Easter weekend is upon us. Whether you will spend it celebrating the Christian story in your local church, travelling to be with family or enjoying a special Easter dinner with friends and family 鈥� wishing you all an Easter filled with renewal and fresh beginnings, and most of all some spring weather we have all been waiting for. Will April showers bring May flowers?
Last weekend鈥檚 Delta Co-op-sponsored Easter egg hunt at the community centre was another success. Plenty of kids hopped on down to the rink to have their chance at collecting plastic eggs that contained either chocolate or prize tickets, with more than 250 prizes to be won; all donated by Delta Co-op and numerous community donors. Compass Minerals (Sifto) also provided free hot dogs and juice for participants.
St. Peter鈥檚 School has spent a March full of both curriculum and faith learning. Holy Week is one of special significance at St. Peter鈥檚 School.
Students will be out of school for Easter break until April 13.
Unity Public School is also on their Easter break and will return to classes April 13.
The music festival practices are sounding better and better as students prepare for performances April 22.
The UPS school community council annual meeting will be April 15 at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend and new members will be needed. Contact Mrs. Brown at the school if you are interested in more details, 306-228-2677.
Unity Composite High School has also come into their Easter break. Regular season badminton season has been in full swing with both a junior and senior tournament hosted at the high school March 27 and 28. Track and field season begins in early April with indoor practices.
The public performances for the drama club will be April 14 and 15. The Regional Drama Festival is coming up right after the Easter break.
April 1 and 2 were huge days at UCHS. The SADD sponsored speaker Kevin Brooks delivered a poignant and powerful message to the student body April 1 as part of the Pink Day anti-bullying campaign, as well as being a lead up into the following day鈥檚 @UCHSActivate campaign. Classes demonstrated their 鈥淎ctivate鈥� projects April 2.
Entering the Unity Composite High School, incoming students and visitors can see a showcase representing student accomplishments in sports, the arts and other programs. Immediately turning right and heading towards the senior gym, these same visitors can see a wall dedicated to student academic excellence. Directly across from this wall is another area dedicated to the recognition of students who have earned provincial medals. Making a left down the industrial arts hallway is the UCHS 鈥淗all of Honour.鈥�
Planning for the UCHS Hall of Honour began in 2006 with the first inductions being made in 2007. The concept of the hall was introduced to the committee by Vicki Orobko, teacher at UCHS, and designed and redesigned by the whole committee before engaging the artistry of Pat Welter of Masterhand Signs to create the wall.
Every year several inductees are recognized at the June awards night. First year inductees included Jesse Wallace in the arts category, Michelle Martin and Tiffany Wells in the academic category and Greg Bridgeman and Brenda Staniforth in the athletic category. Categories include arts, academics, athletics, citizenship, humanities, industry as well as 鈥渙ther.鈥�
Anyone can nominate worthy candidates with the criteria on the nomination form obtained either from the school or the UCHS website. The Hall of Honour is intended to honour alumni of UCHS who have gone on from the high school to make a significant contribution to society and to inspire current students of UCHS.
Here is the final story for this year鈥檚 hockey season in Unity. After winning their opening game, the peewee provincial team travelled to Balgonie for game two of a two-game total-point series. This team was not settling for second best and captured the Peewee B Saskatchewan provincial title. For some of this team, this makes both a league championship and provincial championship. It was a fantastic way to end a hockey season.
The bantam provincial team had more work cut out for them as they lost their opening game at home and travelled to 麻豆传媒AVey for game 2. Their provincial quest did not end with the coveted title but, nonetheless, even making it all the way to the provincial final is a heck of an accomplishment in itself.
No matter which way your team鈥檚 season went this year, none of the hockey teams would have had the season they did without the dedication and commitment of not only the Unity Minor Hockey executive but the co-ordinators, managers and, most of all, coaches, whose tireless efforts gave each kid a season full of skill development, as well as plenty of exciting games.
Congratulations to former UMH player, Alex Pernitsky who was part of the AJHL Lloydminster Bobcats who made it to the second round of playoffs, after placing second in the north division for their league. The Bobcats are now preparing to host the RBC cup in 2016. Braden Lacoursiere, also a former UMH player, enjoyed his season with the Flin Flon Bombers in the SJHL.
We will soon be hearing the bats cracking as the ball players and coaches are itching to get back on the diamonds to start their season. Ball registration showed some terrific numbers once again so fans can look forward to multiple teams in most divisions. The ball diamonds will be host to a number of games, including hosting the Junior B Women鈥檚 Provincial Championships in mid-July.
This year鈥檚 Unity Western Days is moved up to the May 23 weekend. Many of the same action-packed events will be taking place in addition to continuation of the 鈥渃elebrity bull riding鈥� event.
The open house regarding the Loraas Recycling program will be April 8 at the community centre with session one from 6:30-7:30 p.m. designated to residential folks and the second session from 7:30 鈥� 8:30 p.m. directed towards business.
The Unity Museum winter brunches are now over. Thank you to those who volunteered each week, and also those who supported them on a regular basis. Opening day at the museum is set for May 10 at 2 p.m. at the Adanac Hall. This event will feature 35th anniversary celebrations, including cake.
The T-Rex display is arriving May 5 and will be held at the museum for several weeks so be sure and come and see 鈥淪cotty鈥� on his travelling tour.
Once again, volunteers are always needed for multiple jobs at the museum. Please contact a museum member if you can fill one of these roles.
Watch for details on tickets sales for this year鈥檚 upcoming inductions for the Unity Sports Wall of Fame. A record high 30 inductions will be made this year. The induction event is May 9 and everyone is welcome to attend.
Coffee row folks certainly are chatting about the many signs of spring appearing that include geese, water gushing down ditches and roadways, longer sunshine hours and more and more people out and about in the community soaking up the nice weather. It鈥檚 a familiar part of our morning rituals as these folks gather to review, commend, debate and theorize on all aspects of Saskatchewan life. No matter what the topic is, or which side of topic table they are on, we can be sure they will reconvene tomorrow for a chance to catch up on current events and community activities as well as sharing a few laughs along the way. So you see we keep busy in Unity with activities and wisdom from our friends on coffee row. Until next time 鈥�
