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Monday, May 2, 2005 Ensign Front Page Volume 8, No. 128
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- Quilts for Ronald Macdonald House
- Monday
May 2, 2005
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Through
the winter a determined group of folks at the Golden Age Centre have been constructing
a lush set of quilts and on Friday night it was time to officially send them off.
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 Spring Crocus
Monday
May 2, 2005
by : Ken Jones
Regina : Here are seven remarkable images of the tough little flower that heralds the beginning of the growing season in this province.
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 New Mac OS - Tiger
- Monday
- May 2, 2005
- by : Timothy W. Shire
- Tisdale : Based on a live Apple presentation at the Las Vegas NAB conference here are some impressions of the new operating system Macintosh users will soon all be using.
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 The Greenwater Report
- Monday
- May 2, 2005
- by : Gerald Crawford
- Greenwater Provincial Park : Gerald and Doreen have been on the road everyday but they still have time to keep us informed on happenings at the park as the Beach Cafe and the Golf course will be both open with Mother's Day smorgs.
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 "Gravelwood"
- Friday
April 29, 2005
by : Donna LaRochelle
Gravelbourg : Workman are turning main street Gravelbourg into a typical prairie town of the late 1930s for the movie depicting the life of Tommy Douglas.
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 Parkland
Photography Club April 2005- Friday
April 29, 2005
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : This month's theme was on snow and snowdrifts and the images are stunning
with the three winners and some extras from the Northwest Territories.
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 St.
Matthew's Spring Rummage Sale- Thursday
April 28, 2005
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Though the weather was more winter than spring the sure sign that there
is a change in the seasons is the coming of the annual Anglican spring rummage sale.
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 Adults
in "let's pretend" land- Thursday
April 28, 2005
by : Timothy W. Shire
Las Vegas, Nevada
: A set of 35 images that give a sample of Las Vegas and some observation by someone
less than impressed with the American way of life.
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LaRonge in April- Tuesday
April 26, 2005
by : Judy Shire
LaRonge : Yesterday
Judy Shire went down to the beach and captured these scenes of the huge northern
lake still very much covered with winter ice. This story includes a 4.6MB QuickTime
slide show.
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 The
Greenwater Report- Tuesday
April 26, 2005
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : A trip the Hat and Hudson Bay with details about the wind storm and
a yarn about a bull.
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 Spring
in Swift Current- Monday
April 25, 2005
by : Albert Eckart
Swift Current
: A robin and a mule deer take advantage of a full bird bath on a lawn in Swift Current.
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 Winning
in Vegas- Monday
April 25, 2005
by : Timothy W. Shire
Las Vegas : Attending
the massive National Association of Broadcasters conference resulted in an
unexpected windfall.
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 The
Greenwater Report- Monday
April 25, 2005
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : There has been some fishin', the wind has blown hard, Gerald is working
on slide show presentations and much more.
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- Savage
weather for big auction sale day
 Tuesday
April 12, 2005
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Tisdalians
woke up to a snow covered countryside this morning and Bruce Schapansky and his crew
stuck to the old saying "the auction must go on."
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 The
Greenwater Report- Tuesday
April 12, 2005
by : Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : The spring thaw has come to the park bring with it some of the summer
birds as the lake still remains frozen over but its frozen days are numbered.
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 Conservative
leaders' rhetoric does not match reality- Tuesday
April 12, 2005
by : Maarjaleena Repo
Saskatoon : With
talk of another election and the Harper crowd pompously pointing fingers at the Liberals
and their little Quebec scandal it is important to recall that down right cheating
is not the exclusive preserve of the former Liberal government and the opposition
itself is a party formed in a corrupt and deceitful manner.
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- Saskatchewan
politicians catch up to the people
 Tuesday
April 12, 2005
by : Edwin Wallace
Success : With
a teacher's strike looming the provincial government and opposition backed down on
their plan to increase their own wages. But Mr. Wallace points out that this is just
poor leadership and at the same time Saskatchewan's welfare recipients and farmers
are left to make do as best they can.
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- Gomery, Liberals, and political alternatives - or their lack
 Tuesday
April 12, 2005
by : Brian marlatt
White Rock B.C.
:Politics makes for strange bedfellkows and that certainly is the case as talk of
a June election is stirring the Opposition party to crank up its campaign machinery.
But realistically there are a lot of voters who have no political party left to support
and thus we had the inconclusive results last year, nothing really has changed.
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 Roman and Valerie- Saturday
April 9, 2005
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Leaving
home to go work in Alberta may be a big deal but imagine leaving home in Kiev to
go to work in Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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 Let's
go for a walk- Saturday
April 9, 2005
by : Judy Shire
LaRonge : Here
is a slide show presented using QuickTime that illustrates the way the streets and
highways around LaRonge looked Wednesday evening. The video clip is 4MB.
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 Vector
Wireless- Saturday
April 9, 2005
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : At
last a viable and affordable high speed Internet service provider for this part of
rural Saskatchewan.
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 Rambler
Trade Show a smashing success- Friday
April 8, 2005
by : Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale : Spectacular
displays, knowledgeable exhibitors and with the other visitors it is a great event
for the community.
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Bottom Of The Page Picture
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