Looking Back – July 22

William Becker, foreground, examined storm damage to his A&W drive-in restaurant, where a large striped canopy was ripped from its supports and hurled across 25th Street into the Red Barn building in 1969.

2009

The Federal Housing Finance Agency ranked Columbus 12th in the country for house price appreciation compared to the previous year.

1994

Lowe’s planned a four-day celebration to celebrate the opening of its new home center on Creekview Drive.

1969

Bartholomew County 4-H Fair opened on schedule even though a storm flooded parts of U.S. 31 south of town and made a detour between Columbus and the fairgrounds necessary.