July 2015

This isn’t Marv Andersen’s first parade — far from it. “I’ve lead about 35 of them when I was on the police department or with the county sheriff’s office,” he said. For the longtime former Humboldt County Sheriff (1965-1997) this will be Marv Andersen’s first parade as grand marshal. Marv and his wife Karen will be near the front of the line Saturday when the annual Humboldt/Dakota City Chamber of Commerce 4th of July Parade begins at 7 p.m. They will be escorted by Jim Kellner in one of his Dream Carriage rides. Other holiday events this weekend in Humboldt will be harness races on both Saturday and Sunday at the Humboldt County Fairgrounds at 12:30 p.m. There will be motorcycle races at the Humboldt County Dragway on Saturday, with the gates opening at 8 a.m., and some camping available Friday night. There will be classes in all divisions.

RICHARD G. FOTH, 83, Livermore, died Tuesday, June 30, 2015, at the Good Samaritan Home in Algona, following a brief illness.

The Humboldt High baseball team got back on the winning track Wednesday night at Webster City in a 14-3 victory over the Lynx in 5 innings. HHS now 16-5 overall, 8-2 and first in the NCC. Humboldt hosts Algona in a varsity doubleheader on Friday, July 3, at 5:30 p.m.Humboldt saw their eight-game winning streak come to an end in a 7-6 loss at North Union on June 30 in non-conference play. Humboldt had nine hits in the contest, including three by Chris Witzke and two by Brenden Schnell (homer, triple).Humboldt avenged an early season loss to Clear Lake pulling out a 2-1 victory over the Lions Monday night (June 29) in North Central Conference action in Humboldt.Jordan Edwards scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning on a hit by Devon Clark to leftfield with two out to lift the Wildcats, who improved to 7-2 in league play. The victory dropped the Lions to 7-2 in the league and placed the two teams into a first-place tie with one week left in the regular season.

Many of you will recognize our Cook of the Week this week as the lady that greets you when you walk into “The Revue.” Lana Pratt and her husband, Mike, are the business owners of this shop of high quality new and gently used furniture. Plus she has some beautiful antiques, as well. Lana is a very busy lady, as she is also employed at the Humboldt Newspapers. Lana and Mike reside in Rolfe. They were married on Feb. 20, 1971. Lana’s parents were Cecil and Doris Sitzman of rural Kingsley. Both are deceased. She and her husband both grew up in Kingsley and were lifetime schoolmates. They both graduated from Kingsley Pierson. They have three children, David, Jarred and Michael Jr. They are all married. Lana and Mike have a total of six grandchildren. Lana also keeps very busy in her community. She sings in the Humboldt Community Chorus, as well as the Pocahontas and Rolfe choruses.