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IPrinted On Recycled Paper Vol. 50 No.4

April Ontario Division 1991

Coming Up ShortsA team of local teenagers, with some help from Inco, has launched a thriving designer

boxer shorts business. This year's Junior Achievement Program is in full swing, and with alittle help from volunteer advisers like programmer analyst Sean Romenco and materialcontroller Greg Riddoch, the program is proving successful. Sean and Greg's group optedto get on the leading edge of a growing designer shorts fad and their production of 25 shorts

a week is selling briskly. It's the second year volunteering for Sean, the first for Greg. Bothsay the program is worthwhile, that it is enjoyable as well as educational for advisers andstudents alike. From left are: (Rear) Josh Millard, 16; Matt Atkinson, 16; Donald Palmer, 15;Brian Deegan, 16; Jason Quinlan, 15; (front) Jennifer Gilbank, 17; Charlene Lam, 18. andAinanda Holmes, 15.

Creighton's universal appealjs the universe unfolding as itshould?

Dumb, rhetorical question,right? Wrong.

It's one of those brilliant ques-tions scientists need in order to getto the right answers.

A scientists who has come upwith a possible answer will beworking at Creighton Mine'sSudbury Neutrino Observatory thisyear.

Recent experiments seem toconfirm a six-year-old finding byCanadian physicist John Simpsonthat a third of all neutrinos have alot more mass than scientists pre-viously believed possible. Scien-tists previously thought neutrinoshad little or no mass.

Big deal, you say. Fat neutri-nos.

Said University of Alberta nu-clear physicist Gerald Roy: "If thetheory is correct, it will turn a lot ofthings upside-down in the physicsworld."

Simpson, a 51-year-old nativeof North Bay, could be in line for aNobel Prize if his findings con-tinue to be verified. His theory maydeal with super-small particles, butit could be the answer to questionstha1thinkersnd philosophers haveargued over since man gazed at thenight sky.

What's it all about? Will itend? When?

Most scientists agree that theuniverse was born in a "Big Bang,"a primordial cosmic explosion, andthat the universe is expanding.What comes next is highly con-tested.

There are the theorists who be-lieve the universe is "open," that itwill expand forever. There are thosewho say it is "flat," that it willexpand and just sit there like apuffed-up pastry. Lastly, there'sthe "closed universe" theory, thatsays the universe's expansion willslow, stop, and then begin con-tracting in on itself until it's com-pacted into what some scientistscall The Big Crunch. Some thinkthe Big Crunch could result in an-

other explosion and the birth of anew universe.

Key to all three theories is thetotal mass of the universe andgravity. Too little mass, and theuniverse keeps expanding. Justenough and it sits forever on adelicate balance between contract-ing and expanding. With enoughmass, however, the effect of grav-ity would slow down the expansionand eventually reverse it.

Until recently, most physicistscalculated that the total mass of theuniverse was not sufficient to causeit to stop expanding.

That's where Simpson's find-ings come in. Add his weight-gaining neutrinos, and the Case ofthe Expanding Universe is closed

literally.

Inco environmentalistsshare greening limelightTwo Inco people were amongthose recognized for their contri-butions to Sudbury's ongoing landreclamation program.

Darl Bolton and Jim Savage ofEnvironmental Control wereawarded Certificates of Apprecia-tion at a Regional Greeners Appre-ciation Night held in the Sudbury

Council Chambers at Civic Square.Sudbury's "greening" is seen

by the Region as an example of acommunity partnership attemptingto solve a major environmentalproblem. As well as all levels ofgovernment, the partnership in-cludes the academic community

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'Sign of the' Times SquareThe Inco name is easily recognizable, of course, but why does the

cityscape look so familiar? Because if you haven't been there, you'veprobably seen it on television on some past New Year's Eve. It's the BigApple. New York, New York, and we've taken our regards to Broadway.Times Square visitors who annually watch the ball drop to ring in the NewYear saw Inco's new corporate commercial flash on a new JumboTronscreen. Shown at no cost to raise interest in Sony's new display device,the commercial shared the limelight with others such as Nintendo, Nike,Hertz, General Motors. . . and the California Raisins.

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2 spr 1991 ______Inco environmentalistsC'rinuecIf' rn Pn,'e I

and major industries like Inco.With the revitalization of some

4.000 hectares of once-barren landin the last 13 years. most area resi-dents are well aware of the successof the Sudbury region's land rec-lamation program.

The people behind the programare not so well known, and theappreciation night was held bycouncil to honor area residents whohave made substantial contributionsto the reclamation program.

The program was developed in1978 to tackle the daunting task ofrevitalizing 10,000 hectares of land,

To date 3.00() hectares of themost damaged land have beenrevegetated. while another 1.000hectares have been somewhat im-proved. The program has includedthe planting of 1.2 million trees.

"Today these areas bear no re-semblance to their former appear-ance. as grass and trees have re-placed the starkness of hard pansoil," said regional chairman TomDavies.

Joint effort

About $14 million has beenspent on the program and 3,200students and unemployed indi-viduals hired over the years. Fund-ing and technical assistance fromnumerous sources--all levels ofgovernment, as well as Inco, Fal-conhndge Ltd.. Laurentian Uni-

versity. Cambrian College andother organizations-has been akey, Davies said.

Davies paid tribute to dozens ofdedicated individuals who haveserved over the years on the re-gion's Vegetation EnhancementTechnical Advisory Committee.

"From the outset this has been apeople program and it should beacknowledged as such," he said.

Among the two dozen indi-viduals honored were LaurentianUniversity professor Keith

recognizedWinterhalder, the committeechairman who is considered thefather of the reclamation project;Bill Lautenbach, the region's di-rector of long-range planning; and-Davies.

Davies pointed out.that the rec-lamation program has receivednational and international recogni-tion and awards over the years.

As a result of the program'ssuccess. "the people of the regionof Sudbury are prouder of theircommunity today than ever before."

New technology triedfor Thompson tunnels

Roadheader-it reads like thename of a rock band, but it's actuallya name given to a rock tunnellingmachine. And one of these 110-tonmachines will be delivered toManitoba Division's BirchtreeMine at the end of April.

"We're bringing in theroadheader as part of a joint re-search project," explained DaveSarin of Mines Research. "A con-sortium made up of Inco,Falconbridge and Noranda issharing the costs and the benefitsof this project."

The roadheader will go intooperation on the 1,500 level ofBirchtree in June and continue forapproximately six months. "We

chose that particular location be-cause of the type of ground," ex-plained Dave. "There is a belt ofperidotite, which is medium hardand because of the ground supportneeded, requires special attentionfor regular drilling and blastingprocedures."

The roadheader has a cuttinghead that bores through the rockface and then enlarges the openingby traversing the designated areaand cutting back and forth.

"The project will determinewhether the roadheader could allowmining companies to mine this typeof ground condition more safelyand more economically," saidDave.

Spinning their WheelsComputer Service's "Nickel Bloomers" team spent hours on this

Crown and Anchor and Blackjack table for the Corporate ChallengeVegas Night. But a design flaw put the odds in favor of the customer andthe team slipped from near the front of the pack to around 11th place.Computer Services secretary Maureen Riutta couldn't resist the dealer'sview at the gaming table, on display at the General Office.

Is there anything funny about the mining business?

Ccc Goudreau. industrial rela-tions. Frood-Stohie Complex:'People are serious about their workand there's nothing funny aboutsafety, but there's alot that happensaround here that's humorous. Min-ers traditionally have a good senseof humour. Good miners like go-ing to work and that's importantvery important.

tion officer. Clarahelle: "We're thefirst people the see when theycome to work. I get around to allthe plants and mines, and whenpeople come through the gate inthe morning they usually have asmile on their face. Of course,they're happier on their way out."

Leo Renaud, industrial evalua-tor. Frood-Stobie Complex:"There's very good morale out here,and a good sense of humor has togo with that. At Little Stobie whereI work, people aren't afraid to laugh.and I think supervision has a lot todo with that. If supervisors aren'tready to smile, that creates a certainatmosphere."

inspection and repair, North Mine:"It's not the good old days anymore. It's a lot more serious today,and jobs are expanding with fewerpeople to do the work. Not as back-breaking. but more responsibility.But there's always room for a goodlaugh."

John Paul Pretz, blaster boss,Stobie: "It's certainly not all fun,but there's always something tolaugh about when you look for it. Idon't think there's a lot of thebackbreaking hard work in themining business today and that isone thing that's helped changethings. But then, miners have al-ways had a good sense of humor."

coordinator, Divisional Shops: "It'san interesting workplace andthere's a lot of laughs around here.It never was the dirty, miserableplace that a lot of people outsidethe business think it is. People inthis business have a good sense ofhumor. Life is what you make it."

Ian Laing, sandfill boss, StobieMine: "Life can be miserablesometimes and it usually dependson management. I've been mining20 years and I find it's what youmake of it, good or bad. There'slaughs in mining. but the job alwaysgets done first:' I think managementpretty well sets the tone for thegeneral atmosphere."

nance, North Mine: "The businesshas changed a lot. It's not as seri-ous as some people think it is. Thework gets done, but the people havea good time at it. Here at NorthMine, it's a smaller operation, andpeople joke around here coming onas well as going off their shifts."

