Looking Back – July 20

Molly Jenkins, center, and 15 fellow football moms attended a two-hour clinic, "Football 101 for Moms," where coaches Bob Gaddis, Tim Bless and Dean Layman explained the ins and outs of football in 2010. From The Republic archives

Around Columbus

July 20

2010

Sweltering summer temperatures of 96 degrees and relative humidity combined for a heat index of an oppressive 112 degrees.

1995

Columbus Regional Hospital announced it would soon install a time-saving pneumatic tube system to carry lab samples, supplies and medications to 21 stations in 19 locations throughout the facility, including all nursing units, admitting, medical records, radiology, laboratory and pharmacy.

1970

More than 1,000 feet of concrete road surface was poured on State Street between Indiana and McKinley avenues, part of the continuing process of widening State Road 7.