Friday, September 24, 2010 0:29 AM Ensign Front Page Volume 13, No. 39

Upgrading borrow pit to trout pond

Thursday
September 22, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 

Tisdale: About a decade or more ago the borrow pit east of Tisdale on the north side of highway #3 was stocked with trout and during the summer dedicated fishing folk could be seen trying to catch one. But the fish were unsustainable and this spring the pond was pumped empty and this fall it is being modified.

 

 

Visit to Porcupine Plain

Thursday
September 22, 2010
by: Darlene McCullough

 

Porcupine Plain: Tisdale and area superannuated teachers held their September meeting at the Cove at Greenwater Park then went into Porcupine Plain to tour the excellent museum.

The Greenwater report

Tuesday
September 21, 2010
by: Gerald Crawford

 

Saskatoon: We haven't heard from the Crawfords since the end of August and since then they have obtained a much newer motor home and are all set to make a trip to Alberta this coming week. This report catches up on some of the friends of the Crawfords.

Colour has come

Thursday
September 16, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 

Tisdale: Here is our first look at the turning colour of the leaves in the Tisdale area. 

Registry means proceeding with facts rather than from ignorance

Thursday
September 16, 2010
by: Eugene Parks

 

Victoria, British Columbia: Its the talk on every news show on radio and television as the a private members bill and the Federal government are determined to get rid of the long gun registry. All but three of Canada's police chiefs want the registry to be maintained because it is information that police can use to determine if a threat is possible with an individual.

Things are wet

Tuesday
September 14, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 

Tisdale: Wet spring, wet summer and now wet once again as we go into fall. Crops not planted, those crops that were put in the ground grew poorly and many ploughed under now what crops that have been swathed and are awaiting harvest are soaking in the field. When looking for a bright side rice comes to mind but it has been to cold for that to have grown maybe farmers should consider wild rice for next year.

The age of intolerance

Friday
September 3, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 

Tisdale: Given the nature of the last century there is really nothing new about the present. What is so hard to take is that clearly we as a people should be over this sort of thing as we allow our selves to move forward toward a brighter and more enlightened future, but instead we seem doomed to relive the age of the reformation while simply renaming the Spainish inquisition.

Positive alternatives to spending billions on war planes

Thursday
September 2, 2010
by: Joe Hueglin

 

Niagara Falls, Ontario: The most important thing about being a soveriegn country is to determine what is best for your people and the country's collective aspirations of itself as a nation. We have to question what we want to be and then set forth a plan to achieve that goal. Is Do we as a nation need to comment billions of dollars to owning 65 aircraft to fight in an environment where manned aircraft may be totally obsolete?

Tisdale's superannuated teachers attend 'to hell with the bell' breakfast

Wednesday
September 1, 2010
by: Darlene McCullough

 

Tisdale: The first day of each school year the Tisdale area chapter of the Saskatchewan Superannuated Teachers meeting for their annual 'to hell with the bell' breakfast at the Tisdale Riverside Golf Club. Of the 99 member organisation 44 were in attendence Monday morning.

House number thirteen an RTM

Tuesday
August 31, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 

Tisdale: Tisdale's newest house is located a block west of main street and is a ready to move (RTM) house that has been moved onto a foam form concrete basement that was poured on August 12.

The combines begin harvest

Monday
August 30, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 

Bjorkdale: The rolling country in the area east of Bjorkdale is considerably drier than the surrounding flat land and on Friday this combine was spotted in a field.

The Greenwater report

Monday
August 30, 2010
by: Gerald Crawford

 

Leacross: Last weekend the Crawfords had a wedding to go to and we get the details in this week's report. Still a few more weeks for the Crawfords to take their motohome camping so we will be looking forward to reports on their journeys.

House eleven on Fairy Glen

Monday
August 30, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 

Tisdale: This Duesener Home got its start on July 16 and will have shingles by the end of the week with the rafters now all in place.

Swathing begins

Wednesday
August 25, 2010
by: Timothy W. Shire

 

Tisdale: Canola crops are uneven and short compared with other years but the time has come to harvest what crop there is in the field. Several fields in the immediate Tisdale area were being swathed this afternoon.

Optimism and hope

Wednesday
August 25, 2010
by: Michael Townsend

 

Kamloops, British Columbia: Canada is a complex country ever changing as more and more cultures integrate into the evolving modern world that is Canada.

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