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Monday, May 1, 2004 Ensign Front Page Volume
7, No. 235
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Robin waits for May to show up in Tisdale- Monday
May 3, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Though
Robins have been comfortably living in much of Saskatchewan for up to a month they
have stayed away from Tisdale until Sunday morning when one dropped by our house
and I was able to take his picture a few doors down. This story includes a QuickTime
rendition of a song by the "world's greatest entertainer."
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 Al
Jolson- Monday
May 3, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Michael
Jackson, Elvis Prestley, Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby all are just pale imitations
of the very first superstar Al Jolson. When records, radio, movies and television
were invented he was there front and centre and he was well aware of his position
in history as he turned to the camera in the first motion picture with sound and
ad-libed "You aint heard nothin' yet."
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0800 Monday - Overcast stratocumulus 8/8ths,
ceiling 2,500, visibility 15, 6º, wind 19 knots 340º gusting to 26 knots,
altimeter 29.76 WeatherLog
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Timothy W. Shire - Al
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Gerald Crawford - The Greenwater Report
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Timothy W. Shire - Air Cadets clean up
R. W. Shire - Another look at the lake
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Tim's Tip of the Day
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 How things look, does matter, certainly its nice to an attractive community
for visitors to see, but it is even more important for those who live here, to have
a place, of which they can be proud. The upgrading of downtown can not come soon
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Kevin's find of the day
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 Flying saucer fever grips Iran, theories abound (PDF)
This Reuters story by Christian Oliver tells of the large number of sightings in
Iran, so much so that the officials in the government are being encouraged to get
a special inquiry underway to determine if the aliens have evil intent. |
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.Happenings In Tisdale:
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Monday, May 3
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| Spring cleaning of Tisdale Cemetary |
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Thursday, May 6
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| Town of Tisdale Open House to answer questions on this year's paving programme. |
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Friay, May 7
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| 8:00 - 5:00 Lutheran Church rummage sale |
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Tisdale
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 The Greenwater
Report for May 3, 2004- Monday
May 3, 2004
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Trips to Prince Albert,
Christopher Lake, Melfort and Greenwater Lake is starting to break up despite the
rather unpleasant weather. Gerald gives us a look at some astonishing signs of the
growing desert near Rosetown.
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 House
Number one- Friday
.April 30, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Yesterday
the service and basement were dug and today the forms for the footing were being
put in place.
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 House
number two gets its start- Friday
April 30, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Only
two blocks from downtown, this is the last older house in the neighbourhood and it
is gone now ready for a new replacement to begin construction.
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 Parkland
Photography Club April 2004- Friday
April 30, 2004
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : This month's meeting dealt with various contests and projects the
club involves themselves in and of course this month's competition to produce a "freak
of nature."
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 Democracy is neither scientific polling
nor privatisation, and we don’t need to compare apples with apples- Friday
April 30, 2004
by : Mario deSantis
Nipawin : The role of the citizen seems to be increasingly
confusing as we get sucked into discussions that seem to rely upon pseudo-scientific
polling while at the same time matters of serious and importance to us all are fluffed
over as high salaried officials cut vital programmes or the fundamental right to
medical care is undermined by political and power struggle conditions in the country.
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 Its
Sale Time- Thursday
April 29, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Today
began the spring rummage sale at St. Matthew's Anglican Church as it begins the weekend
of garage and rummage sales. There are several sales planned for this weekend so
make sure you drop by the best one of the year at St. Matthew's that continues all
of today, tomorrow and wraps up Saturday morning.
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 Count Me Out! Boycott the Canadian Census Test!- Thursday
April 29, 2004
by : Mel Hurtig
Edmonton : As
if having Disney own the rights to the RCMP wasn't enough Ottawa has farmed out the
2006 Census to Lockheed Martin. don't you think you should be concerned about this?
Lockheed Martin's motto is "We never forget who we're working for"
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 Cold and sunny
afternoon- Thursday
April 29, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Capturing the sky this afternoon with tower
cumulus in the area and an ice cold wind with a QuickTime VR. This page includes
a 2.6MB image that would take some time to download on a dial up connection.
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 April
Shower, snow- Wednesday
April 28, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Thanks
we needed that, last night we had a gentile shower (rain shower) that dribbled water
on the town and fields around us but during the night it turned to snow so that this
morning we all awoke to a white world once more.
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 Boreal Owl- Wednesday
April 28, 2004
by : Lorna McEwan
Tisdale : Though they may be around we rarely get a
peek at the small owls. This species is actually smaller than the little burrowing
owl of the plains but can range all across western Canada along the tree line and
into the Yukon.
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 Quennell’s Saskatchewan
Justice: a system stuck in the seventies- Wednesday
April 28, 2004
by : Mario deSantis
Nipawin : The Saskatchewan Justice minister and the
minister in charge of social services decided to send a letter from the both of them
to the Saskatoon Star Phoenix in an effort to correct what they felt were inaccuracies
in a story. Many wonder if their published opinions may have influenced the outcome
of an ongoing court procedure.
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 For
security reasons the wolf is in charge of the hen house- Tuesday
April 27, 2004
by : Timothy W. Shire
Regina : This
year's Saskatchewan School Librarian's conference was held in Regina. Regina one
of the only places in the country that is actively involved in closing public libraries
and an art gallery.
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 The
Race Card Played On American Idol?- Tuesday
April 27, 2004
by : Ron Thornton
Edmonton : Many
fans have been glued to their televisions with what is essentially a very high class
talent show, American Idol. The most recent person to be dropped from the finalists
was a controversial but powerful singer, Jennifer Hudson.
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 Hyperbole and
argumentum ad hominem- Tuesday
April 27, 2004
by : Joe Hueglin
Niagara Falls Ontario
: Joe Clark has pointed out what most people realise and that is that what is called
the Conservative Party is really lead by an Alberta separatist who holds views that
are not shared by most Canadians. Another former prime minister, Brian Mulroney who
when he left office under a very nasty cloud is loudly proclaiming the merits of
Stephen Harper. Who would you believe, Lyin' Brian or Good Ole' Joe.
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Bottom Of The Page Picture
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Three rows of cars lined up to be filled as this elevator is making room for farmers
to bring in much of last year's crop.
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