Tuesday, April 8, 2008 Ensign Front Page Volume 11, No. 202

Housing construction about to begin

Tuesday
April 8, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: The first basement in Tisdale in 2008 was dug today and preparations for a succession of them are well underway.

Gradually the snow is disappearing

Tuesday
April 8, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: No spectacular floods so far, freezing each night and sun melting each day, this is a spring that requires patiences.

The Greenwater report

Monday
April 7, 2008
by: Gerald Crawford
Saskatoon: The Crawfords were out to Greenwater this past week and got caught up on the happenings at the park. Coffee row, and fishing were dealt with and now they are ready for the garage sale season.

Anticipating a new building season

Monday
April 7, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Two vacant lots have had the snow removed in preparation for the digging of new basements as Tisdale is ready for another year of housing construction.

Tisdale Ramblers Trade Show 08

Friday
April 4, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: This year's trade show seemed more subdued and scaled back from other years. Many of the usual displays were not at this year's show and there was a light turn out Friday afternoon.

Tie quilting group wraps up another year

Thursday
April 3, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Thirty-five quilts have been produced in this year of cutting and piecing together projects that will be donated to various places.

Fat truck

Thursday
April 3, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Curious about an odd looking truck and the realisation that this is how waste cooking fat is collected for recycling.

Spring clouds

Wednesday
April 2, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Swift Current: With the passage of winter the sky changes and we once again get to see fair weather cumulus clouds and we also get to see surprise snow storms, the two don't always go together but it can happen.

From hockey arena to rodeo ring

Tuesday
April 1, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Each year in a matter of a couple of days the RECPlex arena in Tisdale is transformed from a hockey rink to a rodeo ring as the ice went out yesterday and the dirt hauled in and spread today the actual rodeo hardware was being put in place.

The Greenwater report

Monday
March 31, 2008
by: Gerald Crawford
Saskatoon: This week's report has some pictures of a garden show in Saskatoon and winter recreation at the park. The most important part of this week's report is Gerald's report on the problems with medical service even more compounded by interprovincial hospital services. This sort of difficulty needs to be considered very carefully especially in the light of concerns about poor communications between Medicine Hat and Calgary with the resulting death of a Leader man.

Busker in Tisdale

Monday
March 31, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: In the lightened spirit of spring a young man got out his guitar and a battery powered amplifier and began singing and playing on the main downtown street corner in the community.

Parkland Photography club March meeting

Saturday
March 29, 2008
by: Darlene McCullough
Tisdale: This month's theme was portraits and we have the top four images submitted. The club updated the group on various projects they have in the works. The next meeting is on April 22.

The Greenwater report

Friday
March 28, 2008
by: Gerald Crawford
Saskatoon: Gerald was at a car show and has contracted a cold but his sense of humour is still working and he has sent us a picture by Bill Gudjonson of a Lynx at the park.

The first day of spring

Thursday
March 20, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: We had cloud most of the day and there were few things that one could point to that suggested that this was the official first day of spring.

Bins for 2008

Wednesday
March 19, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Each spring the Beeland Co-op puts together its annual collection of new grain bins to meet the demand of the coming season. The process has begun once more as the new crop of metal monsters take shape on the Co-op lot on the west side of town.

Enough already

Tuesday
March 18, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Yesterday's by-election in four federal ridings really did little to clear the air and make way for some resolution to the pitiful performance of the country's loyal opposition who have a leader that has no hope and a prime minister with the least amount of charisma ever seen in anyone in elected political office. Voters its time for some kind of revolt.

The Greenwater report

Monday
March 17, 2008
by: Gerald Crawford
Saskatoon: Congratulations to Gerald and Doreen on their 55th wedding anniversary. They checked out a trade show and Gerald did a lot of visiting.

Trojans' coach Archibald named SMAAAHL coach of the year

Friday
March 14, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: For the first time in the Tisdale AAA midget's team history their coach has been selected by the league as coach of the year and was presented with a trophy Thursday night in the second game of the semi-final league playoff game with Saaskatoon Blazers.

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