Humboldt Journal

“But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ,” it is written in Philippians 3:7. “Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.

HUMBOLDT — Garage sale signs will now have to be posted on two community boards on the east and west ends of town. The east board is at the Humboldt Co-op C-Store, while the west one is at the Humboldt Co-op Food Store.

MELFORT — A new mural at Melfort’s Historic Post Office will incorporate community painted tiles, various pieces by local artists, and old post boxes.

EAST CENTRAL — The area's local Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League has made their picks. According to the league's twitter account, the Humboldt Broncos, Melfort Mustangs and Nipawin Hawks selected six players each at a meeting in Nipawin May 31.

HUMBOLDT — A redesign of a problem intersection has been put on the back burner due to higher than expected costs. The city was hoping work on realigning the intersection of Main Street and Fifth Avenue could be done for around $700,000.

HUMBOLDT — Humboldt’s four schools saw 44 athletes place in the top three at the Horizon Central Athletic Association District Track Championships. Humboldt Colligate won the second-most amount of points, 906, at the May 28 event. St.

LANIGAN, WATROUS — Two local athletes broke records at this year’s Horizon Central Athletic Association District Track Championships In the midget boys’ category, Dayton Uchacz of Lanigan broke the record for 100 metre and 200 metre hurdles.

NIPAWIN — A new occupational health and safety program will allow the Town of Nipawin to fulfill a legal requirement it should have met 20 years ago. In November, the town received a notice of contravention from their occupational health officer.

EAST CENTRAL — Due to the hot, dry weather, a number of communities have put out fire bans. According to the provincial government, there are fire bans in Wakaw, Vonda, Wadena, Kelvington, Jansen, Meacham, Naicam and Manitou Beach.

NIPAWIN — Nipawin council voted to increase its contribution for the Pool @ Central Park’s renovations by almost $248,000 after running into higher than expected costs. The town originally provided $496,000.