Local Arts

Patricia Thomas's grandfather wrote the original manuscript more than 50 years after he returned from the trenches in France. These days it's kept in a large green binder, yellowed pages full of charts and words and memories.

Local music student Victoria Mahmood, 10, has been awarded a Royal Conservatory Gold Medal for the highest mark in Grade 2 Violin in Saskatchewan for 2012.

Humboldt's gay and lesbian community now has an organization to call its own. The inaugural meeting of the Humboldt chapter of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) was held on May 19 at the Westminster United Church.

Irene Kerr, Marilyn Stewart and Tillie Linkert were some of the apartment people who were on a bus trip to the Holes and Evergreen greenhouses in Edmonton, Alta. They enjoyed the day with all the other travellers.

City council heard from an informal committee on assisted living in Humboldt on May 13.

Elaine Will was just 17 when she had what she called "a nervous breakdown". She didn't sleep for a week. It was her last year of high school and she worried endlessly about getting good grades and going to a great university.

St. Augustine School may be in Humboldt, but for one day it became home to the world. On May 9 the school hosted its first ever Folk Fest, designed to teach students, teachers and others about cultures from all over the world.

The Scott Woods Show "Swingin' Fiddles" makes its way to Humboldt

Supporters of the Humboldt and District Museum and Gallery received a special glance at underwater archeology. A film-feature fundraiser was hosted by the Museum in conjunction with sponsors Reel Attractions and Stantec Consulting.

Some 800 dancers converged upon the Humboldt Uniplex between April 11 and 14, to compete in the annual On Stage Dance Festival held in Humboldt.