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Kindergarten teacher Phebe West reads a book to her class in August 2014 at Taylorsville Elementary School.
From The Republic archives
2014
IU School of Nursing at IUPUC students Mindy Talkington and Megan Ballard traveled to the Kingdom of Swaziland, Africa, for a service-learning experience. IUPUC professor Bethany Murray accompanied the students, along with other students and staff from IUPUI and IU Bloomington.
1999
Smith and Syberg Inc. was accepted into the Association of Executive Search Firms. The Columbus business was the first Indiana executive search firm to be accepted into the association.
1974
The Ponderosa Playmakers of Columbus came in third place out of 10 teams in the Region 15 women’s slow-pitch softball tournament.