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• NCOriangle April 1982, Vol. 42 No. 4

PublicationsEditor

Peter vom Scheldt

Writers

Meribeth DingwallFrank Pagnucco

Port Coibornecorrespondent

Dm0 lannandrea

Published monthly foremployees andpensioners of the Ontariodivision of Inco MetalsCompany. Produced bythe public affairsdepartment and printedin Canada by JournalPrinting Company inSudbury. Member of theInternational Associationof BusinessCommunicators.

Letters and commentsare welcomed and shouldbe addressed to theeditor at Inco MetalsCompany, Public AffairsDepartment, Copper Cliff,Ontario POM 1NO. Phone705-682-5425.

Quest for goldMickey Prilisauer, son of Inco design engineer, KarlPrilisauer, finished sixth in the junior division of theCanadian Figure Skating championships. Hes nowpractising 11 months of the year for a chance tocompete in the world championships next year.

Our coverOur cover, shot by Sudburyphotographer Dan Dionne, shows someof the personal protective equipment that5 typically used by most employees inoperations. It symbolizes the substantialimprovements in safety performance thatoccurred at our company during 1981.For more on our safety performance seepage four.

In this issue

Provincial pageDenis Croteau, son of Garson rnne motorman, RayCroteau, had the honor of beng selected to spendfive weeks as a page n the provncal legislature.

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Mutzand

FinlaysonFirst Aid

Competitions

The bestThirteen teams representing the best first aid teamsin the Ontario division competed for the right torepresent their area in the RD. Parker Shieldcompetition.

Risto's houseShebandowan mine employee, Risto Heiskanen,has designed and constructed a novel house thatuses natural materials and the principles of passivesolar heating.

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RoHy LandryMade good useof his training

One evening not long ago, RollyLandry, an assistant operator at theCopper Cliff nickel refinery, returnedhome to find an electrical pole in hisback yard ablaze. Without panicing,he ran upstairs to his apartment,called the fire department, grabbed afire extinguisher and within a matterof minutes had the fire out.

For most people, a fire createspanic and uncertainty. But for Rolly, itwas an event for which he has beenwell trained during his three years asa volunteer on the nickel refinery firebrigade.

As a volunteer, each member ofInco's many brigades is trained todeal with all types of fires, but specialemphasis placed on those which mayoccur in their particular work area.

"What better people to fight afire, says Rolly, "than those whowork in the area. These people knowthe layout of their building, the typesof gases being used and probably,the cause of the fire.'

According to Rolly, the fire in hisback yard was nothing spectacular.But it could have been if it was notgiven immediate attention. Histraining on the fire brigade has givenhim and his fellow fire fighters theconfidence necessary to "meet a firehead on", no matter where it mayoccur.

"Before I joined the brigade, all Icould do is call the fire department,or let it burn. Luckily, I never had todeal with one before."

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J:.For the fourth year in a row, matte processing had the best safety record for lnco surface plants nthe Ontario division. Liheman Allan Becks marks the occasion by changing the year on matteprocessing safety sign.

Significant improvements in safetyperformance were achieved during1981. In an effort to understandhow this happened, the Triangleinterviewed Bill Collis, Inco'smanager of safety and plantprotection.TriangleThere was a marked improvement inour 1981 safety performancecompared to 1980. To what do youattribute this improvement?Bill CollisIt was due primarily to the new safetytraining initiatives begun during theyear at our mines and plants and, thecontinuing strong support by the jointunion company safety committees andsenior management.T. Could you elaborate on this?C. 1980 was a totally unacceptableyear from a safety point of view.Something had to change. Thiscaused all concerned to have arenewed dedication towards safety.Employees were asked to participatein safety workshops held in the latterpart of 1980. They suggested thatthere should be a uniform safetyrecognition program. Each locationrecognized their safety performancewith different awards or incentives, butemployees indicated to us that eacharea should be consistent in thisrecognition. This led to the formationof the safety recognition program.

