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INo matter what your game, chances are

there's somebody out there to take on thechallenge. See Page 10 for story.

Future looks brightfor Into in Sudbury

The future of Inco's Sud-bury operations appears securefor at least the next 40 years.

That bit of good news waspassed along to Sudburyregional councillors by DonaldJ. Phillips, Chairman, Presidentand Chief Executive Officer ofInco Limited.

Phillips addressed council ata Copper Cliff Club luncheonduring a two- day visit to Sud-bury in late November.

Phillips told councillors thatInco should remain viable andproductive in the Sudbury Basinfor at least another 40 years -and perhaps much longer thanthat.

He said Inco will be lookingat mining new ore bodies inLevack, Garson and at CopperCliff North over the next fewyears.

Levack East should be thefirst new project to come onstream, said Phillips.

The news was greeted withenthusiasm by regional chair-man Tom Davies, who thankedPhillips for his continuing com-mitment to the Sudbury com-munity.

During their stay in Sud-bury, Phillips and members ofthe Inco Management Commit-tee toured the Clarabelle Mill,Copper Cliff Smelter, and Cop-per Refinery. They also touredScience North.

Phillips also used the visit asan opportunity to present acheque for $500,000 to the On-tario Cancer Care Fund for usetowards the NortheasternRegional Cancer Care Centre inSudbury.

Coupled with their $500,000donation to Laurentian Hospitalin May, this brings to $1,000,000the amount of money Inco hasgiven to cancer care services inNorthern Ontario this year.

Full details in December. n

Inco's off the field,but scoring goalsCaution : Parents At Work

"What do mom and dad do at work?" we asked Inco kids.The delightful results of the contest are featured in this month'sTriangle. The harried "mecanic" is "Cratin Mine's" PeterPagnutti as seen by his eight-year-old son Chris.

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Records smashed in employees'$210,000 United Way drive at Inco

A tremendous success.Outstanding. A record dona-tion. A dream realized. Anotherbanner year.

Pick any phrase you want.Choose your adjectives. Nomatter how you slice the UnitedWay pie in 1989, Inco employeesare leading the way in generositythroughout the Sudbury. area.

Though final tabulations arenot yet in, Inco people kept thedonations flowing last month tothe tune of a record- shattering$210,693. The tally after thefirst- ever month-long, groupcanvass enclipsed the previoushigh of $197,000. set last year.

The four-week campaign

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Port Colborne's young soc-cer players are getting a kick outof Inco.

A heart- felt thanks was ex-tended to Inco on behalf of theSir John Colborne Youth SoccerClub for the company's leasingof land west of existing soccerfields at Humberstone School.

The $1 a year lease was of-ficially announced at a recent

Campaign co-ordinator Bob Todd shows record -breaking tally that 's all-time Sudbury high.

soccer league awards night andbanquet.

Inco's decision came afterSJCYSC president Barney San-tabella approached Inco in earlyspring about the possibility ofobtaining the land to establishadditional fields close to thosethe club is now using.

The extra land would also

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6 BACKTO SCHOOL 11 RIDING THE RAI LS ... AGAIN 15 CHECKING THE BOOKS

2 November 1989

Inco veterans remember horrors of warMore than 130 men who left

Inco to fight in the SecondWorld War never returned.Judging from the recentRemembrance Day ceremony atthe Copper Cliff Public School,their memory, and the memoryof thousands of others who gavetheir lives, still affect the living.

"You can tell the intensityand seriousness of a Remem-brance Day Service," said BillVan Allen, who retired asSuperintendent in DivisionalShops in 1981 after 41 years ser-vice at Inco, "by watching thefaces of the veterans."

Bill was one of 30 former In

co employees who took part inthe ceremony conducted by R.L.Beattie Branch 224 of the RoyalCanadian Legion.

A veteran of the Navy, Billwas assigned to North Atlanticconvoy duty during World WarII where convoys of 200 to 300hundred ships often lost a dozenvessels a crossing.

The magnitude of thoselosses are often glossed over inthe history books, but it hasgiven veterans such as Bill aspecial meaning for Remem-brance Day.

Stan Simmons, who retiredfrom the Process TechnologyLab in 1980 after 40 years withInco, knows the history of thewar as well.

As a pilot in Bomber Com-mand and a Distinguished Fly-ing Cross winner, he did a tourof duty with the ThunderbirdSquadron 426. It flew 268 mis-sions over enemy territory, had424 men killed or presumeddead, 97 who were takenprisoners of war and 136 who

were shot down and evaded cap-ture.

Even after 44 years, aRemembrance Day Servicebrings back the memories ofthose years, he said. "It's almostlike a dream, something thatnever really happened. But I stillget very emotional."

Canada, far removed fromthe conflict of both WorldWars, had 1,086,000 men andwomen in uniform in WorldWar II and 619,636 in WorldWar I. The country lost 42,042service personnel in World WarII and 60,661 in World War I.

Day is all about," said Cam, afull-time and part-timeemployee for 17 years. "Thenames on all those Comme-morative Legion Plaques."

A Distinguished FlyingCross winner, he joined the air-force in 1941, and served inCoastal Command, BomberCommand and in the verydangerous Pathfinder Force, thegroup who went in first on bom-bing runs to mark the target anddirect the other aircraft in.

As a navigator and bombaimer in the R.A.F. in thePathfinder Force, he flew eightmaster bomber trips and sevendeputy master bomber tripsbefore he had an accident inNovember, 1944 and returned toCanada the following March.

It might be well to note thatBomber Command had thehighest rate of fatalities of anygroup in the armed forces duringthe Second World War, and thePathfinder Force was the mostdangerous job in Bomber Com-mand. n

Retired Divisional ShopsSuperintendent Bill VanAllen with wreath.

Are youlookingforward tothe Sudburywinter?B !!

Vic Migwans , driller, CreanHill: "I always look forward towinter. It's part of my way ofliving - winter, spring, summerand fall. When winter comesyou know spring isn't farbehind. If I lived in Florida Iwouldn't think twice aboutwinter, but when you live uphere it's a part of life. You can'tfight it so I guess you have to en-joy it."

Special meaning

It is the untold stories ofthose losses that have specialmeaning to Cam Shortts onRemembrance Day. It is also theloss of two personal friends heworked with at Inco, NathanCrawford and Harry Maclntyre,who he talked to a few daysbefore they died.

"That's what Remembrance

Powerhouse retiree Sgt .-At-Arms Yves Leborgne with needlepoint of poppies he created.

Hugh Currie , industrialevaluator, Creighton: "I lookforward to winter. I have threesnowmobiles and I love icefishing. I would never move toFlorida. I wouldn't move fromhere ... except to move furthernorth. I like the north, youknow, battle the elements.Besides, the winters aren't asharsh as they used to be. Wedon't get the snow that we usedto.,,

Bob Milisap , contractsurveyor, Utilities: "I hatewinter. I've been in Sudbury 22years and at first I liked it, but asyou get older you get a little tiredof it. It's a lousy time of year,especially if you have an outsidejob like me. I don't snowmobileand I don't like ice fishing. Ihole up in winter."

Andre Fournier , processassistant, Copper Cliff NickelRefinery: "Yes, I like winter inSudbury. It's not too cold andwe get a fair amount of snow sowe can enjoy winter sports. Wedon't have to worry about put-ting up with all the slush they getin southern Ontario. Winter inSudbury is just about the rightlength and it's a nice changefrom summer."

Dan LaLancette , Inco sup-plier: "I don't want to leavehere. I was born in Sudbury andI grew up with the winters here.I've travelled all over and there'sno place I'd rather be. I like tobe active in the winter. I ice fishand snowmobile. Around the icehut, it's like a beach in the sum-mer, full of people."

Mary Lynn Polano, clerkstenographer, Creighton: "I'vebeen in Sudbury 20 years and Iwasn't used to it at first. I'mfrom Parry Sound and we had alot of snow but it wasn't as cold.I don't mind it now. I crosscountry ski and once a year I goice fishing, but by the end ofFebruary I've had enough."

Chris Davis, geologist,Crean Hill Mines Exploration:"I don't really know what to ex-pect from winter in Sudbury yet.This is my first winter here. Iwas in northern Quebec last yearwhere there was lots of snowand lots of winter activities.From what I've seen to datethere should be less snow butstill the same variety of winteractivities. "

A silent vigil.

Fred Mills, foreman, CreanHill: "No, I'm not looking for-ward to winter. I'd rather see 11112 months of summer and onlytwo weeks of winter atChristmas. I don't like the cold,the road conditions or the freez-ing rain. I'm strictly a summerperson."

Gary Moxam , vibrationanalyzer, Utilities: "I don'tmind winter at all. When you'reborn in winter like I was, youlook forward to all four seasons.The length of winter doesn'tbother me either. The onlyseasons I don't like are the onesin- between, you sit twiddlingyour thumbs waiting to get thesnowmobile out or the boatlaunched. Of course, there'sdays when it's 40 degrees belowand you don't want to go out-side."

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Potvin goes in hole for Crean Hill drilling

Gerry Potvin and Crean Hill Superintendent Joe Loring:More than one way to drill a hole.

Sometimes he just can'tbelieve they drilled the holething ... or whole thing.

"I always knew it wouldwork," said Gerry Potvin, "butI never believed it would work sowell."

The Mines ResearchEngineer was enthusiastic abouta 10 inch hole drilled to allowminers to pour crushed gravelfrom Crean Hill's 2,000 footlevel to 2,250 foot level.

There's nothing new about10-inch holes, he admits, it's theway it was done.

"We did it all in one shot,"he said, grabbing a pencil andbegan drawing circles on a pieceof paper in an effort to explain.

