Humboldt Journal

The lights went out in Humboldt and a large part of the rural area last week when loaded-down power lines met with some tree branches.

A local hockey player has been selected to participate in the first annual Allstate All-Canadians Mentorship hockey camp later this summer. Fifteen-year-old centre Reid Gardiner of Humboldt will travel to Mississauga, Ont.

It's been another rough spring for the Humboldt Wildlife Federation and Gun Club (HWF). For the umpteenth time in the last few years, the clubs' gun range has been flooded out. Although the .

He's Mr. Junior CanDance. And he lives in Humboldt. Dawson Keller, the 12-year-old son of Dayna and Al Keller, recently attended a dance competition in Regina.

The Humboldt Collegiate Institute (HCI) annual spring football camp ran from June 6-9. About 60 players took part in the camp.

Rural Festival of Soccer, two-day event, took place in Humboldt on June 11-12, with kids from across central Saskatchewan participating.

Three Lakes School in Middle Lake held their annual sports banquet on June 9. All the sports teams at the school did well this year, bringing home many new titles and medals.

A LeRoy-born filmmaker has claimed an award at a prestigious Saskatchewan film festival. Maury Loeffler has won a Yorkton Film Festival Golden Sheaf Award for best drama for his film, "Pooka.

Clara SchindelFebruary 18, 1912 - May 31, 2011The death of Clara (nee Mayert) Schindel of Quill Plains Centennial Lodge, Watson, (and formerly of LeRoy), occurred at her residence on Tuesday, May 31, 2011. She was 99 years of age.

Meeting the evolving housing needs of Humboldt's senior citizens is another challenge facing the city at a time when it's experiencing both unprecedented growth and a serious housing shortage.