“Normally, forts are a big fight in schools because people knock [them] down, people don’t let people in, and so quite often they get banned very quickly in schools,” Gaetz said. “With the different domes, and how everyone is so separated this year, my class was able to start a very decent fort.” Gaetz said the fights came soon after. “One of my students, Christian Yager started talking to the principal, Chad Knaus,” she said. “So Christian and Mr. Knaus came up with an idea to start the fort competition.” Gaetz’s class took the intuitive on, creating a set of rules and judging criteria.
$1.6 million The city’s largest project in 2010 will see $1.6 million spent replacing water lines and repaving sections of 16th Street. “This is a large project for our department,” said Peter Bergquist, Humboldt’s public works and utilities director. “The difference from previous years to this year is we realize that with this particular road and how busy it is. We want to replace the water main, the base and the road structure in the same year.” Water mains will be replaced and upsized from south of Highway 5 to 11th Avenue. Directional drilling will occur under Highway 5 to connect the water mains and create a looped system to the south side. This is expected to cost $714,700.