February 2013

Humboldt is represented by a trio of players on the North Central All-Conference boys basketball team. Senior center Bryan Larson was voted to the first-team, while senior guard Michael Orness and sophomore point guard Jaxon Heinz were second-team picks.First Team – Bryan Larson, senior, Humboldt. John Burns, senior, Bishop Garrigan. David Flattery, senior, St. Edmond. Casey Schlatter, junior, Iowa Falls-Alden. Boone Myers, senior, Webster City. Robbie Burke, junior, St. Edmond. Spencer Davidson, junior, Clear Lake.Second Team - Michael Orness, senior, Humboldt. Jaxon Heinz, sophomore, Humboldt. Mason Myers, sophomore, Webster City. Pete Swenson, junior, Clear Lake. Nathan Krieps, junior, Garrigan. Stephen McAtee, senior, Clarion-Goldfield. Brayden McDaniel, senior, Iowa Falls-Alden.Third Team - Jake Campbell, senior, Iowa Falls-Alden. Aaron Chalstrom, senior, St. Edmond. Sawyer Frideres, senior, Algona. Max Gangestad, senior, Clarion-Goldfield.

The Humboldt School Vocal Music Department and the Humboldt Music Boosters will present an evening of “Soup and Song” on Monday, March 4. The Soup Supper will be served in the high school cafete-ria from 5:15 to 6:45 p.m. Pip-ing hot chili and chicken noodle soup is the main course, accom-panied by relishes, famous cin-namon rolls, and drink. The cost of the meal is $6 for ages 11 and up; and $3 for ages 10 and under. The meal price does not include admission to the concert. Soup Supper tickets are avail-able from music students in grades 7-12, and at the door. Humboldt music students will provide music during the meal. Following the meal, the concert will include performances by the sixth grade chorus, sev-enth/eighth grade chorus, high school Jazz Choir, and Concert Chorale. Concert selections will in-clude classic hits from musical icons such as Whitney Houston, Elvis, Nat King Cole, Ray Ste-vens, Henry Mancini, Bill With-ers, Disney, and great music of the ‘60s.

For the past 35 years, Gilmore City has been home for Ron and Deb Bollmeyer. That’s why last week’s Gilmore City-Bradgate School Board meeting was a little bit emotional when the board accepted the resignation and early retirement application for the pair of educators, effective at the end of the current school year. Ron Bollmeyer, a western Iowa native from Correctionville, has served the district in many capacities since he arrived in the fall of 1978 to teach mathematics and coach. He taught math for 13 years, served as principal for 13 years and then over the past nine years he has been both principal and superintendent for the district. Deb Bollmeyer, a central Iowa native from Kelley, teaches several classes in the Gilmore City building. She teaches Social Studies, Language Arts, technology and 21st Century Skills.

The Humboldt City Council would like some aesthetic enhancements for the new Sumner Avenue Bridge. Now, it’s just a question of what and how much. The council heard a report from Stan Stallsmith, senior structural engineer with WHKS and Company, an engineering firm in Mason City, who provided a preliminary design report on bridge structures to the Humboldt City Council two years ago, but the project was stalled because of funding restraints. Stallsmith gave his report at the council’s regular bi-monthly meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 19. The three-span, concrete spandrel arch bridge that crosses the Des Moines River at the west entrance to downtown Humboldt was constructed in 1920, so it is now more than 90 years old. The length of the bridge is 244 feet with two spans of 78.5 feet and one of 87 feet. Stallsmith said the Humboldt City Council can determine the aesthetic level for the bridge in the next few months, after which preliminary design plans will be finalized.