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The Week of June 8 to 14,
2003
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 Tisdale Aviation Association Fly-in and
breakfast- Sunday, June 8, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
Brilliant sunlight splashed through the tattered early morning cumulus to make a
perfect setting for local people and flyers from all over Saskatchewan who came to
share breakfast this morning.
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 Beechcraft Bonanza
A36 (1977)- Monday, June 9, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
This six place, 193 mile per hour chariot of the sky can hustle for 802 miles. Many
believe this version of the Bonanza the ultimate private single engine aircraft.
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 The Greenwater
report- Monday, June 9, 2003
by: Gerald Crawford
Gerald's first grand child got married this past weekend. But Gerald has time to
tell us about the wildlife at the park. Then he tells us about a going away party.
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 Entitlement Program Report- Monday, June 9, 2003
by: Walter Robinson
Our annual budget continues to grow each year with almost 1/5th of it going to pay
interest on the national debt. Essentially we have to sort out expenditures and the
place to start is reform of Employment Insurance.
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 On the street where we live- Tuesday, June 10, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
Yesterday afternoon the town crew were preparing a damaged valve for excavation the
following day and it errupted flooding the street above.
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 Right behind the
bar- Tuesday, June 10, 2003
by: Kevin McIntyre
Here is a peek at th outside of the office of Melville's Grant Schmidt who was turned
down as candidate for the Saskatchewan Party after having 1,200 supporters at the
nominating convention and will be running in the upcoming provincial election as
an independent.
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 Camouflaging Racism
in Saskatchewan and in the Saskatoon Police Association- Tuesday, June 10, 2003
by: Mario deSantis
Racism is an ugly thing but we are not going to make any progress with it as long
as we done come out and deal with the issue. Police Chief Sabo has acknowledged that
two decades ago a least one Saskatoon police officer was reprimanded for leaving
a woman out on the city's outskirts to die, the police association has proclaimed
their lack of confidence in him. There are games being played here and its time to
call it what it really is.
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 Flushing Out Yet Another Vision
Of Senate Reform- Tuesday, June 10, 2003
by: Ron Thornton
A truly lame idea for reforming the senate has come from Margret Kopala, a one time
reformer and now a Canadian Alliance hopeful who thinks that it would be nice for
the provincial governments to look after senate appointments.
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 Warm-up- Wednesday, June 11, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
The alfalfa swathers got into the fields today and tomorrow Tisdale Alfalfa Dehydration
will start picking up the crop of the first cut of 2003 and these stacks will
come to life for another season of cooking.
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 Auster MK VI- Wednesday, June 11, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
When is a Piper Cub not a Piper Cub? When its an Auster, made in England based on
the Taylorcraft design with a deHavilland Gipsy Major engine and at the Tisdale Aviation
Association flyin-breakfast last weekend.
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 While Harper does the talking, MacKay
does the walking.- Wednesday, June 11, 2003
by: Mike Reilly
The Canadian political scene is substantially changed with the election of Peter
MacKay as leader of the Progressive Conservative after having agreeing not to make
a deal with the Canadian Alliance. Alliance leader Stephen Harper sees his Alberta
party as becoming nationally irrelevant.
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 Cessena 140: the
beginning- Thursday, June 12, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
The most popular aircraft in history is the Cessna 172 but it was with the 120 which
evolved into the 140 that the story really began.
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 Sidewalk Sale
day in Tisdale- Thursday, June 12, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
What a fabulous day, sunlight, gentle summer temperatures, pizza and hamburgers,
yes, a great day.
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 A'less Auto Repair- Thursday, June 12, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
A new automotive repair shop has openned in Tisdale.
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 Making Reality
out of the Fiction of the Free Market- Thursday, June 12, 2003
by: Mario deSantis
The political predisposition of so many leaders both at home and around the world
is determining governmental action rather than basing administration on the needs
of the real world.
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 Liberals goad
regionalism- Thursday, June12, 2003
by: Richard P. Neumann
Political power in Canada flows from the regional issues that produce separatist
parties like the Bloc and the Canadian Alliance. But there is a solution.
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 Satisfying all save the extremes.- Thursday, June 12, 2003
by: Joe Hueglin
The issue of same sex marriage has been steaming away for five years. Parliament
and the courts are at odds and its time to look for a way out of this rather than
rehash the same tired proclaimations.
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