T. What else was done?C. All Joint OSHE and ASHEcommittee members (approximately400 employees) received a course inthe basic guidelines on effectiveoperation of safety and healthcommittees. In addition all people inthe mines area from the managerdown were instructed in the NeilGeorge Safety System. It wasrecognized that people at mines wereworking under a different set ofcircumstances than people working insurface plants. (The Neil GeorgeSystem was named after an Incosupervisor in the mines who some 40years ago developed a safety systemwhich could be directly applied to themining env!ronrnent).

The cor7t!ruing strong support by the o;t company i7Gr safety commttees, sucn as tn:s one tTarte processng was one of me reasons for ;co 5 morced cd:et, perorniarce

T. What goals did you set toaccomplish this2C. We wanted to operate wthout afatal njury and second, to achievereductions in injury frequency whichwould p'ace us at or below thefrequency levels of 1979

T. How did we do?C. In 1981 we had no fatal accidentsand our reported and medtcal injuryfrequency levels were below the 1979levels. The dtsabling injury frequencydid not reach the 1979 level but it was17% below the 1980 level.

T. What steps are being taken toensure that our safety performance wi/Iimprove in 1982?C. We are aiming to further reduce ourlost time frequency by 20% comparedto 1981. In the fall of 1981 every safetysupervisor was trained in accidentinvestigation and plans are underway totrain all first-line supervisors. The NeilGeorge Safety System will continue tobe applied in every area of mining andmilling and it will be modified toincorporate surface plants. In addition,all operating management andsupervision in our smelting and refining,engineering and maintenance services,and administration sections will betrained in the Management Guide toLoss Control. We believe that theseprograms are effective safety tools,which will help us to attain our goals.T. There are many ways to measuresafety performance, What method doesInco use?C. Safety performance has traditionallybeen measured by lost time accidentfrequency. We have recentlyimplemented the Five Star InternationalSafety Rating System which is amethod of measuring safetyperformance developed by theIndustrial Accident PreventionAssociation. It allows us to measure theeffectiveness of our safety programs aswell as accident frequency and givesus a method of comparing ourselves toother industries.

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Coleman mine had the best safety record of Ontario division mines during 1981 and arepresentative group of Coleman mine employees were presented with their trophy by Tom Parris,ieft and Milt Jowsey (both recentiy retired).

This group. representing Copper Cliff mill. vas congratuiated by Tom Parris for having the bestsafety record of Ontario divsion mlis in 1981.

A first-hand look at government

A few months ago Denis Croteau,the 12 year old son of Ray Croteau,motorman at Garson mine, receivedsome good news from the Office ofthe Speaker of the Ontario legislature.He learned that he had been chosento spend five weeks in the provinciallegislature as a page.

Interviewed shortly after the

announcement, Denis stated that hewas very happy with the honor. Thegrade seven student at Ecole St.Augustin in Garson said he waslooking forward to the duties of apage boy because he thought itwould be fun to learn how thegovernment works.

Applicants to the page program

must have a minimum scholasticaverage of 80 per cent. They alsomust be ;n either grade seven orgrade eight. A third criterion is thatsuccessful applicants must be able tosecure their own accommodationsduring their stay in Toronto.

Part of the process involves the boyor girl filling out a portion of theapplication form with his or herprincipal filling in the rest.

Diane Algera of the Office of theSpeaker explains that each ofOntarios 125 ridings, in rotation, hasan opportunity to have one of theiryoung constituents selected as apage. Who gets selected reallydepends on who else has applied inthe riding, she comments.

Denis has become the fourthindividual to be accepted as a pagefrom his riding of Sudbury East. Therehave been four from Sudbury and onefrom Nickel Belt.

On March 8 along with 21 otherstudents, Denis began his stint as amessenger in the provincialparliament. During his stay in Torontohe will not only serve in the legislaturebut also will continue his studies underthe auspices of tutQrs hired by theOffice of the Speaker.

