Friday, July 13, 2007 Ensign Front Page Volume 11, No. 41

House #6 gets footings

Friday
July 13, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: House six is replacing an older house that was knocked down and is located one house east of main street on 107th Avenue.

New Deck at Tempo

Friday
July 13, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Gas may have jumped in price to $1.19.9 again today but the real demand is for ice cream.

Bob Penner

Thursday
July 12, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Every community has its leaders, those people who do their part to ensure the growth and development of their place. Bob Penner died this week and he was one of Tisdale's business and community leaders.

Air Tractor 502B

Wednesday
July 11, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Big bird is now a farmer. This is a Canadian Pratt and Whitney PT-6 equipped version of the popular agricultural spray plane.

Progress

Tuesday
July 10, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Though often difficult to measure, we sometimes mistake change as a form of progress and sometimes what looks like progress is actually a negative movement.

The Greenwater Report

Monday
July 9, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Things are busy at the park with lots of visitors and loads of business for the concessions. Gerald explains some of the problems of water levels for Marean and Greenwater Lakes. Paving due for late summer and a special breakfast and auction at Marean this coming weekend.

Daryl Werth

Saturday
July 7, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: One of Tisdale's leading contractors, Daryl Werth died this past week and his funeral is on Monday at Baron's funeral chapel.

. . . rose coloured glasses . . .

Thursday
July 5, 2007
by: Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls : The prime minister things that Canada is more unified than in the past 40 years. One wonders just what sort of information would bring him to that conclusions because it surely is not a realistic view of things.

Prime Minister Harper has committed Canada to war for two years beyond the current UN Mandate

Thursday
July 5, 2007
by: Eugene Parks
Victoria B.C. : Canada is a lawful country and has engaged in this foreign adventure under a mandate from the United Nations. What we need to know is why is the reason for the mission some how becoming clouded with the fog of war.

The case of the laughing moose

Wednesday
July 4, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Only a few miles south of Tisdale Friday afternoon this gentle creature was enjoying a refreshing snack in his very own swamp and completely ignored us as we stopped to view his progress.

The Greenwater report

Wednesday
July 4, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Back from their RV trip to the states the Crawfords were to grad in Hudson's Bay give us a crop report and give us the skinny on fishing at the park.

You know, I think it's summer

Thursday
June 28, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: TMSS graduation today, schools are closing, the campers are being packed, the sun is shining and everyone is beginning to feel like summer. This story has a QuickTime slideshow of some of the scenes from today.

Canola begins to bloom

Wednesday
June 27, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Despite cool temperatures and delayed planting the first planted canola crops are ready to show their colour.

Me and my shadow

Wednesday
June 27, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: A rambling discussion about this and that with several QuickTime tunes to keep you going.

European Union treaties and the affects on the Commonwealth

Tuesday
June 26, 2007
by: Philip Benwell BME
Double Bay, NSW, Australia : The United Kingdom has entered into various treaties with the European Union that clearly infringe on the sovereignty of the Kingdom and its subjects including Her Royal Majesty. Should we as Canadians or Australians be concerned about what this does to our constitutions?

Big sale scheduled for tomorrow

Monday
June 25, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Schapansky Auctions have a full yard of farm equipment, boats, campers, cars, trucks and loads of new and used stuff of all kinds ready for tomorrow's sale.

The Greenwater report

Monday
June 25, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Deadwood South Dakota : The tour continues as they spend time at Yellowstone then make their way over a high pass eventually getting to South Dakota. Tiring at times and the AC has quit but spirits are right up there.

Salvation Army thrift shop moves

Monday
June 25, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Across the street and south half a block is a short journey and the Thrift shop held its grand opening this morning with coffee and muffins to celebrate their new more compact location.

Phase 4 in high gear

Saturday
June 23, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Contractors, the town crew and tradesmen have been on the job for a week and the project is truly shaping up quickly. Here are twelve pictures of the process.

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