Gord Erickson, electrician,subcontractor: "I've been workingfor Inco on and off for two years.and I sure enjoy working here. Thepeople I've worked with seem tohave a good sense of humor. To beany good at ycur job, you need toenjoy your work. If I was lookingfor a job. I wouldn't hesitate towork here."

ties: "You've got to enjoy yourwork or you'll develop a bad atti-tude. You have to make your ownjob a happy one. I've always seena lot of good humor around here. Ifpeople didn't like theirjobs, they'dbe gone, and there's a lot of old-timers around here."

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At left, Gary Prowse attempts to guide his shot at a distance while Shirley Millan, SuperBertuzzi and Laura Mitchell show Falconbrldge competitors that lnco determination.

Inco's on the (5 pin) ball- In their bril-

liant fluorescentorahge T-shirts and

hats they were theflashiest team, the most

rambunctious, enthusiastic,and some say the noisiest as

they squared offwith a stackedFalconbridge team to send

bowling balls rumbling toward thepinsatNotreDame BowlingLanes.

They lost. . . hut with class."I'm not going to give you the

score," said Laura Mitchell, one ofsix members of the Inco StrikeForce bowling team and a shipperat the Copper Cliff Nickel Refin-ery. "You lose by one point or ahundred, it doesn't make any dif-

ference, does it?"It was the annual Bowl For

Millions event, a fundraiser for thelocal Big Brothers organizations.Teams were encouraged to goadfriendly rivals into grudgematches.

The Inco crew wasted no timein challenging Falconbridge for alittle friendly competition.

"They came with a stackedteam, all men and all experiencedbowlers," deadpanned Laura. "Wegave it our best shot. We wouldhave liked to win, of course, but wehad a terrific time anyway."

If not the most adept bowlers,the Inco crew were definitely thebest-dressed.. at least the loudestdressed . . . at the lanes.

Inco bowlers congratulate a Falco player on a good shot.

The T-shirts and hats suppliedby the Public Affairs Departmentdidn't go unnoticed by the event'sorganizers.

"We won the brightest dressedteam award." said Laura. "Fash-ion-wise, we were brilliant."

While the Inco bowling washighly competitive, a fact that couldbe read on the faces of teammateslike Gary Prowse of Nickel Refin-ery maintenance, the failure of theintense effort to overcome the hard-bowling Falconbridge crew wasdealt with rather philosophicallyby Laura.

"We did our best, but only twoor three of our people were experi-enced bowlers and Falconbndge

stacked their team with all goodbowlers. They went out to win. Wewere just getting warmed up.

"One game isn't enough toprove anything... I know.excuses,excuses

"Next year." she said. "well gofor a rematch."

It's not the first time Inco haschallenged Falconbridgc to a BigBrothers howl-oil. Laura. a 'ive-pin league bowler for many years.gets involved in the event regularlyand finds it hard to resist a chal-lenge.

She doesn't know the total inpledges to the individual teammembers. The company donated$500 to spur their team on.

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The home team lines up for a pre-battle picture for posterity.From left (front) Super Bertuzzi, Dick Delorme, Gary Prowseand (rear) Shirley Millan, Laura Mitchell and Pauline Henrie.Super Bertuzzi checks his mathematics on the score sheet while his teammates look on.

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Yen for education a "gut feeling"

Miner'sAs with many of his peers at thetime, when Harvey Wyers gradu-ated from high school the allure ofa full-time job and pay cheque wasmore powerful than the potentialrewards of a higher education.

When Harvey went to work forInco straight out of high school,good-paying jobs for young menwith strong backs were plentiful 2years ago.

At the time, he never picturedhimself sitting in a universityclassroom. Two decades later thatis exactly where Harvey findshimself for up to four nights a week.

From his first days with Inco,until a few years ago, Harvey wasa shift-working hardrock miner. Aninjury brought him to surface wherehe now works as a bus driver andcleaner at the smelter complex.

While he might be expected tohave it a little easier with the lighterduty, Harvey has not worked harderin the last five years.

In 1985, halfway to an earlyretirement, he decided to return toschool, enroling part-time atLaurentian University.

"I was 35 at the time," he re-calls, "and I had been out of schoolfor 16 years."

The motivation to pursue auniversity degree at that point inhis life "was a gut feeling, morethan anything else," he says.

But it wasn't long before heknew he had made the right deci-sion.

"Once I got into it I realized I

'mother lode'found at schoolold to become a student radical," and she's even typed a lot of my

had missed my calling - I lovedit."

This spring, Harvey will gradu-ate with an 'honors BA in politicalscience. He will have completed afour-year program in 5 I2 years ofpart-time studies.

His schedule throughout hasincluded regular shifts at the smelterand at least two, sometimes fournights of classes each week atLaurentian.

"There have been a few 16-

hour days, that's for sure," he says."I've been taking two full coursesevery winter and every spring, andI've taken a summer course aswell."

As if that wasn't enough, Har-vey also found time to get into thepolitical scene on campus, with theAssociation ofLaurentian Part-timeStudents. Since last spring he hasbeen vice-president of the 3,900-strong students' group.

"I waited until I was 38 years

he jokes.Although they are not exactly a

radical bunch, Harvey and his col-leagues in the students' associationhave pushed university admini-stration for various changes.

Harvey's first success as anexecutive member of the associa-tion was in winning demands forincreased access to the universitylibrary on weekends. The changewas critical for many part-timestudents who must rely on week-ends for their research and studyneeds, he says.

These days, the students' groupis lobbying the university to offer agreater range of courses to part-time students.

"A lot of the stuff we do isconstructive criticism," Harveysays.

"We give the administrationfull credit for their efforts to enticepart-time or mature students to takecourses here, but there is more thatthey can do."

As an executive member of thestudents' association, Harvey alsosits on the university's senate andhe is a teaching assistant in an in-troductory political science courseat Laurentian.

Coping with such a demandingschedule would be impossible, hesays, without the support of hisfamily, co-workers and employer.

"As far as my family goes,they've been very, very supportive.My wife Sue has put up with a lot

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Divisional Shops creates new logoDiv Shops has made its mark.

The tradesmen at DivisionalShops have earned a reputationover the past few years for meetingchallenges, a reputation that'sspread even beyond the borders ofInco's Ontario Division. That's onereason why they decided to puttheir mark on just about everythingleaving the shop.

The shops' "mark" is a logodesigned by machine shop designerPeter Bartuska, one of 12 peoplewho submitted more than 50 en-tries in a Divisional Shops LogoContest.

"The enthusiasm for the con-test signals the high morale of em-ployees and the amount of pridetaken in their work," said control-ler Allan Massey, who figures thelogo will appear as crests on jack-ets, hats and T-shirts.

He said the initial reason forthe logo, however, was an ambi-tious effort by the shops to meeta new challenge.

"We are getting into a qual-ity certification program," saidAllan. "We want to become reg-istered with the Canadian Stan-dards Association program that willhopefully designate all our shops ata high level of quality."

Just about all the shops will becovered, including the machineshops, winding shop, componentrepair centre, plate shop, weldingand blacksmith shops, and heavyrepair shop at Creighton.

Allan said that part of the regis-

tration requirements is a qualitycontrol manual to be put together, amanual that requires a logo.

"We decided to have a contestto come up with a logo. The re-sponse was excellent."

The winner was picked by acommittee consisting of Mainte-nance and Mines Research Vice-President John Kelly, CentralMaintenance and Utilities managerJohn LeMay and Divisional Shopssuperintendent Tom

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ofgoodentries," saidAllan. Itwasa difficult choice.

Peter Bartuska said it was theenthusiasm and pride shown byDivisional Shop employees that gothim to participate.

"These guys are tops," he said."There's real team spirit here.They've always treated me well.That's one of the inducements thatgot me involved."

Peter, a mechanical designerwho spends most of his

time designingmachine

parts,

he's never tried to design a logobefore. He submitted seven oreight.

Most began as pencil scribblings on a piece of paper and werelater finished to varying degrees ofperfection.

The winning design shows theShops' emphasis on quality and

essays."It's been tough on the family.

When crunch time comes and es-says are due or exams are up, youburn a lot of midnight oil, youspend a lot of time away from home,in the library, doing research. Myfellow workers and my supervi-sion at Inco have been very suppor-tive, too. They've encouraged meto hang in there."

Following this spring's gradu-ation, Harvey plans to pursue hisstudies to the next level. He isaiming for a masters degree, andpossibly a PhD.

Harvey says he chose politicalscience because "I've been in-volved in politics and communityactivities for some time, and Iwanted the formal knowledge to gowith the practical experience that Ihad."

With a degree under his belt, herealizes that "there will be optionsthat will come open. It can besomething to start a second ca-reer."

However, Harvey isn't specu-lating on what the future mighthold, but he points out that a 30-year pension will be available tohim in nine years.

He does know that when heeventually retires, he likely wifihave other pursuits to keep himbusy.

"The thought of taking mypension and withering away doesn'tappeal to me."

precision.Inside a circular border in-

scribed with the name of the shopsis a v-block or set-up block holdinga quality symbol. The crosshairsrunning through the quality sym-bol designates the precision aspectof the shops' work.

Harvey Wyers: A need to hit the books was a "gut feeling."

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Good memories, hard work

Levack picture worth a thousand memoriesthere as a lot more sweat backthen. No coffee breaks. You wenthome tired.

Le ack maintenance co-ordinator Ken Miron made thecomment as he moved his lingersacross the faces in the framed pic-ture propped up on the Levack of-fice desk. more than once restingon a fond memory.

