Looking Back, Sept. 2, 2023

Big Sister Stephanie Strothmann and her Little Sister, Brittnay Gonzalez, a seventh-grader at Southside Elementary School, shared a book and a laugh at Bartholomew County Public Library in 1998.

From The Republic archives

Sept. 2

2013

Chuck VanNatta was named the Joan Pearcy Senior Citizen of the Year by Mill Race Center.

1998

A new city service guide listed city department heads, their job duties and phone and FAX numbers to help residents find the right person to address problems such as stray animals, leaf pick-up, streets lights and more.

1973

A “roll-a-thon” was held over Labor Day weekend at Skateland on Talley Road to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association.