Looking Back – November 25

Liz Gonzenbach, a Columbus resident and member of the Indiana University Singing Hoosiers, sang "Santa Baby" to George Chandler of Columbus during the Festival of Lights kickoff at The Commons in 1995. From The Republic archives

2010

Local food banks, seeing the need for food supplies almost double in recent months, appealed to the public for food and financial donations.

1995

The eighth-annual Festival of Lights opened with its newest attraction, the Mill Race Park Observation Tower decorated to look like an 80-foot-tall Village Tree.

1970

Frigid weather gave way to a gradual warming and prompted the cancellation of a snow and rain forecast for Thanksgiving weekend.