Humboldt Journal & East Central Recorder

Under a glass casing, protected from dust and encapsulated by time, are tiny vials filled with soil from the Holy Land. On another shelf of the display case there is a bronze statuette venerating Saint Francis of Assisi.

It was a historic moment. The last step in the 142 staircase to the top of the Humboldt Water Tower was put in on August 12.

KELLOW:Katherine Rose (Struck) Kellow (formerly Stauber) died April 17, 2011, in Nakusp, British Columbia at the age of 97.

It will be the first time local artist Karen Holden has exhibited at the Hand Wave Gallery in Meacham.

It was a dream come true for a local baseball team. The Humboldt Dodgers AAA Midget baseball team won the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Provincials on July 31 in Moose Jaw and will be heading to the Baseball Canada Midget National Championship August 18.

Archeologists were out at the Original Humboldt Site during the week of August 1 to continue work they started in 2010. A crew of professionals and volunteers were out in the hot sun to make new discoveries at the site.

For a young hockey player from Humboldt to be part of the first annual All-Canadians Mentorship hockey camp this summer was an unforgettable experience.

DIRCKS -It is with great sadness and regret we announce the passing of our father Lloyd Herman Dircks at the age of 84. He passed away peacefully in his sleep on July 22, 2011 at Humboldt District Hospital.

DUNNE: Dennis Dunne of Redvers, SK, passed away suddenly as the result of a motor vehicle accident on Saturday, July 30, 2011, just south of Redvers. He was 48 years of age.

Marie Genevieve HilgersMay 14, 1923 - August 7, 2011 The death of Mrs. Marie Genevieve (nee Hinz) Hilgers of St. Mary's Villa, Humboldt, SK, (and formerly of Muenster, SK), occurred at her residence on Sunday, August 7, 2011. She was 88 years of age.