A typical day in the life of a pagebegins at 9 am. when the legislatureis in session, that is Monday, Tuesdayand Thursday.

For an hour pages deliverdocuments, papers and bills tomembers offices or their desks in thechamber in preparation for theupcoming session.

Den's listens to the nstructions of music tutorAllan Cofn.

This is followed by a half hour longprysical education period. Between10:30 a.rn and 12 noon half of thepages attend French class while thesecond group studies music. Denis, aguitarist, appreciates this opportunityto pursue this fine art. After 45minutes the groups switch.

From noon to one o'clock the pageseat and change into their uniforms.They then sit down with Diane for halfan hour to discuss what s going on inthe legislature that day and some ofthe people they can expect toencounter. The pages finishpreparations of the chamber for its 2p.m. opening.

Throughout the four hour sessionthe pages carry messages from onemember of the legislature to another.One group of pages leaves the houseat 3:30 for classes in English,mathematics and history.

On another day the second grouptakes in these classes. The pageshave dinner between 6 and 8 p.m.Only a few stay for the evening sittingof the legislature.

Pages, Diane points out, are paid$12 a day. They also receive $1 aday to cover their transit costsbetween their home and Queen'sPark. Those working evening sessionsget an extra $6 and a $3 allowancefor dinner.

The pages are treated to a numberof special events such as dinner withthe lieutenant-governor andphotographic sessions with theSpeaker of the House.

The experience is both an enjoyableand educational one for the pages asthey learn the ntncacies of thelegislature and the everyday activitiesassociated with living in a city the sizeof Toronto.

Anyone wishing to enquire aboutthe pages program, on behalf of theirchildren, should address theirquestions to Diane Algera, Office ofthe Speaker, Queen's Park, Toronto,Ontario. M7A 1A2.

Page boy Dents Croteau prepares to exerciseti's duties at Queen's Park in Toronto.

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His thoughts of the Frood mine areaand its employees are fond and vivid,so much so that he has compiled acollection of photos (that he took)during his years there.

Gaston " Charbie" Charbonneaurecently retired from his job ascarpenter at Frood mine but before heleft he supplied the Triangle with somephotos and information about Frood inthe early 1940s.

Charbies years at Frood were spentas laborer, truck driver in the open pit,crane operator and dumpman at thecrushing plant and garage mechanic.He went to Garson mine for a fewyears as a carpenter then returned toFrood in the same capacity to, as he

"Charbie"Remembers

says, "hang up my skates.'His fondest memories are those

when he was driving trucks in theopen pit. 'There was good harmonyamong the crews, Charbie says,'and you were able to work more on

your own. You took your lunchpailwith you in the cab of the truck andyou could eat when you wanted to.'

He sometimes made part of hislunch in his truck. "I would put anegg on the radiator of the truck beforethe truck was loaded with ore," herecalls, "and by the time the truckwas loaded and I had driven it up theramp to surface, the egg was cooked,a nice soft boiled egg."

Charbie admits that he used to play

small pranks on his fellow truckdrivers. One day in; cold weather afterhe had eaten a can of sardines,Charlie put the can on the cab heaterof his friend's truck. "When my buddygot into the truck and turned theheater on, the can stunk up the trucksomething terrible," he chuckled.

There's one thing that Charbie willalways remember about his years atInco. "The company emphasizedsafety all the time. There was a safetysign on a wall near the old crushingplant and it said: 'Accidents don'thappen, they are caused.' That madea lot of sense to me. And since thenI've applied it to everything I do."

Thanks, Charbie, for the memories.

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-wCharbie remembers, as ne points to the area n he upeli lt.where he used to haul ore. In background 's Frood no. 3 shaft.

Charbie drove trucks for nine years at the Frood Open Pitin tnose days the pit had 33 trucks, he says, each with acapacity of hauling 35 tons of ore.

Those were the good ol' days: members of the open pit truck crewposed next to their trucks for Charbie.