I bet every one of the guyswould admit they worked hard.harder than miners work today.

Yet tew, he said, would regrettheirears in the business . . .and atLe ack.

With 27 of his 35 Inco years atLevack. Ken recognized many ofthe 32 faces in the retirement pic-ture taken of people who probablystarted at Levack in the early '40s."It was a real family atmosphereback then, even more than today."he said.

When the complex's mainte-nance superintendent Roy Landryccirculated a dust-covered picturehe rescued from under a pile ofpapers during renovations to theold first aid office, he never real-ized the nostalia that it would cre-ate. In fact, he said, the effects arestill rippling through the 300 peo-ple at the mine.

"This picture is worth a thou-sand stories," he said. "I took itaround to most of the old-timershere to see how many of these guyscould be identifieI. Turns out thatjust about everybody had a story totell about old friends, charactersand good times. It sure broughtback a lot of fond memories. It waslike old home week around here."

Which tells you something, hesaid, about mining, miners.. . andLevack.

"Today, much of the back-breaking work and tough workingconditions have been taken out ofthe job." he said. "Back then, youhad cold running water down thereand that was it. No microwaveovens."

Surprisingly, he said, the storiesdug from distant memories were ofthe "good old days." He said peo-ple "lit up" as they recognized oldfriends and acquaintances and thegood times they had.

It belies the misconception thatminers are a dour, unfeeling anduncaring lot, he said. "I'd say 95per cent of the memories were ofgood times, respect and caring.Mining has always been a frater-nity, camaraderie. People take careof one another. I think there's a

family environment undergroundthats even more prevalent than atsurface plants."

Of course, he said, Levack'srelative isolation from the rest ofInco's Sudbury operations probablyadds to the special feeling mostpeople at Levack have about theplace they work and the peoplethey work with.

"At one time, there used to bearound I ,000 peopc working here,"said Roy. "Today we're alotfewer,but the traditions are still there.These old-timers and the guys be-fore them are the people who setthe traditions we are all living bytoday. Sure, people change, butminers area special breed. They'reproud of what they do and they careabout each other. You can see thepride in the faces of these guys (inthe photograph) and you can see iton the new guys here."

Working conditions may havebeen a lot more austere back then,he said, yet that's hardly what peo-ple remember,

"What comes through is thegood humor and some of the char-acters who used to make workingpleasant. If you didn't laugh dur-ing the course of a shift, it was a badday. The work always got done,but it was made a lot easier by thehumor that was always part ofworking underground."

He recalled one old timer whofancied himself a quick-draw art-ist. "Highnoonunderground,"saidRoy. "And if you outdrew him andshot him with your finger, he'd falldown and play dead."

At 70, retired Levack miner andelectrician Joe Ribic remembersthe old times. Still a Levack resi-dent, Joe helped put names to someof the faces in the picture whocouldn't be identified by the minepersonnel.

"I started at Levack in 1937 andretired in Levack in 1976," saidJoe. My (employee) number was9629. I liked mining and I liked itout here at Levack. I don't regret it.It was hard work and you went

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home at night tired, but it was mylife and I'm proud of it. I don'tthink that's changed. Miners takepride in their work.

Engineering office plannerClarence Vowels, a 30-year Levackveteran, said the nctuie remindeda lot of people about the goodmemories. "Sure, people gripe andcomplain. We all gripe and com-plain, but few of us leave. Thatshould tell us omething."

Clarence smirks as he recallsthe stories he remembers aboutsome of the guys in the picture."Better to keep them to myself.You know, mixed company," hesaid as the grin broadened. "Someof these guys are still around."

The picture was framed anddonated to the Onaping FallsGolden Age Club.

Joe Ribic also donated a framed1946 Onaping Falls News news-paperarticle and picture of the mineand an old picture of his father andfour other men on a rail "speeder"(pump car).

'Inco's own' among Walden Ringette champsThe Walden Juniors ringettc teamhas gone all the way to the top,

The team returned from nationalcompetitions in Hull, Quebec withthe Gold. defeating Manitoba inthe final game to become nationalchampions.

Last year, the team came homewith the Bronze medal in the samecompetition.

"Quite an accomplishment fora small association like ours," saidassistant coach Paul Simpson ofCanadian Alloys. "considering theteams we are up against come frommuch larger centres.'

To win the Ontario title, Waldenhad to defeat teams from centressuch as Ottawa, Kitchener,Sudbury, Scarborough and Water-loo.

The Quebec competition in-cluded teams from every provinceexcept Newfoundland and the Ter-ritories,

Success is nothing new for the

team. They have won a total ofseven provincial titles in a row,three in the Petites division, twoin the Tweens category and two inthe Juniors division,

"Walden entered the provin-cial championships this year inScarborough as underdogs, facingpowerhouse teams from Sudbury,Kitchener and Gloucester.

"Ourgirlsjust don 't know howto lose at provincials," said Paul."In 1985 and 1987 we won theprovincials as wild card entriesand this year as underdogs."

Head coach of the team isGary Miller of General Engi-neering Utilities.

"A lot of our Inco parents havespent a lot of time and moneyfollowing their daughters in theirringette careers, hut I think mostwill agree that it was money andtime well spent

"Quality time with theirdaughters," Paul said.

Joe Ribic, Roy Landrye, Clarence Vowels and Ken Miron with old retirement picture.

Onaping Falls Golden Age Club president Alice Lejambeand recording secretary George Lockhart with one of threephotographs donated to the club by the Levack complex.

The Walden .Iunior ringette national champions (and some their Inco parents) are, from left: front)Shawna Bin ton, (daughter of Jornu'r Irico eniplovee Charles Burton): Maria Malvaso, (Colette Mah'a.co):•faniva Arnistron (Carl Cauchv) .Jennifer Weller. (Bill Weiler): Nadine Artnhruster and fither Wolf,4rmlir,stcr: Kate,, Duçiav, (Peter Di.uav: (Back) Michelle and Gerry Chartrand, Sarah and Gary Miller,Paul Simpson and Panu'la Simpson .Ie,inifer Scharj' and Merre Schaif

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Sometimes,Inco'sgame isbasketball\en it comes to investing, Inco' son the ball.. basketball, that is.

Who would have thought thatthe underdog Lockerby Vickingswould battle their hearts out tobecome the Cinderella story of theOntario Federation of SchoolsAthletic Association Senior BoysAAA Basketball Championshipsin Sudbury recently?

Certainly the $500 Inco donatedtoward the "adoption" of the 12players and two coaches on theLockerby team could guarantee thefast-paced action that saw the homesquad overcome almost impossi-ble odds to become eye-openingcontenders early in the champion-ships.

No mere pushovers, the teamstunned the No. 4 ranked MotherTeresa Titans of Toronto on thefirst night of basketball action,then repeated their performance ina second game against the NepeanKnights.

The team lit local audiences onfire as they battled exhaustion tokeep up with -and ahead of-their high-powered adversary.

Later in the same day of theirsecond victory, a tired Lockerbyteam fmally fell to the CardinalLeger Lancers of Brampton.

But inco's connection to thebasketball action wasn't only fi-nancial.

With just seven seconds re-maining in a three-minute over-time during the second game, it

was a Lockerby player wearing thenumber 33 who put the winningbasket through the Nepean hoop.

That's Jason Prpic, son ofSmelter general foreman MurrayPrpic.

Guard Pat Sherlock, wearingnumber 31, is the son of Transpor-tation project coordinator AlSherlock and forward RichardEldridge is the son ofJack Eldridgeof Central Process Technology.

Copper Refinery manager AlCruthers was also keenly interestedin the basketball action. His son,Jonathan, is a guard with the team.

One official at the event wasCec Goudreau of Frood Mine In-dustrial Relations.

Teams representing 16 asso-ciations throughout Ontario par-ticipated in the three-day tourna-ment.

Inco's donation, in the form ofthe team"adoption," helped invarious tournament costs, includ-ing holding a tournament banquet,security and printing of promotionalmaterials.

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Jason Prpic takes a shot while at right he attempts to stop a Brampton player's advance.

Pat Sherlock blocks low while teammate blocks high in anattempt to stop a Brampton attack.

Pat Sherlock attempts to elude a Brampton player.

Where's the ball?

Viking's Steve Zilliax and Titan's Keith Vassell in a foot race.

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Inco archivalfootage top-notch

This movie stars Inco, nickel industryPicture it. A cast of miners, mill

and smelter workers, refiners, ex-ecutives, acres of plants, milesof mines, mountains of nickel fromdeep in the earth all the way to themoon.

It's the story of the birth andevolution of the Canadian nickelindustry and Inco's leading role in

Don't read the book, wait forthe movie.

If you're interested in miningin general or Inco in particular, thisis a movie you wouldn't want tomiss, and it's all made possible bysome rummaging around in ar-chives, dusty closets and cupboardsin offices all over Inco's world.

"About four years ago we putout a call to hunt up and send us allthe local footage of Inco operations,old and new," said Inco's directorof corporate communicationsDavid Allen. "The response wasincredible. What we got back washundreds of hours of film, alot of ittop quality material. The best wasold Mond Nickel Company filmfrom a basement in London, Eng-land and from the Inco archives inSudbury."

Luckily, he said, Inco has ahistory of keeping records on film."And right from the start, both Incoand Mond used some of the bestcinematographers available. Sud-denly we found ourselves withmiles of top-notch footage that

chronicles on film much of nick-el's history."