"In the past, to get a holethat size we had to drill a 6 1/2inch hole first, then again toeight inches, and ream it a thirdtime to 10 inches. Each time wehad to pull all the rods backout," he said "and that's verytime- consuming: Normally itwould take about nine shifts todo the job. This way, it took usfour shifts. Our best productionwas 90 feet in one eight- hourshift.

Gerry's enthusiasm has been

Spare the rod saves time, trouble for research minersITH drill strings sometimes

won't come OTH.While Inco's powerful In-

The-Hole drills are reachingever-increasing depths anddiameters , the drills are unableto remove drill rods and ham.mers that would sometimes bind

Cutter tilts out of torpedo-shaped housing that'slowered into the rod . Below,a demonstration of theresults.

in the hole or jam by shiftingrock.

"It was quite a problem,"said Mines Research EngineerGerry Potvin. "You get expen-sive hammers and rods stuckdown there and you'd have toleave them behind."

Today, about 85 to 90 percent of what was once leftbehind is recovered, thanks tosome ingenious methods anddevices dreamed up by Gerryand his crew of research minersRolly Fortin and Rolly Berube.

In dollars and cents, thatrepresents about $1 million savings a year in new rod replace-ment value.

There are two separatephases to Gerry's drill rescue:Equipment to unseat the rodsand hammer out of the hole,and if that fails, a kind ofhomemade mechanic mole arm-ed with a flip- out rotating cutterthat's lowered down inside therods. When it reaches to justabove the stuck portion of thehammer, the cutter extends fromthe torpedo- shaped device andneatly slices the pipe in half.

Under development forabout two years, the ITH RodRecover System is portable andcan be moved to the site quickly.First, a metal baseplate is slip-ped over the rod and lowered to

the ground. The plate serves as afooting for the heart of thesystem, a series of three pistonsthat are assembled around theprotruding section of rod. Anoversized cap assembly isthreaded on to the end of theshaft and provides somethingfor the piston assembly to pushagainst as it extends.

Tricky manoeuvre

Hydraulic pressure , suppliedby a portable air- powered pump,extends the pistons, in turn edg-ing the rods slowly but steadilyout of the hole. When the pistonis fully extended , the rod is wedg-ed in place to ensure against slip-ping back down and the pro-cedure is repeated until all therods are removed.

"We've moved a lot of rodsand hammers this way," saidGerry. " But sometimes there isjust no way to get them out.Sometimes the ground shifts andit's jammed for good. We'veeven tried explosive charges, butthat doesn ' t work either."

The solution : cut your lossesand remove what you can.

"We simply lower our cutting

in the hole for some time. Just ayear ago, he and a group oftinkerers managed to ream a 171/2 inch hole down to a record-breaking 600 feet.

The Crean Hill experiment isanother big step forward."There are a lot more applica-tions all over for this system,"he said.

The entire job was done witha Super CD 90 ITH drill andInco-developed equipment andmethodology.

Gerry began initial researchon the project about four yearsago, looking at the many snagsthat had to be ironed out."Everything had to be examin-ed," said Gerry. "Rods,hydraulics, cooling systems anddifferent ways of tackling theproblem. We carried out a lot oftrials and tests before we gotanything to work properly."

One of the first trials was anattempt to do the drilling withexisting equipment without"beefing it up."

"The vibrations and extrapressure jammed the rods tight.They were so tight thatsometimes the guys had to

device down inside the rods onsections of pipe and turn it onwhen we get to the spot justabove where it's stuck. The entirehousing is rotated 360 degrees viaa crank wheel attached to the sec-tion of pipe protruding from therod."

"break" the threads with sledgehammers and torches."

A new low-torque threaddesign, now used widely by Incocame as one of the spin-offs ofthe project.

One of the main obstacleswas beefing up air pressure to in-crease the glow energy for betterpenetration and better bailingvelocities required to ejectmaterial back out the hole.

"We were working with airpressure of 250 pounds persquare inch and 750 cubic feetper minute," said Gerry. "It on-ly took some minor changes tobeef that up to 300 psi."

But moving to 350 psi airpressure and 1, 125 cubic feet perminute took some majorchanges. With a lot of equip-ment modification and the addi-tion of an extra pump, the goalwas reached.

"It was a significant break-through," he said. "It's thestandard at Inco now."

What's next?"I hope to get it up to 500

psi," he said. "I hope to have aprototype by April, maybe May

Sometimes, the rod is cutseveral times before it is freed."We aren't always sure justwhere it's stuck," said Gerry.

To salvage as much rod aspossible, the rod is cut at thelowest spot possible.

As the pistons extend , rod (centre of four pistons ) is easedout of the hole.

Research miners Roily Fortin and Roily Berube with the portable rod recovery system.

4 November 1989

Environmental policy not just a pretty plaqueIt is .. or will be soon - -

hanging in virtually every officeof Inco's many national and in-ternational operations, a state-ment of the company's commit-ment to the environment.

But does it have teeth?"From what can be seen

already, there's no doubt thatthis is more than a piece ofpaper," said EnvironmentalControl Manager Larry Ban-bury. "Things have already

a

started happening."Larry was referring to an En-

vironmental Impact Policy, aportrait- size declaration signedby Inco Chairman, Presidentand Chief Executive OfficerDonald J. Phillips that will behung in every major office of In-co's many operations.

Outlining everything frommaximizing environmental pro-tection to more communicationwith government, employees

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and the public, the policy is aclear statement of Inco's inten-tions.

Seven thousand copies of thepolicy statement are being sentto every Inco location world-wide, especially the main pro-duction centers in Sudbury,Thompson, Manitoba, theUnited States, the UnitedKingdom and Indonesia.

"Note the paragraph aboutannual reviews of company per-

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tions in the next two years, anambitious project that will de-mand environmental audits ofmore than 20 separatemanagerial areas.

He said that some of the ef-fects of the company's en-vironmental concerns arealready being felt. "Starting inJune, we put a procedure inplace that requires every capital

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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT POLICY

1n111 is rontmttt cd to the concCpt,^! sU si sin al'li dCt ci' pmt' m,n hi: h rctluires I lane ink the nee dfit cosnomic,rmt th it ith goodstcts.u'dship to the protectionof human health and the uaruralcnwirunnxnt

Inch mill strive to minim ,c anypotcnti fib adverse impacts of itsoperations and products on itsemployees- cuv,,mrrs, the generalpublic and the natural cnwiron-mcnt, and \\ ill seck to not onlymcet, but it po,siblc, surpass thestandards set be roles ant legis-lation, by diligent applicationtat tcchnicalhv proven and rcono-mically tc.isibk cmmIronmcnralprotection measures throughoutexploration, mining, processingand tick ommissioning phases ofoperations.

III implement this policy, Info willendeavour to:

• assess, plan, construct and oper-arc proiccts or facilities in compli-ancc is ith allapplicable legislationproviding for the protection ofrise environment, cmpio}ces, andthe public.

• in the ahscncc of legislation, applycost-efl'cetist best naanageniencpractices to ads ancc environmentalprotection and to nunimiz risks tooccupational and public health andsafety and the ensirtmment.

• implement site -specific pro-granas, which confirm with bothgovernmental regulations and cor-porate policies, to minimize risk.

• maintain active, continuing,monitoring programs, to evaluate

oprratioual risks to human satctyand health, and the cm ronmcntand apph sound risk roans, cmenrprinciples to ensure compitans-ewith government and companyrctluirrmcnts

• fusrer rest•arch directed itexpanding scientific knowicdge ofthe impact of industry actis sties onthe envir"ntncnt, of e nVirontnent "econon e linkatics, and of improycdprocessing tedanolot±tcs.

♦ work pro-actiycls it ith goycrnment and the public in the dewciopmentofcyttttahle,:ost cf?crticeand realistic laws for the protecti, toof the environment and the cn-hanccmcnt of occupational healthand satcty

0 enhance communications withgovernments, employees andinvolved publics to promote tinderstanding sit th nature ofour busi -nessacttwitics and am relevantrisks associated with ottropcrarionsor products.

• rcvicN annually for the Board tq'Directors, conapanm perfi,rmanrwith respect to occupational healthand safety and the cur ironrncnt.

• provide shareholders with inti,r-rnation on cm iromncntal and occupational health and safety mattersthrough the Annusl Report

S. PU^urtid I I'I,illips,Chairman, f resident amtC:hiefF'vecutivc Ufiisvr ^.

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formance," said Larry. "We'vejust embarked on a major en-vironmental audit program. Ateam of four people is scheduledto do an environmental audit ofMatte processing in lateNovember.

"And that's just the start,"he added.

On the longer term, he said,he's involved in a program thatwill see similar environmentalaudits of all Canadian opera-

Div shopon the skids

Divisional Shop employeestooled up for a little sliding onthe ice recently in the second an-nual Mixed Curling Bonspiel atthe Coniston Curling Club.

"The turnout was betterthan expected," said tourna-ment organizer Larry Solski, anarmature winder at the Shops."We had a full house. All thepositions were filled two weeksbefore the tournament."

Since the purpose of theouting was to have a good time,curling skills were secondary.

"About 90 per cent of thepeople had never curledbefore," said Larry. "Thatdidn't matter. Everybody had agood time."

A total of 16 four memberteams played. Machine operatorTom Winter, his wife Bea, andmachinist Ron Menard and wifeClaire took first place in thetournament.

The event will be repeatednext year. "In fact," said Larry,"it's already been booked." n

At left, machinist RonMenard helps his team-matesend the rock down the ice.At right, Jeannette Cumini,wife of maintenancemechanic Larry Cuminiprepares for a shot.

ENVIRONMENTALContinued from page 4

appropriation request to bereviewed by this (environmentalcontrol) department."