Firetrol 931New use for old product

What was once used to slow downand kill forest fires is now being usedby the agricultural department toenhance the growth of plant life in thetailings reclamation site behindCopper Cliff.

A fire retardent known as Firetrol931 was recently cut out of theMinistry of Natural Resource's firefighting program. That left the Ministrywith a glut of the stuff on hand. Theministry offered it to a number ofconcerns, including Inco's agriculturaldepartment who is putting it to gooduse.

According to Rod Cleaver of theRegional Fire Centre, Firetrol 931 is aconcentrate that is diluted with waterfor aerial application around forestfires. The exercise of having aircraftreturn to the Sudbury base to reloadwith the Firetrol mixture proved to bemore expensive and time consumingthan having aircraft dip into a handylake close to the scene of the fire andwet down endangered forests bywater bombing with straight water.

'We're out of the fire retardentbusiness," Rod states. "We're goingto go strictly to amphibious aircraftand water bombing."

The main component of Firetrol 931is ammonium phosphate, a 10-34-0fertilizer. Its high phosphate contentmakes it ideal for promoting rootgrowth in plants, especially grasses.The agricultural department gladlyaccepted the 10,000 gallons of Firetrol931 that it was offered. It is mixed andsprayed by a hydroseeder on thetailings area.

Inco's agricultural department isunderstandably elated about the fireretardent deal. Not only has it secureda fertilizer that will help in greening thetailings area but it has also put togood use something that was beingdiscarded.

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A water bomber douses a bush fire with Firetrol 931.

Now Firetrol 931 is used to fertilize grasses planted in the tailings area

Inco Cup wraps upfor another season

One of the closest races ever,highlighted this year's chase forindividual honors in lnco Cup skicompetition. The question of whowould be the top girl and top boyamong the over 80 competitorsthroughout northeastern Ontario wasnot decided until the final leg of theseries held at Onaping on March 12.

Michele VandeKaa of North Bayand Nicole Walker of Larder Lake hadestablished themselves as the twogirls that could clinch the Inco Cupafter the first three legs of the series.

After the first race at Kamiskotia Hillin Timmins on January 30 and 31, itlooked like Sudbury's Marnie Pettit,daughter of Ron Pettit of minesengineering at Copper Cliff, was wellon her way to retaining her Inco Cupcrown. She won both the slalom andgiant slalom events.

Marnie's chance for a seondconsecutive championship was all butdashed when she caught a tip duringa training run in Sault Ste. Marie andcracked a bone in her leg. It wa inthe Soo races at Searchmont Hill thatMichelle Van de Kaa started her drive

for the title by sweeping all threeevents, the slalom, the giant slalomand the downhill. Nicole Walkerfinished second in both the slalomand downhill and third in the giantslalom.

On her home turf at Nipissing Ridgeat North Bay Michele placed secondand third in the slalom and giantslalom. Nicole was second in the giantslalom and third in the slalom. The bigwinner at Nipissing Ridge wasJennifer Mealy of Sault who took thegold medal in both events.

Before the start of the slalom race atOnaping Ski Hill, Michele and Nicolewere neck and neck for the individualladies' title. An unfortunate fall byNicole on her first run ended herquest for the championship and madeMichele the new reigning queen ofthe Inco Cup. Jennifer Mealy finishedan excellent season of skiing bywinning the Onaping race. CathyRichardson of North Bay was third.

The contest for the boys individualaward was every bit as close. JohnMealy of Sault Ste. Marie had posteda victory in the giant slalom in

Timmins, and a second in the slalomand a third in the giant slalom inNorth Bay to grab a share in thepoints ead after the first three races.Peter Vassbotn of North Bay stayed incontention with a gold in the slalomand a silver in downhill at Sault Ste.Marie and a gold in the giant slalomin North Bay.

The issue was decided in anexciting race at Onaping that sawJohn Mealy slash down the slope to awin. John, still of juvenile age,becomes the youngest skier ever towin the individual Inco Cup award.

