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Easter's over; let's bring on aggressive spring weather instead of this nasty white stuff again. If you are a believer and follower of the Farmers' Almanac, April and May don't appear very promising. So, make sure to enjoy warm weather and sunshine when you can!

The unseasonable snow and cold forced the cancellation for the second year in a row of the community's Way of the Cross Walk. Organizers and participants were disappointed as this was an interdenominational service that took people out of the pews into an outdoor venue that was more interactive.

The 88th annual music festival - this event has run even longer than the Academy Awards - capped off with a final performance held April 13 at the UCHS gym. Forty-two numbers were performed with the finest in piano solos and duets, solo vocalists, musical theatre and even the exciting new St. Peter's Band that performed the Star Wars theme.

Irene Thiessen-Campbell was recognized for her 44 years of dedication and commitment to the Unity Music Festival, including her involvement when she was a teacher bringing new groups in the festival each year, including one group of over 80 students. Irene was also an accompanist and a committee member for all of this time. Her dedication to the music festival earned her a rousing standing ovation when presented with the Volunteer of the Year award by the festival committee.

At Unity Composite High School, students are happily enjoying the tail end of their Easter break. When classes resume April 28, this will mean only seven weeks of classes left for Grade 12 students. This builds excitement for students, while some parents may be feeling the sadness of watching their children enter their final weeks in school.

The UCHS annual general meeting of the school community council will be held April 28 at 7 p.m. in the home economics room with new members welcome and needed.

At Unity Public School, students also return to classes from Easter break April 28. Then it will only be about eight weeks of classes left in this school year, having students excited about their soon-to-be adventure in the high school while enjoying their last kick at elementary school adventures. The annual general meeting of the UPS School community council will be April 30 at 7 p.m. in the gym. Everyone is welcome.

St. Peter's School is busy. There will be an April session on cyberbullying, a very important issue with parents and kids today. When school returns from Easter break April 28, there will be another Grade 6 elementary class winding up their years at St. Peter's before they head off to high school.

This class is in final stages of preparations for their spring dessert theatre; this year they are featuring Grandpa's Tall Tales of the Old Testament. Their dessert theatre is always a sellout so contact a St. Peter's Grade 6 student or the school quickly to book yours. The event is being held May 6 and May 7 in the St. Peter's gym with your admission going to support the Grade 6 year-end/farewell trip as well as the Free the Children initiative to help build 200 schools in underdeveloped countries.

Unity Minor Hockey will hold their annual meeting April 28 at 7 p.m. in the Armada Inn conference room. The executive is looking to fill the positions of atom co-ordinator and secretary. Everyone is welcome to attend, to bring their concerns or kudos to the UMH executive.

The diamonds were drying up nicely until Mother Nature hit us with another snowstorm. Both players and coaches are itching to get on the fields. Pitchers are nearly done their spring training with the Don Bates clinic being held in town.

The Friday night co-ed slo-pitch league is looking for teams to start May 2 and run until June 27, with the entry deadline being April 30. Contact Mike Gerlinsky at 306-228-7095 if you are interested.

The Unity Miners' annual slo-pitch tournament is slated for May 24. Please contact Scott Gilbert at 306-228-2366 to register your team.

The Unity farmers' market will start May 8. The event will run from 2 - 5 p.m. at the Unity Friendship Centre in downtown Unity. If you can grow it, bake it or make it, contact Carmen Bowker to book a table at 306-228-2237. Shoppers are excited to see this program back for another year.

After their first year as Revolution Dance studio students, dancers have had a very successful competition season. The studio will perform their first year-end recital, entitled "Live for the applause," May 9 and 10 at the UCHS gym. You won't want to miss this talent in a live show.

With spring well on its way, the Town of Unity would like to remind everyone to keep our parks clean. Please clean up after your pets and refrain from throwing trash on the ground as there are plenty of garbage cans around our parks.

Coffee row certainly is as puzzled as everyone else on the weather pattern, in addition to theorizing on what we can expect for spring. Knowing this affects our agriculture community, they are empathizing with their farmer friends on not only the unending grain backlog but now the inevitable delay to spring seeding. Ball fans amongst the "rowers" are anxious to see some live action ball games on the fields. So you see we keep busy in Unity with activities and wisdom from our friends on coffee row. Until next week.