Looking Back – Dec. 19

Boxing canned goods and other items for the food basket project sponsored by the Bartholomew County Department of Public Welfare on Dec. 19, 1975, are, from left, Mary Wade, Mark Boilanger and Hallett Brown, junior and senior members of the DECA Club at Columbus North High School.

2015

Around 180 people experienced the premiere of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” at YES Cinema in downtown Columbus. The 136-minute film was the first installment of the movie franchise in 10 years.

2000

Columbus Youth for Christ/Campus Life sponsored a semiformal Christmas Break Dance at the Senior Center, which included a DJ, dinner and drinks.

1975

Jack Walter, Frank Runge and Herbert Boeschen were elected to the board of directors for the Southern Indiana Health Systems. All from Bartholomew County, the men were endorsed by the Southern Indiana Consortium of Health Care Providers Association.