Friday, June 2, 2006 Ensign Front Page Volume 10, No. 5

 

Aviation hub of Saskatchewan - La Ronge

Friday
June 2 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : The sound of aircraft over head, the bustle around the airport and docks tell you year round that to get to Northern Saskatchewan you are going to have to take a plane from La Ronge.

1100 Friday - Scattered cumulus 1/8th bases 4,100, scattered alto cumulus 1/8th 9,300, visibility 15, 28º, wind 10 knots at 130º, altimeter 29.88 WeatherLog,
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.Happenings In Tisdale:

Amber is light headed

Friday
June 2 , 2006
Images by : Mike Tarynovich
Tisdale : As a fund raiser and personal statement of support Amber Edmonds gave up her beautiful hair Thursday at noon and raised $6,000 for the Relay for Life project.

New Canadians

Friday
June 2 , 2006
Images by : Mike Tarynovich
Tisdale : As a fund raiser and personal statement of support Amber Edmonds gave up her beautiful hair Thursday at noon and raised $6,000 for the Relay for Life project.

Honeybee Hideaway Greenhouse getting through a tough spot

Thursday
June 1 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Tisdale folks depend on the greenhouses in the area to get their yards in shape each year and this year they discoverred they were one short. The Honeybee Hideaway Greenhouse did not open for business this spring and even the house is being dismantled.

The Parkland Photography club May meeting

Thursday
JUne 1, 2006
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Time for elections and setting the themes for the competitive images produced each month. Awards were given out and the annual wind up ou ting planned.

Signs

Thursday
June 1 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : It was in May of last year when a fire destroyed the restaurant and service station in the Tisdale Mall parking lot. In the fall construction began on a new building and on Wednesday the first signs went up.

Another wet year

Wednesday
May 31 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Thundershowers seem a certainty tonight or at least tomorrow night after a week of rain the sun has appeared and its time to consider the consequences. This story includes a spectacular QuickTime VR of Tisdale and its sky this afternoon.

The Greenwater report

Wednesday
May 31 , 2006
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Rain and more rain as Gerald checks out the farming situation and notes that the lake is going down a bit

Communications - multidimensional

Friday
May 26 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Telephones were a revolution when they replaced the telegraph and the Internet and its services make the telephone seem more ancient then telegraph.

Movie Review of The Da Vinci Code

Wednesday
May 24 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Every so often a movie comes along with a lot of hype and its share of controversy. The Da Vinci Code is that in spades. Here is what this writer thinks of the movie.

 

The Greenwater report

Wednesday
May 24 , 2006
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : The Victoria Day holiday is behind us and it was a quiet weekend at the park. Gerald was out for a little trip to test the bad highways and includes in his report some details of life in Pontex.

We are wrong in Afghanistan

Thursday
May 18 , 2006
by : David Orchard
Borden : Are we furthering democracy and saving ourselves from terrorist attack? Are we helping the people of the country? Are we acting on behalf of the United Nations? We need to know why Canadians are fighting an undeclared war and so far more than one quarter of the casualties have been killed by Americans.

Not 300% but 31% increase

Wednesday
May 17 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : There we go an error of major proportions. Yesterday I said the increase in water rates in Tisdale was a whooping 300% and I was dead wrong. Mayor Rollie Zimmer sets the record straight in a video interview about the new $4,600,000 water treatment project. (This video requires a recent version of QuickTime be installed in your computer)

Tisdale pool opens Friday

Wednesday
May 17 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Everything is in place and ready to go for another season as the staff are already at working and ready to get the activities at the pool started this Friday.

Tisdale is ready for this year's visitors

Wednesday
May 17 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : The staff is in place and the regional park campground looks better then ever as we officially begin the tourist season this coming long weekend./

Tisdale begins work on new water treatment plant

Tuesday
May 16 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : This better be good, with water costs to home owners going up exponentially (close to 300%) and pressure being a major dribble most of the time, Tisdale's water system is a serious irritant with home owners. On Monday, a huge undertaking began as the construction of a new treatment plant got underway. This story includes a video clip of the construction project.

New movies this long weekend

Tuesday
May 16 , 2006
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Just like the big cities Tisdale and Melfort have motion pictures coming out on their release date of this Friday.

The Greenwater report

Monday
May 15 , 2006
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : With the beach cafe open Gerald is definitely in heaven, spring is here and his pictures of the park are outstanding.

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