He said the film, some of itincluding highly flammablenitrofilm used in the 1920s, wasturned over to the National Archivesin Ottawa which was keenly inter-ested in such a complete top-qualityrecord of the development of min-ing and metals processing inCanada.

The collection consists of 285film titles (654 reels of film) inEnglish and several other lan-guages. The films cover the periodfrom 1918 to 1980 and were usedto record noteworthy occasions andto promote new products when theywere brought to market.

In accepting the collection,which was designated as of nationalsignificance, Jean-Pierre Wallot,National Archivist, said of the do-nation: "You have thereby enabledus to document more fully Cana-da's history and enriched our cul-tural history."

To update the history and bringit up to the present, a film crew wasfilming in Sudbury recently.

One segment was filmed at theNickel Refinery control room withVice Chairman WalterHe talked not only atchanges he and his family haveseen in their years at Inco, but madeobservations about how rapidlychange is accelerating in miningtoday.

Dr. Curlook was born and raisedin Coniston where his father workedin the smelter. Father and son be-tween them span almost 90 yearsof Inco history.

Curlook. "The idea of the whole project,")out the said Allen, "is to show the evolu-

tion of the nickel industry, its upsand downs, the good and the bad, tothis day. It's not a film about Incobut obviously, the history of Inco isby and large the history of nickel, at

least in this century."We want the audience to be

not only Inco people but, impor-tantly, the broad general public aswell so that people in southernOntario and elsewhere have a bet-ter knowledge of the importance ofmining, its fascinating history, andthe growth of Sudbury."

To this end, Allen is negotiat-ing with television networks forbroadcast of the hour-long film in

the fall television season.'We're also working on some

community showings in Torontoand Sudbury" said Allen. 'Wemight not debut the tilm as a Hol-lywood premiere. but we want tocelebrate our history. It is not onlyfascinating and mostly unknown initself, but perhaps understandingour past can help us more clearlyunderstand where and how we wishto shape our future."

Vice Chairman Walter Curlook waits as camera assistant Rob Tiller sets stage for filming.

Make-up artist Lisa Brown gets Dr. Walter Curlook ready.David Allen, Dr. Walter Curlook and director Alan Fox discuss the next camera session.

8 April1991- - _____ -

Reaching 'unattainable' levels

Smelter safety record puts complEk on topThe Copper Cliff Smelter Complex. a place where you keep yourmind on what you're doing.

The approximately 1,000 peo-ple who are employed here dohighly-skilled. diversified, exactingand sometimes risky work thatdemands unfailing attention. It's aworkplace that has exposure tomolten metal, overhead cranes. highpressure systems and diverseequipment. It's the kind of placewhere nobody has to remind you tostrap a mask to your belt and donsafety glasses and boots.

Now add scores of subcontrac-tor crews working elbow to elbowwith smelter employees, buildinghuge structures that almost dailychange the face of the Smelter'sworkplaces. As the $500 millionSulphur Dioxide Abatement Projectmoves into full swing, the entiresmelter complex seems to betransforming into new unfamiliarterritory, sometimes making theold unrecognizable under a moun-tainof steel girder.cavernous pipeand rising steel-plate structures.

Yet here rests the 1990 Vice-Pesident" Trophy for the bestsafety performance among allMilling. Smelting and Refiningplants.

"You can have all the posters.meetings. lectures and precautionsyou want." said safety and losscontrol general foreman SteveOreskovich, 'butthere'sabsolutelyno question that the credit for thisgoes to the people on the floor, thepeople who have been consistent intheir safety consciousness. Youcouldn't come up with a record likethis at the end of the Year withouteverybody's cooperation."

It's all state-of-the art, thesmelter faithful will tell you.Technology has taken a lot of theback-breaking. repetitious andmundane labor-intensive jobs offthe backs of the people who workhere. Yet it's still the kind of placewhere an absent-minded slip canspell disaster.

"This is no cookie factory here.Safety isn't the first thing at theSmelter," said Steve. "It's the first

and second thing.'Last year. the Copper Cliff

Smelter led all surface plants in

avoiding medical aid injuries, losttime accidents and days off work.In medical aids, the complex's rateof 8.4 per 100 employees beat theM, S&R average by 2.6 per cent,The lost time accident rate for thesame year was 1 .7, well below thesurface plant average of 2.3, Daysoff work totalled 55, a little morethan half the average.

In announcing the win, complexmanager Peter Ryan called thesafety accomplishment "outstand-ing." and said the smelter hasn'twon the award since the early I 980swhen Matte Processing kept thetrophy for a year.

"Outstanding safety perform-ance eluded the Smelter for many,many years," he said. "After con-siderable hard work and team playon the part of everyone, we havenow attained a position of leader-ship and safety excellence"

The M. S&R Trophy was for-mally presented by Vice-PresidentBob Browne early last month. Ac-cepting the trophy on behalf of thesmelter was Ernie Hywarren andhis crew along with Bob Gallingerand his nickel circuit workgroup.

The two teams have a long his-tory of safety excellence.

While Steve Oreskovich insistsit's the employees who are respon-sible for the accomplishments, heacknowledges that an increasedcorporate emphasis on safety hasresulted in a new "safety culture"at all Inco's operations.

"It goes from the top down andfrom the bottom up," said Steve,'And there's been absolutely nodoubt that the company has beencommitted to safety."

With the diversity ofjobs at theSmelter, ensuring that all of themare done not only effectively butsafely is something that each em-ployee is responsible for.

"We have about 2,000 job pro-cedures here, each laid out in de-tail." said Steve as he slapped apackedbinderon his Smelterofficedesk. "It's all written down here, aprocedure for each job. But it's upto each employee to follow them.You can't just write them downand forget about them. Employeeshave to use them. That's what Imean, we couldn't have won this

without the participation of ouremployees."

In his 34 years at the Smelter,Steve has seen attitudes about safetychange from something of a sideissue to a prime focus, "There'sjust no comparison with the waythings used to be," he said, pullingout a sheet of figures from his desk,He points to a figure that shows 6.8injuries per 100 employees per yearin 1975. "Last year, we had a littleover one per cent injured."

Can accidents be reduced tozero?

"I'm not sure if we can evertotally eliminate all accidents," saidSteve, "but we are aiming for itregardless. Afterall,Inever thoughtwe'd get itdown to where it is now.We've already reached a safetyperformance that would have beenconsidered unattainable just a fewyears ago."

To Steve, Inco's additionalemphasis on off-the-job safetymakes eminent sense as well."Why? Because people are fivetimes as likely to get injured athome than on the job at the Smelter,Ourfigures show it. And if you canget him to be careful at home, youknow he'll be careful here."

Not only is today's employeehighly qualified, better trained andmotivated, but Inco' s "old-timers"have shown a resilience and a will-ingness to learn and adapt tochanging times and technologies.

"The older employees are thepeople who built this company andthey have proven over and overagain that they are willing to changewith the times, to learn new skillsand procedures. Our people havealways shown a willingness to gothe extra mile, to accept a newchallenge.

"And that goes for safety aswell as anything else."

For new safety supervisor GerrySt. Amant, his job is one of themost important at Inco. "I thinkleadership in all departments is re-quired to make it work," he said."I've been at the Smelter 15 years,and I've never seen people so safetyconscious as today. People involvedin the safety end can feel good

Gerry St. Amant: Safety is reabout what they do. I've been atthis job for only five days and Icanfeel the pride in the departmentalready."

Instrument technician Ron Truesaid he's always been careful onthe job, yet today he's even more

Harding work.conscious ofit. People talk about ittoday. People watch out for eachother. If I was to do a joh on theworkbench without my safetyglasses on. the first guy who walkedby would tell me to put them on."

Milling, Smelting and Refining Vice-President Bob Browne and smelter electrician FrankCividino shake hands to celebrate the Vice-President's Trophy for best safety performance.Standing with the pair are some of the smelter people who made the award possible.

Ron True: If you forget safety, co-workers will remind you.Steve Oreskovich goes over the safety statistics.

T he final and probably most dif-ficult act of love every mother mustface is to give her children thefreedom to chase their own dreams.

Just ask Margaret Donaldson.In 198! her son followed his

dreams to Saudi Arabia, and

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Margaret DonaldsonMargaret can count on her fingersthe few precious times she's seenRobert in the last decade. Yet herlace beams with pride as she de-scribes her son's acconiplishments.

"Back then I guess I preferredhim to go to university and go intosome kind of a professional career,"said the Computer Systems dataentry operator at the General Of-fice building. "But few of us get thechance to live their dreams. I'mhappy for him, even if 1 don't seehim as often as I'd like."

A picture of Robert, now 33,was carried on Page 27 of the June,198 I Triangle along with an articleon how he was leaving his Sudburyhome to work as an instructor!manager at the Equestrian Club ofthe Royal Family in Ridyadh, SaudiArabia.

The contract was for a mini-mum of one year and I never ex-pected it to last this long," saidMarg. "It just kept getting longerand longer."

It wasn't the Middle East thatattracted Robert, it was a chance todo what he's loved all his lifework with horses.

"Even as a kid he was neveraround, usually off to a farm to bearound horses," said Marg. "Hebegan riding in Scotland when hewas only a boy."

