined to score 19 points and rip down 14 rebounds to help lead the Olympians to a 60-33 victory against Scottsburg. The opening quarter was extra special for Lienhoop, who scored his 1,000th career point and became the Olympians’ all-time leading rebounder.
1999
The annual Jay C Foods Cooking and Lifestyle Show was held at the Holiday Inn, which drew in more than 900 people. Along with cooking demonstrations, 50 door prizes were handed out.
1974
An “Around the World Birthday Party” was celebrated by the Ladies Fellowship of First Church of the Nazarene in the church annex. Those who attended enjoyed an “airplane ride” where they moved around the room, making “stops” to taste foods from around the world. Some of the dishes included Chinese fried rice, Russian tea and Italian spumoni.
