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			 Wednesday, December 15, 2004 Ensign Front Page Volume
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				In your face 
				- Wednesday
 
				December 15, 2004 
				by : Timothy W. Shire 
				Tisdale : The
				reliability of voice over IP (telephone on the Internet) has come of age with AOL's
				messenger and Apple's iChat. Years ago we tried the idea out but now it is
				a practical everyday means of communication and it just makes sense to move to the
				next level with a dedicated web cam for that purpose.
			  
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				- On
				its way! Corporate-controlled, profit-maximizing, farmer-restricting system
 
				 Tuesday 
				December 15, 2004 
				by: Edwin Wallace 
				Success : The
				major varietys of wheat and barley were developed by government researchers and university
				programmes but in the last three decades government has decided to turn over the
				agricultural industry to the massive corporations. Now they will call the shots at
				$15 an acre in perpetuity.
			 
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						 Today In Ensign
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					Timothy W. Shire - In your face 
						Edwin Wallace - Farm corporate control 
						Tomorrow in Ensign 
						Joyce Neufeld - Seed Sector Review 
						Ken Jones - Ultra violet photography 
						Timothy W. Shire - The centre piece 
						Ron Thornton - redefining Christmas 
						Mario deSantis - Bushcomics | 
				 
				
					
 
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							- 1 year ago today, story 2, story 3,
 
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							- 2 years ago today and also
						
  
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						 Tim's Tip of the Day
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					 If you start hearing things it is unlikely
						that its the little drummer boy. Two things come to mind, you forgot to turn off
						the TV or you have been playing the stereo in your car to loud. The chances of it
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					 Alimony ambush
						nets groom at wedding CNN reported on Saturday
						about an Israeli man who dodged alimony payments to his former wife since 1997 to
						the tune of 198,000 shekels ($45,530 US). Police nabbed his wedding gifts at his
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					| Remarkable second warm mid December day. | 
				 
				
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						 .Happenings In Tisdale:
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									 Wednesday December 15
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								| 10:00 - 12:00 Maurice Taylor Theatre TMSS Senior Citizens Christmas
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									 Saturday December 18
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								10:00 - 4:00 Tisdale Mall, Pictures with Santa and mall market 
									
 
 
									8:00 Trojans vs Moose Jaw Warriors | 
							 
							
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									 Sunday December 19
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								2:00 Trojans vs Moose Jaw Warriors 
									
 
 
									Tisdale homes will have their Christmas lights on | 
							 
							
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								12:00 - 1:00 Town Square, Elementary School caroling 
									
 
 
									6:30 beginning at Kin Hall Sparkle tour | 
							 
						 
						
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				 Trojans
				do Charity breakfast 
				- Tuesday
 
				December 14, 2004 
				by : Timothy W. Shire 
				Tisdale :
				Saturday morning the whole Tisdale Trojan team were on hand at the Beeland Co-op
				cafeteria serving pancakes and sausage to a full house as part of their annual charity
				work in their community.
			  
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				 Bush evoking
				World War II 
				- Tuesday
 
				December 14, 2004 
				by : David Orchard 
				Borden : Mr.
				Orchard explains the complete silliness of the American president's reference to
				Mackenzie Kings statements during World War II. It make us all shudder to realise
				the remarkable lack of awareness that is so much a part of the leader of the the
				world's most aggressive and heavily armed nation.
			  
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				- CIA Documents Cast New Light on Washington's Role in Venezuela
 
				 Tuesday 
				December 14, 2004 
				by : Mark Weisbrot 
				Washington ;
				This story is one of those confirmations of what most non-Americans expected, In
				fact for the past five decades this is the standard behaviour of the United States
				of America, its only a surprise to its citizens.
			 
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				 The Greenwater
				Report 
				- Tuesday
 
				December 14, 2004 
				by : Gerald Crawford 
				Greenwater Provincial Park : The ice fishing season may have begun and there is enough snow at
				the park for some snow mobiling. Jenny is taking part in the Breast Cancer snowmobile
				marathon ride and you can pitch into that project.
			  