The family moved to Canada in1970, and Robert continued hisequestrian interests here,horseriding and competing for 14years, seven of which were spentriding and training professionally.He worked forthe Canadian Olym-pic equestrian team as well as theCanadian show jumping team andhas taught riding atclubs in Ontarioand the United States.

"His room," said Marg, "was

full of trophies."Although a graduate of Copper

Cliff High School, it became clearthat education came second inRobert's life. Hehadhigh marks inschool,but studies followed horsesin importance.

Money wasn't motivating ei-ther. While other students tried forhigh-paying summer jobs at Inco,Robert opted for low-paying jobson farms . . . farms with horses.

Money, material things didn'tseem to concern him that much,"said Marg. "His life was horses.He owned a horse while he was athome and he used to have lunchwith it. He would have conversa-tions with the horse like it was youand me talking."

Robert did one year of univer-sity, but dropped out when studiescut into his farm job.

"He told us he was wasting histime on university, and we werewasting our money," said Marg. "1guess if we could have somehowmade him go through school, hewould have ended up a very un-happy doctor, lawyer or engineer.Who needs a lawyer who dreamsabouthorses?"shesaidwithasmile.

Robert has never regrettedmaking the decision to go to SaudiArabia, said Marg, and it's nowonder. Not only does he get theopportunity to work around someof the best horses and horsemen inthe world, but he spends a lot of histime hobnobbing with royalty.

Robert was featured in theWinter issue of Equesport Canada,a story about how the technicalconsultant to the Saudi ArabianEquestrian Federation owns hisown stable where he trains horsesand riders. He also operates a"bloodstock business for showjumpers," involving the importa-tion of horses from England to besold in Saudi Arabia.

Robert created the rule bookfor the federation, organizes showjumping competitions, creates shortand long term goals for the im-provement of equestrian sport inSaudi Arabia, creates budgets andsupervises the implementation ofthe goals.

He travels both with the Saudifederation and Royal family toriding functions, as well as on hisown, and he's visited places thatmany only dream about. "Quite aIife,"saidMarg. "Hobnobbing withthe jet set and getting paid for it.

"We never know where he'sgoing to call from next. It could beJapan, Nepal, India, Africa orsomewhere in Europe," said Marg.

"There's nothing snobbishabout Robert," said Marg. "Heseems to be able to mix with crown

princes and royalty as well as sta-ble hands."

Unlike his aversion for studiesat home. Robert attended univer-sity in Riyadh and is almost fluentin both writing and speaking Ara-bic.

Not that life in Saudi Arabia isall fun and games. During therecent Gulf war, both Robert andhis mother were feeling the sameStrains.

Robert was at a horse showwhen the war broke out. He facedair raid sirens in the middle of thenight and took refuge in"saferooms" to seal himself in againstchemical attack.

For Robert, the "booooom" ofPatriot missiles taking off was a bitshocking, but he said he adaptedquickly.

For mom back in Sudbury, itwasn't all that easy. "1 worriedconstantly," said Marg, "but hecalled me every day at work at Incoto reassure me that he was okay.He knew we were worried abouthim.

Although briefvisits are some-times over a year apart, Robert

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/Robert Donaldson (Fourth from left) joins a Royal Saudi family portrait.

telephones regularly. "About oncea week he calls. We call his apart-ment sometimes, but he's neverthere. I think he just has it to get hismessages.

"When it comes to horses.Robert's still a kid," said Marg,"and I don't thin.k he's ready tosettle down yet. Maybe he'll get

Robert mounts a camel to get a different kind of ride.

tired of it eventually and meet a girland settle down."

Marg and husband Robert havegrandchildren from her other sonDonald and daughter Elizabeth."Of course it would be nice to havea grandchild or two from Robert,but everything in good time . .hopefully."

Robert has tried came! racing, but horses are the love of his life.t - -- . - -.--- . -..

April 1991

1 - I

"Everybody's happy. The public, Inco, gov-ernment and the environmentahsts. You don'toften get the chance to please everybody."

ou ,,iint ii t ic you 111c/

Catchy little ditt. huh? A, akind of unofficia! Inco motto, itfi t.

Sure, Inco miners haul ore thetraditional way, from over a mileunderground at places likeCreighton and Frood. There's evena little ore left in a few open pits.But Inco miners, sniffing for met-als, have hit paydirt in some ratherunusual places.

Case in point is the Smeltercomplex's Ryan Pit where metals-permeated furnace firebrick. dis-carded decades ago. has been dugup and the metals removed. Andthen there', the Garson crown re-moval project, where Inco hastemporarily sucked water out ofthe ground faster than it can flowback in while miners remove a richdeposit of ore. There 'seven specu-lation about re-mining today'smining wastes tomorrow whenrapidly-improving technology al-lows the extraction of the minuteremaining traces of metals

Where will Inco tunnel up to-morrow's dollars?

Tom Mosey smiles as he leansback from the desk at his CentralProcess Technology office. As co-ordinator of Revert and Toll Mate-rials, he knows about some of theunusual nooks and crannies wherenew, unorthodox mother lodes havebeen found. He reaches behind thechair and gropes in a cardboardbox on a filing cabinet, hauling outa metal canister the sue of ciderjug.

The canisters and thousands ofothers like them from auto wreck-ing yards represent a significantpart of Incos total production ofplatinum group metals,' They

tartcd putting them on cars in themid '70s.' said Tom, "and by '83they were starting to arrive at thejunkyard. A year later, collectors

Precious metals from used car parts

nco

sold Inco enough of them to ac-count for over several thousandtroy ounces of platinum groupmetals.

It's a catalytic converter fromthe exhaust system of a car, he said,and it's a prime c\ample of howrecycling can be good for the envi-ronment and turn a tidy profit toboot. "Recovering these convert-

'ml

ers is an industry that didn't exist10 years ago. Today it's amultimillion dollar business."

Installed on an automobile, theconverters remove a significantproportion of the harmful sub-stances carbon monoxidc. o\dcsof nitrogen and hydrocarbons fromthe exhaust gas stream.

A platinum, palladium and

nes'

rhodium coating on a porous ce-ramic mono!ith or pel!et materialis used to achieve the reaction.

"We buy the pel!ets and mono-lith core from a 'collector' who inturn collects the converteN fromwrecking yaid. Thc co!!ectcr rmoves the casings and loads thepellets or honeycomb material indrums for shipment to us," ,aid

Tom Mossey with a used catalytic converter. Forklift operator Max Manitowabi moves drums filled with catalyst material to storage area.

Yvon Lepage, Len Incerti and Art Maestrello drive asampling pipe into the catalyst material.

Yvon Lepage works the pipe around in the material in order toget a better sample while Len Incerti waits with the sledge.

the junkyardi

Above, Tom Mossey examines the newly arrived drums. Above, right, the revert and toll materials co-ordinator examines the catalyst in an opened drum.

Tom. "We ecover the preciousmetals in the catalyst and the metalof the canister is recovered by oth-ers. The fact that we can recoverthe metals from the catalyst in theconverter encourages others to re-cover the steel in the container."

"It began in the mid '80s with asingle truckload a month," he said.

The material is sampled by

driving a hollow pipe through anumber of drums, then analyzingthe material in the pipe for preciousmetals content. The testing is doneby grinding the material to a pow-der and then analyzing it for metalscontent at Inco laboratories.

After the material is chargedinto Inco converters, the platinum,palladium and rhodium is collected.

Chances are, some of the recov-ered metals were dug out of theground by Inco miners in the firstplace, and at least part of the plati-num and a high per cent of therhodium that's extracted by Incowill eventually end up as part ofanother catalytic converter. About79 per cent of the western world'srhodium and 37 per cent of the

platinum demand goes into mak-ing catalytic converters.

"These metals are relatively rareand that makes recycling all themore important. In most cases.demand is greater than the supply.

Tom's particularly happy be-cause he's in the enviable businessof pleasing everybody.

"We do a lot of recycling of

Another few blows with the sledge hammer and the sample Art Maestrello and Yvon Lepage power the sample into apipe is ready for removal, filled with the cataylst material, plastic bag for further testing.

materials back through the smelter.There's our own stuff that's leftover, rejects or scrap and discardsfrom operations at our plants andshops. This material is too good tobe put out tr the garbage. materi-als like metallic scrap and shav-ings. flu dust and even high gradeslag. Some of the material that werecycle these days used to sit on thebottom of tanks and pipes andwould end up out in the environ-ment. Today. the idea is to recoverand reuse the metals they contain."

Inco's always been in the busi-ness of recovering valuable mate-rials. but with todays emphasis onthe environment, the job is doublyrewarding.

"Everybody 's happy. The pub-lic, Inco, government and the envi-ronmentalists. You don't oten getthe chance to please everybody."

The catalyst in converters isn'tthe only "garbage" item that Incopurchases from outside collectors.Material accepted tr recycling andmetals extraction ranges frommetal shop turnings to junked jetengines which contain high pro-portions of nickel and cobalt

"Wejust got through with someRolls Royce scrap," said Tom withonly the hint of a smile. "Jet en-gines turbine blades.

"Sampling is the big problem,"said Tom. "We'd accept things likewatchbands, rings and jewellery,but the snag is that you can't get alarge enough batch to give an accu-rate sampling of what it's worth."

Tom said Inco is continuallyfinding new and better ways to dothe recycling and extraction, andthe research and developmentpromises even more of the same inthe future.

