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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.

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2007 - Coffee Shoppe re-opens, Shell decides to end bulk sale July 20th, Harper to provinces on Atlantc accords sue me and threat of suing bullying or an avoidance ploy
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2002 - The hand of God, George Bush and secretary of defense are they the axis of evil, new tee, responsibility personnel or party and for protection or perception
2001 - Retail battlefront and the unpotency to look into the social causes of injustice
2000 - Processing begins, SGI and no-fault insurance, Lil' kickers and Hare today
1999 - On Milgaard's compensation of $10 million and second cast citizens
1998 - Internet development and grade six Lions band concert
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Tim's Tip of the Day
Most of our gardens are just coming up due to the cool temperatures and rain. But one neighbour has fully grown potato plants in his garden.(Click on thumb nail to see full size.
Find of the day
Tisdale and Connaught areas declared an agricultural disaster The Star Phoenix reports that the municipalities of Tisdale and Connaught have declared an agricultural disaster as about 70% of the fields have not been planted and those crops in the ground will not germinate because of the flooding. Politicians and crop insurance have wadded into the issue.
Happenings In Tisdale:

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.

Soil and rain make for uneven seeding process: Friday
May 28, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
: Tisdale: All done and emerging in some areas while other places half or less in the ground. The variations in soil and the interesting uneven amount of rainfall are combining to create a wide spread in the way things are going this spring.

Fourth project a duplex: Friday
May 28, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
: Tisdale: This year's fourth housing project is a duplex condo unit built beside a similar one last year on the former tennis court in north side of Tisdale.

Parkland Photography club May meeting: Wednesday
May 26, 2010
by: Darlene McCullough
: Tisdale: This month's photo outing had to be cancelled because of the rain but the club had an excellent meeting going over the monthly photo shoot and had an opportunity to work out the details on coming projects for the club.

House three ready for rafters: Tueday
May 25, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
: Tisdale: Immediately behind the Falkon Theatre is a new house tucked into a small lot sitting atop a cement foundation and ready for its rafters to be installed.

The Greenwater report: Tueday
May 25, 2010
by: Gerald Crawford
: Wakaw Lake Regional Park: The motor home is on the road for a new season and this past long weekend the Crawfords and their Sunseeker pals were out at Wakaw enjoying the challenges of this year's Victoria Day weather.

Tourist booth and pool open today: Friday
May 21, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
: Tisdale: Victoria Day long weekend and the tourists are on the road and Tisdale's in the swimming pool. Three sites at the camp ground were in use today with another booked for the weekend.

Twelve years: Friday
May 21, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
: Tisdale: Ensign first appeared on the Internet as a web site on May 20th 1998. Here is a short reflection on those years.

European melt down: Monday
May 17, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
: Tisdale: Its time to talk about the cause of the economic woes that are causing the stock market to go down and put a very dark cloud over the financial prospects for the summer of 2010.

Medieval patterns resurfacing in this, the 21st Century: Monday
May 17, 2010
by: Eugene Parks
: Victoria, British Columbia: It is surprising that we in Canada are watching the struggle for democratic principles decided centuries and centuries ago. The government in Ottawa seems bent on turning time back to 1688 and earlier.

Full swing: Thursday
May 13, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
: Tisdale: Though there were still some tractors pulling harrows today most were pulling seeding equipment as the dust trails from the equipment indicate conditions for seeding have hit the mark and this year's crop is going in the ground.

Almost seeding time: Wednesday
May 12, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
: Tisdale: Most farmers are in the fields. Harrowing, applying anhydrous, running their cultivator through the weeds that are taking hold but few are actually putting seed in the ground. Field conditions are improving everyday but there is a lot of water in some fields much like you would find right after the run off.

House number two: Tuesday
May 11, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire
: Tisdale: Despite a slow start housing construction in Tisdale is in full production with six dwellings on the go and this one on the northwest development has its walls in place.

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