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By
Weatherman Jack

fave you ever been sun or moon gazing
and noticed a halo or a rainbow-colored
ring all around the sun or moon? Often,
if you follow the ring around, you will
see 2 - 4 smaller rings or bursts that
are nore commonly called 'sundogs! at
owpposite locations around that ring.

These rings and ‘dogs! are signifi-

eant weather forecasters and were used
to predict the weather in ancient times.
They are just as useful now to the ama-
teur forecaster. Here's how:

When a storm with moisture is a long
way away, some of the water droplets
are sucked up into the very high atmo-
sphere. There they turn into ice crys-
tals and drift with the high altitude
winds. When the crystals drift between
you and the sun, it sets up a prism -
effect, refracting light through ice
and creating a rainbow.

The ice crystals are high and the winds
are moving very fast. The more crystals
there are, the smaller the halo(s),
which means that the storm is getting
quite near. Keep in mind that you can
see the sun or moon so the storm

clouds are not yet present. In fact,
they are coming - much lower and slower
and sometimes as far away as two or
three days.

Moon dogs are the best to see and watch
since watching sundogs can hurt or dam-
age your eyes.

Forecast your own WX and watch the moon
on March 26, 27, 28, or 29. It's a
good time of season to be able to
predict spring storms several days in
advance.

In the meantime, I expect above average
temperatures in the latter part of March
which means many recordings above zero
and into the +8°C category. I also

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expect some rainstorms early in
April...so if the skies are clear,
you can try your moondog watching
techniques. Have fun!

WX Jack

COMMUNITY CENTRE

The general program schedule for
the Community Centre will be
posted at the Centre on Saturday,
12 March. (A program handout is
prepared but as yet is not printed)
During the first few months of
operation this schedule will con-
tinuously change so try to bear
with us.

The fee and rental structure for
programs has not been finalized.

Once the printing is completed a
handout will be available for all
residents.

P. Griffin

KNOW YOUR DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES
In an effort to help TR residents
understand the function of the
municipal employees, Bonnie Conn,
Deputy Clerk, will be doing

brief introductions to each per-
son and position in this and the
coming editions. The following
page has the organizational chart
to add to your understanding of
the District.

MUNICIPAL ENGINEER-J IM GREENWOOD

Jim is responsible for the muni-
cipality's Public Works - opera-
tion of the water and sewer sys-
tems, road maintenance within the
townsite, garbage pick-up and dog
control. Jim's office is located
in the Municipal Office at present
but will eventually be located
within the Public Works Building
on MacKenzie Way where he will be

assisted by a Public Works Foreman
and crew. - B. Conn