Looking Back – April 13

The weather was warm but the water was cold as David Cornejo of Columbus and his nephew, Noah Alexandra Cornejo, 2, discovered near Anderson Falls in 2010.  From The Republic archives

2010

Bartholomew County Auditor Barb Hackman warned that because of a drop in state property tax replacement credits and slow growth in countywide property values, county taxpayers would likely see an increase in their property tax bills.

1995

Former astronaut Joseph Allen talked about his adventures in the space shuttles Discovery and Columbia to students at Fodrea Community School and Northside Middle School.

1970

Gov. Edgar D. Whitcomb officially proclaimed the day “Elsie I. Sweeney Day” in appreciation of her philanthropic and cultural work with Psi Iota Xi sorority.