The Week of March 21 to 27, 1999

System Dynamics In Education: Failures of the Current System Sunday March 21, 1999 Mario deSantis explains how the current approach in our school's is crippling our students and reducing their chances to be creative problem solvers.

How A Laser Printer Works? Sunday March 21, 1999 After repairing a couple of laser printers here is an understandable explanation as to how these useful mechanisms work.

Watch Out For The Fine Print At Burger King Monday March 22, 1999 Reversing a "tip" Ensign takes back its recommendation about Burger King.

Short Lines Monday March 22. 1999 Canadian National and Canadian Pacific have begun the process of divesting themselves of branch lines and are being replaced by US companies willing to take over the short line operations.

Patterson Welding Builds New Facility Tuesday March 23, 1999 Established welding and repair company is building a new shop on the West side of town.

Closely Watched Trains Tuesday March 23, 1999 Reflecting on the movement of trains and how this relates to the global economy and prospects of change to economic conditions.

"Conscience Doth Make Cowards Of Us All" Wednesday March 24, 1999 A brief explanation of the history of Yugoslavia and the situation that has lead to today's bombing in the area. (Photo at right from Canadian aircraft archive.)

We Have A Problem Wednesday March 24, 1999 A close look at soil conditions in the Tisdale area as it relates to moisture content and what that means for this year's planting.

Education Facing Overwhelming Challenge Thursday March 25, 1999 Our Education system has the money, the people and need but those elements will not come together without the acceptance of responsibility to find local solutions.

32 Fowl Weather Friends Thursday March 25, 1999 The first of the summer flock have returned from their winter vacation.

Yard Sale Season Returns Friday March 26, 1999 Meet one of our neighbours as he sets out his yard sale sign as the season of private marketing begins.

A Touch of Virga Friday March 26, 1999 There is a certain dampness in the morning clouds, this picture was taken at 0800 this morning. For more images of these spring clouds click on the picture.

Saturday March 27, 1999 What a wind, it is howling out here this morning. You will notice that therash that developed last week continues to spread so that only that little line of snow is left in the back yard. Work continues on the Ensign Index, it is a good way to find things on this site but it is still only about 25% of the material and will have to see each letter of the alphabet get its own page shortly as the size is slowing the loading of the page. I would appreciate any feedback you might have on the index or anything you see in Ensign.