The Week of July 29 to August 4, 2007

A hole for number 8

Monday
July 30, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: The eighth new housing start of the year got underway this morning with the water and sewer service installed and the basement dug this afternoon.

The Greenwater report

Monday
July 30, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Lake Provincial Park : This week's report is devoted to telling the story of grand daughter Jill Grimson's wedding.

Norman Borlaug

Monday
July 30, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Washington: This man is credited with the saving of a billion lives as he is considered the person most responsible for the "green revolution" that doubled grain growing capacity in Mexico, India, Pakistan and had a huge impact on agricultural practices throughout the third world.

Unfriendly giants

Wednesday
August 1, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Yorkton: The massive nimbus cloud is the ruler of the prairie skies in summer, lashing out with furry and violence despite their awesome beauty and majesty.

On the site

Wednesday
August 1, 2007
by: Jennifer Shire
Beer Sheva, Israel : From Tel Aviv to Beer Sheva and two days out on the dig our very own Laura Croft tells about her archeological adventure in the Negev desert of southern Isreal.

You can't brush the desert

Friday
August 3, 2007
by: Jennifer Shire
Beer Sheva : Day to day work on an archeological site near the Gaza Strip in Israel's Negev desert.