School starts in 14 days, can you believe it! And by the looks of things harvest will be in full swing even quicker. Make the most of the remainder of your summer, folks, as we all know once September hits activities seem to amp up in our lives.
Do you have Olympic fever in your house? It鈥檚 almost worse than curling season as you try and accomplish something around home and just can鈥檛 tear yourself away from some of these events. I guess its only two weeks every four years, so may as well enjoy them. Go Canada!
When it seemed like we couldn鈥檛 beg for timely rain in July, August has not been favourable for the rain gauges. A week of non-stop and, at times, heavy rains left in town measurements with more than 5.5 inches while outlying areas were reporting more. Let鈥檚 hope and pray for some strong sunshine and winds to get those crops and fields dried out for our farmer friends.
Congratulations to Morgan Huber and Abby Rutley who were picked up by the Prince Albert Aces to head to U14 Western Canadian championship in Surrey, B.C. Congratulations to Brennae Hofmann who was picked up by the UK Royals to play at the U21 Western Canadians and Dana Mitzel who was picked up by the Earl Grey Heat to also play at the U21 Western Canadians. Also to Jensen Chorney whose Midget A team, the Lloyd Liners, are out in Charlottetown playing Midget A Nationals.
After capturing the Alberta U18 鈥淎鈥� Provincial title, 17-year-old Jensen Chorney was part of the winning U18 softball team, the Lloydminster Liners, who won the Confederation Cup in Charlottetown, PEI, Aug. 13. The Confederation Cup is the second division of the Canadian U18 championship making the Lloyd Liners 10th overall in the big lineup of teams that were part of this Canadian championship.聽 One the highlights for Chorney was pitching all 10 innings in a back and forth game with Quebec that left the Liners tied 2-2 with Quebec after regulation play and went an additional three innings that ended up with the Liners losing 4-3 after 10, but a truly exciting game and awesome achievement for Chorney. Jensen is headed to her Grade 12 year at UCHS after a busy and successful season on the ball diamonds.
The sports scene will soon change into minor football and high school football, hockey and volleyball, but until then, enjoy the Olympics on TV and reminiscing about this past ball season.
Many visitors over ball weekends were impressed with the welcoming staff at the Unity Credit Union Aquatic Center. Time will clip by quickly so take advantage of聽 early bird swims, aquacizes and public swimming while the pool season is on.聽 You can get the latest schedules either on the Unity Credit Union Aquatic Centre Facebook page or the townofunity.com website.
The men's open will be the next event on the agenda at the golf club.聽
If you did not have time or space to plant a garden then you will not want to miss out on the weekly Unity Farmer鈥檚 market at the Legion Hall. Check out this farmer鈥檚 market each Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. with one market a month from 4 to 7 p.m. It only runs to mid-September so take the opportunity to shop organic, support local producers and get some great made or great tasting goodness.
Unity Credit Union, in celebration of their 75th anniversary, is hosting a night at the diamonds with a movie in the park on Aug. 25. You won鈥檛 want to miss out as it starts with supper at 6 p.m., games from 7 to 9 p.m. and a movie at dusk.
Coming up soon is the annual Candace Heitt Memorial run. The run is scheduled for Sept. 18. There is a group right now that train every Wednesday and meet at Wildemans sports at 5:30 p.m. Please contact Vicky Noble and her husband Josh at Unity Credit Union for these details.聽
Coffee row folks are eager to 鈥渃rop talk鈥� as tales of lush, man-high canola fields and thick wheat crops are being discussed.聽 With local ball season over the Riders and the Jays have made their way back to the topic table. It might be a few weeks before all of the regulars are back in session but you can be sure that each day this part of our community culture continues at our coffee row tables. So you see we keep busy in Unity with activities and wisdom from our friends on coffee row.聽 Until next time鈥�.
