Allie Smith tracks the ball during the women’s open singles final of the Columbus City Open Tennis Championships on July 30, 2014, at the Columbus North tennis courts.
From The Republic archives
2014
Columbus North High School graduate Allie Smith rallied to win five of the final six games of the Columbus City Tennis Tournament, and claimed a 6-4, 6-3 win and her first city title. Smith battled against Ayana Kobayashi, a graduate of Northwood College in Midland, Mich.
1999
On the hottest day of a two-week-long heat wave, Cinergy Corp. asked Columbus-area customers to conserve as much energy as possible to prevent a power failure. The energy conservation had many residents seeking to cool off outside in pools and sprinklers, including sprinklers set up at Pence, Lincoln and Mill Race parks.
1973
Eight-year-old Jeff Linke of Columbus was one of five winners of a pony, saddle, blanket and bridle from the Master Reeves Division of the Reliance Electric Company at the Bartholomew County 4-H Fair. Reliance spokesmen said the response from gifting the ponies was “fantastic.”
