Celebrating 225 years of business commitment

By Sherri Solomko Correspondent

Join in the spirit and fun of St. Patrick’s Day tomorrow. You will notice some additional green gear and decorations around town as people get on board for the day’s celebrations.

The annual Celebrate Unity gala event recognized 225 years of business commitment to our community, along with introducing new businesses, new doctors, new managers and longtime years of service in new retirees. John Gottschalk, who served more than 50 years with Compass Minerals was acknowledged. Dusan Maljan was given a rousing standing ovation for his 63 years of service and friendship in downtown Unity. The Press-Herald was also awarded an exemplary service award for their commitment to local news and reporting as well as their adaptation throughout the pandemic to continue providing a paper, even though very little was taking place in town.

Unity Composite High School curlers have concluded their season with double gold medals at junior district championships, as well as the senior high girls earning silver at regional championships in Langham.

UCHS girls’ basketball raised $1,482 at their pink game weekend, earmarked for breast cancer research.

Unity wrestlers have advanced to provincials after successful wins at regional competition in Meadow Lake. Provincials will take place March 17 in Regina.

Fitness Lair celebrates their 10th anniversary this weekend with an event for members and invited guests. Owner Lindsay Barber started the idea of CrossFit in town starting out upstairs in Bluez and moved the business four times to allow for expansion and increased membership. Congratulations on seeing this dream through to reality. The Lair has been part of a number of community initiatives including fundraising for various charities through their activity and helping build athletes that have seen success at a number of provincial and national competitions.

Stand Out Dance Collective will hold its showcase of solos and duets March 19

A “Using a Cellphone” workshop is being hosted at Unity Public School March 22 where senior students at UPS will be offering one-on-one instruction.

Parkview Place is hosting a giant indoor garage sale and bake sale to help fund its activities programming.

Unity Music Festival is fast approaching with the event slated for March 2730 and the final perform- ance showcase April 2.

Unity Curling Club hosts darts and games nights Tuesdays at the UCC lounge.

The Unity spring trade show is being organized for May 6.

The town office is now accepting addresses for the town-wide garage sale May 12, 13 and 14 or contact Valerie Middleton for details.

Unity Skating Club and the community owe gratitude to Canskate coach Colleen Smith, who is retiring from Canskate coaching after serving 25 years. Smith will continue as the senior skating coach, alongside Michelle Brown-McLean.

Minor ball players and coaches are in limbo as they await the end of rink season to start conditioning indoors until they are able to get on the diamonds. It won’t be long before we will be hearing those bats cracking and fans cheering at the diamonds.

Unity’s minor soccer program is now accepting registrations for their season in May and June. You can emailunitysoccerclub@outlook.com for more details.

At Unity Public School, students got to reap the benefits of their Telemiracle fundraising challenge of raising a $1,000 or more for the provincial charity. Once that goal was achieved students got to

“torture the teacher” with principal Mrs. Brown and vice-principal, Mr. Gienei participating. If students raised more than $2,000, which they exceeded by $7, school secretary, Mrs. Ralston also offered herself up for the sacrifice, making for a fun afternoon celebrating their successes.

Oratory night at St. Peter’s School is always an anticipated event and will take place on March 15, with all families invited to attend.

If you are looking for exciting live playoff hockey action, neighbouring communities of Wilkie and Macklin are vying for the SWHL championship in a best-offive series that began March 10, complete schedule listed on the league’s website.

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