Humboldt Journal & East Central Recorder

Humboldt's population is up from last year, according to numbers from the Ministry of Health.

The Humboldt Curling Cllub hosted the men's regional playdowns January 6-8. Although Randy Woytowich rink of Saskatoon was in a good position after Saturday's games, they were defeated in Sunday's games by the Mark Lane rink, also of Saskatoon.

There was enough snow on the ground and the trails were freshly groomed at the Humboldt Golf Course on January 8 for the Carlton Trail Ski Club's Jack-rabbits group to get in a practice before they host an upcoming provincial Sask Cup race.

Prisoners are up. Traffic charges are way up. And while hit and runs are down a little, they are still a problem.

Although they only started fundraising six months ago, Three Lakes School has raised enough money in that short time to install a new gym floor.

They had a great time in the tropics. The Humboldt Basketball Club, consisting of nine girls from Humboldt and one from Outlook, were in Hawaii from December 27 to January 4 to play basketball in a 10-team tournament.

The face of a growing multicultural community in and around Humboldt has stimulated a new cultural venture for 2012. "Evenings of Cultural Mosaic" is a 10-week program at the Reid-Thompson Public Library that started January 9.

Rain. In January. And temperatures mild enough that you don't have to put on a coat to run out the door for a couple of minutes. What is this - B.C.? Whatever it is, this is not a typical Saskatchewan winter.

Add 13 and 14 to the list of wins for the Humboldt Broncos. The Broncos won both home games played January 6 and 8 at the Elgar Petersen Arena in Humboldt.

Those in Humboldt without big family celebrations to attend on Christmas Day once again had somewhere to go on December 25, and more came this year than ever before.