The joint session of Ray Mapes Legion Unit 236 was called to order by Luke Thompson on August 19th at the Legion in Wolbach with eight Legion members, one Son, and four Auxiliary members attending. The invocation was given by the chaplain.

Taken from the files of The Wolbach Messenger Ten Years Ago, 2015 As the game ended with the scoreboard reading Central Valley 30, Nebraska Lutheran 12, the fireworks went off west of the football field in Wolbach on Friday night. Friday’s victory will go down in the history books as the first win in the school’s history.

As of Friday morning, I was surprised. The South Loup River is up a bit from Sunday’s reading of 109 cubic-feet-per-second (cfs). It’s now 114 cfs. The Middle Loup River kept dropping last Sunday and was down to 431 cfs. The reading this morning is 590 cfs. The North Loup River appears to be on its way down. As of this morning, it’s at 710 cfs. I’m still seeing a lot of does and fawns on the game cameras. The fawns still have spots.

It takes just one spark to ignite a wildfire. With several harvest seasons opening September 1st, including dove, grouse and archery deer, hunters are reminded to act responsibly in the field and to do their part to prevent wildfires.

The Howard-Greeley County Food Pantry and Foodbank for the Heartland will be sponsoring a Mobile Food Pantry on Saturday, September 13th from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. or until all the food is gone, whichever is sooner. Income guidelines must be met, and paperwork will be required. Families from any County may be served. A variety of fresh foods, as well as canned goods, will be distributed.