Also in place and operatingis an Engineering Departmenteffort designated the CleanPlant Design Policy. When anengineering request is submittedto the department, environmen-tal concerns are addressed aspart of the engineering designwork.

"Some of these things havebeen gradually on the way forthe past four or five years whileothers are now coming on line,"he said. "All in all, I think weare in good shape. Things can'tbe perfect, of course, but I thinkwe are a very environmentallyconscious company."

According to Ontario Divi-sion president Bill Clement, thepolicy is one of the mostdefinitive statements made onthe environment by a companyanywhere.

"It is an integral part of In-co's commitment to sustainabledevelopment," he stated in a let.ter accompanying the delivery ofthe framed policies to approx-imately 1,300 offices in Sudburyand Port Colborne operationsearly in November.

He encouraged employees tomake the principles contained inthe statement "a vital part ofyour daily work at Inco." .

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6 November 1989

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3,000 expected for CCHS ReunionWho says you can't go back

in time?Former students of Copper

Cliff High will revisit the days ofhomework, hallway monitorsand history class during theCopper Cliff High School Reu-nion '90 next summer.

Copper Cliff High Schoolwas opened in 1937 and closedin 1980 because of decliningenrolment.

Today, the building is hometo Copper Cliff Public School,but etched within its hallwaysfor eternity are the memoriesand magic left behind by genera-tions of high school students.

Because Copper Cliff isessentially an Inco town, moststudents at Copper Cliff HighSchool were sons and daughtersof Inco employees. Many ofthose sons and daughters follow-ed their parents into the Incoworkforce.

Such was the case with DianeFlynn, secretary in the accoun-ting department and a graduate

of the Copper Cliff High SchoolClass of '69.

"Our whole family was In-co," she said. "My father wasgeneral foreman in the windingshop and he's a pensioner now."

Diane's father, Herk, at-tended Copper Cliff HighSchool, as did her brother John.Her younger sister Patty wouldhave attended the school had itnot closed.

"It was a small school soeverybody knew everybody,"she said. "Most of my friendshave gotten married and movedout of town so I haven't seensome of them in 20 or 25 years.We used to have some goodtimes."

The best years

While most teenagers don'trealize it at the time, there is alot of truth to the saying thathigh school years are the bestyears of your life, said Diane.

Her memories of high school

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are good ones, punctuated moreby school spirit and extra-curricular activities than by sternteachers and piles of homework.

"I was a cheerleader," shesaid, "and we used to travel onthe bus to all the hockey games.Our school spirit was very high.

"We were a small school butour hockey team was NOSSA(Northern Ontario SecondarySchools Association) championfor years and years. The CopperCliff Braves were the team of thecentury."

Diane's affection for her oldschool led her to take charge oflooking after registrations forthe reunion, scheduled for June29 - July 1.

"This reunion is not only forgraduates," she said. "Anyformer student, even if they onlywent for a day, is welcome to at-tend.

"Friends and family ofstudents are also definitelywelcome."

Planning for the reunionbegan in May of 1988 andorganizers hope to attract 3,000people.

"We want everybody plann-ing to attend to pre-register,"said Diane. "We already havepeople registered from as faraway as Germany, but the ma-jority of people who areregistered now are fromsouthern Ontario, Ottawa, andWestern Canada.

Renew friendships

"We just want to get formerstudents together to renewfriendships of years gone by. Wewant to keep our school spiritalive even though the school isdead."

Reunion organizers have awide variety of activities plannedfor the weekend. These includeopening ceremonies and a beer-fest on Friday, beer tents, gamesfor the kids and an oldtimers'ball game Saturday, and reunionblessing and closing ceremoniesSunday.

On Saturday night, organi-zers will play host to what is be-ing billed as the world's "biggesthigh school dance," featuringlive bands 1964 and Spyre.

Copper Cliff High grad Diane Flynn skips back in time.

"We will need memora-bilia," said Diane. "A lot ofpeople don't want to give upthat stuff but we have securitymeasures in place and it will beidentified and returned to themright after the reunion.

"Anyone wishing to donatememorabilia should contact ArtCloss at 692.3293."

Brian Bertulli, salary ad-ministrator at Inco, is headingup the souvenir committee forthe reunion. Souvenirs will beavailable for purchase through-out the weekend.

Registration kits are also be-

ing prepared for all participantswhich include a reunion memen-to, and a chance to win a colorTV and VCR, or one of twotrips.

Registration forms areavailable at Lasalle IGA, Patand Mario's, Copper CliffLegion, Copper Cliff QuikMart, Copper Cliff Wilson'sPharmacy, Lockerby Post Of -fice and Choices Furniture inSudbury.

A pre- registration blitz isplanned for Dec. 11 - 16 at theSouthridge Mall. n

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Danny Beltrame , Tony Campagnola and Erminio Cozzarini.

Caruso Choir revisits members 'homeland for nostalgic tour

For the Caruso Club Choir,the 'Tour of Songs' to Italy wasa return to the country of theirorigin and a return to the cities,towns and villages of theirancestors.

Concentrating on northernItaly, the choir gave 10 concertsin 14 days in San Daniel,Treviso, Lucca, Florence andVicenza before audiencessprinkled with relatives and

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friends of their families back inCanada. They began August 21.

For choir members such asTony Campagnola, it was areturn to the family hearth.Tony, a painter in thelocomotive shop at the smelter,is the only member of his familyto immigrate to Canada.

"We have been to Torontoand many other places but thiswas always a dream that some-

day we would make a trip likethis," said Tony, an originalmember of the 20-year-oldchoir.

When the choir went toVicenza, Tony, who has been inCanada for 35 years, wasreunited with brothers andsisters and family for the firsttime in a decade.

Erminio Cozzarini also sawbrothers and sisters he has notseen for years. Erminio, aretired miner from Creighton,worked with a travel agent inToronto arranging the choir'shectic schedule of bookings,travel and accommodation.

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Retired Inco bricklayer Frank Falbo is the choir ' s guitarist.

"We planned the tour sothat we would go to places orclose to places where we all haverelatives," he said.

Erminio says they visitedsuch tourist attractions as MonteCassini and the Tower of Pisa.

For Nancy Rebellato, a thirdgeneration Italian- Canadian, thetrip was a living chapter in thesaga of the faint echos of anativistic past she only knowsthrough the stories she has heardas a child from her maternalgrandmother.

In high school, she did pro-jects on her family's origin andfamily tree, but has never beento Italy. She's looked forward tomeeting cousins and relatives in

Nancy Rebellato and choir director Marlene Souran.

Choir director Marlene Souran at work.

Miano, near San Daniel, andCastlefranco, near Treviso, shehas never met.

"It was interesting to goback and see where they wereborn and what they are like,"said Nancy, a three-monthveteran of Inco's purchasingdepartment. "And where mygrandmother worked. It'salmost like going home again.My grandparents emigrated hereover 60 years ago."

The highlights of the trip for

the choir, though, was an invita-tion to sing the Mass in MonteBerico Cathedral in Vicenza, ashrine as famous in Italy asSainte- Marie among the Huronsand the Martyrs Shrine is inCanada.

For Tony Campagnola whosang in church choirs in Italy asa young man (but never inMonte Berico) it has to be thehighest achievement so far forthe Caruso Club Choir.

Danny Beltrame, promo-tional director of the choir, saysa tour like this is something thechoir has worked on and plann-ed on for many years.

Of the 47 members of thechoir, 42 managed to get thetime off to make the trip.

"We were lucky," saidDanny, an employee of thegeneral office at Inco, "that somany of our members areretired or worked onmaintenance during the shut-down and are free to travel inAugust."

The choir, which has wonawards and performed at manyfunctions around Ontario, willperformed in both English andItalian . Included in their reper-toire are excerpts from LaTraviota and Nabuco, folksongs, classics such as '0 SoleMio and La Donn E Mobile andNorth American songs like 'IHave A Dream' and 'It's ASmall World'. n

More than half of the Caruso choir members are Inco employees , pensioners , or wives of Inco people.

8 November 1989

Stephanie Leah Gideon, 10daughter of CreightonHoistman Jim Gideon 1stPrize.a

Jim Barrett Jr., 12 son ofLevack Mine 's Jim Barrett2nd Prize.

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Divisional Shop welder PatThaxter 3rd Prize.

Darryl Dionne, 8, son ofCathy Dionne of MetalPlanning and Accounting1st Prize.

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10David Barrio, 8, grandson ofretired power supervisorGino Baggio 3rd Prize.

10 November 1989

Unchallengedcontestants throwdown the gauntlet

Something went awry lastyear. Maybe the word didn't getout. Either that, or all the folksat Inco's refineries, smelter, andother operations and offices areintimidated by the athletic pro-wess of the people who pushpencils and paper at the Generaloffices.

That's why Tim Egan is reis-suing last year's challenge to In-co's far- flung operations toform teams for this year's Cor-porate Challenge.

"We had about 120 out insix teams last year," said Tim,one of the organizers for thisyear's program," but most ofthe people we're recruited fromthe General Offices." Creigh-ton, he said, was the only otherInco group that answered lastyear's challenge.

Although last year's turn- outtripled the previous year's total,Tim wants to see it morerepresentative of the variousgroups within Inco to instil morein- house rivalry.

"The more competition thebetter," said the programmerwith Computer Services at theCopper Cliff General Offices.

Although activities are basedon athletics, the main idea is tohave a good time. "I organizedthe aquatic artistry event lastyear. You didn't even have toknow how to swim. The only re-quirement was to be taller thanthe deepest part of the shallowend of the pool."

Activities are geared to pro-vide some exercise and a lot offun. As well as the in- house

competition , participants willhave a chance to compete withother groups and organizationsin the community.

"It's a great way to meetpeople," he said . " A big part ofthe enjoyment in the CorporateChallenge program is the socialaspect."

