Looking Back – July 24

Bartholomew County 4-H Fair visitors swing high above the midway on the Satellite Flight, a flying swing ride from Holland, on July 24, 1975.

2015

Local volunteers packed and distributed more than 2,000 free backpacks filled with school supplies as part of the Bartholomew County Supply Assistance Program. United Way partnered with Sans Souci Inc. and 13 other county organizations to collect monetary and physical donations.

2000

Children attending summer activities at Eastside Community Center were visited by the Zoomobile from the Indianapolis Zoo, which brought a chinchilla, bearded dragon and screech owl. Other activities included a magic show and fieldtrip to kidscommons.

1975

James Reed won the heavyweight class tractor pull at the Bartholomew County 4-H Fair with three pulls of 220 feet. Dave Smith was runner up, four inches shy of the final 220 feet.