The Soo Ski Runners easily won theoverall team award. The Adanac-Laurentian Ski Team from Sudburyplaced second. In addition to Marnie'sgold medal racing in Timmins, otherSudburians performed well during theInco Cup series. Darren Foy, son ofGary Foy, area supervisor of industrialrelations at Frood-Stobie and Garson,won a silver medal in the giant slalomin North Bay. Scott Pink, son of RonPink, general foreman at Garson mine,finished second in the giant slalomand third in the downhill in Sault Ste.Marie.

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E!wood Worlberg, Inco staff geologistduring The Inco cup races at Onap/r7g.

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hnes tip The electronic finish ligI7ts The inco Cup sertes would not enjoy The success that ;t does withoutthe considerable work done by t/7e volunteers such as Ron Pink,general foreman at Garsor7 mine, pictured here carrying slalompoles u the hill.

Shannon Wohlberg, daughter of Elwood Wohlberg,streaks down the slalom course at Onaping

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The lAdividual champion for the boys secton ofthe /nco Cup s John Mea/y of Sault Ste. Mar;e.

The individua/ champion for the girls section ofthe Inco Cup is Michele VandeKaa of North Bay.

Rob Sitko, son of Mary and Richard Sitko, bothInco employees, displays his slalom form duringan Inco Cup race.

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Frood-Stobie ComplexRobert Recollet, Gordon Andrews (coach), Claude Trudel,Ron Gervais, Gordon Stewart (captain), Jack McGibbon

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Competitions13 teams of our best vie for right to

compete in R.D. Parker

Copper Cliff MinesStan Ojanpera, Robert Croteau (captain), Mike Brisson

Walter Mariga, Len Bouillon, Kurt Fuerniss (coach) was absent.

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Creighton MinePaul Gushue, Paul Roy (coach), Moe Villeneuve,

Joe Descoteau, Doug Coffin (captain), Kalevi Rintala

Central MaintenanceSteve Ross, Donald Demore (coach), Conrad Potvin.

Paul Moulason, Gerry Regimball (captain), Thomas Burton

Garson MineMarcel Labrosse, Pau' Prudhomme (coach), Brian McNeil,Dens Areneau, Ray Croteau (captain), Renald Trudeau

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Central MillsIrwin Thompson, Ted Wi'son (coach). Pat OHearn,

Chester MacLean, Terry Lawrence (captain), Denis Theriault

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TransportationNorm Quinn, Jim Kmit (coach), Roger Frappier,

Larry Stevenson, Robert Chasse (captain), Noel Gaudette

Port Colborne Nickel RefineryRoger Battista, Barney Santarella (coach), tab Orfei,

Lino DiPasquabe, Al Buzzi, (captain), Frank Francescangebi

Matte Proces&ngDebbie Akerrnan, Sue Morin (coach), Wifliam Domik,

Murray Armstrong, Gerry Lavoie (captain), Ray Lariviere

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I.O.R.P.Kevin Connebiy, Gord Ettinger (coach), Gary Graham,

Terry Sassevfle, Don Benoit (captain), Haro'd Williamson

SmelterJoseph Garrefa, Lucieri Lafrance (coach), Zygmund Pabuch,Frank Rocca, Joseph Maranchuk (captain), Vince Stahbaum

And the winners are:Finlayson and Mutz Competitions

Scene One: Along a rural roadway an electricianworks up on a hydro pole repairing a transformerwhen an automobile bursts into flames. The collisioncracks the pole and causes a high voltage electriccable to break. The electrician is electrocuted andremains entagled in wires on the pole. Thepassenger in the automobile is thrown clear andsuffers multiple injuries. The driver is stunned andremains in the automobile.

Scene Two: A car with two occupants is headingon a secondary highway toward an airport. As thecar crosses a bridge on the highway near therunway, a small aircraft, apparently in difficulty, isheaded towards the car. The aircraft rips the car'stop off and crashes in the field near a river. On

impact the plane bursts into flames. The pilotescapes.

