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Work progressed on two major construction projects in Tippecanoe School Corporation: $19.7 million worth at McCutcheon High School; $18.1 million worth at Harrison High School. Meanwhile in June, West Lafayette Community School Corporation officials, after many disputes, obtained state approval to sell $34.4 million worth of 24-year bonds to add 104,000 square feet to the junior-senior high school, and build an athletic complex near Salisbury Street and Cumberland Avenue.
Columbian Park officials increased security measures after a rash of animal thefts from the park zoo. All of the animals, except for a rare golden eagle that was killed, were recovered and returned. Charles E. Willis, 21, and a 17-year-old accomplice, both from Boone County, admitted stealing and killing the eagle.
The Ravines, an 18-hole golf course southwest of West Lafayette, opened in Wabash Township in the vicinity of Ross Hills Park.
Mark and Susan Thompson, Lafayette, became parents of quintuplets born in Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis. An electrical engineer, Mark, his wife and two children lived in a three-bedroom home. Seth, Leah, Hope, Samuel and Faith were delivered about one minute apart 11 weeks premature by Caesarean section. They were kept in the hospital until stronger. Seth came home first on Feb. 13, Leah last on Feb. 25.
BACKGROUND: The Journal and Courier on page A1 contained a profile of Professor Helen Bass Williams, Purdue University's first African-American faculty member hired in 1968.
Kevin and Rita Riggenback, West Lafayette, became parents of quadruplets born at Indianapolis. They named the babies, delivered five weeks early by Caesarean section and weighing between three and five pounds, Anna Katherine, Caroline Marie, Marguerite Mae, and Samuel Charles.
West Lafayette added 24 acres of woods to Celery Bog Park. The land will be used for an entrance off Lindbergh Road, a nature center, a buffer between residential and commercial development nearby.
BACKGROUND: The Journal and Courier contained Kevin Cullen's in-depth story about legendary Lafayette attorney Rufus A. Lockwood.
County Attorney Lawrence A. "Larry" O'Connell resigned, and planned to plead guilty in U.S. District Court to federal charges that he failed to file income tax returns for 1989 and 1990. County Commissioners hired J. Frederick Hoffman to succeed O'Connell.
In a ceremony connected with Lafayette City Hall renovation and expansion, Mayor James F. Riehle opened a cornerstone dedicated May 8, 1958, at Sixth and Columbia streets.
A county Area Plan Commission study reflected the housing boom: Between Jan. 1, 1990 and Dec. 31, 1994, builders added 4,480 homes or apartment units. There had been just 5,004 units built in the whole decade of the 1980s.
A report showed that the Court Appointed Special Advocate, or CASA, program, an offshoot of legislation in the mid-1980s to give children representation in the welfare system, had grown. Local CASA volunteers served eight children in 1985, and served 300 in 1994.
Emerson Kampen, 67, CEO of Great Lakes Chemical Corp., died after a long battle against dermatomyositis, a disease of the connective tissue. BACKGROUND: The Journal and Couriers of June 8 and June 13 contained stories about Kampen's life and work.
Judges Gregory Donat, County Court 1, and David Crouse, County Court 2, appointed deputy prosecutor Laura Zeman to be the first County Magistrate to conduct preliminary hearings for their courts, and fill in as judge as needed.
Railroad relocation and courthouse renovation forced the 14th annual Taste of Tippecanoe to relocate to sections of Sixth and Main streets.
Harrison High School's baseball team, coached by Jerry Galema after the death of coach John O'Maley, won the 1995 state championship with 3-1 wins over Richmond and Fort Wayne Concordia.
The National Civic League in a ceremony at Cleveland designated Lafayette an All-American City. Railroad relocation, the Neighborhood Housing Services office, and Project Self-Sufficiency, which helps low-income people free themselves from public assistance, were factors leading to the award.
Transfers of funds and donations from Duncan Foundation and Lilly Endowment, totaling $1.5 million, boosted the Greater Lafayette Community Foundation's investment capital to more than $6 million.
After turmoil in the wake of an adverse Medicare report, resignations and firings, the Indiana Veterans Home will get a new administrator: retiring Army Colonel Robert Hawkins, 53, who has been running an Army hospital in Columbia, S.C.
