Looking Back – Oct. 12

Ryohei Takeuchi prepares lo mein during the Ethnic Expo on Oct. 11, 2014, in downtown Columbus.

From The Republic archives

2014

The Irish Dancers of Indianapolis performed at the 31st annual Ethnic Expo, then pulled audience members up to the stage at the end of the performance. One such audience member was 7-year-old October Thomas, who also marched with her Brownie troop in the Expo parade.

1999

The watercolor art of Marianne Wiggers was featured in a display in the lobby at IUPU Columbus through October. Wiggers was an IUPU Columbus advisory board member and the marketing and economic development director of Southeastern Indiana REMC.

1974

Robert N. Brown, managing partner in Home News and publisher of The Republic, became president of the Inland Daily Press Association in Chicago. The association represented more than 500 papers in the nation.