How about Telemiracle 37! Who knew when watching the very first Telemiracle telethon that we would be still carrying on strong 37 years later. Congratulations to all three schools for successful and unique Telemiracle fundraisers as well as those businesses who sold "helping hands" for the cause and Unity Credit Union, who held an in-house bake sale.
Former Unity residents, Lloyd and Joanne Lund, left a $459,955 bequest to Telemiracle 37. Lloyd and Joanne were known by many and this bequest demonstrated some of the care and kindness they showed everyone in their lives
UCHS and St. Peter's students who returned from We Day in Saskatoon Feb. 27 were infectious with their boundless energy and enthusiasm. Organizers put together a day full of speakers, action and live bands to put across their message to youth changing their thinking from me to we. Students have to earn their tickets by providing a community service or fundraise for one of the causes We Day promotes. St. Peter's sent their Grade 6 class with the tickets they earned. UCHS earned 33 tickets and sent students in leadership roles in SADD, SLC and PSCC.
UCHS junior basketball teams competed in district playdowns the March 1 weekend. The junior girls came up with a bronze medal. Next up for UCHS teams to cheer will be senior basketball teams as they will soon be heading to district and conference playoffs the first weekend of March. And badminton racquets are coming out starting March 6.
AT UPS, music festival participants will be busy ramping up practices for their performances in April. The school's ski trip is slated for March 21.
St. Peter's School will be busy with Lenten preparations. The AR reading challenges continue. And the school is preparing those students participating in music festival.
Both Pee Wee teams have advanced to the second round of their league playoffs. They combined pee wee provincial team is still playing in provincial playoffs, as they beat Turtleford in the opening round, advancing them to the next round playing Dalmeny which they team handed a resounding defeat on the road leading them to the final.
Novice hockey iced two teams this year and finished 1st and 6th in the standings. Both teams won their first round of league playoffs and will now face off against each other.
The atom division had both Unity teams facing off in their league playoffs with the atom Red taking the first game with a 6-5 score, and the second game that came right down to the last 30 seconds to battle out a tie resulted in the Unity Red team winning by one goal in a two-game total-point series. This puts the Red team up against Wilkie in the next round.
Bantam player, Brandt Bertoia made the Zone 7 team and will take part in the Sask First hockey tournament April 12-14 in Regina.
In provincial "B" playoffs the Miners hosted Shaunavon March 2, but due to lack of players and strength of the visiting team they lost the opening round of this series. It has yet to be determined if this is the end of playoffs for the rebuilding Miners.
Minor ball registration takes place on March 14t from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the community centre. There will be an annual general meeting to follow.
March 15 is the deadline for registering your physical activity for Unity's entry in the Saskatchewan in motion challenge. Our community won $5,000 last year in our efforts and the funds were divided between the schools and the community resource centre. Grand prize is $10,000 and will go a long way towards the pathway project that keeps people walking, riding, riding and wheeling around town. Watch for posters or log on to www.saskinmotion.ca
The 2013 Lenten Worship services and lunches will be held March 13 at the United Church and March 20 at the Catholic Church. All lunches begin at noon starting with a brief worship session followed by the meal. A silver collection benefitting the Unity Ministerial Association in their work will be taken.
Coming up is the 31st annual Ducks Unlimited Banquet and Auction Saturday, March 16th at the community centre. There will be cocktails, silent auction, raffles, dinner and a live auction. Tickets are $25 a person and can be purchased at Unity Credit Union, North West Terminal and Cinema Satellite.
The Unity Wildlife Federation will be holding firearms safety classes in April and interested individuals should call the Unity schools for an application or M. Bosch at the RM office at 306-228-2248.
Coffee row folks are avidly reviewing the week long curling action from the Tim Hortons Brier and debating whether Team Saskatchewan really did deserve the "bad boys" title they had been given after the Saskatchewan Tankard. The "rowers" are also wondering, pondering, commenting, discussing, reviewing and theorizing on if this really has been a comparable winter to bad ones this area had experienced in 1955 and '78. So, you see we keep busy in Unity with activities and wisdom from our friends on coffee row. Until next week
