Humboldt Journal & East Central Recorder

Four years ago, you would never have known by looking at her that Karrie Harcourt had Multiple Sclerosis (MS).Today, at age 34, it's all too clear. She needs a cane to help her walk. She has memory problems and some communication issues.

With sadness we announce the passing of John W. Freriks of Humboldt, SK, (and formerly of Englefeld, SK), on Saturday, August 14, 2010, at Humboldt District Hospital. He was 76 years of age.

Temporary construction walls are going up, and soon, some large concrete walls will be coming down.The lobbies of the Elgar Petersen Arena, aquatic centre and curling rink at the Humboldt Uniplex are going to look quite different this winter.

Paving crews were out on Highway 5 west of Humboldt on August 11, to finish the short-term to fix of the highway.

The death of Mrs. Lena Louise (nee Hoeflicher) Heidecker of Bethany Pioneer Village, Middle Lake, SK, occurred at her residence on Monday, August 9, 2010. She was 89 years of age.

An area fastball team has kept up its dominance of the game.The Bruno Merchants men's fastpitch team won its fifth Senior B Provincial Men's title in six years, cleaning up the competition at the 2010 tournament in Saskatoon held July 23-25.

Three wins and a sealed up second-place league ranking meant it was a good week for the Marysburg Royals last week.The senior baseball team managed to win all three league games they played after coming in third at Provincials just over a week ago.

School's out for the summer, but a few area students spent some time in a different type of classroom last week.About 25 students between Grades 3 and 9 attended SCI-FI Science camps at St. Peter's College in Muenster.

A young man from Humboldt is dealing with a lot of public attention after putting his Rider Pride and his love of music on the Internet earlier this month.

A hearty welcome to all - or "Ein herzliches Willkommen an alle" - was given at the third annual German Day or Deutscher Tag held August 8 in Humboldt.