Looking Back – March 11

Ali Bickel, 5, and her 11-year-old sister, Lindsay, combined efforts to produce a respectable score during the 1995 Bowl for Kids' Sake event, the primary fundraiser for Big Brothers/Big Sisters. From The Republic archives

2010

Officials suggested people going to Columbus Regional Hospital emergency room avoid 17th Street between Central and Hawcreek avenues during a road widening project expected to be completed by mid June.

1995

The 12th annual Bowl for Kids’ Sake attracted 1,160 bowlers, expanded to two locations and raised $50,000 for Big Brothers/Big Sisters.

1970

First United Methodist Church’s administrative board voted 32-13 to withhold funds intended for the National Council of Churches of Christ U.S.A. until the council became more “representative of the people and to the people.”