The Week of September 23 to 29, 2001

AutumnLand
Sunday
September 23, 2001
Both summer and the harvest are over as we take a look at the country on a warm fall day with an endless sky. This story includes a QuickTime VR panorama of the open countryside.
Sunday Around Town
Sunday
September 23, 2001
A look at some scenes in Tisdale this bright Sunday morning.
The Greenwater Report for September 24, 2001
Monday
September 24, 2001
The pictures with today's report by Gerald Crawford are outstanding like this one of a slough on the Tower Road. Gerald tells about the weather, fishin', Kelvington and the price of gas.
Our Freedom: Languaging and Putting People Before Money (and War)
Monday
September 24, 2001
Mario deSantis discusses the use of language and the concepts that seem to float along with the rhetoric.
Green to Gold and Gone
Tuesday
September 25, 2001
The seasons are colours, we look at this one passing on.
America Under Attack: Linear Thinking and System Thinking
Tuesday
September 25, 2001
Mario deSantis give us some important issues to consider today as he ponders the dangers of defining complex situations in overly simple terms. This story has some valuable links be sure to check them out.
Warm and Windy
Wednesday
September 26, 2001
We move to our third day in a row of above normal temperatures and moderate winds. With these pictures is some reflective thoughts on the current state of world affairs. This story includes a QuickTime spoken version of the text.
National Post Writer Clifford Orwin's Views on Globalisation
Wednesday
September 26, 2001
University of Toronto's Clifford Orwin is a clever writer but exceeds Mario deSantis' sensibilities when he equates globalisation and democracy.
Staging
Thursday
September 27, 2001
Work continues as the Golden Age Centre progresses into the finishing stages with dry walling nearly finished and electrical and plumbing work to be completed.
American Coalition and "Ceteris Paribus"
Thursday
September 27, 2001
Mario deSantis is concerned about recent pronouncements by the Italian Prime Minister and that Saudi Arabia is a part of the coalition. He worries that some loss of focus could already occurred
Parkland Photography Club Meeting Report
Friday
September 28, 2001
Gerald Crawford keeps us informed on the activities and challenges for the photo club. The picture shown is by Alie Neish and was the third place image on the theme "Bugs."
Canadian Taxpayers Federation Implores Minister of Finance to produce a Fall Budget
Friday
September 28, 2001
This is a press release from the CTF that explains the financial crisis Canada is sliding into and in a letter from its director demands that a new budget be tabled.
Nero Fiddled As Rome Burned
Friday
September 28, 2001
Andrew Lane from Brandon passes on to us his discontent with the Prime Minister and his government for have left Canada so ill prepared to meet any crisis.
We Are Connected
Friday
September 28, 2001
Kevin McIntyre explains the need for Canadians and their government to realise how this modern world no longer permits us to feel secure from threats of international terrorism
Snowforts
Friday
September 28, 2001
Here is an interesting letter to the editor from a school boy in Minnisota about snowball fights.
1960 Ford Thunderbird
Saturday
September 29, 2001
This car series set the trend and standard for more than a decade as Ford designers captured the elegance and flair that caught the driver's taste of the era.
Truth and Opinion Polls
Saturday
September 29, 2001
Mario deSantis and Lorie Terry enlighten us on the conduct of the world's business as opinion poll government and rational thought seems to be in conflict with one another.