Tuesday, July 6, 2010 1:31 AM Ensign Front Page Volume 13, No. 11


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Broda fireworks at Crooked Lake, July First
Canada Day fireworks at Crooked Lake
Monday
July 5, 2010
by: Matthew Shire

 
Crooked Lake: Each July first George and Linda Broda host a huge family gathering at their cabin at Crooked Lake and the evening is capped off with a fireworks display. This year there was ten knots of wind to deal with but the show went on and Matthew captured some of the scenes for you to enjoy. It will keep on playing until you click on "Ensign" to return to the front page.

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Today In Ensign

Today in Ensign
years past

2009 -
2008 -  Basement for house seventeen gets floor

2007 - Rose coloured glasses and Prime Minister Harper has committed Canada to war for two years beyond the current UN Mandate

2006 - STS121 thirteen days in space and a Greenwater report
2005 -
2004 -
2003 - Automated sprinklers and Duet
2002 - Clark supports the less able, Manley's first budget should get back to basics and Don't know does anyone?

2001 - Lion's Park haven for a hot day, Government Dog, Department of Ficheries and Oceans and Airdrie

2000 - Confusion aloft, time to go and Saskatchewan Lily

1999 - A big TV, The super sucker and Does size matter?

1998 - Oakes Schmaltz wedding in Carrot River

Tim's Tip of the Day

The events and occasions that bring us together as a family renew our acceptance of ourselves and our awareness of our place in the world. (Click on thumb nail to see full size.)

Find of the day

Get out of stocks, Robert Prechter warns
Investment analyst Robert Prechter is telling people not to wait for the market to rebound but to get their money out of long haul stocks now as the Dow could easily continue its current slide all the way down to a 1000 points.

Happenings In Tisdale:

The Greeenwater report
Monday
July 5, 2010
by: Gerald Crawford

 
Radisson & Battleford: This week's report takes us out to Radisson to visit their unique museum then off to the crooked bush and then to Shell Lake's Memorial Lake Regional Park.
 
"B" train rollover at Estlin
Wednesday
June 30, 2010
by: Stu Innes

 
Estlin: Saskatchewan's roads and highways are home to thousands of grain haulers who run around the clock get their loads to their destinations. It is surprising how few run into difficulty. Last night near Eslin south of Regina a "B" train did a complete rollover from wheels to roof back to wheels with only slight injuries to the driver.
Tisdale grad cars
Tuesday
June 29, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale: Tisdale has a curious custom of its high school graduates painting up a clunker for the celebration of their high school finale. Here are some pictures of this year's crop of vehicles.
1957 Pontiac Laurentian convertible
Tuesday
June 29, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale: This rare and magnificently preserved fifty-three year old car has been in Tisdale for the last week or so and definitely deserves some comment on this web site.
A wet land
Monday
June 28, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale: Those fields that were planted are severely, perhaps terminally damaged from the almost continuous rain we have experience in May and June. Today we have three picrtures that illustrate the situation.
Passing the bell as Tisdale superannuated teachers wrap up another year
Monday
June 28, 2010
by: Darlene McCullough

 
Tisdale: Tisdales retired teacher went a tea house in Carrot River and had a fish supper at Tobin Lake to wrap up this past year's activities. This report summarises the year.
Unsettled weather
Sunday
June 27, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale: A few showers even a few showery days are the norm for late June in Saskatchewan but in a year when rain is followed by more and more rain the sequence of daily rain is getting a bit tiresome.
New curbs for north New Market
Sunday
June 27, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale: The newest section of Tisdale had some preparatory work carried out this week getting ready to pave the north portion of New Market and the new cul-de-sac of Fairy Glen.
House number seven
Friday
June 25, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale: Forester Crescent is nearly complete with only three corner lots vacant. House number 7 is a Rise Construction project and is now getting wired and is ready for siding.
Municipal McCarthyism
Friday
June 25, 2010
by: Eugene Parks

