Looking Back – March 30

Terena Saltsman, 14, left, eighth grader at Hauser, won the Bartholomew County Spelling Bee at Hauser High School in Hope on March 29, 1976. Susan Kirr, 12, sixth grader at St. Columba Catholic School, was runner-up.

2016

Longtime Columbus philanthropists Bob and Helen Haddad donated the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic’s office and music instruction space at 315 Franklin St. to the orchestra. The building had served as the orchestra’s home since 2003.

2001

Columbus North sophomore Leah Retrum and Columbus East sophomore Nikki Howe were named The Republic’s All-Area Winter Female Athletes of the Year.

1976

Hauser eighth grader Terena Saltsman won the Bartholomew County Spelling Bee after correctly spelling “subliminal.” Runner-up was St. Columba sixth grader Susan Kirr.