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				House Number one 
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				.April 30, 2004 
				by : Timothy W. Shire 
				Tisdale : Yesterday
				the service and basement were dug and today the forms for the footing were being
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				 House
				number two gets its start 
				- Friday
 
				April 30, 2004 
				by : Timothy W. Shire 
				Tisdale : Only
				two blocks from downtown, this is the last older house in the neighbourhood and it
				is gone now ready for a new replacement to begin construction.
			  
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					Timothy W. Shire - House #1 underway 
						Timothy W. Shire - House
						#2 underway 
						Gerald Crawford - Parkland Photography  
						Mario deSantis - Apples and apples | 
				 
				
					
 
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						At time we simply have no choice but to face adversity, like a mean late April wind,
						head on and alone but almost every burden is more easily handled if it is shared | 
				 
				
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					 Florida town to use blanket
						of survellance cameras (pdf) This story from USA Today but also in
						several Florida papers describes the plan of Manalapan to use computes and cameras
						to increase security and safety in their wealthy community. This issue is really
						huge as all around the world there are serious concerns about safety and personal
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						 .Happenings In Tisdale:
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				 Parkland
				Photography Club April 2004 
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				April 30, 2004 
				by : Gerald Crawford 
				Greenwater Provincial Park : This month's meeting dealt with various contests and projects the
				club involves themselves in and of course this month's competition to produce a "freak
				of nature."
			  
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				 Democracy is neither scientific polling
				nor privatisation, and we don’t need to compare apples with apples  
				- Friday
 
				April 30, 2004 
				by : Mario deSantis 
				Nipawin : The role of the citizen seems to be increasingly
				confusing as we get sucked into discussions that seem to rely upon pseudo-scientific
				polling while at the same time matters of serious and importance to us all are fluffed
				over as high salaried officials cut vital programmes or the fundamental right to
				medical care is undermined by political and power struggle conditions in the country.
			  
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				 Its
				Sale Time 
				- Thursday
 
				April 29, 2004 
				by : Timothy W. Shire 
				Tisdale : Today
				began the spring rummage sale at St. Matthew's Anglican Church as it begins the weekend
				of garage and rummage sales. There are several sales planned for this weekend so
				make sure you drop by the best one of the year at St. Matthew's that continues all
				of today, tomorrow and wraps up Saturday morning.
			  
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				 Count Me Out! Boycott the Canadian Census Test! 
				- Thursday
 
				April 29, 2004 
				by : Mel Hurtig 
				Edmonton : As
				if having Disney own the rights to the RCMP wasn't enough Ottawa has farmed out the
				2006 Census to Lockheed Martin. don't you think you should be concerned about this?
				Lockheed Martin's motto is "We never forget who we're working for"
			  
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				 Cold and sunny
				afternoon 
				- Thursday
 
				April 29, 2004 
				by : Timothy W. Shire 
				Tisdale : Capturing the sky this afternoon with tower
				cumulus in the area and an ice cold wind with a QuickTime VR. This page includes
				a 2.6MB image that would take some time to download on a dial up connection.
			  
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				 April
				Shower, snow 
				- Wednesday
 
				April 28, 2004 
				by : Timothy W. Shire 
				Tisdale : Thanks
				we needed that, last night we had a gentile shower (rain shower) that dribbled water
				on the town and fields around us but during the night it turned to snow so that this
				morning we all awoke to a white world once more.
			  
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				 Boreal Owl 
				- Wednesday
 
				April 28, 2004 
				by : Lorna McEwan 
				Tisdale : Though they may be around we rarely get a
				peek at the small owls. This species is actually smaller than the little burrowing
				owl of the plains but can range all across western Canada along the tree line and
				into the Yukon.
			  
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				 Quennell’s Saskatchewan
				Justice: a system stuck in the seventies 
				- Wednesday
 
				April 28, 2004 
				by : Mario deSantis 
				Nipawin : The Saskatchewan Justice minister and the
				minister in charge of social services decided to send a letter from the both of them
				to the Saskatoon Star Phoenix in an effort to correct what they felt were inaccuracies
				in a story. Many wonder if their published opinions may have influenced the outcome
				of an ongoing court procedure.
			  
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				 For
				security reasons the wolf is in charge of the hen house 
				- Tuesday
 
				April 27, 2004 
				by : Timothy W. Shire 
				Regina : This
				year's Saskatchewan School Librarian's conference was held in Regina. Regina one
				of the only places in the country that is actively involved in closing public libraries
				and an art gallery.
			  
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				 The
				Race Card Played On American Idol? 
				- Tuesday
 
				April 27, 2004 
				by : Ron Thornton 
				Edmonton : Many
				fans have been glued to their televisions with what is essentially a very high class
				talent show, American Idol. The most recent person to be dropped from the finalists
				was a controversial but powerful singer, Jennifer Hudson.
			  
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				 Hyperbole and
				argumentum ad hominem 
				- Tuesday
 
				April 27, 2004 
				by : Joe Hueglin 
				Niagara Falls Ontario
				: Joe Clark has pointed out what most people realise and that is that what is called
				the Conservative Party is really lead by an Alberta separatist who holds views that
				are not shared by most Canadians. Another former prime minister, Brian Mulroney who
				when he left office under a very nasty cloud is loudly proclaiming the merits of
				Stephen Harper. Who would you believe, Lyin' Brian or Good Ole' Joe.
			  
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				 Paul
				Martin And Joe Clark, Canadian Heroes 
				- Tuesday
 
				April 27, 2004 
				by : Ron Thornton 
				Edmonton : Joe
				Clark's lack of enthusiasm for Stephen Harper is not appreciated by Alliance/Tory
				followers and Ron takes the issue to yet another level.
			  
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				 Sometimes the wind blows 
				- Monday
 
				April 26, 2004 
				by : Timothy W. Shire 
				Regina : For
				several days Saskatchewan was at the mercy of a formidable and unrelenting wind which
				seemed to peek Saturday afternoon with more than 45 knots from about 030º. This
				scene shows the Qu'Appelle Valley south of Southey.
			  
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				 The Greenwater Report 
				- Monday
 
				April 26, 2004 
				by : Gerald Crawford 
				Airdrie Alberta
				: Gerald and Doreen are on the road visiting in Alberta and sharing their trip with
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				 Electoral Reform Proposal
				Misconceptions 
				- Monday
 
				April 26, 2004 
				by : Wayne Smith 
				Toronto : Mr.
				Smith is responding to the Electoral Reform story by Brian Marlatt
				of last Wednesday as he points out that many common misconceptions about the idea
				of proportional representation are not a threat.
			  
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				 War in Iraq: Using statistics to misinform and prove Bush’s divine guidance 
				- Monday
 
				April 26, 2004 
				by : Mario deSantis 
				Nipawin : The
				built in features of the Free Market: corruption in politics and business, corruption
				in research for the purpose to maintain the status quo. Rather than an ever ending
				war against terrorism we need a never ending war against poverty, hunger, injustice.
			  
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