Looking Back – August 23

Charlie Reed of Milestone Contractors worked on installing a wheelchair ramp in downtown Columbus as Larry Snyder, a local consultant for Americans with Disabilities Act compliance, looked on in 1995. From The Republic archives

2010

For the third year in a row, ACT scores of Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. students topped those of their peers statewide and in the nation.

1995

Republic Sen. Robert Garton of Columbus began a four-day, 13-city road trip to promote his candidacy for governor.

1970

Three Columbus women, Janet Greenlee, Ruth Darst and Jean Bailey, recorded their first-ever holes-in-one, which were the first such shots made by women at Otter Creek Golf Course, all within a few days.