With the growing concern aboutthe environment, he's sure moreopportunities will come along, andnew innovative collection and re-cycling schemes will mean lessgarbage in the junkyard.

The Triangle 11

1 2 April 1991

NckeI beer

By the light of the moonBy Ellen L. Heale, P.Ag.

Fact or fancy - the folklore associated with the moon and agriculturehas been prevalent for centuries. Ancient farmers used the moon toprovide guidance on growing and harvesting crops. Some gardenerscurrently use the moon's phases for guidance, while others use thatinformation in combination with the moon's zodiac signs, a complicatedendeavour.

First the facts. Every 28 days the moon completes a cycle. That cycleis divided into quarters of 7 days each. Throughout each cycle the moonchanges in appearance. During the first halfof the cycle the moon waxesfrom a new moon (which cannot be seen) to a full moon. Over the latterhalfof the cycle, or darkof the moon, it wanes from full to half to a newmoon again. Ancient calendars were based on this monthly cycle,

Paul Katzeff, author of Full Moons - Fact and Fancy about LunarInfluence writes "the myths and tales may not always accuratelydescribe the mechanisms by which the moon influences terrestrial life.but contemporary science is proving that the effects themselves often doexist." Scientists have connected the phases of the moon with manybiological processes. Since lunar rhythms affect the movements of thesea and of water in all living creatures it is possible that the moon alsoaffects the growth of plants. Scientists have also examined the effects oflunar rhythms on the earth's magnetic field. Corn and peas were studiedfor nine years and it was found that corn planted two days before the fullmoon grew larger than corn planted two days after and peas planted atthe new moon withered more quickly than normal. It is more likely torain heavily immediately after a full or a new moon.

Then the fancy. The clearest illustrations of lunar empathy havealways been in agriculture. In general, farmers and gardeners believedthat things grew better as the moon grew. that living things were actuallystronger. more resilient and resistant to damage during a waxing moonand weaker, more vulnerable as the moon waned. These beliefs wereconsidered essential to one's success in daily affairs in ancient Rome.Virgil recommended that grape vines be planted on the seventeenth dayafter a new moon. Camille Flammarion. a turn of the century astronomerand lecturer taught that plants such as cucumbers, radish. turnips, leeks,lilies, horseradish and saffron grew best during a full moon and herbsplucked during a waxing moon would be strongest. In contrast, onionsdid most of their growing during a waning moon. Such contrarybehaviour was the reason ancient Egyptians were so wary of eatingonions."

Traditionally, vegetables that produce crops above ground areplanted during the waxing of the moon. The first quarter is consideredthe best time to plant crops that produce their seeds on a part of the plantthat is not eaten. Examples include asparagus, broccoli, cabbage andcauliflower. During the second quarter plant crops that bear seeds insidethe part that is eaten, such as beans. tomatoes, peppers and squash. It hasbeen said that generally one does not plant on the day of a new moon ora full moon. However, seeds from which you expect to have doubleflowers should be sown at the full of the moon or within 2 or 3 days after.

During the third quarter when the moon wanes from full to half,tradition suggests planting crops that produce their yield in the ground.This would include beets. carrots turnips and potatoes. The fourth orlast quarter is good for destroying weeds, brush and pests and forcultivating and ploughing.

The harvest moon is the full moon nearest the fall equinox whenfarmers are harvesting. The moon rises soon after sunset, which givesfarmers extra hours of light to work by. Two thousand years ago. farmersgave that full moon credit for actually ripening produce.

Folklore combines not only the influence of the moon on agriculture.but also the effects of the stars and the elements. The Four elementsaccording to Aristotle were associated with the Four Ages and the Fourpoints of the compass. Earth, symbolizing cold and dry was associatedwith waning of the moon, Air, which symbolized hot and moist, wasassociated with the moon's fullness, The element Fire was hot and dryduring the waxing of the moon and Water. the sign of cold and moist waconnected with the disappearing moon.

The sun, moon and planets each move in a large circle around thesky. All of these objects pass through the same constellations as theymake theircircle, The ancients divided this circle into 12 constellations.The sun took one month to go through each one. They pictured theconstellations as animals and the band in which the planets moved as acircle of animals or the zodiac. Moon gardeners take into account theastrological or zodiac signs of the moon, believing that each sign rulesover some aspect of gardening. The Fire signs of Aries. Leo andSagittarius have to do with the seed and genetic material. All herbsshould be harvested in dry signs. Although plants germinated underthese signs may germinate quickly and bolt, the Fire signs are considered favorable for vine and stalk growth. Sagittarius is said to rule fruitand is considered especially favorable to apples.

The Water signs of Pisces, Cancer and Scorpio rule over growth. TheEarth signs of Taurus. Virgo and Capricorn are associated with the rootsofa plant. Aquarius. Gemini and Libra. the Air signs rule over the floweras it reaches out into the air to receive pollen. The ways in which themoon, the elements and the zodiac signs relate to gardening is quitecomplex.

Planting by the Moon by Dr. Clark Timmins in 1939 suggested that"preserves and jellies made while the moon is waning and in a fixed sign(Taurus, Scorpio or Aquarius) will be found to possess exceptionalflavor and good keeping qualities." Thomas Tusser wrote in his FiveHundred Points of Good Husbandrie in 1562- "Sow peason and beanesin the wane of the moone, Who soweth them sooner, he soweth toosoone. . . That they with the planet may rest and arise. And flourish withbearing most plentiful wise," Llewellyri's Moon Sign Book and Gar-dening Guide publishes charts and tables. The Old Farmer's Almanacalso includes planting tables that indicate the best times of the lunarmonth to plant. cultivate or harvest particular plants.

Folklore associated with the moon and gardening is not withoutcontroversy. "To steer by the stars the botanical astrologer neededconfidence, not to say effrontery and more than a little luck!".

Working onthe (Inco)railroad

Now that most of the snowand ice is gone from driveways.sidewalks and front steps, Incois out in force checking some ofthe wear and tear hidden underthe weather for the past sixmonths. Mike Chellew, a co-opstudent taking the mining courseat Cambrian College. who isworking in Transportation duringhis work term, was one of thoseput on the job of trackmaintenance. During the recentgood weather, he doesnt mind abit.

Combine easy-to-clean,noncorrosive and hygienic nickel-containing stainless steel filtrationsystems. kegs and aging tanks withpure spring water, hops. yeast andmalt, and what do you get?

A microbrewery.Creemore Springs Brewery

Limited isoneof lOmicrobreweriesin Ontario. Providing a premiumprice, premium lager for peoplewho like the taste ofa pure beer, thebrewery is heavily dependent onstainless steel equipment for thepurity of its product.

Sold in oversized glass bottlesand kegs. it sells locally and inmetropolitan Toronto. never inbulk.

Even the tank trucks that deliverthe pure spring water of Creemoreto the microbrewery are made ofgleaming stainless steel.

Nickel talk

It is costing less for TelecomAustralia to operate payphones thatare installed in public areas, thankstonickel-containing stainless steel.

Stainless steel was specifiedbecause of its rigidity, security andlow maintenance.

Within two years. the Mel-bourne-based utility expects to have10.000 of the virtually vandal-proofunits installed throughout Australia.The units are wall or pedestal-mounted.

Nicke' heat

When Italy embarked on anambitious expansion program todevelop and produce cleangeothermal energy, the decisionwas made to reduce the time lapsebetween discovery of geothermalwells and the construction ofa plantby producing the plant's equipmentbefore completion of drilling forgeothermal fluid.

These off-the-shelf, standard-ized plants reduce the time neededfor a power plant to become a re-ality. since assembly and installa-tion are rapid.

These geothermal power-gen-erating systems are subject to cor-rosion, erosion and abrasion, sostainless steel was the material ofchoice for the plants, offering thebest corrosion resistance at lowtemperatures and in condensingconditions.

Nickel with a flair

A high-quality, heat-resistantalloy was required for the con-struction of flares, used for thedisposal of waste combustible gasesduring normal operations andemergencies. Flares are familiarsights worldwide on offshore plat-forms, gas processing plants, oilrefineries. liquified natural and liq-uified petroleum gas terminals,along hydrocarbon pipelines andpetrochemical plants.

To obtain safe and efficientburning and long-term reliabilitywith a minimum of pollution andnoise, considerable attention is paidto flare design and material selec-tion. Nickel alloys and stainlesssteel are being used in constructionof the flares to meet these stringentrequ I rernent.

The mangle 13

Copper refiner ydisplay booststeam spirit, morale and qualit yThe approximately 500 peoplewho work at the Copper Refineryhave a better idea these days ofwhere they fit into the lnco schemeoI'things, thanks to a unique projectthat features refinery processes,people and end use products.

It's an idea that was spawnedfrom Inco's Total Quality Im-Drovement philosophy, and earlyndications suggest the project hasiven employees a new sense of

pride in what they do for a living.The prujeet. conceived by the

refinery's Total Quality Improve-ment steering team, involves a per-manent photographic, video andsound display in the l'oyer imme-diately outside the main changeroom.

The display features three sec-tions of photographs and an audiovideo segment that can be acti-vated with the press of' a button.It'll be changed every three months.Display topics arc determined by ateam consisting of a cross section

of refinery personnel."Unlike other displays of this

sort. it's not aimed at our custom-ers," said Superintendent of Proc-ess Technology Dale Krueger."This one is aimed at ourown peo-ple to give them a better idea ofhow crucial their quality work is inthe overall refinery picture."