 
Victoria, British Columbia: The head of Canada's spy agency was speaking out for Canada's national government when on CBC he fingered municipal politicians in B.C. being under the control of foreign governments.
Webserver hacked
Thursday
June 24, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Regina: In the middle of the night early Friday morning the server that brings you this web site was attacked by hackers attempting to gain control and access to the server. They did not achieve their goal but did enough damage to prevent updates to the site until it was over hauled on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.
Boundary Bay Air show
Thursday
June 24, 2010
by: Brian Marlatt

 
White Rock, British Columbia: In the southern most part of mainland British Columbia is the airport known as Boundary Bay. This past Saturday they held their sixth annual air show. Brian Marlatt was on hand and caught more than a hundred pictures of the displays and the air show itself. Some very interesting aircraft and outstanding weather.
New treatment for 1100 block 95th St
Tuesday
June 15, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale: Tisdale streets are in pretty tough shape and it looks like the town is seeking some alternative to full fledged pavement with the need to resurface several streets. 95th Street is the first to try out something old and different.
Seeding is over
Monday
June 14, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale: The countryside around Tisdale is positively lush from the almost steady rain over the past weeks. But the fields are laying in water to much water to dry up quickly but also enough to drown crops already sown. Few farmers expect to do any more planting, what is in the ground is the crop for this year and in some parts of Saskatchewan that means most of the land this year will lay fallow.
The Greenwater report
Monday
June 14, 2010
by: Gerald Crawford

 
Humboldt: This week's report gives us the low down on the Good Sam club that held their special outing this past weekend in Humboldt. Despite the rain it looks like things went off just great and the Crawfords are off this coming weekend for another RV tour of northwestern Saskatchewan.
House # 6 on 95th street
Thursday
June 10, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale: The continuous rain is slowing the progress on house construction but despite the rain the work is progressing with the basement for house nine finished up today. This new house sits on the site of a small dwelling that was knocked down December 1st and today McFadden's crane moved the whole rafter system of the garage into place.
The Greenwater report
Thursday
June 10, 2010
by: Gerald Crawford

 
Saskatoon: A report on Saskatoon's coffee row and some details about a new shopping development in one of the fastest growing cities in Canada. Gerald also tells us about what he will be doing this coming rainy weekend at Humboldt and he passes on the passing of a lady from Porcupine Plain.
Tisdale Speedway for 2010
Thursday
June 3, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale: This year's stockcar racing season has been scaled back a bit but there are four races scheduled for the season beginning on the Motor Madness weekend June 19 and 20th.
Pensions for Caregivers
Thursday
June 3, 2010
by: Beverley Smith

 
Calgary: It doesn't seem right to give old age pensions to criminals in jail but also doesn't seem right to reduce pensions to people who devote their lives to raising their children yet that is the case in Canada.
Deceit does not impress
Thursday
June 3, 2010
by: Eugene Parks

 
Victoria, British Columbia: It doesn't seem right to give old age pensions to criminals in jail but also doesn't seem right to reduce pensions to people who devote their lives to raising their children yet that is the case in Canada.
Schapansky auctions house and contents
Thursday
June 3, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale: Though not unheard of, auctioning off a house and lot is a new thing for Tisdale and by the size of today's crowd it looked like this was a successful event.
Tisdale's first week of June
Wednesday
June 2, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale: The flowers are out on the street corners, 7-11 drops Shell, air spraying gets ready for season and today Tisdale folks turn out at the Centennial Town Square for a charity lunch of hot dogs for KidSport.
Flower pots return
Wednesday
June 2, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale: They are back, the lovely pots on the downtown street corners of Tisdale are back where they belong for the summer.
7 - 11 converts from Shell to Petro-Canada
Wednesday
June 2, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale: Shell no longer has a retail outlet in Tisdale as the last Shell dealership at the 7 - 11 has switched over to Petro-Canada.
Aerial spraying ready to go
Wednesday
June 2, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale: Around eight this morning a spray plane buzzed its way to Tisdale and preparations were underway to get ready for the aerial application of chemicals.
Beeland Co-op upgrades cardlock
Wednesday
June 2, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 
Tisdale: Tisdale's Beeland Co-op has set about the process of overhauling and expanding the cardlock operation it developed on highway 3.

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