So to my Ukrainian family and friends, how was Christmas? The celebration that includes all of the deep tradition of faith and family that includes plenty of food is an annual event that many still celebrate. I, for one, have appreciated the Babas on either side of our family including some of this tradition and culture in our lives.
As we celebrated a daughter’s birthday last week, we will soon be wondering where that time went as your youngest will hit the teenage years Jan. 24.
Here is a test if he really does read this column like he says he does. I would be remiss to not wish my sister and brother-in-law a happy anniversary. It was a very cold day in 1982 that we attended their wedding in North Battleford.
And Christmas holidays are over for students and they are now back in classes, starting the second half of their school year.
The Unity Miners’ action will ramp up in the New Year as the team looks to secure a spot in the playoff picture, hoping to repeat as SWHL champions in 2015. Check out their Facebook page for game schedules or the town of Unity website. Minor hockey is also a flurry of games both in and out of town. Check out the website www.unityminorhockey.com if you need more details. Or you can view the complete arena schedule at www.townofunity.com
Team Laycock is coming to the Unity Curling Club. The hottest men’s Saskatchewan curling team has chosen Unity for their Decisive Farming Curlingville tour. Register your kids for their clinic coming up on Jan. 14, at no cost. Other interested community members are welcome to come and meet the team following the on-ice sessions with the kids. Icemakers will be preparing for the Sifto Senior Cash Spiel, to be held Jan. 9 to 11 with a $7,000 payout. Following this will be the senior women’s qualifier No. 3 and then the bonspiel season begins starting with the JayDee Ag Tech men’s event Feb. 10-15, followed by the oilman’s bonspiel, the ladies, bonspiel and the year-end mixed funspiel.
Coffee row folks are back in routine. They are debating the weather that has been and what’s expected for the rest of winter. Some are talking of their hot holidays this winter. Some are reviewing their favourite hockey teams or their favourite curling teams. All are part of the community culture of coffee row that we all recognize as a mainstay in our community. So you see we keep busy in Unity with activities and wisdom from our friends on coffee row. Until next week.
