This month, Escalon’s regular Blast From The Past feature takes a look at some items from the newspaper issue of Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005 – 15 years ago.

Summer was winding down, with final swimming lessons underway as well as preparations being made for the fast approaching school year. The monthly ‘look back’ offers news, sports, advertising and more from the pages of a past issue. Readers are reminded that these are offered for entertainment purposes only.