Stepping back in time 15 years, this month’s regular Blast From The Past feature for Riverbank takes a look at some items from the newspaper issue of Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005.

News, sports, advertising, all helped keep the community informed and entertained, filling the pages with a variety of items. Here is a look at some of the items from that first issue in August all those years ago.

Readers are reminded that these are offered for entertainment purposes only.