Taken from the files of The Wolbach Messenger Ten Years Ago, 2012 Tristan Klein of Wolbach did very well at the Howard County Fair last week. She won gold medals in Junior Sheep Showmanship and Junior Meat Goat Showmanship and was presented a silver medal for Junior Fashion Revue.

Thank you to all of the people that helped make John Steenson’s service so wonderful. To Father Vince and the musicians, thank you for the touching service. Thank you to the Wolbach community for the luncheon, especially, Lori Dilsaver and Judy O’Gorman for organizing it.

It may have been hot and a little humid, but think how hot hell must be! We still made it through Mass and the day’s festivities much easier than all of those before us did because we were not wearing white shirts, ties, suitcoats, dresses, hose, and hats.

Ten Years Ago, 2012 With only one player returning from last year’s state runner-up team, the odds were against the Palmer-Wolbach-Greeley-Spalding (PWGS) Juniors returning to the state tournament this year.

Ten Years Ago, 2012 The latest player to have an exhibit in his honor will be in St. Paul on Saturday for the official unveiling of his exhibit.

About five years ago, my family decided to take the first of what would be several semi-regular summer vacations together. They decided that the days spanning the Fourth of July Weekend would be the perfect period to get out of town, and had set their sights on Crawford and Fort Robinson State Park.

Ten Years Ago, 2012 The National Weather Service rain gauge in Wolbach verified what everyone already knew—June was a very dry month. A total of 0.48 of an inch of rain fell during the month.

Jeff Ingerle of Cheyenne, Wyoming was a guest of his mom, Coleen Ingerle, from last Monday until Wednesday. Julie Spilinek attended the tee-ball game in Elba last Monday evening.

Barbara Tuma was a last Monday afternoon visitor of Adeline Jonak. Dave and Barbara Tuma attended Caden Moderow’s baseball game in Ravenna on Tuesday evening.