Humboldt Journal

It's time for them to work together.

By 10 a.m., there were 30 bikes; 10 minutes later, there were 10 more. And by the time the bikes taking part in the Shake, Rattle and Roll Motorcycle Rally for Parkinson's Disease rolled out of St. Gregor on June 25, there were over 50 of them.

There was no escaped convict from the Prince Albert penitentiary in Humboldt. Nor was there a huge take-down of drug dealers. No, the plethora of police officers in the city last week was due to a blitz on traffic offences in the city of Humboldt.

They lost on the road but won huge at home. On June 22, the Marysburg Royals senior baseball team travelled to Saskatoon to take on the Saskatoon Blue Jays. The game started well as Marysburg jumped out to a 5-2 lead after two innings.

The day was stormy, the crowd was large, and the performance was memorable. About 200 people came out to Assumption Church in Marysburg on a stormy evening to take in a performance of the Saskatoon Children's Choir.

On Thursday, June 23, 2011, I was driving to Saskatoon for an appointment. Between Bruno and the junction of Hwys. 5 and 2, approaching the crest of a hill, my automobile died.

Every year at about this time, when a new crop of high school graduates gets ready to leave the first part of their lives behind, people tend to get reflective about their lives thus far, in comparison to what that young high school graduate thought

It was a smashing success. Despite the weather, around 1,500 people gathered at the Uniplex grounds on June 26 to watch the 40th annual JCI Humboldt Demolition Derby.

The Humboldt Midget AAA Dodgers split a doubleheader last weekend against the visiting Regina Wolfpack, taking the opening game 8-3 but losing the second match by a count of 4-2.

Humboldt New Democrats are gearing up for a fall election. And they feel their new candidate will help them win back a riding that, historically, has belonged to them.