Wednesday, August 6, 2008 Ensign Front Page Volume 11b, No. 41

Saskatoons - a good year

Wednesday
August 6, 2008
by: Judy Shire
Weekes: An exceptional year for these scrumptious berries that grow naturally all over Saskatchewan. Just like this year's crops the saskatoons in 2008 are outstanding and in their prime right now.

House one in place

Wednesday
August 6, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: The basement was dug April 8th and a wood basement constructed but no development for most of the summer. Now a new house sits on the basement of the site where a house was consumed in fire last year.

Van fails to make it home from Winnipeg

Tuesday
August 5, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Glossop Manitoba: Holiday travel is always a matter of chance taking and driving new or twelve year old vehicles seems to make no difference when it comes to mechanical failure. Yesterday afternoon on our way home from Winnipeg the Windstar's transmission departed to that great mechanical wasteland in the sky.

The Greenwater report

Tuesday
August 5, 2008
by: Gerald Crawford
Saskatoon: Time for a walk in a park and a salute to a passing Wynyard friend. The motor home gets repaired and some thoughts on modern housing construction and design.

The Greenwater report

Monday
July 28, 2008
by: Gerald Crawford
Glaslyn: The Crawfords were out with a Saskatoon travel RV group and spent the weekend at Little Loon Regional Park five miles from Glaslyn.

New north perimeter road for Tisdale

Thursday
July 24, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: North on NewMarket past Forester and the pumping station and you will discover a new road being created to permit access into Tisdale's newest neighbourhood.

Business changes in Tisdale

Tuesday
July 22, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Shamrock Auto recycling has shut down and the property sold. Its hard to say if we are seeing retraction in Tisdale's business community as some businesses go out of operation while at the same time the local economy seems to be strong and doing well.

Abdication of responsibilities as Prime Minister

Tuesday
July 22, 2008
by: Eugene Parks
Victoria, B.C.: The prime minister's excuse for not repatriating the young man who has been in prison and tortured by the Americans since he was a boy is simply unacceptable. He has cheapened our citizenship and made us complicit in a travesty that is morally and legally inappropriate. Canadians do not or should not act in this manner.

Totally overwhelming

Monday
July 21, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Kipling: There are just no superlatives sufficient to cover the drama and power of massive thunderstorms like those that swept over the prairies this past weekend. The tail end of the system rattled its way past Kipling Saturday evening and the experience was overwhelming.

The Greenwater report

Monday
July 21, 2008
by: Gerald Crawford
Saskatoon: Gerald takes us with him on a walk into a pleasant Saskatoon neighbourhood. Tells us about a trip out to Glaslyn and gives us a solid tip on dealing with MasterCard interest rates.

One tree missing

Friday
July 18, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: It had an outstanding life and did its duty long past the time it should have passed on. With both of its stems showing external signs of degradation it was brought down today discovering that almost half of each trunk was rotted and a strong wind would bring it crashing down if it were not brought down safely today.

Air raids on wheat midge

Thursday
July 17, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Each morning as dawn arrives the sound of agricultural aircraft punctuates the calm as two warriors head out over the fields to do battle with the wheat midge the craws up the stem during the dark hours of the day to feast on the growing plant. There was a major campaign last year and right around Tisdale there is sufficient investation to launch this year's war on the pesky varmint.

The Greenwater report

Wednesday
July 16, 2008
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Lake Provincial Park: A week spent out at Greenwater having coffee and visiting with old friends and family. The highlight of the week was meeting Logan, now a full month old, great grandson.

House eighteen gets a main floor

Wednesday
July 16, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: House construction continue to boom ahead with twenty housing starts so far. This proejct on Forester is one of nine on the block being built or nearing completion.

the food - fuel fight

Wednesday
July 9, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: In the history of Saskatchewan the grain producers have always had to deal with the short end of the stick. Now fuel prices have risen to the point that synthetic fuels are economically viable and society suddenly realises if we use agricultural products for fuel, food prices will rise dramatically.

Weekes roofing project

Tuesday
July 8, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Weekes: The roof of the Weekes Community Centre was shingled in 1974 or 75 and has done well to last all these years but it is time for it to be replaced, so in typical Weekes fashion a scheme was hatched to pay for a big project in a really little village.

Let the debate begin!

Tuesday
July 8, 2008
by: Eugene Parks
Victoria B.C.: Recognising that a carbon tax is a complex issue the government merely launched name calling attack ads to dismiss the issue. But not all Canadians are from Alberta and we deserve an intelligent and thoughtful discussion of the concept which has already been implimented in Quebec, Ontario and B.C. A serious discussion needs to take place and the attack ads need to be a little more restrained.

Connaught Fair

Monday
July 7, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: The whole concept of agricultural fairs is remarkable as the whole process contributes so much to the development of animal husbandry, agricultural inniatives and the whole way of life associated with the family farm.

The Greenwater report

Monday
July 7, 2008
by: Gerald Crawford
Saskatoon: A week in Saskatoon to reorganise before setting off on another adventure this week, the Crawfords bring us a fishing story from Greenwater and a visit to Saskatoon's new gambling facility.

Basement for house seventeen gets floor

Friday
July 4, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Farber Construction is well on the way to getting the most northerly house in Tisdale underway. House 17 of this year is on the north end of NewMarket.

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