About 1,500 people from 54region - wide teams turned outfor the Vegas Night event thatended last year's Challenge pro-gram.

About 15 to 20 people makeup a team . Teams must be co-ed, a factor that might be seen asa problem in some of Inco's all-male departments . " But spousesor girlfriends are welcome," hesaid, or one outfit can team upwith another."

Although only about 15 peo-ple are required for most events,extra teams members ensuresflexibility . "On weekends youcan't make it, there are stillenough people to form a team."

Activities such as bowling,snooker and bladderball takeplace on one weekend a monthfrom February to late April orearly May, usually on Sundays.

Tim hopes Inco groups willform the biggest contingent inthe Corporate Challenge againthis season.

"Last season , an Inco teambecame the first to win twomedals."

With a full roster of 20 peo-ple, registration fees will costS10 each.

For more information, callTim at 682 .5374. n

N icke l NewsHung Up on Nickel

When the United Kingdom's highest telecommunication dishaerial was erected recently, riggers relied on nickel-containingstainless steel buckles on their Britannia Super safety harnesses to en-sure a slip at 230 metres straight up wouldn't end in disaster. They'remade by Pammenter & Petrie Ltd. of Birmingham, England.

Nickel Pigtails

Fibre optics coated with the usual plastic were susceptible to ex-treme temperatures and the apoxy bonding method allowed moistureand other contaminants to penetrate the optical fibre. To solve theproblem, a nickel-coated optical fibre has been developed to over-come the effects of harsh environments in space, land, and under thesea. Called "Pigtails," the optical fibre is made of layers of gold,nickel and aluminum that cover the fibre. The gold protects theunderlying nickel from oxidation and diffuses into the solder whichalso forms a permanent hermetic bond between the fibre and thepackage containing a laser, sensor or other electronics.

Nickel in Pizza

The eye-catching design of the telephone- number advertisementsat almost 200 Pizza Pizza outlets in Ontario and Quebec has madethe Canadian- owned company stores a day and night landmark. Thebacklit signs are made of mirror- polished stainless steel.

Nickel Fits in FittingsA leading U.S. boat builder has replaced the standard plated

zinc- base die castings with nickel- containing stainless steel for the railfittings and other applications on their fresh and saltwater pleasureboats. The stainless steel is being used to eliminate the corrosion ofthe traditional fittings.

Nickel' s Attention SpanThe chemist's name for it is Cr7.15/Ni 10/Mn 15/Si 7/Co

and so on, but in layman's terms it means memory. It's the world'sfirst stainless steel-base shape-memory alloy for practical use. A one-way type shape- memory alloy, its restoration ratio is 100 per centafter deformation of less than four per cent. The composition can bevaried, allowing the alloy to be used for a wide range of applications.

Computer department Technical Support Analyst MoniqueBelanger won't show her hand until the CorporateChallenge begins.

I flco

Learning a partof retirementplans at Cambrian

There's a large resource oftalents, skills and knowledge go-ing largely untapped, and a pro-posed new joint CambrianCollege- Laurentian Universityproject wants to mine it.

In the planning stages, aSenior Learning Institute is ex.pected to be launched byJanuary next year, andorganizers are eager to hearfrom retirees or those planningretirement to help them inestablishing the program.

Through information ses-sions, seniors' interests will beassessed, a first step in organiz-ing a planning committee.

The scope of the program in-cludes providing opportunitiesto meet the learning needs andinterests of seniors and givingaccess to a wide variety ofresources to support those in.terests. -

The program will also giveseniors a wider variety of social,cultural and physical oppor-tunities, and provide an outlet toutilize talents, skills andknowledge in a variety of ways.

Institutes for learning inretirement have gained tremen-dous popularity throughoutNorth America. They are an ex.cellent way for retired people toseek new learning challenges andsocial interaction. Participationin these institutes is based on aprogram of informal learning inan informal setting. Participantsdetermine and coordinate all ac-tivities offered by the institute.Cambrian College and Lauren-tian University have made thecommitment to jointly ,ponsorthis venture and want to workwith potential members to makeit happen.

For more information, con-tact Monica Collins at 675-1151or Sonia DelMissier at 566-8101.

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Chantal Gibson , 12, daughter of Jim Gibson of Occupational Health.

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Inco railroad pensioners back on track

Back on the rails , from left , Ralph Convery , 81; Alf Mash,86; Willis McAdam , 89; Fred Gascon , 84; Leo Gauthier, 83.At the rear is Leo Sabourin.

Inco volunteers sharetheir expertise

The entrepreneurial spirit isalive and well, and Incoemployees are doing their best tokeep it that way.

"It's a good way for kids totry a little self-development, togive them goals to shoot for,"said Copper Refinery Safety andAdministration SuperintendentRoy Carlyle. He's one of fourInco employees working withthe Junior Achievement pro-gram in Sudbury to help localhigh school students learn howthe free enterprise system func-tions.

Roy, Internal Auditor DonStewart, Ontario Division Com-ptroller Mark Martin and Com-puter Services programmer SeanRomenco will attend 26 weeklysessions with 21 students, initial-ly providing expertise on settingup a new business.

"I've been teaching eveningcourses in Business Managementat Cambrian College for the lastnine years," said Roy. "I enjoyworking with young people.This is a way to contribute to thecommunity."

Sean Romenco gatheredmaterial about the program attwo training sessions and passedit on to his teammates. "Eachteam has four advisors, each in adifferent area of managementfrom finance to marketing."

Although the Inco team willspend the first five weekseducating the young "achie-vers" on the ins and outs of set-

ting up their own enterprise, theremaining weeks are spent in anadvisory capacity only.

"The kids have to do itthemselves," said Sean. "Weare there only as advisors ormanagement consultants.

Profit making

He said the object of thecompany is to make a profit bythe end of the sessions."However, education is stressedas the most important thing.

"It'll be a learning ex-perience for me, too," saidSean. "I enjoy working withkids. I like their enthusiasm andinsights into things. I figure thatgiving my time is more impor-tant than anything else I cangive."

For Internal Auditor DonStewart, the sessions will be acontinuation of the summers hespends coaching soccer. "I justconsider this another coachingsession," he said. "I enjoycoaching and I get along withthe kids."

For comptroller Mark Mar-tin, the basic idea of JuniorAchievement is a good one.Although the sessions fall on hiscurling night, he's looking for-ward to the sessions. He likes theidea of the sink-or-swim, trialand error approach that must belearned by the young entre-preneurs. n

Old railwaymen don't retire.They just roll on a more leisurelytrack.

That's one of the reasonswhy Inco's Transportationdepartment played host to a visitby several of the most seniorpensioners to let them see howthe department's rail operationshave changed over the years.

"These guys helped build thesystem of today," said generalforeman of Transportation andTraffic Services Leo Sabourin."It was good to see them backfor a visit."

The idea for the tour came atthe last Pensioners Day celebra-tions when 89- year- old retiredlocomotive engineer WillisMcAdam asked Leo if he couldsee how the rail system hadchanged since he retired in 1964.

"I couldn't see why not,"said Leo. "Rather than take justone guy around, I figured wecould take a busload. I got apensioners' list from BenefitsDepartment and called a dozenor so of the most senior pen-sioners and asked them if theywould like to do a tour.

"I considered the tour ap-preciation for what these guyshave given to the department."

Since the tour was offered toonly the "oldtimers," Leofigures it can't start a precedent."Somebody suggested thenames of a few 80-year-olds beincluded, but I told them Ididn't want any babies along,"grinned Leo.

Willis, the most senior of thedepartment's pensioners, wasjoined by four others for themorning tour and lunch at theCopper Cliff Club, and the reac-tion was overwhelming by thepensioners and Transportationpeople alike.

"There are people here whostill remember these guys and itwas great to have them back,"said Leo. "I think our peopleappreciated it as much as thepensioners."

Looking back

For the former Inco railmen,it was both an eye- opening ex-perience as well as a nostalgiclook back.

"It was a wonderful tour. Itbrought back a lot of memo-ries," said retired locomotiveengineer Alf Mash, at 86 the se-cond in seniority of the group."The atmosphere is still here.The spirit of the people in thedepartment is as high as ever,maybe even better than it used tobe. If I were a young man Iwouldn't hesitate to start allover again here."

He was impressed by howthings have changed. "Theheavy labour seems to be cut inhalf," he said. Machines havetaken all the backbreaking workout of the job. It's a lot easierthan what I remember."

Like most of the pensioners,he is still enthusiastic abouttrains.

"I live on Ontario Street andthe CPR tracks are right at myfront door," he said. "When thetrains to the Soo go by, I countevery car. I guess it's in myblood."

Alf retired in 1967.For veteran's `veteran',

Willis McAdam, the tour was asurprise.

"I can hardly comprehend

the changes around here," hesaid. "The work has changed inevery way and all for thebetter."

"I don't know a lot of peo-ple who are still working here,perhaps five or six," he said."But it was good to get anotherlook at the place."

Willis is enjoying his retire-ment and says he doesn't missrailway work all that much butadmits he loves to see trains asthey pass by.

Willis said he visited thedepartment about 12 years ago,and although he noticed some

changes at that time, they werenothing compared to thedevelopment that has takenplace since.

"It's just amazing," he said."There used to be a lot of hardlabour with such things as clean-ing up the yard. Today it's alldone by machines."

Guides on the tour were LeoSabourin, rail foreman OmarBalmour, jitney driver JohnnyDagett and most seniortransportation employeetransportation foreman EddieKaterynuk. •

Edgar Burton with one of three boxes he's using to collectfood for the needy.

Christmas collectionneeds employee support

It may be a little early to tapinto that special Christmasspirit, but Plate Shop machineoperator Edgar Burton is gettinga jump this year on collectingcanned goods and other non-perishable items from Incoemployees.