The display is divided into threebasic sections, the first showingsome of the many consumer prod-ucts made with materials the refin-ery produces, the second showingsome of the refinery processes in-volved in getting our quality prod-ucts to the consumer product fab-ricator, and the third showingpeople involved in those processes.

Part of the display is a televi-sion screen and video cassette re-corder. The press of a button pro-vides an informative audio visualpresentation that will be changedmore frequently than the threemonths for the entire display.

"We hope eventually to get our

customers involved in this display,"said Dale. "We'd like them to giveus a short video on what they dowith our product, how they go aboutproducing the final product formarket."

Many people don't realize thewide range of products made fromwhat Inco hauls out of the groundand Dale wants to use the display tohelp inform employees about eve-rything from silver's use in pho-tography to gold contacts in elec-tronic equipment.

One of the major reasons therefinery is such a fascinating placeis because Inco has worked forover 60 years in research, devel-opment and implementation ofprocesses that have made the com-pany a world leader. "We are detailguys," he said. "Over the years wehave refined every detail of ourprocesses here to provide a qualityproduct."

With the diversity of work atthe refinery, Dale expects it'll be

L . L.:. L. ____Crane operator Steve Maville turns on the video display.

years before anything in the dis-play will have to be repeated."There's a lot going on here. Oneof the advantages of the display isthat it informs employees aboutwhat's happening in other areas,and how they fit into the picture."

Although installed only twomonths ago featuring theelectrorefining segment of the re-finery operations, the project seemsto have caught on already.

"We've already had inquiriesabout when we are going to featureother operations in the display."said Dale.

Dale said that similar displayshe's seen that emphasize qualityare aimed mainly at customers.think we've taken it a step farther.By doingthis we arc saying that it'sour employees that are supplyingthe quality we sell to our custom-

ers. I don't know if there is thistype of' a display elsewhere. I'venever seen one in my travels."

How to measure effectiveness?You can't expect people to line

up to see the display, said Dale, yeteomments"here and there" providean encouraging indication that theproject is catching on.

Tankhouse operator Bob Burkesees the display as a welcome, in-formative addition to the refinerysurroundings. "I think it's a goodidea," he said. "A lot of peoplehave never seen the operations insome other departments. This is agood way to keep them informed.

Tankhouse crane operator SteveMaville agrees. "It's a great idea.lt's a good way to keep peopleinformed. You can see where youfit in, where all this starts and fin-ishes."

Crisis in education. training

Success or failureThe future couldn't look anybrighter br the highly-educated andhighly-trained entering the Cana-dian workl'orce.

"No, it's not you about whom 1worry," said Ontario Divisionpresident Bill Clement to graduat-ing engineering students at aLaurentian University EngineeringSociety event recently. "Wordsalone cannot begin to describe thecrisis we face.

"If Canada is to survive andprosper in the changing interna-tional world." he said "we mustrapidly improve our ability tocompete on the world stage."

The hard facts tell the storyabout how Canada has fallen belowits education potential, he said, andhence, has hampered our ability tocompete.

"According to the ConferenceBoard of Canada in a report lastSeptember." he said, "one of everyfive Canadian adults is functionallyilliterate. In the workforce, one insix workers can't read well enough

up to us, Clement tells gradsto grasp the meaning of a typical gether," said Mr. Clement, "andnewspaper column." they add up to serious trouble for

He said that 30percentof young our society, our standard of livingCanadians drop out of secondary and our future."school. "That's downright scarywhen you realize that rising educa-tional and skill requirements meanthat 64 per cent of all jobs that willbe created in the 1990s in Canadawill require more than 12 years ofeducation and training. At Incotoday, new employees must haveat least Grade 12 education andpass a battery of aptitude tests be-fore being hired."

Another sobering number, hesaid, is that community college andbusiness technology programs re-port a 70 per cent dropout rate. Our17-year-olds ranked I lth out of 13in international secondary schoolscience and technology tests. Only72 per cent of Canada's 17-year-olds are involved in formal educa-tion and training versus 94 per centin Japan, 89 per cent in Germanyand 87 percent in the United States.

"Add all these numbers to-

"The challenge for Canada," hesaid, "is become one of the winnersor settle for being a loser, and weall have a stake in its solution."

Speaking as arepresentative ofa company that's the Westernworld's number one producer ofnickel, he said that the competitiveedge lies with the development olhuman resources, constantly im-proving the skills and knowledgeof employees and managers alike.

He said that an education sys-tem that will prepare Canada'syouth for tomorrow's world is be-ingdeveloped. yet"fierce contests"are being waged on the global scalenot tomorrow, but today.

He outlined how Inco has keptcompetitive, from the late 1970swhen the company was still heav-ily dependent on labor and tradi-tional ways of mining to the de-velopment of today's new tech-nology, retraining ofemployees andcost cutting.

He said Inco is "sticking to ourknitting," continuing the programof massive investment in newtechnology and training of em-ployees to ensure a reliable sourceof ore and the capability to process

tit in a manner that's efficient andenvironmentally sound.

Yesterday's management style,he said, worked in its day but is nolonger suitable.

"Today's employees tend to besmarter, better educated, more so-cially conscious, more demandingabout job satisfaction and keenerabout how their problem-solvingabilities can shape company deci-sions.

"Enter the total quality move-ment," he said. 'In 10 years, totalquality has spread from Japan toNorth American business."

He said total quality is not amanagement lad and requires pa-tience and discipline to work.

"It's here to stay and it heraldsa new breed of employee and newbreed of manager who will lead,not control employees, encourageinnovation and risk-taking, notconformity.

"In our business at Inco, we areresponding to this new sense ofurgency in the marketplace."

Bob Burke and Dale Krueger study the new display at the copper refinery.

Ontario Division President BillClement.

1 4 April 1991

LETTERSUndergroundtour valuablefor students

Dear Sir:

by Marty McAflister

An Inco historian may be pictured as sort of a Huck Finn in a hardhat, getting his kicks out of old share certificates and dusty log books.Not true. I have only one share certificate on my wall and I've really cut'way down on log books.

We are a nostalgic lot, though. That's what makes it fun and it keepsus out of hotels. But that's not what makes it pay. What does, then? Imean, as Telly would say. we're talkin' bottom line here.

At one time or another, I've read a dozen or so good articles on thepractical value of corporate history. The authors tried their darndest tolist every good reason that Billy Budget should cough up funds forcollecting. storing and generally rooting through old stuff. "it'll help thelegal department or marketing - or public affairs." they argued.They said it would give people a sense of their company's past. to helpin wise planning for the future. Amen, but those are pretty once-in-a-while. intangible kinds of things.

Nobody in Harvard Business Review talked about Orville and TheReal World. At Inco, we do.

Our hidden historians

Orville Simpson was a swell guy, a loving father and a hell of aplumber. When he walked out the Creighton gate for the last time. alotof mental blueprints went with him - and locating buried pipelinesbecame a search in the dark for those who had to take over.

We all know an Orville or two. right? They not only have an uncannyknack for remembering things, but they have the wisdom to knowwhat's worth remembering. Out where we do business - in the stopeor the tank house, the roaring aisle or the Copper Cliff Mill, themaintenance shop or the Pittsburgh sales office - out where the rubberhits the road, the Orvilles of Inco are worth their weight in gold. They'rethe ones we turn to when we need an eye on the past. when we have toknow how things got to be the way they are. They can tell us how wegot Stronger For Our Experience, because they collected a pretty bigshare of it.

It's more than just knowing their own immediate jobs; they haveperspective and insight. They either know answers, or they know whereto find them. They've spent a lifetime in the real world-our real world.

When they leave, we miss them in more ways than one. And, wehave to hope that some of what they knew is recorded somewhere. Andif it is. where are the records? Have they been stored properly. alongsideother business information or archival material, or are they tucked in anold cabinet somewhere - or worse?

When we need old information in a hurry, and maybe finally find itin a haystack somewhere. we're like repentent boozers the morningafter: "Never again!" we say. "From now on, we're gonna get organized,and we'll send those files and drawings to the record centre.

What's more, those books and periodicals are going straight hack toour libraries - today!

..Well, maybe tomOrrow, we really are busy today."

What good end?

But, let's get a little more specific. What kind of information am Ireally talking about and what's it good for?

If you want to rebuild a turbine that was installed in 1917 and youneed the drawing that shows how the foundatiOn was built, corporatehistory can save you money. When you can follow the evolution ofsmelter technology since The Second World War and see the birth andgrowth of flash smelting today's Copper Cliff expansion takes on awhole new perspective.

When the Inco board is asked to approve $10 million dollars for.say, a building replacement, they can make a sound decision based, inpart, on in-house historical research. They should know, and can beshown, when the old building was put up. . why its location was rightthen, hut isn't now . . . how the operating imperatives have changed.

and so on. But the story has to be right.Voltaire suggested that history was "nothing but a pack of tricks

that we play upon the dead." Pity the manager who would use Incohistory so frivolously.

We've been in this business a very long while, more than 100 yearsat our Sudbury operations alone. Gosh, you can accumulate an awfulraft of stuff in that time and you can spend several billion dollars doingit. The mind can'teven getaround how much information that involves.And. for darned sure, no mechanic or foreman or chief executive officeris smart enough, nor will he or she live long enough, to know it all. WEHAVE TO GET IT ALL TOGETHER and save what's worthwhile.

