Looking Back – June 2

Tiffany McCrory found spinning the propeller on Stoney the Clown's hat amusing during the Columbus Christian School Carnival in 1995. From The Republic archives

2010

Bartholomew County Senior Center, soon to move into a new building, officially changed its name to Mill Race Center.

1995

Indiana Vocational Technical College, also known as Ivy Tech, officially became Ivy Tech State College.

1970

Columbus City Council unanimously approved special use of 24 acres of land at the south edge of Columbus for a sanitary landfill and milling operation despite warnings by a Rushville engineering-geologist who stressed the dangers of underground water contamination.