"Some people can't have agood Christmas without a littlehelp, and we can do somethingabout it," he said, as he draggedone of three huge donationboxes to its berth at Number 3Dry.

Despite the fact that his firstefforts last year had only fairresults, he's confident that hisfellow employees will respondwith more enthusiasm this year.

"I got the word out a littlelate last year, so maybe mostpeople didn't have enough war-ning. Maybe they didn't knowwhat we're doing here," he said.

To prove his faith in Inco'straditional big heart, he's op-timistically forecasting an ex-

pansion next year to other loca-tions besides South Mine,Number 3 Dry and General Of-fice building where the two-footsquare boxes will be located thisyear.

And this year, he said,there's plenty of warning.

"Last year we put them outin late November. This yearwe've got them out already."

The decision to locate one ofthe boxes at South Mine thisyear, he said, is because of whathe called `the miners' tradi-tional generosity.

"There was a similar collec-tion at Frood Mine while I wasworking there and the responsewas very good."

He'll leave the boxes until aweek before Christmas, then thefood will be turned over to theSalvation Army.

"Inco responded by supply-ing the labor and materials tomake the boxes," he said. "Nowit's up to us to do our part." n

12 November 1989

Evergreen trees, holly and mistletoe are decorations dating frompre-Christian times. Signs of defiance against winter's barrenness,life in a barren, freezing world and signs that spring would return tothe land, these plants have become traditional symbols at Christmas.

Traditions and legends evolved from many countries. For exam-ple, thousands of years ago Druid priests decorated oak trees at thewinter solstice. Golden apples thanked the god Odin for bestowingfruits and lighted candles honored the sun god. During the festival ofSaturn, ancient Romans trimmed trees with trinkets and candles,placing an image of the sun god at the tip. Palm branches were plac-ed in Egyptian homes as a symbol of continuing life at a festivalhonoring the goddess of growing things.

The Christmas tree was a tradition in Germany from the MiddleAges. According to legend, pagan tribesmen were worshipping at anoak and about to sacrifice a young prince. An English missionarystopped them and cut down the oak tree. A fir tree grew in its place,the tree of the Christ- Child. The wood of peace, evergreen leaves as asign of eternal life and pointing towards Heaven, the fir symbolizinggoodness and love to be taken into their homes. The first recordedChristmas tree was in 1604 in Germany.

From a travel diary comes this observation: "At Christmas firtrees are set up in the rooms ... and hung with roses cut from paperof many colors, apples, wafers, spangle-gold, sugar, etc." More than200 years later the first Christmas tree appeared in England at Wind-sor Castle to celebrate the birth of Queen Victoria and PrinceAlbert's son in 1841. Spruce, pine and fir are popular Christmastrees today.

Burning the yule log began at pre-Christian winter solsticefestivals to celebrate the return of the sun in the middle of winter.The Norse name for yuletide meant the beginning of a new year.Druids burned the trunk of an oak or apple tree. From Europe, allwho helped haul the yule log home would be safe from witchcraft.Ceremonies included pouring wine over the log, songs, prayers, sit-

ting on the log and making a wish and finally setting it ablaze to driveout evil spirits. On Christmas eve, the yule log must not be entirelyburned. A charred piece is used to light next year's log.

Good omens

Evergreens were hung above doorways in ancient Europe.Tribesmen believed that by offering woodland spirits or fairy peopleshelter from the cold they would have good fortune and health.Plants that did not die were a sacred symbol of life to the Druids.The belief in the power of mistletoe is ancient. It grows as a parasiteon oaks and other trees and is a plant that never touches the ground.Mistletoe was worn or hung above doorways to ward off evil spirits.All who entered received a kiss of friendship. With its thick leaves,small yellow flowers and waxy- white berries, mistletoe is consideredunlucky if it is allowed to touch the ground. Many superstitions areassociated with kissing under the mistletoe.

Mistletoe, holly and ivy were symbols of eternal life in paganreligions. They were not only green but bore berries during thewinter. As Christian customs prevailed, they became symbols ofChristmas. Holly was considered a holy tree. In Norway and Swedenit was known as 'Christ-thorn'. Its prickly leaves signifying thornsand scarlet berries, the blood of Christ, were a test against the evileye. Customs from Europe in the 1600s were that holly planted neara home would frighten off witches and protect the home fromthunder and lightning. A sprig of holly on the bedpost brought hap-py dreams.

From eastern Europe and Scandinavia the emphasis at mid-winter has been on straw and wheat as symbols of the coming spring,a new crop and a good harvest.

The Christmas rose was known in medieval times as the Flowerof St. Agnes. A white or purplish flower of the buttercup family, it isnative to central Europe and blooms in the winter. From a Christianlegend it was a poor shepherdess's gift to the Christ Child.

A favorite North American Christmas plant is the poinsettia. Dr.Joel Poinsett, an American ambassador to Mexico and an avid,amateur botanist introduced this plant with its scarlet bracts sur-rounding small yellow flowers. This Christmas flower sets buds andproduces flowers as the winter nights become longer. Franciscanpriests in Mexico during the 17th century included poinsettias in theirNativity processions. Mexican legend tells of a poor girl who pickedsome flowering weeds along the roadside. When she placed thembefore a statue of Mary, they turned into poinsettia blossoms.

Christmas books, including Holly, Reindeer, and Colored Lightsby Edna Barth, and Merry Christmas, A History of the Holidays byPatricia Stevens, tell the story of the Christmas symbols.

Thompson winsproductivityaward

Inco is one company cited asan example by the federalgovernment to prove Canadianbusinesses can outperform inter-national competition in meetingthe needs of the marketplace.

Inco's Thompson, Manitobaoperation earned a bronze medalin the productivity category ofthe 1989 Canada Awards forBusiness Excellence by Industry.The award was presented byScience and TechnologyMinister Harvie Andre inNovember.

In all, 34 trophies werepresented in categories rangingfrom entrepreneurship, in-dustrial design and innovationto marketing and quality. Thisyear's trophies ranged over abroad spectrum of industry sec-tors including a tourism facilityrunning fishing holidays and abiotechnology firm which hasdeveloped a new AIDS dia-gnostic test.

The winners were selectedearlier by independent panels ofprivate sector experts and seniorbusiness executives, each awardcategory being assigned aseparate panel of five or sixmembers.

"The men and women weare honouring tonight havealready made substantial con-tributions to ensuring that Cana-dian business is associated withan unremitting pursuit of ex-cellence," said Mr. Andre. nEllen L. Heale, P.Ag. •

On the razor's edge of physics , and only 19 years old

Sharon Fournier. Mythical mathematics.

When some of the biggest Institute conference in Banffnames in physics and this summer, a 19-year-oldmathematics from around the former Inco Scholarship winnerworld swapped ideas at the two- was in her element.week NATO Advanced Studies

"It was exciting," saidSharon Fournier, daughter ofCopper Cliff Nickel RefineryNRC Operator Romeo Four-nier . "The workshops and lec-tures lasted sometimes until 11at night and after that they'd gettogether and talk about theirideas and theories . It was likestepping back in time. Back tothe days when work was morethan making money. These peo-ple love what they're doing andthe enthusiasm doesn ' t stop atquitting time.

"I wasn ' t intimidated," saidSharon . " I read a lot of bookson physics and mathematics so Ihad a good idea about most ofthe theories they were talkingabout . My age wasn't a problemeither. In these fields, agedoesn ' t matter."

From a first impression, shedisplays little evidence of thedrive that earned her a NickelDistrict Secondary Schoolgraduation mark in the 90s andled her to enroll in one of themost advanced mathematicscourses in North America.

Petite , shy, and very polite,Sharon is somewhat reserved inher conversation and usuallyends her brief answers with arespectful "sir."

But mention Grand Unifica-tion Theories, black holes, theUncertainty Principle or some ofthe other theories on the razor'sedge of science , and Sharon'sshyness vanishes.

"I want to get my PhD. afterI get my Masters ," she said.

"To most people mathematics isjust two times two. But advanc-ed mathematics is very abstract... it's almost mystical. Whenexisting systems don't work,mathematicians have to discovernew ways of doing mathematicsto find solutions.

"In my life, I'd be satisfiedto come up with an answer tojust one of the questions aboutmathematics or physics."

Teen genius

She doesn't describe herselfas a genius, although she admitsmathematics comes easier to herthan to others. It's the interest inher studies that's taken her thisfar, she claims, not genius.

"I like what I'm doing, and Istudy hard. I'm still young and Ihave to prepare now for myfuture."

After graduating from highschool in 1987, Sharon enrolledin a program that will give her adouble major in physics andmathematics. "I'm taking morecourses than I ought to," shesaid. "I should be taking fivebut I'm taking another two. If Iwas only working on five I'dprobably be bored to death."

She's one of less than adozen students left from the 150students who began the advanc-ed honors mathematics course.

The $2,250 Inco scholarshipand a smaller university scholar-ship she won in 1987 made itpossible for her to get the educa-tion she sought.

"I don't think my parents

could have afforded to send meto the University of Waterloo ifit hadn't been for the scolar-ships," she said.

Four of her six sisters andone brother are still in schooland doing well. "Maybe they'llget scholarships as well," shesaid.

Dinner companion

Sharon admits it's hard tofind someone her own age withsimilar interests.

"In general, people don'twant to talk about superstringtheory, quarks and mathematicsover dinner," she joked. "Youhave to learn to talk about otherthings if you want to get alongwith people."

Romance will have to waituntil her career is established. "Ihave friends who are boys, but Idon't have a boyfriend in thetraditional sense. Right now I'mjust too busy working for myfuture."

