A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held for Wolbach’s new community center on Sunday, September 23rd, at 4:00 p.m. The new center will be used next week during homecoming week. The community center board will be having a pancake feed on Thursday night, from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m., and the fire department will have their steak feed on Friday, from 4:00 until the supply runs out. The board will also be using the new center for their Junk Jaunt activities from September 27th until the 29th. The Cedar River Ringnecks have announced that the organization will host its tenth annual Youth Mentor Hunt on Sunday, October 21st. The annual event will be held at the O'Connor Parish Center, southeast of Greeley. The event will target kids from ages twelve to fifteen.

What could potentially become a new tradition in St. Paul was inaugurated on Sunday, September 11th, when St. Paul Chief of Police Dan Howard, and St. Paul Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Chief Mark Wilson and Training Officer Nathan Becker took to the grandstands at the St. Paul High School football field to walk 2,071 steps in simulation of the 110 stories countless firefighters ascended as they sought to rescue those trapped on the top stories of the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. Three hundred and forty-three firefighters and seventy-one law enforcement officers lost their lives during the rescue effort in the wake of the September 11th attacks, many of the former while attempting to climb the towers to rescue those trapped inside. In an interview on Monday, Howard said that Sunday’s enterprise had begun as a personal undertaking, part of a series of challenges that he and his best friend Adam Powell, who is currently serving in the armed services in Kuwait, exchange over social media. “He’s currently deployed in Kuwait, and, during his deployment, we have been giving each other different challenges. And one of my challenges to him was that we complete this 9/11 stair climb challenge,” said Howard. “What we do, is we video each other on Facebook Messenger, so we can confirm we’re both doing it.

The Central Valley Cougars celebrated homecoming on Friday, September 9th with a pep rally, homecoming parade, and a steak feed preceding the homecoming football game, which pitted the Cougars against the Coyotes from Anselmo- Merna. The coronation of Central Valley’s 2022 homecoming royalty immediately followed the game at Memorial Field, with the homecoming dance commencing at the Wolbach gym thereafter. From among the twentyone members of Central Valley’s senior class eligible as royalty this year, four came away with crowns: Cohen Grossart was named king, Taya Engel queen, Zandar Wolf prince, and Morgan Rosander princess. Cohen Grossart is the son of Chad and Mindy Grossart of Wolbach, Taya Engel is the daughter of Scotty and Haley Oakley of Wolbach, Morgan Rosander is the daughter of Mike and Brandie Rosander of Wolbach, and Zander Wolf is the son of Luke and Andrea Wolf of Scotia. L a s t y e a r ’ s Homecoming Queen Dilynn Wood and Homecoming King Kyle Oakley returned to participate in the coronation. Kindergarten attendants to the royalty were Shelby Adams, Millie Kriewald, Hayes Buettner, and Hunter Meyers. Both the game itself and the homecoming festivities preceding and following generated heavy turnout last week.