What! Who flipped the calendar so fast? Who can believe we are already one month past Christmas and New Year鈥檚 and about to jump into February?
Don鈥檛 forget to get your nomination in for the Unity Sports Wall of Fame. Organizers are looking for nominations for their next induction to be held May 9. Nomination forms can be picked up at the town office or downloaded from the town website.
Did you know Saskatchewan Express will be performing in Unity? The annual Celebrate Unity night hosted by the Unity Chamber of Commerce celebrating business, service and events in Unity will include a meal, award presentations and the Saskatchewan Express performance. Tickets will be on sale, only available at Unity Credit Union, so gather up some friends and come for a great night out, as we Celebrate Unity together.
Deadline for nominations for a business who has gone above and beyond, or someone who has contributed significant time and dedication to community activities, groups or events or organizations, is Feb. 2.
And how about this warm weather! It鈥檚 nice if you don鈥檛 have to travel far but warm weather in winter always brings the threat or promise of freezing rain, pavement frost and other unfavourable driving conditions. Many folks out and about talked of their enjoyment of the warmth but not the idea of poor road conditions due to unseasonable weather.
St. Peter鈥檚 School held their school bonspiel Jan. 23. Staff and students were very thankful their fellow LOCCSD school, St. Mary, had a happy ending to the lockdown situation that took place Jan. 22. Choir and band continue to practise regularly for upcoming music festival.
Unity Public School is noticing the absence of Mrs. Roth who has retired. But are occupied with music festival preparations, curling and finishing up some activities and learning modules before the February break. Students are loving the warm weather and the fun that can be had in snow that is easy to form into all kinds of creations. Teachers and parents, however, may not be loving the wet clothing coming back into schools and homes.
You snooze, you lose at UCHS. Whether you are participating in the many activities at Unity Composite High School or being the best supporter on the sidelines, students at UCHS are engaged, involved and having a whole lot of fun with everything offered.
Exams are officially over and semester two begins Monday. It will only be a couple short weeks before February break. Basketball and curling are ready for their district playdowns.
Grads are into high gear in preparations for not only their graduation celebration but their post-secondary plans. Travel club is getting closer to their Easter trip to Portugal and Morocco. Drama club is working feverishly on their spring production because, after the February break, it will only be a few weeks before regional drama festival.
UCHS students have done a fine job of fundraising for Telemiracle 39.
Skaters are preparing a regional competition Feb. 21 and 22, to be followed quickly by their annual ice carnival.
The hockey arena is jam packed with action. Teams are now into league playoffs, have begun provincial playoffs and may be finishing the last of their regular season play. Good luck to all teams in their quests for league titles or provincial banners to hang in our arena.
The curling rink in Unity will host the senior women鈥檚 qualifier this weekend. Next weekend, curling fans will be cheering on Team Heidt who will be competing at provincials in Melville and of course the legions of new fans gained by Team Laycock will be cheering for this team as well.
The remaining events coming up at the Unity Curling Club are the men鈥檚 open, oilmen鈥檚, ladies鈥� open and year-end funspiel.
The annual Unity Wildlife Federation wild game supper and awards night is Feb. 7 at the Unity Community Centre Hall. If any tickets are left they are available at Unity Auto Body, Unity Radiator Shop, Unity Motor Products or Sperle鈥檚 Tire.
The Unity and District Heritage Museum will be celebrating their 35th anniversary in 2015 so let鈥檚 do what we can to make it a memorable year for the Unity and District Museum. They need our support so do what you can this year to help out either financially or physically 鈥� it will benefit us all.
This Sunday, Unity United Church is hosting the gospel group Good News Ensemble. Following the service will be a lunch and right after lunch is the annual meeting for the church.
There are a number of residents among us who could use our thoughts and prayers as they struggle with illness. Also, I bet they would love to have a friendly visit, or a nice card, or even the offer of some help around home.
Some exciting changes took place in Unity this past week as Wildeman鈥檚 Sports Excellence, open only one year, have moved to the bigger, former Ultra Sports building where they re-opened Jan. 26. Crystal Clarity has moved to smaller spaces while the new tenant in their former building will be taking over soon. These significant changes add to the holes filled on Main Street that were worrisome at this time last year.
Coffee row folks are loving the sunshine but disliking the rain that has seemed more frequent. They are loving the hockey and curling talk that includes local players and local teams. They tease me on more than one occasion how I either 鈥渄idn鈥檛 get it right鈥� or I am 鈥渞evealing too much of their society鈥� but it鈥檚 always good-natured fun when it comes to coffee row, whether you are a participant, a listener or an innocent reporter like me (insert wink here). So you see we keep busy in Unity with activities and wisdom from our friends on coffee row. Until next week.