Although she spends a lot oftime studying and much of therest of her time reading, she hasother interests as well. She stillmanages to spend some timemost days playing the bagpipes,classical guitar, and practicingHighland dance "to keep inshape."

What's the connection bet-ween high- level mathematicsand the bagpipes?

"I don't really know," shemused. "But I'm sure you couldfind it if you looked hardenough." n

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Father, son , wife , the Crites rule shuffleboardIt doesn't look like a game of

strategy, just something to dowhile you wait for the next pintof beer.

"Shuffleboard moved out ofthe beer halls a long time ago,"said Port Colborne's ClaudeCrites. "Sure, hotels still havethem, but a lot of guys are buy-ing their own for their recrooms."

Claude is something of ashuffleboard authority. TheMandrel preparation operator atthe Cobalt Refinery won the tri-ple crown at the Ontario shuf-fleboard championships thisyear, walking away with themen's singles, mixed doublesand men's doubles titles.

The game has matured sincehe began playing 25 years ago,he said, to a game of skill, highpressure and single- minded con-centration.

Providing, of course, youdon't "go over the hump."

"A beer or two helps mygame. 1 play a lot better afterI've had a few beers," he said."But once you get past the pointof relaxation, it works againstyou."

To pace himself, Claudeusually drinks beer with twoCoca Colas as chasers so hedoesn't go over that fine linebetween relaxation and intoxica-tion.

"I suppose," he said, "shuf-fleboard encourages drinking inmoderation."

The subtleties of the gamecome only with experience ac-cording to Claude. "It's a gameof strategy from the momentyou start. Your opponent islooking for your weak spot andyour looking for his. The way Ilike to do it is to test him andfind out where he misses andthen concentrate on that area."

The opponent isn't the onlyfactor to be considered. A new,

unfamiliar board at the manycompetitions he competes at allover the province is alsosomething to be taken into con-sideration.

Board games

"No two boards are thesame. A good player with ex-perience needs only a shot ateach end to adjust to the board.Before any major competition, aplayer tries to practice on asmany boards as he can."

The game develops his con•centration, provides for someentertainment and competitionand gives him the opportunity tovisit new places and meet newpeople.

"At least two weekends eachmonth I'll be out of town attournaments," he said."There's some excellent com-petition around."

Shuffleboard has its ownversion of pool hall hustlers. "Iget accused of hustlingsometimes," he joked. "Oncethey get to know you, the bestyou can do is to win a beer ortwo."

A good player "keeps hiscool" and doesn't get flustered,he said. "You can't take thegame too seriously. Win or lose,it's a lot of fun."

Claude thinks the concentra-tion he's learned from the gamehas helped him on the job aswell. "I find it easier to be fullyattentive with everything I do,"he said.

Shuffleboard is something ofa Crites family tradition. Hiswife Helen decided long ago thattrying to keep her husband awayfrom the game was an exercise infutility.

Helen, an accomplishedplayer and Claude's teammatefor about 15 years, claims hershuffleboard obsession is her

A Timely Smile

Claude Crites lines up for a shot.

husband's fault."I couldn't keep him away

from the game," she joked. "Soas the saying goes, if you can'tbeat them, join them."

is a real feat in itself - not onlyshot for shot but mentally aswell. There's pressure on everyshot."

He said it was a challenge tocompete against men who havebeen playing 20 years longerthan himself. The greatest thrill,he says, is being able to beat hisfather during family matches.

"But that doesn't happentoo often," he said.

Claude's teammates marvelat his ability to play the gamewhich requires eye and hand co-ordination. They say he is ableto play equally well with eitherhand or free style.

Last year, he narrowly miss-ed winning the men's singles titleat the Canadian competition,

giving him even more incentivethis year.

This year, the trio wasscheduled to compete in theCanadian championships inBritish Columbia in October.

Also playing with him is hisbrother Jack, and his brother'swife Marlene, their daughterCharlene and his niece, IreneYemchuck.

Roger Lacourse is the onlyplayer who is not a member ofthe Crites clan, but has been"adopted" by the family.

The team plays for a localhotel every Monday night, andthis year won the league andplayoff championships. n

The natural

At 21, son John is also an ac-complished player, a natural. "Ihad to learn the hard way," saidClaude. "But John picked theeame up right away."

John was one of theyoungest players competing atthe Ontario championships. Heteamed up with his father to winthe men's doubles title.

"My father taught meeverything I know about thegame," he said. "To play it well

Bus driver Fern Frappier was determined to do something about his reputation for showing up at ap-pointments just a little late, so he arrived at a 2 p. m. meeting on the button and made sure nobody wouldmiss the accomplishment. Supervisor Yvan Denis couldn't help but face the fact, and promptly set hiswatch by Fern's smile. Cora Dionne, 10, daughter of Cathy Dionne , of Metals

Planning and Accounting.

A November 1989

Stobie team resurfaces for $2,400 award

Heritage Threadsby Marty McAllister

The Summer That Never CameThere had been a few warnings, but none that anyone wanted to

believe.Life was grand, and the spring of 1914 echoed with the sounds of

ragtime, barbershop quartets and new construction. Edgar Rice Bur-roughs had just written `Tarzan of The Apes', and Zane Grey wasturning out `dusters' that would entertain generations. For adoringfans, nickelodeons brought Mary Pickford and Tom Mix to life,while the accompanying pianist introduced hackneyed versions ofold classics.

Record numbers of new Canadians added colour and inertia,with old customs and new energy.

Little more than a quarter-century out of its pioneer beginnings,the Sudbury area anxiously embraced these good times -- perhaps asa reward for sacrifice, faith and effort. Things should only get bet-ter. Then, instead of greeting summer, an astonished people lookedinto the ugly face of war.

Business as Usual

The reality of The Great War was sinking in as 1915 arrived, andpeople were trying to make the best of it. To a visiting alien, it mayeven have seemed like business as usual. Life had to go on; busyhands and good humour helped soothe the sores of despair.

Projects begun earlier reached completion. Copper Cliff's newBank of Toronto opened, and work went ahead on the smelterwarehouse (looking very much as it does today). Nearby, the1600- horsepower steam powerhouse was on standby, having bowedto the supremacy of "white coal" (hydraulic power). Soon, the newhospital and the magnificent Copper Cliff Club would be ready.With the imminent move of the roast yards to that region back ofCreighton, Copper Cliff held great promise of becoming a beautiful,properly-landscaped town.

In Sudbury, the $100,000 Nickel Range Hotel was preparing tocompete with J.P. Coulson's New American for the $2-a-daymarket. For a traveller willing to spend only $1 or $1.50, there wasthe Balmoral, the Queen's, and the Montreal House.

The CPR ran 12 daily passenger trains, heading to and fromToronto, Montreal, the Soo, Minneapolis (via the Soo), North Bay,Cartier and Vancouver. In addition, the Algoma Eastern's dailyround trip connected Sudbury, Espanola and Little Current, makingnumerous stops along the way at such places as Clarabelle Junction,Creighton, the new roastyard site at O'Donnell and at Turbine --where it intersected the CPR's Algoma Branch. Around Turbine, thevital link with High Falls, rumour had it that the Huronian Com-pany had chosen a site on the Spanish River to build a huge newdam. The rumour was true. When it was completed in 1920, Big Ed-dy was the longest dam in Canada.

Canadian Copper was re- opening its Crean Hill and #2 mines, toaugment production at Creighton. Mond was at capacity, sellingalmost the entire output of its new Coniston smelter to Great Britain.Also on the nickel scene, the British America Nickel CorporationLimited, was working on financing for its proposed world-scaledevelopment at the old Murray site. Tragically, one of BANCO'schief promoters, Dr. F.S. Pearson, would be lost in May when theLusitania was sunk.

In Espanola, the Spanish River Pulp and Paper Company wasrunning full time. On Notre Dame Avenue in Sudbury, the shutdown mills were re-opened under the new ownership of SudburyFlour Mills Limited.

Competition between Sudbury and Copper Cliff was keen,whether in girls' hockey or band music. When the smelter town'sband was invited to play for a big event at the Grand Theatre, itsiSudbury counterpart was pretty indignant.

Transportation between the two centres was downright awful,both as to comfort and cost. The Street Railway By-Law was in-

You could say Ron Tessierand Gilles Roy are resurfacingfor some extra cash.

Again."We came up with a similar

idea a few years back," saidStobie Maintenance ForemanGilles Roy. "Most of the timewe work together on thesethings. Two heads are betterthan one."

Actually, the pair's most re-cent Suggestion Plan award in-volved three heads. Gilles, thena drill fitter leader, and drill fit-ter Ron Tessier thought of resur-facing the worn and damagedheads of drill pistons.

Pistons in the hydraulic drill,used underground to drill holesin huge ore chunks to holdblasting powder, are gradually

worn down by the constantpounding.

"The facing would wear andwe would have to replace the en-tire piston on a regular basis,"said Ron.

With a cost of about $1,500each, the pistons can be resur-faced for about $120. "Theresurfaced pistons don't last aslong," said Gilles. "But thenyou can do a lot of resurfacingfor $2,500."

A few years ago, the paircame up with a similar sugges-tion, again involving the resur-facing of a piston head. Eachhave earned other cash awardsthrough the Suggestion Plan,working on their own or teamedup with other co-winners.

Ron's last major award win-

troduced in March, but that had no immediate effect on the automen who were charging 50 cents each way, and who also made peo-ple wait maybe two hours until a full carload had gathered! Thestreetcar's promised fare of 15 cents was a little more in line with anaverage daily wage of about $3.

The Canadian Copper wage schedule (to Dec. 1, 1916), for exam-ple, showed a converter Tuyere puncher at 34 cents an hour for eighthours, and window cleaner at 25 cents. A Transportation depart-ment brakeman got 42 cents an hour for 10 hours, and a shafttimberman got 50 cents for eight. At the top of the heap (no pun in-tended), a roast yard steam shovel engineer received 55 cents for eachof eleven hours per day, and was welcome to it!

