Gary Myers, far right, appears to be leading Judy Jarboe, center, and Betty Jones, as classmates cheer during the Hippity-Hop Race at Taylorsville Elementary School on April 26, 1974.
From The Republic archives
2014
The Rev. Allan Boesak, an anti-apartheid leader who worked alongside the late South African President Nelson Mandela, spoke at the annual William R. Laws Peacemaking Lecture. Rev. Boesak spoke on the topic “The Bridge to Reconciliation, Social Justice and Global Peace From South Africa to Indiana.”
1999
Kindergarten teacher Tomoyo Torli from Nagoya, Japan, visited ABC-Stewart School in Columbus to learn more about American schools. Her hosts were Ed and Angela Miller of Columbus.
1974
Steven Zeller, a Columbus North High School junior, brought home scholarships and monetary awards totaling $10,000, earned on his way to winning the National American Legion High School Oratorical Contest in Sioux Falls, S.D.
