The Week of December 10 to 16, 2006

The Greenwater Report

 

Monday
December 11, 2006
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Deep snow has insulated the ice below and poses a threat to snowmobilers who are out in big numbers. The park skating rink is open and in good shape and Gerald has three great pictures for us this week.

 

Orwellian double-speak at its best! Costing only $300 million

 

Monday
December 11, 2006
by : Eugene Parks
Victoria B.C. : Making declarations about cleaning up the environment or sorting out toxic chemicals makes good headlines but the Federal Environment Ministers appears to be involved in an elaborate smoke screen programme.

Vanishing horizons

 

Tuesday
December 12, 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : What have we lost when Christmas carols, once sacred song of love and devotion have come to symbolise crass ultra commercialism? When did Santa Claus become Jesus' brother and would banishing him make any real difference? Questions that go beyond our line of sight.

Last day for another house

 

Tuesday
December 12, 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : A house just west of the SAAN store was destroyed today making room for a new house or freeing up the lot for further development.

Parkland Photography Club meeting report

 

Wednesday
December 13, 2006
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : This past month's theme was "speed" and the three images displayed do the job. The report tells of getting their displays and slide show in order and alerts members of their next meeting.

Dawn takes Toronto

 

Thursday
December 14, 2006
by : Dawn Shire
Toronto : A set of fourteen images taken during mid November on a visit to Toronto by Regina artist and illustrator, Dawn Shire.

That December look

 

Friday
December 15, 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : The sun is low on the horizon and the horizon seems far away as the writer reflects on the worsening state of life in rural Saskatchewan. Perhaps its just the time of year, its all about the way you look at things.