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The Week of June 15 to 21, 2008

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Celebrate the community
Monday
June 16, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: With an emphasis on Tisdale and the surrounding community Saturday's show at the RECPlex was a don't miss event and is something to put on your calendar for next year as there were outstanding displays and a remarkable number of impressive fine artists.
The Greenwater report
Monday
June 16, 2008
by: Gerald Crawford
Keystone SD: The motor home tour continues from North Dakota to South Dakota, the mechanical problems are sorted out and the sight seeing is going along just fine. Good pictures to keep us involved in the trip.
House eleven
Tuesday
June 17, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: So far there are holes in the ground for sixteen housing starts. Due to construction schedules and methods some of these jump ahead of others. The eleventh start is on Forester Drive and is on a foam form concrete basement.
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
Wednesday
June 18, 2008
by: Helen Carson
Crooked River: Here on the edge of the boreal forest we have the opportunity to see a lot of unusual birds but also a wide variety of common ones. Sparrows seem to be everywhere but there are large number of different sparrows and today Helen shows us the interesting Fox sparrow.
Flower pots and their source
Thursday
June 19, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Its been almost a month since the flower pots came out and onto main street in Tisdale. Would you believe there are 50 of them? Today we consider their addition to the atmosphere downtown and we pay a pictorial visit to where those flowers came from.
House twelve
Thursday
June 19, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Forester drive is the scene of lot by lot construction six houses on the go. Number twelve got its basement on May 31 but it wasn't until this week that the forms were assembled and the cement will be poured tomorrow. This is a Duesener Homes Inc. project, the second for them this year.
Walking bridge over the Doghide
Friday
June 20, 2008
by: Ken Styan
Tisdale: The walking bridge over the Doghide is a full fifty years old this year and Ken tells us the story of how it was built and put in place.
Karzai and MacKay: Both whistling Dixie
Friday
June 20, 2008
by: Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls: Last weekend after the Taliban staged a daring raid releasing up to 1,000 Afghan held prisoners the Afghan president threatened to invade Pakistan. Canadian Defence minister Peter MacKay said there was a need for diplomatic solution.