I am sad to say there are many farm families here who still have not been able to complete harvest. Mother Nature has not been offering up a long fall that would accommodate harvest completion.
I want to send special birthday greetings to my father-in-law, who celebrated Oct. 26. They don鈥檛 make them like this guy anymore and we were proud to have celebrated another birthday with him. Happy birthday, Mike.
Because this column鈥檚 deadline came before the civic election, I cannot tell you yet if Unity has a new mayor and who out of the 10 candidates running for council were successful. Stay tuned to next week鈥檚 column
Delta Co-op has officially opened their new fertilizer plant. Construction of the plant, located next to the agro location on the Highway 14 service road, began in 2015. Local contractors were part of the construction project. The plant can hold 4,000 tonnes of product. It is equipped with covered access to load and mix fertilizer. It also contains a number of divided bins and has six hoppers for blending product.
Load times are expected to be reduced from 90 minutes to less than 15 minutes. The ability to blend indoors before loading is another improvement.
St. Peter鈥檚 School is encouraging students to dress up for Halloween, while asking students to choose costumes of a positive nature. This includes staying away from costumes that include weapons or would seem inappropriate for school. Parents are welcomed at school over lunch hour to give the students a hand getting ready.
For the remainder of this month Unity Public School students will be participating in the Unity Composite High School We Scare Hunger campaign and will be looking for donations of non-perishable food items to fill the We Scare Hunger coffin. You will see the coffin awaiting these food items in the mall-way.
At UCHS, the Warriors fell to the Delisle Rebels in the first round of nine-man football playoffs. The team to travels this Saturday to Clavet in a do or die playoff game. The team is thankful for the strong parent support throughout their season, including those cowbells that ring in support of their great plays.聽 Volleyball teams are edging closer to district playoffs.
The Midget AA Lazers are setting the tone for Unity Minor Hockey in an undefeated season so far. Other UMH teams are just getting started with a game or two under their belts.
Will they or won鈥檛 they? That is the question on our senior hockey team for this season. Multiple departures have put the team dangerously close to folding and, as of press time, it was still up in the air if enough players were going to be able to commit to a senior hockey team this season.
Coffee row folks are lamenting the exit of the Jays from World Series contention. With no Jays in playoffs and no Riders in playoffs, folks are looking forward to the hockey season. Of course being that many participants of 鈥渃offee college鈥� are retired farmers, they are certainly feeling the pain of our farming friends who are still struggling to get crops off. In spite of the sad/bad news, there is always a sense of camaraderie and enjoyment from those taking part or those who get to witness these daily gatherings. So you see we keep busy in Unity with activities and wisdom from our friends on coffee row. Until next time 鈥�
