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BY ANDY EAST THE REPUBLIC ATTERBURY-BAKALAR Air Museum volun- teers are awaiting the arrival of a C-119 ing aircraft the museum purchased last year, with some pieces the plane including the vertical tail, engines and wheels expected to ar- rive in Columbus during the first week of March. The plane, which is not air- worthy, is being taken apart at an airport in Greybull, Wyoming, where it will be loaded on to four trucks and driven some 1,460 miles to Columbus, said Nick Firestone, Atterbury- Bakalar Air Museum Board president. Once in Columbus, the aircraft will be reas- sembled, restored and put on public display on the west side of Bakalar Green, along Ray Boll Boulevard, just south of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II aircraft now on display. Museum officials said they hope to have the entire aircraft in Columbus by the end of April but have several years worth of restoration to said Skip Taylor, a museum member who is leading the C-119 project. pulled it into a hangar and started taking it apart in De- Taylor said.

New (Day), they had the plane to where it was down to the fuselage and wing box. They even took the wheels off. The gears have been retracted and laying on its belly. They are now separating the wing box from the fuselage and that is last major work to be done before The museum hired the former owner, Industries, which does airplane frame work and performs other services, to take the air- craft apart, Taylor said. The fuselage, which is 13-feet tall and 11.5-feet wide and weighs around 10,000 pounds, will be wrapped in protective material and loaded onto a lowboy trailer and transported to Columbus.

The wing box, look- ing from above, is around 38-feet long and 21-feet wide, also will be wrapped in protective material and loaded onto a lowboy trailer. The wing box is a central- ized part of the plane, which Taylor described as its that connects to several key parts of the aircraft, including the wings, fuse- lage, among others. The rest of the plane will be loaded onto a 26-foot box truck and a 53-foot flatbed semi truck, Taylor said. (c) 2020 The Republic USPS 462-080 Wednesday, February 12, 2020 Columbus, Indiana DAILY YOU SHOULD KNOW HAVE A STORY IDEA? Do you have a story idea like to see in print? Share it with The Republic newsroom. Call 812-379- 5665 or send an email to Story ideas also can be submitted online at therepublic.com.

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Since 2000, United Way has connected residents local resources through the 2-1-1 program. That is an information and referral service that connects people to resources via phone by simply dialing 2-1-1. In May 2019, Indiana 2-1-1 transitioned to a statewide system and the United Way of Bartholomew County call center was eliminated based on the decision to consolidate. NEW UNITED WAY WEBSITE LAUNCHES A LOT AT STAKE Democrats finish in New Hampshire, move on to South Carolina NEWS A3 READY FOR STATE North swimmers hoping for victory 1 BY ANDY EAST THE REPUBLIC Columbus Code Enforce- ment is issuing a $1,000 fine to a Columbus homeowner after repeated attempts seeking to have garbage and rubbish removed from the exterior. City officials have al- leged that the property, located at 720 Maple is a public nuisance, citing trash, garbage and rubbish along the outside area of the house and in the porch area.

Columbus police were dispatched to the house nearly 50 times from Feb. 10, 2018 to Jan. 23, 2020, re- garding alleged incidences involving trespassing, unconscious people, fights, battery, theft and vandal- ism, according to public records. The Columbus Board of Public Works approved the fine on Tuesday. The pur- pose of the fine would be to compel the homeowner to clean the property up, said Fred Barnett, code enforcement officer.

tried to get them to comply and they just done it and given them chance after City issues fine on home BROWN MUSIC COMPETITION BY BRIAN BLAIR THE REPUBLIC A total of 37 high school students will compete for $20,000 in scholarships at the 35th Annual Brown Music Competition Saturday at First Christian Church in downtown Columbus. The competition begins at 8 a.m. It is free and open to the public and attracts about 200 audience members each year. The senior instrumental and senior vocal winner each are awarded a $3,500 college scholarship. The event was the brain- child of the late Robert N.

and the late Betty F. Brown, in honor of mother, Anna Newell Brown, a tal- ented vocalist. The Anna Newell Brown vocal awards began in 1985. Betty F. Brown was a talented player Musicians compete for scholarships THE REPUBLIC FILE PHOTO Columbus North student Grant Jackson looks through his sheet music before singing in the Brown Music Competition on Feb.

9, 2019, at First Christian Church in Columbus. next The C-119 purchased by the Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum is being taken apart at an airport in Greybull, Wyoming. Some pieces the plane including the vertical tail, engines and six wheels are expected to arrive in Columbus during the first week of March, said officials at the Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum The fuselage and wing box will be wrapped in protective material and loaded onto a lowboy trailer and transported to Columbus. The rest of the plane will be loaded onto a 26-foot box truck and a 53-foot flatbed semi-truck. Museum officials expect to have the entire aircraft in Columbus by the end of April.

About the project To learn more about the C-119 aircraft being brought to Columbus, visit atterburybakalarairmuseum.org/ PIECE BY PIECE Flying Boxcar inching closer to Columbus AirPark Clockwise from top: A C-119 purchased by the Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum is shown as it is taken apart at an airport at Greybull, Wyoming prior to being moved to Columbus. A C-119 is shown as it is being disassembled. SUBMITTED PHOTO SEE FINE PAGE A6 SEE PIECE PAGE A6 SEE COMPETE PAGE A8.