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The Week of February 9 to 15, 2003
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 Is This Where
We Are?- Monday, February 10, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
A photo essay of the Saskatchewan countryside on a sunny Sunday, but cold February
morning.
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 The Greenwater report- Monday, February 10, 2003
by: Gerald Crawford
Colder out at the park but the snow mobile rallies continue. Gerald shares a little
history with us and some absolutely outstanding pictures of a flowering maple.
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 Ensign Watch - letters- Monday, February 10, 2003
It is hard to get time to include short email messages into the "letters"
page. Today we had three messages, one from Paula
Lake, another from Deborah Patterson
and one from Oscar Choate.
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 Finished at end
of the month- Tuesday, February 11, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
The Beeland Co-op is moving right along with their renovations but hope to have this
edition finished in three weeks.
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 Today's Rule of Law and the Big Brains
of Crony Capitalism- Wednesday, February 12, 2003
by: Mario deSantis
Mario's story today is more of an introduction than a story in itself as he has set
out a list of web references that both support and define the problem that threatens
to overwhelm the quality of life for us and our neighbours.
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 Minister Manley, tear a page
out of Canadian History!- Wednesday, February 12, 2003
by: Walter Robinson
This might surprise you, but Canada was founded upon a principle of having lower
taxes than the country to the South of us. Each of the various Canadian taxes of
today were copied from the American tax system as it evolved.
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 Not a clear day- Thursday, February 13, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
As Kevin points out in his story on periodic maintenance, a person needs to be careful
about what they wish for. In this case what if you really could see into the future
and predict what would happen?
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 Periodic maintenance
required- Thursday, February 13, 2003
by: Kevin McIntyre
So a person grows long hair, well its a little more complicated that it appears and
as Kevin explains, it requires looking after and the problems it creates.
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 Neat Car - 1956
Plymouth- Thursday, February 13, 2003
by: J. Stanley
The writer did not tell us where he is from but he included a picture and a plea
for assistance so this one is for car enthusiasts to take a look at and perhaps someone
will know and answer to Mr. Stanley's problem and give him a suggestion.
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 On Our Lack of Languaging: Tax-Free Communicator
Walter Robinson- Friday, February 14, 2003
by: Mario deSantis
The use of terms in context that are meant in opposites is a matter of serious confusion
and Mario deSantis wonders if the thinking that leads to such confusion is not deliberate.
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 A good proof of a bad goof- Friday, February 14, 2003
by: Ron Thornton
The decision to introduce federal legislation dealing with the funding of political
parties and campaigns has been objected to by Walter Robinson earlier this week but
Ron Thornton points out the democratic endangerment that such a scheme will have
as it will further entrench a ruling party.
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 Getty-yup . .
. Gee- Saturday, February 15, 2003
A team of horses doing chore work North of Tisdale this morning reminds us all of
a time long in the past when all farm work was accomplished in this manner.
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 The language of
war against Iraq and the language of peace- Saturday, February 15, 2003
by: Mario deSantis
With millions of people involved in peace marches around the globe and Mr. deSantis'
two sons in the march in Winnipeg today its time to take a look at what American
leaders have been saying about the prospect of war and peace.
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