Looking Back – July 4

Flag bearer Dick Yeaton waved to bystanders watching the annual Forest Park neighborhood Fourth of July parade in 2010. From The Republic archives

2010

Stream gauges were installed in Haw Creek to allow people to check online whether the waterway was close to flooding.

1995

Selma “Sam” Durham and Rick Weinheimer were recipients of the annual Jack Cramer Ideals of Athletic Competition Award.

1970

Independence Day temperatures “cooled” to 90 degrees after the thermometer soared to 98 degrees two days before.