The swimming pool is open. And, if you haven't had a chance to register your child for lessons yet, you can do this right at the pool office. Public swim hours are evenings from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and weekends 2 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 8:30 p.m. Check out the town of Unity website for more details.
The ball diamonds continue to be active with action every night on at least two of the four diamonds. Bantam and midget softball continues to play down in the Battlefords Ladies' League on Mondays and Wednesdays. You can check unityminorball.com for all other division games.
All divisions of baseball are still playing as well on various nights of the week. All teams are fine tuning their teams for provincial play downs that will take place in different weekends throughout July, including midget girls' softball provincials that Unity will host on the July 8 weekend, and peewee boys' provincials that Unity will host on the July 15 weekend.
Another big event for Unity was the RCMP musical ride which took place June 8, with over 1,400 tickets sold. The entourage of horses, handlers and riders arrived in Unity with several large semi-trailers June 6. The public was encouraged to visit from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday some of the stock and riders visited the long term care centre and Parkview place. Wednesday the school kids were taken out to the fair grounds to visit the horses and riders and were treated to dress rehearsal. The UPS kids had a special treat that day as they invited the riders to a barbecue lunch and were also treated to some great old fashioned games with the riders. Sack races, tug of war and marching instruction took place on the playground and you were hard pressed to find either adult or child alike without a smile.
June 7, UCHS held their annual awards night. This is a night put on to honour athletic and academic achievement. Earning awards were: junior math - Zohair Rafeed Aymed; junior science - Kesia Teyagi; senior math/science, Grade 10- Jonathan Neigum, Grade 11 - Kyle Bowey, Grade 12 - Patti Stephenson (100 per cent average); junior home economics - Shivani Patel; junior industrial arts - Logan Claughton; junior health -Shivani Patel; junior computers - Danielle Irons; senior practical and applied arts, Grade 10 - Jonathan Neigum, Grade 11 -Kyle Bowey, Grade 12 - Sabrina Veikle; junior English - Shivani Patel; junior social studies - Alison Kuhn; junior fine arts, with a 100 per cent average - Megan Babchuk; junior French - Raylynn McAleer; senior humanities, Grade 10 - Jonathan Neigum, Grade 11 - Sara Sutkan, Grade 12 - with a 100 per cent average, Janelle Kuhn; junior physical education - Rinal Weary; senior physical education - Keri Gerein.
Mrs. Kyla Snell was honoured by the school division for going above and beyond in her dedication to a child, referring to her work with Dan Wilkie and the Dan, Dan, The Muffin Man project.
The Royal Purple honoured Jonah Kopp and Darby Bisson for winning first in a provincial video contest. Amy Deucher and Emma Greenwald won second.
The Royal Canadian Legion honoured Katrina Laing, as her essay won over thousands of other entries in the intermediate category for all of Canada in the Remembrance Day competition. Presenter Bill Fleming fought on the beaches of Normandy 67 years earlier to earn us the right to host an awards night such as this.
Cohen Lasko and Dustin Wallace were recognized for making the top 100 football players at the Rider Bowl in Saskatoon on the June 10 weekend.
Community volunteers who help with extra-curricular programs at UCHS were also recognized.
The UCHS choir gifted the audience with one of their final performances.
Ash Cooper, rodeo bullfighter, artist and television host, was honoured next to Don Ackerman, actor, for the UCHS Hall of Honuor.
Students in each Grade who achieved honour roll status for all three terms were honored as well. Proficiency medals for the highest overall average in each Grade were presented to: Grade 7 - Robin Sperle, Grade 8 - Shivani Patel, Grade 9 - Mackenzie Chorney, Grade 10 - Jonathan Neigum, and Grade 11 - Kyle Bowey. The Grade 12 medal is presented at graduation.
Arts and culture awards were presented to Rheann Jackson and Kelsey Ulsifer. Citizenship awards were presented to junior Shivani Patel and senior Jessica Gerein. Earning leadership awards were Jessica Weber, for the second year in a row, Zohair Rafeed Aymed, Chelsea Robertson and Brydan Zbytovsky. The 3 Beliefs awards were earned by Andrew Risling and Alysha Ehnisz.
Next UCHS students, who received an invitation, travelled to North Battleford to be honoured by the Living Sky School Division, for their excellence in athletics and academics. This is a wonderful event hosted by the school division that includes a banquet and presentations. This year they had special guest, Premier Brad Wall, providing both humour and helpful advice for the students. As well, he shook each recipient's hand following their school's presentations - that's over 500 hands! Watch for the full results posted by the school division in another portion of this paper!
Unity golf club is in full swing with ladies' night running Tuesday evenings and men's Night running on Wednesdays. Watch for upcoming events they will be hosting throughout the season including the annual Father's Day open this Sunday.
The Health Care Auxiliary held a special project June 4, hosted by the Star Express. A portion of every meal purchased from 4 to 8 p.m. was donated to their cause. Alex Lin commented that Unity has very good people in their community and he was happy to contribute to this cause. Approximately 78 folks took part in this promotion on a busy rodeo weekend. He, along with the Health Care Auxiliary hopes to continue the project and will announce the dates with posters in the restaurant, as well as around town. The health care auxiliary funds locally both the hospital and long term care projects.
Coffee row is still hoping for some more substantial moisture, as it is still very dry and a fire ban has ordered because of it. Also the watering restrictions are in place, which can always lead to pros and cons discussion. So, you can see we keep busy in Unity with activities and wisdom from our friends on coffee row. Until next week
