50 years ago
A blizzard forced the postponement of Wilkie’s Farmer Days, while, with spring on the horizon, residents were cautioned to prepare for flooding from heavy runoff.
Despite the heavy snowfall, readers were reporting signs of spring. Doug and Joe Baptiste captured a mallard drake, a crow was spotted by Peter J. Koenig and George Coid saw a gopher on top of a 10-foot snowbank.
The community-owned Kerrobert Funeral Home held their annual meeting with Giles Wolfe, T.M. Wright and Glen Shortt joining the operational committee.
20 years ago
After less than a year in business, Laurie Brownlee had already sold 150 units of the full bin sensor he invented. The sales allowed the former trucker and farmer to sell his trucks and work on producing Super Sensors full-time.
Cami and Cara Wooster of Salvador and Heather Robertson of Unity, all former Unity Lazers, suited up for Team Saskatchewan, skating to a fifth-place finish in a national women’s tournament.
Nineteen-year-old Brad Schell of Scott led the WHL’s Spokane Chiefs in scoring and was selected as their Player of the Year.
The Unity Agricultural Society and the Saskatchewan Fiddlers Association got together to host an Ol’ Time Fiddle Concert and Dance at the Agroplex in Unity.
A two-day gun show in Unity saw more than 400 people come through the doors of the Unity Community Centre.
