Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Ensign Front Page Volume 10, No. 204

Legacy Project: final preparations

Wednesday
May 16, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: A surveyor was on the street today marking out the modifications to main street as the town prepares for completion of this outstanding downtown upgrade.

Cumulo-fractus clouds

Wednesday
May 16, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Saturday we had showers in this part of Saskatchewan but the showers were part of a large weather system with embedded thunderheads but all that was visible were the fractus clouds.

Don Trembath

Wednesday
May 16, 2007
by: Judy Shire
LaRonge: Juvenile fiction author from Alberta visited LaRonge Public Library last week and gave a reading from his 2005 novel "Rooster".

Recycling - maybe not!

Tuesday
May 15, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Dumpster truck was seen this morning emptying the paper product boxes at SARCAN this morning makes one wonder about what is going on and why are we going to all the effort of sorting out our garbage?

The Greenwater Report

Monday
May 14, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Time for the annual greenhouse adventure as the Crawfords do the local tour and fill up the motorhome with plants. Next weekend's yard sales are on at the park and Gerald is happy the Park is evicting the geese.

Get SummerActive

Friday
May 11, 2007
by: Joni Hagen
Regina: Saskatchewan Parks and Recreation Association have launched a programme running from today until June 22 for us all to get out and enjoy our province and do some healthy living for ourselves.

Tisdale development plan one year old

 

Thursday
May 10, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Here is a chance to meet the Tisdale Director of Economic Development as he outlines some of the achievements for the development plan over the past year and highlights the upcoming community forum on the Bio-fuel project.

Putting it in

 

Thursday
May 10, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Here are four pictures of four field operations in progress today right around noon hour.

Seeding 2007

 

Wednesday
May 9, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Despite winds over 30 knots the seeding process in the Tisdale area is well underway with that same ole wind being responsible for rapidly drying up the wet spots.

Annual visitors

 

Wednesday
May 9, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Various types of arctic geese make the Tisdale and Kinistino area their annual two week rest stop before heading over the tree line to the tundra where they will nest as they do each year.

The Greenwater report

 

Monday
May 7, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Saskatoon: The Crawfords are in Saskatoon for a few days after a trip to Prince Albert and this week's report clues us in on Saskatoon property values, the ice is gone off the lake, Crawfords met their new great grand child and coffee row is sipping right along.

Brad Wall's hidden vision

 

Sunday
May 6, 2007
by: Henry Neufeld
Waldeck: The Saskatchewan Party has ranted for the past month about personale issues in the government and past governments while showing no indication of positive outlook on what they want to see for the province.

The best backyard

 

Saturday
May 5, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: One always has to keep their eyes open for something special and while visiting a garage sale today we discovered Tisdale's best backyard.

Questions arise from quote

 

Friday
May 4, 2007
by: Joe Hueglin
Niagaara Falls: The prime minister and whispers from Quebec suggest that he will do what ever it takes to get support from that province in an upcoming election no matter what the consequences for the country as a whole.

St. Matthew's spring sale

 

Thursday
May 3, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Like the years before the Rummage sale of the spring got underway at 9:00 this morning and we have highlights. To bad you missed the date squares.

Unfriendly flames

 

Wednesday
May 2, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Though no agricultural expert recommends or even condones this practice economics and the need to get the job done cheaply and quickly take precidence and fields are set on fire.

House number three

 

Wednesday
May 2, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: A new basement appeared today beside the construction site of house number one as construction of the third house for the year has begun.

Silverwheels

 

Tuesday
May 1, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Investigating high floatation applicators lead to the interesting linage of this machine for sale at John Bob Farm Equipment in Tisdale.

The Greenwater report

 

Monday
April 30, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Sandhill cranes sighted, sucker fishing, beach cafe opening, ice breaking up and a former resident passes on, all in this week's report.

What is a frost boil?

 

Monday
April 30, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Having a lot of water beneath the surface in a country that freezes solid each year can have some bad effects on the streets and roads above that water.

Ag-Chem Equipment Terra-gator

 

Friday
April 27, 2007
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: With many fields in swamp conditions this is yet another year where the demand for high floatation field equipment is very high.

Afghanistan and Iraq: it's the same war

 

Thursday
April 26, 2007
by: David Orchard and Michael Mandel
Borden and Saskatoon : The invasion of these two countries was not sanctioned by any international body and is an illegal invasion and occupation that can not be condoned but its continuation is an offence to civilization as the number of civilian casualties rises day after merciless day.

Parkland Photography club report

 

Wednesday
April 25, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Planning for this year's outing, discussing slide competitions and this month's theme made up the content of this month's meeting.

Greenwater report

 

Tuesday
April 24, 2007
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park : Gerald keeps us up today on river and flood conditions from Ituna to Hudson's Bay. Works in a ride on an air boat and announces another great grand child.

This year's crocus

 

Monday
April 23, 2007
by: Ken Jones
Regina: For the past few years Ken has sent us a set of spring crocus pictures so today we present the third annual crocus celebration of spring.

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