Looking Back – August 12

Bill Russell, Pam Acton and Mayor Robert Stewart prepared to raise the Olympic torch relay flag at City Hall in 1995 after being informed the torch would pass through Columbus on its 15,000-mile journey to Atlanta in June 1996. From The Republic archives

2010

Columbus North’s state champion cross-country team was ranked preseason No. 1 by The Harrier Magazine.

1995

A study from the Indiana State Library ranked Bartholomew County Public Library among the top statewide for its range of services.

1970

Jackson County Board of Zoning denied an application filed by Rose Acre Farms of Cortland to construct a million-chicken layer house northeast of Acme, but approved Rose Acre’s request to construct a chicken hatchery building north of Acme.