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				 House
				Cleaning 
				- Thursday
 
				December 9, 2004 
				by : Timothy W. Shire 
				Tisdale : Yesterday
				was the last day of this house's life as it was destroyed today. One was crunched
				Saturday and another will be dust tomorrow as lots are cleared to make way for new
				houses in established neighbourhoods.
			  
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				 Nuclear
				Power is not safe, it is not clean, it is not economical 
				- Thursday
 
				December 9, 2004 
				by : Mario deSantis 
				Prince Albert
				: Emotions run very high about this topic but we need to step back from the noise
				and check the facts. The proponents of this industry gloss over the glaring and utterly
				overwhelming dangers of the past, all of which avoided the ultimate disaste,r which
				is not just possible, but is inevitable.
			  
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				 A
				New Dawn for the Uranium Business in Saskatchewan:
				Don Ching, President and CEO of Cogema Resources 
				- Wednesday
 
				December 8, 2004 
				by : Mario deSantis 
				Prince Albert
				: Saskatoon lawyer, Don Ching moves from the Saskatchewan Crown corporation, SaskTel,
				to become the CEO of a French government operation Cogema, one of the large uranium
				mining companies in the province.
			  
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				 The Greenwater
				Report 
				- Tuesday
 
				December 7, 2004 
				by : Gerald Crawford 
				Greenwater Provincial Park : Gerald brings us up to date on the silence of winter on the Park and
				a few of his expeditions to Saskatoon and Archerwill. We get an update on the lake's
				ice conditions and three amazing images of Saskatchewan elevators when they were
				actually operational.
			  
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				 The
				other side of the Elmasry Affair 
				- Tuesday
 
				December 7, 2004 
				by : Marjaleena Repo 
				Saskatoon : A Toronto "Christian" talk show host set up a controversial
				debate that allowed the reasonable and anti-violent leader of Canada's Islamic Congress
				to explain why Palastinian terrorism takes the form it does then was castigated for
				his explanation.
			  
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				 Beardy's
				Blackhawks defeated by Trojans 5 to 1 
				- Friday
 
				December 3, 2004 
				by : Timothy W. Shire 
				Tisdale : Tisdale
				Trojans are now firming in control of second place in the "AAA" midget
				league in Saskatchewan as they delivered a solid win to their faithful fans Thursday
				night at the RECPlex.
			  
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				 Next
				Year 
				- Thursday
 
				December 2, 2004 
				by : Timothy W. Shire 
				Tisdale : With
				the arrival of winter the crop year of 2004 is now behind us and there is no other
				course of action than to consider the prospects for the coming year. Worthless crops
				remain in the fields and worthless grain in storage while even more worthless cattle
				continue to eat up abundant feed that even though cheap, will not yield and a net
				return.
			  
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				 Its
				here again 
				- Tuesday
 
				November 30, 2004 
				by : Timothy W. Shire 
				Tisdale : Alas
				its time once more to shovel off the drive way, clear the sidewalk, make sure the
				shovel is in the trunk of the car and put that extra set of keys in your pocket so
				you can get in when you luck the keys inside with it running.
			  
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				 The Greenwater
				Report 
				- Tuesday
 
				November 30, 2004 
				by : Gerald Crawford 
				Greenwater Provincial Park : Last week Gerald told us how people were interested in buying pictures
				of elevators so this week his report is accompanied by four super elevator pictures.
			  
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				 Tisdale
				Trojans part of midnight madness 
				- Friday
 
				November 26, 2004 
				by : Timothy W. Shire 
				Tisdale : Ranked
				fifth in the league so far the Tisdale Trojans are the pride of the community. The
				whole team was on hand Friday night at the mall to say hello to their fans and demonstrate
				some skills.
			  
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				- Parkland
				Photography club meeting for November 2004
 
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				November 26, 2004 
				by : Gerald Crawford 
				Greenwater Provincial Park : Good picture are often a matter of luck but great pictures are an
				entirely different thing and the Parkland Photography club works on being great at
				each and every monthly meeting.
			  
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