Abbey Bonner, left, and Ashley Reeves, seniors and advanced physics students at Columbus North High School, were the first among 26 classmates in a contest to heat 250 milliliters of water to 100 degrees Celsius with their custom-built solar water heater in 1998.
From The Republic archives
Oct. 17
2013
ColumBUS and Call-a-Bus hours were extended from 7 to 8:30 weekdays to accommodate varying needs of regular riders.
1998
Children 12 and under were invited to participate in a yo-yo contest to celebrate 50 years of yo-yo manufacturing at Flambeau Products.
1973
Bartholomew County was “dusted” with its first frost of the fall.
