January 2018

By Phil Monson
Humboldt native and Iowa State University student Andrew Bonde has gotten a lot of mileage out of his membership on the school’s solar car team.
Bonde, a senior at ISU majoring in Mechanical Engineering, was part of 15 team members on PrISUm, to travel to Australia last October and spend five weeks, which included racing in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge.
The 1,877-mile, biennial race began on Oct. 8 in northern Australia, in Darwin, and finished Oct. 15 in southern Australia, in Adelaide.
“It was a really awesome experience. It was my first time leaving the United States and we went quite a ways away for that matter,” Bonde said. “Australia itself is a really neat environment. They kind of have that ‘Midwest-level’ of friendliness over there. The people were nice.”

VIOLA E. HANKINS, 98, Humboldt, died Thursday, Dec. 28, 2017, at Perham, MN. Those wishing to send online condolences can send them to masonlindhart@gmail.com and we will see that it gets to the family. Be sure to put the deceased’s name in the subject line.

Mason Wickett loved his return to the football field last fall.
Wickett, a 2016 Humboldt High School graduate and sophomore at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, joined the Beaver football team in 2017 after transferring in from Iowa State University, where he took a year off from athletics.
The 6-foot-5, 250-pound defensive end made an impact right away at BVU as he came off the bench and saw extensive action in a reserve role on the defensive line.
Wickett played in all 10 games for the Beavers as he recorded 25 tackles and had one quarterback sack.
“It feels really awesome to be at Buena Vista. After transferring here from Iowa State, I feel like I’m a part of something that’s bigger than myself. I like being around teammates and the camaraderie that goes with it,” Wickett said.