Humboldt Journal

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.

"All is calm" was not just a song lyric in Humboldt this Christmas, it was an actual fact. Crime seemed to take a vacation in the latter part of December. There was only one major incident reported by Humboldt RCMP over the holiday season.

It was a great year for the City of Humboldt, with a number of projects coming to an end and new ones being developed. "It has certainly been another exciting year," said Mayor Malcolm Eaton.

The recipient of the 2012 Junior Citizen of the Year blushed ever-so-slightly when she heard the news. "It's a huge honour," said Paige Crozon, "and I'm really excited about it.

After a long and rewarding life, Conrad Leonard Plemel, formerly of St. Gregor, died at Saskatoon City Hospital in the early hours of New Year's Day, 2012, getting his wish for a "peek" at his 100th year. He was 99 years old.

Thousands of years ago, the Mayan culture developed a calendar to use to keep track of days and events, much like we use the Gregorian calendar.