Monday, April 14, 2008 Ensign Front Page Volume 11, No. 204

1600 Monday - Scattered cumulus 1/8 6,100, scattered status 2/8ths 8,500, Ceiling 6,100,
visibility 15, 12 ºC, wind 3 knots at 320º, altimeter 29.42WeatherLog

Tisdale - starts April 11

Melfort - starts
April 11

1. Shutter
2. Drillbit Taylor

Porcupine Plain starts April 18

Fool's Gold

Doghide in full flood: Monday
April 14, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: With the temperature staying above freezing the snow has all but vanished and the little Doghide is as high as we have seen in recent years.

Above: At three this afternoon the Doghide River in full flood stage

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Today In Ensign

Today in Ensign years past

2007 - closing rural schools

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2004 - Gentle as a lamb, spring break and four cheers to the PC Phoenix project

2003 - The Immigrants who came home, IMF & world bank, Carrot River spring, Nasty feelings, a Greenwater report,the End does not . . ., On the road to Sussex Drive, Baring our truths and taking back our rights and the Yorkton Mall

2002 - Alaskan tanks, Doghide spring 2002, Hugo Chavez returns to presidency and Stuka - Schnauzer

2001 - Ouch tha'ts gotta hurt and Effects of Fykes perscriptions

2000- Judy Junor defends SHIN and there is a time for all things

1999 - Russian Lady and community supports nurses

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Tim's Tip of the Day

Kevin's find of the day

6 Common Causes of Development Delays for Biofuel Projects
This story was written more than two years ago but deals with the common causes for projects like Tisdale's ENSASK to fail.

Happenings In Tisdale:

House of Doc a blue-grass group performs at the Maurice Taylor Theatre on Friday April 18th.

The Greenwater report: Monday
April 14, 2008
by: Gerald Crawford
Saskatoon: This week Gerald shares with us some amazing images taken by his grandson Scott while touring Asia. These are National Geographic quality pictures and give us a rare glimpse into a world so remarkably different from our own.

The Queen City: Monday
April 14, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Regina: Regina is the home town to a lot of Saskatchewan people and to many others it's the city they know as the seat of government, education institutions, medical care and commerce.

ENSASK Biofuels rumored failure: Wednesday
April 9, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: An official announcement is expected next week to proclaim the failure of the Ethanol production facility for Tisdale and area.

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.

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Most of the snow has turned to water and Tisdale has to clean up from winter, this afternoon at 4:00.

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