Humboldt Journal & East Central Recorder

John Leonard Knutson1914 - 2011John Leonard Knutson of Calgary passed away peacefully at the Carewest Colonel Belcher Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at the age of 96 years.

Highways crews were out fixing a portion of Hwy. 5 eight kilometres west of Humboldt last week. The section of road was flooded last summer, built up last fall, and covered with a temporary pavement that seems to be deteriorating this spring.

It's round and round we go at the intersection of Hwys 5 and 20.

The peak seems to have passed when it comes to runoff heading into Waldsea, Deadmoose and Houghton lakes north of Humboldt.

Too much bad water and not enough of the good. That was the situation in Watson over Easter weekend.

Three Lakes, Englefeld Quill Lake and Watrous coaches have earned awards from the Horizon Central Athletic Association (HCAA) for their outstanding contributions to school athletics programs this past season.

It's looking to be a breakout year for Humboldt's Ryan Graf. The 17-year-old track athlete is ranked number one by Athletics Canada in the junior men's indoor 50-m sprint. He posted a Tabasco-hot time of 6.

Grace SchoettlerJanuary 14, 1951 - April 16, 2011It is with profound sadness that the family of Mrs. Grace (nee Unilowsky) Schoettler of Watson announces her sudden and unexpected death on Saturday, April 16, 2011, at her residence.

Joyce Dielschneider (nee Killick)April 30, 1931- April 17, 2011It is with sadness that the family of Joyce Dielschneider announces her passing on Sunday April 17, 2011 at St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon. Joyce was born and raised in Melville, SK.

What had been a pretty calm, uneventful federal election race in Saskatchewan took a turn for the controversial last week when it was revealed that Brad Trost, sitting MP for Saskatoon-Humboldt, announced that the Harper government plans to cut fundi