Looking Back – July 17

Bus driver Jamalee Riley grimaced as she took her first plunge into cold water at the BCSC Dunk-A-Driver dunk tank at the Bartholomew County 4-H Fair in 2009.

2009

More than 90 Bartholomew County homes received insulation, new heating systems and other improvements for energy efficiency thanks to federal stimulus money.

1994

The 4-H livestock auction netted $101,867 from the sale of 199 animals.

1969

Rainfall in the first two weeks of July amounted to 4.07 inches, while temperatures in the 90s and high humidity combined to create record usage of electricity.