There was slight rain May 24 and thundershowers that evening but farmers, gardeners and residents in general are looking for a good soaking rain to remove the dry factor and fire hazard warnings from our area.
Yeehaw, it’s Unity Western Days weekend. Saddle up with your friends and family and mosey on down to one or more of the activities held in conjunction with this annual event. Activities include citizen of the year banquet, Friday and Saturday socials, rodeo, downtown barbecue, car show, parade, cowboy church service and more.
Also this weekend is the KC Rescue bake sale and open house Saturday afternoon. Crossfit Lair is hosting a Lift for Lymphoma fundraiser that includes food, beverages and some heavy lifting.
The new Crossfit and gym building, across from Pattison Ag., is almost complete. Delta Co-op new home centre construction is progressing. There is talk of a new coffee shop with some sweet additions coming to downtown Unity.
A combined midget and bantam baseball tournament isÌý being hosted at the ball diamonds this week.
If you’re looking to meet people or get some exercise, the adult co-ed soccer group meets every Sunday at 7 p.m. at the UCHS fields.
The Unity Credit Union Aquatic Centre is open. You can check out the pool schedule on the Town of Unity website or on the pool’s Facebook page as well as at the pool itself.
Unity Public School students compete in track and field Friday (June 4 is the alternate day if weather doesn’t co-operate).
At UCHS, June includes Grade 9 Take Your Kid to Work Day. June 5 is UCHS awards night while June 7, the Living Sky School Division awards will be presented.
A thank you to Richardson Pioneer for their donation of $50,000 to the repurposing of the former Unity Centennial Swimming Pool site into a multi use recreational facility providing sport options such as ball hockey, basketball, tennis, skateboarding and ice skating in the winter. This venue will provide a recreation option for all ages and will be open to the public during daytime hours at no cost to users. As a result of this donation, the venue will be known as Richardson Outdoor Recreation Park. Unity Credit Union has also contributed $5,000 towards this cause. A fundraising committee continues to seek additional funds to pay for site upgrades and equipment purchases estimated to run about $200,000. Please call the town office at 306-228-2621 if this is something you want to get on board with.
Coffee row folks are happily reviewing events and activities that have taken place and eagerly anticipating all that is upcoming in our community. As well the weather talk is never far off the table. Local and national sports teams also seem to make their way forward in the conversation. So you can see life is full of fun and activity in Unity with our friends at coffee row sharing this traditional part of our community culture. Until next time …
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