Looking Back – March 25

Columbus North High School physics student Steve Kolhouse tried out the pedal-powered pontoon he built to study buoyancy and water displacement in 1995. From The Republic archives

2010

Around Columbus, Becker’s Drive-in on 25th Street and Musillami’s Drive-in on State Road 11, re-opened after being closed for the winter and new restaurant, Jimmy John’s sandwich shop, was set to open on Jonathan Moore Pike.

1995

Nearly 300 children filled Columbus Child Care Center to honor local child-care givers.

1970

Uniformed guards began patrolling the corridors and parking lots at Bartholomew County Hospital, led by Roger Johnson, former special deputy for the county sheriff’s department and former trainer with the state fire marshal’s office.