What inco does

Sometimes we fall into that great Canadian habit of self-criticismand we have a grand old time pointing out Inco's flaws. Well, it's true,Inco isn't perfect- but it's way ahead of whoever comes next in ourindustry.

History has mattered to Inco people, pretty much since the beginning.What D.H. Browne wrote about before the First World War wasentertaining and educational, and still has demonstrable value today.The papers of E.A. Collins, written in the '30s, help bring our formativeyears alive once more.

And, we made films. Oh, what wonderful old 16mm films! As thismonth's Triangle article explains, we will soon have a chance to see abrand new video that is based on clips of those old movies. I can't waitto see it.

Nostalgia? Of course. But we've earned the luxury. We've used ourhistory and it keeps on paying - because we remember Orville andThe Real World.

Symbol closes safety verification "loop"All branches of the Ontario Division are in the business of con-tinuous improvement and safety isno different.

That's why Safety and Trainingmanager Dar Anderson hopes anew symbol will help employeesnot only deal with problems, butfollow through with implementa-tion and verification of solutions.

"We deal fairI' well with recti-fying problems that arise." said Dar,'but we don't follow through toowell. You find that problemssometimes keep recurring and no-body asks why."

"Closing the loop." Dar calls it.Not just fixing the symptom hutmaking sure the patient is cured.

The problem was first consid-ered by the Safety department abouta year ago. "It was clear that someof our people weren't sure of theoverall concept. We were good atinvestigating incidents, identifyingcauses and prescribing immediateremedies, but we weren't all thatgood at identifying basic causes,We were getting the symptoms butnot the sickness."

Most of these problems havebeen known for sometime, he said,hut there hasn't been a way topresent the overall concept in aneasy and understandable way.

That's why the department hascome up with a symbol that presentsthe "closed loop." from identifying

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initial problems through a processof coming up with an idea for cor-rection, a strategy, plan andschedule for implementation andfollow-up monitoring and verifi-cation to ensure the problem hasbeensolved. "There'salwaysroomfor improvement, in safety andanywhere else."

Dar sees the symbol as a train-ing aid, a way to see the concept ata glance. "Especially the left sideof the loop. That's where we tendto have the room for movement.We have to get to the point wherewe either correct the basic problemor go through the loop again, andyou can't do that without a follow-up.

I would like to thank you forbeing so cooperative and helpful inmaking our mine visit of March25th a most useful and educationalexperience.

This trip was in conjunctionwith a mine blasting course thesestudents are presently taking. Beingable to see the actual loading ofblast holes not to mention walkingover and looking at all parts of thestope is vital to the studentsunderstanding.

Bob Parker was very good andtook time to clearly explain anddemonstrate all aspects of theloading and blasting process. Theactivity of Frank Cooke and CohnMcNaulty was also quite helpful.The use of a sequential blasterunderground was something newfor me and quite interesting. BobNeveau drove us around the mineand was not shy to talk to thestudents and answer questions.

On behalf of the students andmyself. thank you for helping usmake Sudbury a place known fornot only our mines hut also for thequality of its Mining Education.

Please express our thanks toanyone I may have overlooked.

Sincerely

Dennis ShannonProfessorMining ProgramsCambrian College

June 2-7 setfor secondMining Week

The second annual week toacknowledge the contributions themining industry makes to thisprovince is scheduled the same timeas national Environment Week.

With that in mind the OntarioMining Week Committee isexploring the possibility ofparticipating in broad events andvenues in Toronto with displays onthe environment and end uses ofmineral products. In miningcommunities in Northern andSouthern Ontario. the committee isstriving to initiate actioncommittees to organize events tocelebrate mining. The committeeintends to provide promotionalmaterials and other support to theselocal action groups.

Once again, the OMA's "Meetthe Miners" reception which bringstogether industry people. cabinetministers, politicians and civilservants has been scheduled duringOntario Mining Week. The eventis planned for June 4 at the SuttonPlace Hotel Kempinski.

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Retired Stobie hoist inspector George Morin directs a shot.L.

His crew mines even better than it curls.

Frood-Stobie-Garson curlers out in force

Stobie'sWayne Quinn relaxesa minute before the next shot.

For three days it was slidingroom only at the Copper CliffCurling Club as almost 200 Frood-Stobie complex employees turnedout for the employees' associationannual curling bonspeil.

"We always get a good turnouthere," said operating shaft boss RayValentino, association presidentand one of the organizers of theevent. "We get so many out that wemake it a weekend event. In thepast eight years it's been at leasttwo days, and the last four or fiveyears we've had to expand it to athird day."

Just about all of the complex'ssocial events are filled to the raft-ers. "At the annual golf tournament(Aug. 24 this year) we have tomake it first come, first served be-cause there just isn't the space foreverybody who wants to take part,"said Ray.

Perhaps one reason for the goodturnouts is that the complex is morespread out than most, and formerco-workers, friends andaquaintances get transferred and

are often out of touch. "This is agood chance to see people youhaven't seen for a while," he said.

The complex includes Frood,Stobie, Little Stobie and GarsonMines.

High spiritedBut the major reason, said Ray,

is the team spirit that the complexenjoys. "Ever since I remember,this place has been a good place towork, a place with a lot of spirit. Itseems to get better every year."

It's a place where supervisorystaff and management participateas well,according to Ray. "GrahamRoss (complex manager) was oneof the curlers out there with us."

The bonspeil, held on Friday,Saturday and Sunday, guaranteesthree games for each team. Thisyear there were 36 men's and 12mixed teams.

"We all try to win, of course,but having a good time is the mainthing."

About 500 people belong to theemployees' association.

Gerry Pinard of Little Stobie maintenance keeps rock going.Waiting for their turn out on the ice are; Guest curler Rick Nadjuwan, Frood shaft leaderJohn Lacey, Stobie drill fitter Ron Tessier and Stobie training instructor John McNeil.

Frood-Stobie Complex Manager Graham Ross:

Stobie industrial evaluator Ron Corelli evaluates his shot.

1 6 April 1991

Teenage activist earns provincial recognitionJennifer Wunsch is not one to

rest on her laurels. After winningrecognition for a three-yearcampaign to fight drinking anddriving, the Grade 13 student isn'tprepared to simply pass on the torchwhen she graduates from LivelyDistrict Secondary School later thisspring.

The 19-year-old says hercommitment to the battle againstdrinking and driving will not wanewhen she leaves home for universitythis fall. In fact, it's a cause thatmay help shape her careerambitions, she suggests.

"I wouldnt mind working forsome type of watchdog group," todeal head-on with the root causesof drinking and driving and alcoholabuse in society, says Jennifer, whoplans to study communications next

fall either at Brock University orthe University of Windsor.

"I'd like to see changes inalcohol advertising, to changepeople's attitudes about drinking,"she says.

"The advertising has to change,because it makes alcohol soglamorous. It never shows thedownside. From childhood on,people see that, 'hey, you have todrink to have a good time.' To me,that has to change."

The daughter of Garth Wunsch,a senior geological technologist atFrood Mine, Jennifer has beenspreading an anti-drinking anddriving message to her peers sinceGrade 10.

"It all started with a summerjob I got with the AttorneyGeneral's office," through its

Arrive Alive program, she recalls."At the time I saw it as just

another summer job, but once Irealized the seriousness of thedrinking and driving problem, Idecided to really get involved anddo something to reduce drinkingand driving."

Her efforts includedpresentations to students' groups,balloon launches, displays inshopping malls and appearanceson local television programs. Themessage throughout was clear -young people don't need alcohol toenjoy themselves and impaireddriving costs lives.

Not long after joining the ArriveAlive program, Jennifer also gotinvolved with the Mayor's ActionCommittee on Drinking andDriving, set up by Sudbury Mayor

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Peter Wong. She currently is thechairperson of the youth awarenesscommittee of the group, which isnow known as Action Sudbury.

In March,Jennifer'sdedicationand unwavering commitment overthe last three years were recognizedby the Ontario Ministry of theSolicitor General. She waspresented with a plaque for helpingto prevent crime in the Sudburyregion.

Although reluctant to take toomuch credit, Jennifer says she hopesto have contributed to changingattitudes about drinking anddriving.

"I think there's been a shiftaway from it, generally,"particularly among young people,she says. "But it's difficult to showhow successful you've been whenwhat you're doing is trying toprevent something."

Jennifer's father, meanwhile,says his daughter and otherteenagers like her deserve all the

credit they receive for confrontingtheir peers and making them thinkabout the dangers of drinking anddriving.

"I'm very proud of her." saysGarth. "She has shown a lot ofmaturity and initiative. We didn'tpush her to go into this campaign.she just grew into it on her own.

"I think she's had a mission andI don't think she's prepared to givethat up."

Indeed. Jennifer has her sightsset on new projects, beginning nextfall. She had planned to join a groupwhich fights impaired driving andalcohol abuse at colleges anduniversities, but she learnedrecently that the group does notexist at Windsor or Brock.

However, that is not to say thata new chapter of the group won'tbe operating at one of those schoolsby fall.

"I think it means that they needsomeone to start one next year,'Jennifer says matter-of-factly.

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Jennifer Wunsch shows off the plaque she received recentlyfrom the Solicitor General of Ontario In recognition of herongoing battle against drinking and driving. The honor wasrichly deserved, says Jennifer's father, Garth (right).