The annual Greater Lafayette Rubber Duck Race in the Wabash River drew about 15,000 entries and raised more than $40,000 for the Lyn Treece Boys and Girls Club.
Money magazine listed Greater Lafayette as the 20th best U.S. community in which to live - and the best in Indiana - based on such factors as the economy, public health, crime, housing, education, weather, transportation, arts and leisure. The community ranked 14th in the magazine's survey in 1991.
A traffic survey showed the highest accident risks were at Main and Columbia; Salisbury and North; Teal and Concord; Sagamore Parkway at Indiana 26; and at South Street and Earl Avenue.
The Meijer store opened on Indiana 26 at County Road 500-East, and on South Ninth Street, Lafayette School Corporation opened Earhart Elementary School.
BACKGROUND: On the 75th anniversary of the passage of the women's suffrage amendment, the Journal and Courier contained an in-depth report on both the national and local events in 1920.
BACKGROUND: The Journal and Courier on page A10 contained business reports about Kirby Risk Company and Essex Wire.
Emmett Koehler, 72, West Lafayette businessman and co-founder with five associates of the Food Finders Food Bank in 1981, died of a heart attack while attending the second annual Global Fest in Morton Center. Food Finders now distributed surpluses to 150 food pantries in 21 Indiana counties.
With 36 acres now accumulated, West Lafayette opened Celery Bog Park, a natural woods and wetlands area north of Lindbergh Road.
Kathy Kent, a Lafayette mother reportedly struggling with depression, jumped from the Wood Street parking garage in West Lafayette, taking along her sons Sean, 11, and Kyle, 8. All three died instantly. Authorities shortly ruled the matter a murder-suicide.
Shannon Hoon, 28, McCutcheon High School graduate who reached stardom as lead singer in the Blind Melon rock music band, died, evidently of a drug overdose, in New Orleans, La. He had last performed in concert Sept. 25 at Indianapolis.
Railroad relocation work necessitated demolition of the century-old brick buildings and other installations at the Monon Shops. The demolition job took many months.
Fifth Street reopened through downtown Lafayette, with new pavement and concrete work and other improvements since track removal in 1994.
Purdue University's football season ended with senior fullback Mike Alstott leaving with 10 major records. These included career rushing (3,635 yards); single season rushing (1,436), and touchdowns (42). He also was the only player in 108 years to win the team Most Valuable Player trophy three times.
Tippecanoe Mall completed a $20 million expansion project with 23 additional stores.
Republican Dave Heath, 48, former Tippecanoe County sheriff, defeated Democrat James F. Riehle, 65, by 164 votes and ended Riehle's reign of 24 years in office, longest tenure for a mayor in Lafayette history. Heath gained 6,412 votes to Riehle's 6,248. Republican Lisa Decker defeated incumbent Eileen Hession Weiss for controller, 6,414 to 6,070. Republicans dominated City Council elections with victories by Phyllis Boehning, Ron Alting, Michael Smith, Norbert A. Fisher, Jack Rhoda and Dennis Probasco. Democrats elected Ron Campbell, Johanna Downie and Steven P. Meyer.
The United Way campaign raised $3,477,000, about 1.4 percent over its goal.
Lafayette Urban Ministry, founded in 1972, dedicated its 8,000 square foot Program Center at 525 N. 4th St. LUM operates a homeless shelter and other programs that act as a social safety net and advocate for families. Forty-six churches representing 20 denominations and faiths support LUM.
The Lafayette City Council, with Republican and Democrat members in unity, renamed Depot Plaza the "Riehle Plaza" in honor of outgoing mayor James F. Riehle.
Ceremonies dedicated Riehle Plaza - the relocated Big Four Depot, the refurbished Main Street pedestrian bridge and new linking bridge, all part of the overall railroad relocation project. The depot will become a station for Greyhound buses, Amtrak trains, and Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Company buses, and will house offices and meeting rooms. Its main floor could be used for community functions. Mayor James F. Riehle led 50 tuba players in "I've Been Working On the Railroad."