“Queen Bee” Mary Clare Speckner laughed during remarks by master of ceremonies Robert Hay-Smith during the Bartholomew County Literacy Task Force Spelling Bee at Columbus North High School in 2013.
From The Republic archives
Oct. 5
2013
A team called Etymologists of Sunrise beat out 19 other teams to win the Bartholomew County Literacy Task Force Spelling Bee.
1998
Cummins Engine Co., along with Navistar International and Allison Transmission, unveiled the “Wild Thing” Race truck, capable of speed up to 120 mph, in time for the Ethnic Expo parade.
1973
Using a new $46,000 vacuum truck called Vactor Jet Rodder, workmen began cleaning out drywells and storm sewers in areas of the city troubled with flooding during rain storms due to clogged sewer systems.
