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Beware the Ides of March! Seriously people, I think we are more afraid of Old Man Winter than any old folklore Shakespeare came up with.

Come to the lower hall of Unity United Church for the St. Patrick's Day tea and bake sale March 15, 2 p.m.

The Unity Ministerial Association is hosting lenten lunches throughout the season of lent. Each church takes a turn at hosting a lunch-time meal, followed by a short worship service to recognize the events of Lent. Why not feed the body and the soul by attending one of these events? - sure to have the best in homemade meals as well as positive messages.

At Unity Composite High School, the senior boys' and girls' basketball teams headed to 3A regional playdowns in Indian Head with hopes of earning a provincial berth. Both teams were fierce competitors, but were unable to come out with the wins needed to advance to Hoopla.

Drama students are preparing for their spring production and the upcoming Regional Drama Festival hosted in Unity.

UPS Grade 6 students hosted their division curling bonspiel for Grades 5 and 6 at the Unity arena March 13. It is fun to watch these young teams "go for the gold" and "hurry hard' for their respective schools.

St. Peter's School held their Ash Wednesday mass March 5. Students are now in lenten preparations and practices leading into Easter season.

Following last weekend's carnival, the skating club is winding up their season. CanSkaters are hosting a windup, but the senior skaters have a couple more test days before their skating season is complete.

It is hockey madness with many teams and players still in playoffs. Peewee, midget and midget AA hockey are all into semifinals of both league and provincial playoffs. The Miners also booked a ticket to their league final after defeating Kindersley in their semifinal series.

Unity players competing out of town include: Braden Lacoursiere with the Battlefords North Stars; Alex Pernitsky with the Battlefords AAA North Stars; Brittany Hauta, Mackenzie Chorney, Brennae Hofmann and Jensen Chorney playing with the Neilburg Monarch Midgets A girls' team; and Heather Wood, who is playing with the West Central Midget Wheat Kings AA team.

The Seniors' Stirling Spiel took place March 11 at the curling club. This new curling creation has become popular with seniors and this is the second bonspiel of this type the club has hosted.

There are two more bonspiels to go including the annual Bramiche Ladies' Bonspiel March 14 - 16. Call the curling club at 306-228-2212 to register your team.

Minor ball registration is on tap for March 20.

Don't forget the annual meeting of Unity Minor Ball immediately follows registration. If you got something to say during the season, why not put it to the floor at this meeting instead of griping about it later. The volunteer executive, coaches and managers appreciate your input.

Why not thank Freda McCallum, our museum's curator and 101 years of age, by supporting an event at the museum? Better yet, won't you consider taking over as curator of our local museum? We all know the popularity of our museum and its huge part in our community culture. There are a small number of tireless volunteers who work regularly keeping the museum and its artifacts in tiptop shape for all of the visitors.

The grounds alone are the envy of many and are used for multiple photo settings, family gatherings and community events throughout the summer. The museum needs your support in order to keep operating so why not come out to one of their Sunday brunches? Or, consider being a volunteer at the museum to help with the workload.

This month holds a number of events certain to interest a variety of people. Whether it is the museum's St. Patrick 's Day supper at Adanac Hall, the Ducks Unlimited supper and fundraiser Saturday night at the community centre, the square dance workshop to be held March 18 at the Legion Hall or the upcoming Lions' evening out that includes several genres of entertainment as well as a fabulous meal.

April 12 will be a big day at the arena as the curling rink side will host the second annual spring trade show starting with a pancake breakfast and the hockey arena side will host the 10th annual Delta Co-op Easter egg hunt.

Coffee row certainly loves to talk about curling, whether it is revelling in Olympic success, the past week of the Brier or the upcoming world curling championships, in addition to enjoying the last of the live curling action at our local curling club. Hockey playdowns are another topic to review as predictions of results are coming in now that teams are into the last legs of their league and/or provincial quests. The weather - well it is never off the topic table because it just has too many twists and turns to resist guessing what is upcoming for spring and, hopefully, less winter. So you see we keep busy in Unity with activities and wisdom from our friends on coffee row. Until next week.