Friday, June 20, 2008 Ensign Front Page Volume 11b, No. 20

Walking bridge over the Doghide

Friday
June 20, 2008
by: Ken Styan
Tisdale: The walking bridge over the Doghide is a full fifty years old this year and Ken tells us the story of how it was built and put in place.

Karzai and MacKay: Both whistling Dixie

Friday
June 20, 2008
by: Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls: Last weekend after the Taliban staged a daring raid releasing up to 1,000 Afghan held prisoners the Afghan president threatened to invade Pakistan. Canadian Defence minister Peter MacKay said there was a need for diplomatic solution.

Flower pots and their source

Thursday
June 19, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Its been almost a month since the flower pots came out and onto main street in Tisdale. Would you believe there are 50 of them? Today we consider their addition to the atmosphere downtown and we pay a pictorial visit to where those flowers came from.

House twelve

Thursday
June 19, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Forester drive is the scene of lot by lot construction six houses on the go. Number twelve got its basement on May 31 but it wasn't until this week that the forms were assembled and the cement will be poured tomorrow. This is a Duesener Homes Inc. project, the second for them this year.

Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)

Wednesday
June 18, 2008
by: Helen Carson
Crooked River: Here on the edge of the boreal forest we have the opportunity to see a lot of unusual birds but also a wide variety of common ones. Sparrows seem to be everywhere but there are large number of different sparrows and today Helen shows us the interesting Fox sparrow.

House eleven

Tuesday
June 17, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: So far there are holes in the ground for sixteen housing starts. Due to construction schedules and methods some of these jump ahead of others. The eleventh start is on Forester Drive and is on a foam form concrete basement.

Celebrate the community

Monday
June 16, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: With an emphasis on Tisdale and the surrounding community Saturday's show at the RECPlex was a don't miss event and is something to put on your calendar for next year as there were outstanding displays and a remarkable number of impressive fine artists.

The Greenwater report

Monday
June 16, 2008
by: Gerald Crawford
Keystone SD: The motor home tour continues from North Dakota to South Dakota, the mechanical problems are sorted out and the sight seeing is going along just fine. Good pictures to keep us involved in the trip.

Cessna 170B

Wednesday
June 11, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Manufactured from 1953 until replaced by the 172 in 1956 the "B" version of the 170 is a remarkable aircraft and there are probable close to 3,000 of them still flightworthy.

ENSASK disappearing

Wednesday
June 11, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: The equipment from the Tisdale Alfalfa Deyhydration plant is migrating down the road and the sign for ENSASK has come down.

Regina's Mosaic 2008 picture tour

Tuesday
June 10, 2008
by: R. W. Shire
Regina: Beginning last Thursday night R. W. (Bert) Shire went from pavilion to pavilion so that after Saturday night he and his group had visited eighteen of the cultural heritage displaces sampling the food and culture of each one. He has 41 picture of the event to share with us.

News: toxic waste

Monday
June 9, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Continuous television news, news talk radio and this medium, the Internet have turned the gathering and distribution of the news of the day into a toxic unsafe situation and there is nothing you can do about it.

The Greenwater report

Monday
June 9, 2008
by: Gerald Crawford
Medora, ND: With broken A/C belt our intrepid travellers are off on their adventure having visited Weyburn and Medora North Dakota. Congratulations are in order as Gerald and Doreen are great grand parents one more time.

Foundation for house fourteen

Friday
June 6, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Located only a couple doors west of the four plex currently under construction on the east side of Tisdale this new development goes onto a lot of an older house taken down late last fall.

Westeel

Friday
June 6, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Parent company logo shows up with a line of products coming off the Northern Steel Industries production line.

Purple martin condo

Friday
June 6, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Here is one of the most modern and creative looking bird houses seen. Colonies of purple martins live here cleaning up the neighbourhood of all sorts of insects including mosquitoes.

KidSport fundraiser

Thursday
June 5, 2008
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Just after 11:00 this morning the hot dogs were coming off the grill and supporters of all ages were gobbling them up as KidSports and their sponsors, primarily ScotiaBank who manned the booth and match the money raised carried off another successful fund raiser for Tisdale kids.

The Greenwater report

Monday
June 2, 2008
by: Gerald Crawford
Saskatoon: This week's report features some fascinating images of wood carvings from a Saskatoon show. We hear about a natural gas scare and the Crawfords are ready for a summer ramble in the motorhome.

Changing the face of stroke in Saskatchewan

Monday
June 2, 2008
by: Saskatchewan Heart & Stroke Foundation
Regina: The third leading cause of death is a stroke and knowledge quick recognition and immediate treatment can dramatically alter the outcome of someone affected. This story has the main things to look for and the promise of progress in the province with the problem.

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