As a `tip of the railroad cap' to Ted Bertrand, my late father- in-law, let's try to compare the brakeman's lot -- then and now. In1915, he (not Ted; he was only 12 then) worked a 3,100-hour year fora little over $1300. In 1989, forgetting about bonuses and other goodstuff, the brakeman works under 1900 hours for an annual incomeof over $33,000. That's an increase of over 25 times. Pretty good,huh? Well, let's multiply a few 1915 prices by 25 and see what we get.

In March of 1915, the Evans Company was advertising a twobedroom bungalow for $687. By the time a guy bought a lot, theequivalent of a year's wages would bring him a new house! I won'teven multiply that one; too depressing. The debt of the Province ofOntario was $600,000. On to the brighter side.

Butter was 28 to 30 cents a pound, and eggs were 27 cents adozen; would you pay $7.50 and $6.75, respectively? Radishes werefive cents a bunch; you wouldn't pay a buck and a quarter. Firewoodwas $2.50 a cord; $60 might seem okay in Toronto, but you'd scoffat it up here. Mass production had brought the price of a Model Tbelow $500; that's pretty close, but you can buy a basic Ford Escortfor well under $12,500. Boys' and girls' school shoes cost $1.48 apair, and I know we could buy sneakers on sale for $37 today, butwould our kids wear them?

A man could buy himself Slater shoes for $3.95, or treat his wifeto a new four- dollar electric iron from Horne's Hardware on ElmStreet; I guess men today are as bad as the kids, but you can buy agood steam iron for $50. For home entertainment, a Victrola couldbe had for anywhere from $21 to $255, and a single record costeighty cents and up. Can you imagine paying twenty dollars for a 45RPM single? They must really have loved Enrico Caruso!

Offering a respite from the hard work and high cost of running ahousehold, an ad suggested that weak and run-down girls shoulddrink Vin St. Michel, which . . . "should be taken in doses of awineglassful before meals or whenever you feel you need it." Theprice? Maybe eight or ten dollars -- for five gallons.

A Time of Contrasts

In May, total Canadian casualties overseas had already reached232 officers and 6,024 enlisted men; the Trojan horse that hadboosted the economy was exacting a terrible toll.

On June 3, in the fifth year of his reign, King George V turnedfifty, but celebration in the Empire was muted. Instead, "Your Kingand Country need you!" was the motto that invited new enlistment.

It was a time of fear and anxiety, and of contrasts, even at home.On the one hand, simple pleasures like a Bob- O- Link bracelet couldbe had for 25 cents; on the other, the Citizen's Committee of NorthBay prepared to raffle a 1916 Studebaker, to raise money for amachine gun. At the Canadian National Exhibition, new marvelswould be unveiled -- but all exhibitors were required to drape theirbooths with Canadian or British flags.

On Nov. 18, the Honourable Frank Cochrane officially openedthe new Federal Building at Durham and Elm. It was, as many ofyou will recall, a magnificent stone structure with a clock tower thatstood above the centre of town. What should have been a grandcelebration only brought out deeper sentiments.

Surely, so many people hoped that fall, by Christmas their boyswould be back to see how much had happened at home - - to share inall the great things they had fought to preserve -- and to have theirturn at enjoying the summer that never came.

Some of those boys would wait three more years before they gotthat turn; for many others, it was denied altogether.

This month of November, we pause to remember -- and tohonour them all. n

ping $5,000 suggestion for a drillmodification was also sharedwith another teammate.

"It fits right in with Inco'sefforts to reduce costs" saidGilles. "This way, we can usethe same part over and overagain rather than throwing itaway and buying a new one."

The two share a S2,400award. n

A fresh lookearns Ivan$6,000

Sometimes you can workwith something for years andwhen you finally find a betterway to do it, you can't figure outwhy you never thought of itbefore.

That's how nickel converterskimmer Ivan Graham explainshis idea of replacing expensive,ineffective protective materialon converter stacks with steelplate.

The 25-year Inco veteran'sfirst submission to the Sugges-tion Plan earned him just under$6,000.

After the converters arebricked and ready to use, a pro-tective cement-like material call-ed Emerald Ram was installedaround the inside of the con-verter stack to save the brick andsteel from burning.

The converters are hugedrum- like fixtures that holdmolten material. The stack is theopening in the converters wherethe finished product is pouredoff or "casted."

The biggest problem with theEmerald Ram was that it cameoff when the chipping machinewas used to remove hardenedmaterial from the stack. It wasan expensive and time-consuming process because theRam had to be regularly replac-ed.

"It never stayed in place. Itbroke off. The system neverworked properly," said Ivan."So I figured if we had to keepreplacing something, we mightas well do it the cheapest waypossible with the least amount oftime."

Ivan's suggestion involvesreplacing the Emerald Ram withheavy metal plates around thesides and back of the converterstacks. Although the plateswould also be regularly discard-ed, the job is a quicker and lessexpensive procedure. The platesare made in-house.

Another idea

Ivan said he's been workingaround the converters as long ashe can remember. He's neverbeen involved in the mainte-nance of the converters but wasaware of the problem.

"I figure the changes makethe job a lot easier and faster forother people," he said.

He's already submitted a se-cond suggestion for the con-verters, and he expects theaward to be a major one.

Why the outpouring of ideasnow, after 25 years?

"I think they (Inco) aremuch more receptive to newideas than they've ever beenbefore. They're willing to lookat new ways of doing things." n

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The Triangle 15

Stewart tenure ending

Internal audit stripped of mInternal Audit : for some

people, a term roughlyequivalent to Dental Surgery.

"It's true some people see aninternal audit as some kind ofthreat ," said ManagementDevelopment Program can-didate Don Stewart. "Manypeople don ' t really understandwhat it ' s all about."

Don is in a perfect positionto understand the misconcep-tions . When the Central Millsprocess technologist projectleader applied for a shot at agolden opportunity to get on theOntario Division ' s managementprogram, he had no idea what toexpect.

"I knew it was a fantasticopportunity , but I wasn't quitesure what was involved," hesaid. "I only knew that it wouldgive me some valuable ex-perience that would be impossi-ble to get any other way."

Don was selected from ashort list of applicants , and sinceearly in 1988, has been doingboth process and financial inter-nal audits at Inco locations asfar away as Huntington, WestVirginia and Thompson,Manitoba.

Final selection off the shortlist was made by the manager ofInternal Audit Mike Heapey,who, with six other staffers, isresponsible for auditing Inco'sCanadian operations.

Although corporate staff areindependent of the Ontario Divi-sion , the auditors maintainheadquarters in a basement of-fice at Central Office in CopperCliff. They serve as a backupfinancial and process systemscheck for company operations.

"I guess sometimes we'reseen as a kind of a threat, a copwho seems to be looking overyour shoulder," said Mike."But our job isn't to trap orcatch people . In fact, people askus to review new systems in ad-vance . It's a good way to checknew ideas or processes."

Broader view

Internal auditors don't setup financial or process systems,he said. "We are here to ensurethat the control systems that arein place are working adequately.Kind of a backup system of

Internal audit manager Mike Heapy and Don Stewart ham it up to present the misguided view of what their profession isabout . Paperwork is only part of the job , they say.

checks. We aren't out to findfault or lay blame, but to see ifsomething can't be done a littlemore effectively from a broader,overall perspective."

The panoramic view ofInco's operations is one of themajor reasons why the manage-ment program is conducted inthe department.

"To make a person a bettermanager," said Mike, "youshould have an overview of In-co's national and internationaloperations. You start to realizethat it's all interrelated. Yourealize that what happens herecan affect operations else-where."

Don agrees. "It's hard to getan overall view of Inco whenyou work in one small depart-ment of one operation," he said."It's been a real eye-opener sofar. I figure I've benefited fromthe knowledge of how all thepieces fit together and I have amuch better understanding ofwhy and how decisions aremade.

He particularly enjoys theprocess- oriented auditing, afield that isn't much differentfrom his former job in ProcessTechnology.

Auditing isn't just sittingbehind a desk pushing paperaround.

"It's an investigative pro-

cess," he said. "You examine aproject, investigate the type ofwork, reach conclusions andmake recommendations."

A metallurgist, Don feels his16 years with Inco has given himsomething valuable to bring withhim to the auditing department."I think I had something to of-fer, particularly in metallurgic-type auditing," he said. "I havea good knowledge of OntarioDivision plants and processesand it's helped in doing thesekinds of audits."

He does not think auditing isdull and tedious. Instead, he'shad a lot of fun.

Outlook sharpened

"I love it," he said. "It's in-teresting as well as enjoyable, achange from what I did before. Ihave a much better knowledgeof the administrative functionsthat keep this company hum-ming."

What will it mean for. hisfuture?

"I still want to someday bechairman and chief executive of-ficer of the company likeeveryone else," he said with agrin. "But besides that, it willgive me the ability to be better atmy job no matter where I gofrom here."

One of the fringe benefits is

meeting new people and visitingInco plants and operations allover the continent.

"I've met some greatpeople," he said. "You soonfind out that Inco people aremuch the same wherever you go.Everybody has been very friend-ly and open."

He enjoyed a three- week stayin Huntington. "Very friendlypeople," he said. "In fact, theonly real difference betweenpeople there and here is the ac-cent. "

There are drawbacks. "I wasin Thompson for two weeks lastwinter when it hit the news forbeing the coldest spot inCanada. That wasn't all thatmuch fun."

Don sees his job not as apoliceman out to catch anyone,but more as a safety net formanagement. "It's sometimeseasier for us to see problemsbecause we are not involved withthe operations. It's much harderfor someone who is immersed inthe day-to-day operation. Iguess we provide a fresh out-look.

Candor needed

He said that the misconcep-tions about the function of theauditor can be a hinderance attimes. "Open communications

is a must to make it work," hesaid. "You can have open com-munications only if you aren'tseen as a threat."

Former students of the pro-gram such as nickel refinerymanager Allan Bale and special-ty powder products marketingmanager Bill Steenburgh attestto its value.

"I found the experience veryuseful," said Bill who took onthe Toronto- based job of sellingInco's powder products early in1988. "As an engineer, it's im-portant to get a broader outlookon the company, to get a view ofthe other side of things."

Bill was a process develop-ment supervisor in the smelter'sabatement program before heassumed the new job.

"I figure that the experiencewas one of the factors thatallowed me to get this job. Itwouldn't be possible without adiverse background and ex-perience."

Don's two-year term ends atthe end of January and the selec-tion process for the next can-didate will begin again in thenear future.

Who's going to be the nextincumbent?

"We're hoping that prospec-tive candidates interested in ap-plying will let their managersknow," said Mike Heapey. n

Portelance , Morrison lead thepack at Levack in running

There's no truth to therumour that Levack miners wearrunning shoes.

You might think so from theperformance of the mine's ownPortelance and Morrison whoclinched first place in their divi-sion of provincial running com-petitions.

Rolly Portelance, 46, wonthe open men's category in theOntario Ultra Series 1989, ac-cumulating a total of 527 pointsin six races this year.

Fellow miner Walter Mor-rison, 51, won the 50 and overcategory in the Ontario UltraSeries after accumulating 173points in five races. Walterwould have scored more points,but sickness kept him home in

bed during the scheduledNiagara Falls Fruit Belt race. Hewas also injured last winter inhis home workshop and it slow-ed him down for a 24- hour run.

For Roily, the most points inhis win came from his first placeshowing in a 24- hour run that seta Canadian record in his agegroup. Later in the year, he wonthe Ontario Northland 162 KmChallenge, picking up another100 points. He finished secondin two other races.

Rolly had enough points tofinish the series a winner, butwent on to win a "buckle" in a100- mile Vermont run at the endof July. Buckles are awarded forrunning the course under 24hours.

He finished in 20 hours and32 minutes, the only Canadianto have completed all four of thebig United States trail 100milers.

This year he has completed afifth race for which he wasawarded a buckle.

Icing on the cake this yearwas his Sept Ottawa Ralleywhere he finished first in theMaster's Championship by run-ning 119 miles in 24 hours.

Walter Morrison also pickedup a buckle, his first, with Roilyin Vermont. They were the onlytwo Canadians to be awardedbuckles. At the CanadianMasters Championship in Ot-tawa, Walter also won first placefor his 50 to 54 age category. n

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and the response draw ravesfrom within Inco and from theUnited Way.

Mary Sirois, Sudbury UnitedWay campaign co-chairperson,said Inco employees with theirunprecedent giving have "morethan realized the hopes ofUnited Way." At last count, theUnited Way was about $300,000short of its $1 million target.

Added Diane Brailey, theUnited Way communicationsdirector: "1 just want to thankInco employees for their hardwork. We know your manpowerfigures have gone down but yourUnited Way figures have justgone up and up."

Ms. Brailey, who singled out

Mines Explorations' Louis Fajzfor his artistry in creating about1,500 United Way achievementawards annually, said shedoubted Inco could match its1988 record.

"I'm happy to say I waswrong," she admitted to Incocampaign canvassers at acampaign- ending luncheon atthe Copper Cliff Club thismonth.

Inco campaign co- ordinatorBob Todd called the 1989 cam-paign "a tremendous success"that proves Inco employees canrun a campaign acceptable toemployees who seem to prefer agroup rather than an individualcanvass.

Bob said that the employeecanvass, combined with the pen-sioner's total which hasn't been

Campaign committee members standing from left are : Ben Higgins , P.T. Inco Purchasing, GilPapineau , Sulphur Products, Leo Paradis, Nickel Refinery , Larry Woloshyn , Nickel Refinery , GeorgeWhitman , Copper Cliff Mill, Leo Foisey , Stobie Mine, Ted Wilson , Clarabelle Mill, John Lawson,Smelter , Bev Moggy , Levack . Sitting from left are: Robin Erickson, Sulphur Products , Kerry Moxam,Copper Refinery, Carole Kairovicius, Central Process Technology, John Kanerva , Clarabelle Mill,Brian White , Transportation.

Campaign committee members standing from left are : Doug Chaisson, Frood Engineering, RemiMallette, Frood Mine , Bob LeBlanc , Creighton Mine, Tom Hywarren , Stobie Warehouse , Terry Heale,Inco Construction , Gilles Roy , North Mine, Ron Decaire , Crean Hill , Junior Montessi , SmelterWarehouse, John Zenker , General Engineering , Paul Moulaison , Divisional Shops , Emil Lafreniere,Little Stoble , Bruce Hofford , Crean Hill , Ray Nurmi , Power Department , Norm Lessard , Creighton,Don Richer , Environmental Control , John Smith, C`enfrar Utllifres . Sifting from left are : Nina Kuula,Field Exploration , Nancy Rebellato , Purchasing , Marge Martin , Office Services , Maxine Pope,Divisional Shops, Rita Friel , Timekeeping , Carol Wing, Central Utilities, Marilyn Harper, PowerDepartment.

completed will bring the Inco tribution of about $120,000 toamount to close to $224,000. On the United Way,top of that, the company will "I'd like to have the samemake an annual corporate con- campaign team back next year.

Employee canvassers win awardsNUMBER

CANVASSEDPERCENTAGE

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DONATIONAVERAGEDONATION

C.C. CU REFINERY 537 47 $12,693 $50SMELTER 935 46 $24,902 $51TRANSPORTATION 233 36 $4,886 $49PROCESS TECH 69 59 $2,286 $54ENGINEERING 120 50 $3,327 $52ASST TO V P ADMIN 18 56 $532 $53DIVISIONAL SHOPS 249 41 $7,130 $55UTILITIES 97 39 $3,433 $55POWER 70 53 $2,807 $61CONSTRUCTION 64 47 $4,372 $73CENT. MICE. COMPLEX 480 43 $17,742 $60EMPLOYEE RELATIONS 25 57 $2,090 $100PURCH, & WHSE 105 41 $2,014 $46SAFETY & TRAINING 141 17 $3,597 $62MINES EXPLORATION 12 44 $805 $101MINES ENGINEERING 19 58 $557 $51COMPUTER SERVICES 74 49 $2,373 $59ENV CON & OCC HLTH 25 73 $956 $50OCC MEDICINE 11 62 $180 $23COMPTROLLER 82 35 $1,282 $39PUBLIC AFFAIRS 6 100 $422 $70FIELD EXPLORATION 78 70 $3,887 $65CREIGHTON 689 64 $29,029 $62CREAN HILL 171 62 $5,336 $47C C SOUTH 320 44 $8,685 $53CREIGHTON COMPLEX 1180 58 $43,050 $58STOBIE 322 24 $9,087 $58FR000 282 28 $7,104 $63LITTLE STOBIE 136 46 $3,611 $49GARSON 42 48 $1,862 $55FR000-STOBIE COMPLEX 782 29 $21,664 $57LEVACK 385 63 $16,337 $62McCREEDY 134 51 $5,713 $66LEVACK COMPLEX 519 59 $22,050 $63NORTH MINE 191 58 $5,527 $48MINES RESEARCH 49 91 $2,564 $60RESEARCH COMPLEX 240 65 $8,091 $51C C MILL 217 50 $6,939 $60FR000-STOBIE MILL 87 45 $4,689 $81CLARABELLE MILL 122 53 $6,077 $66MILLS COMPLEX 426 50 $18,505 $67CC NI. REFINERY 544 33 $10,143 $56INTERNAL AUDIT 9 63 $520 $104P.T INCO 9 89 $465 $58EXECUTIVE WING 8 75 $1,675 $327TOTAL 6687 45 $210,693 $57

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Employee group awards ofgold, silver and bronzelithographed certificates werehanded out by the United Wayto recognize outstanding sup-port by various departmentsduring the in-house campaign.Awards were based on a systemof points arrived at by multiply.ing percentage of participationby average donation.

Gold winners were: Emplo-yee Relations and MinesResearch.

Silver winners were: ProcessTechnology, Assistant to Vice-President of Administration,Power, Construction, Mines Ex-ploration, Mines Engineering,Computer Services, Environ-mental Control and Occupa.tional Health, Field Explora-tion, Creighton, Crean Hill,Levack, McCreedy, CopperCliff Mill, Frood-Stobie Mill,and Clarabelle Mill.

Bronze winners were: Cop-per Cliff Copper Refinery,Smelter, Transportation,Engineering, Divisional Shops,Utilities, Purchasing andWarehouse, Copper Cliff SouthMine, Frood, Little Stobie, Gar-son, North Mine, Copper CliffNickel Refinery. n

The results are just great. So I'dlike to have you all back," hetold the canvassers. n

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allow the club to establish aparking lot to help with theoverflow of cars in the school lotand those parked along theroadside during the peak periodsin the soccer season.

Barney, an Inco employeewho works at the Port Colborneplant's storehouse, said Inco'sPort Colborne manager LenKowal was "sympathetic" to the

club's problems and agreed tomeet on the site.

The meeting resulted in theprovision of land as well asmaterial and labor for parkingfacilities. Three portablebuildings Inco had intended todispose of were also offered andaccepted by the club. To be usedfor storage, the buildings will bedelivered to the site after the ci-ty's rezoning of the land. n

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