Such were the accident situations present in thesemi-final first aid competitions for the H.J. Mutz andD. Finlayson Trophies respectively.

On March 9, five mining teams in the OntarioDivision applied their first aid knowledge in oral andpractical examinations in their quest for the Mutz title.Eight surface plants in the Ontario Division did thesame March 11 in their pursuit of the Finlaysonhonor.

And the winners are: H.J. Mutz - Levack mine;D. Finlayson Trophy - copper refinery.Congratulations to all teams

At press time, the winners competed for thecoveted R.D. Parker Shield. More on the Shieldcompetition in next month's issue.

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Copper Cliff Copper RefineryLori Dupus. Austn Burns (coach). Norm AsseIn.

B1i Dane. Frank McKnnon (captain). Robert Fourner

Levack ComplexJohn Boden, Nck Schataiow (coach). Clem Belanger,

Ardre Laionde, Clem Castonguay (captan). Danny Sequin

ON TIMEWITHIN BUDGET

On schedule. Within budget. That'show Marty Puro, superintendent of theCopper Cliff mill, describes theprogress on the new pyrrhotiterejection circuit being installed in theexisting mill complex.

Approved in October, 1980, thepyrrhotite rejection project makesextensive use of the existing grindingaisle, by removing obsolete orestorage bins and grinding mills, aswell as part of the flotation section.Enough prime real estate was realizedin this way to fully accommodate thismodern grinding-flotation circuit.

Pyrrhotite is a sulphur rich ironmineral which occurs in combinationwith the copper and nickel minerals inthe Sudbury area ores. Whensubjected to smelter processing itcontributes to the formation of slagand sulphur dioxide emissions. Thefacilities now being installed will permitimproved ore treatment so thatincreased quantities of pyrrhotite willbe rejected at the Copper Cliff mill.This will minimize the quantity ofpyrrhotite to be smelted and decreaseassociated sulphur dioxide emissions.

As a result of the company'ssulphur containment practices, about70 percent of the sulphur in the ore isnow being contained. The newpyrrhotite rejection circuit has thepotential to increase this to a level ofabout 77 percent.

Work on the $14.5 million project isscheduled to be completed byOctober of this year. Marty expectsthe circuit to be fully de-bugged andoperational by year-end.

Engineering and construction are proceeding on schedule at the Copper Cliff mill for theseparation and rejection of additional pyrrhotite, a sulphurrich and nickel-poor material. Theinstallat,on of four regrind mills, designed to process increased pyrrhotite feed, started last month.

The House That Risto Built

Risto Heiskanen's home is hiscastle. If his reckonings are correct,his unique, energy efficient homeshould last as long as a castle,

A driller at Shebandowan, Risto, 34,has held a long-time fascination fordesigning and building houses. Hehas gained considerable experienceas a carpenter building everythingfrom conventional homes to his own

log cabin south of his native Sudbury.With no desire to live the life of a

city dweller or pay the price of cityliving, Risto bought 25 acres of land inFinnmark, about half way betweenShebandowan and Thunder Bay.Work clearing the site and laying thefoundations for his two story log housebegan in the spring of 1980.

Risto, using his experience and

information gleaned from a lot ofresearch, decided to employ the'stackwall" method to construct the

home which he designed. This type ofconstruction is, according to Risto,thousands of years old. It is durableand easy to heat.

Modern houses are generally builtout of 'stick wall" construction, that iswith a frame of 2 x 4's wrapped in a

Standing amid the ta/I pines near Shebandowan the Heiskanen home, with its unique log stackwa//constructton, presents a striking tmage to passersby.

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veneer of brick or siding. Conventionallog house construction involves layingogs one atop the other and'chinking" them together.

The stackwall technique provides astructure with walls that are two feetthick. In the case of Risto's house, itessentially meant building two walls,an inner wall and an outer wall out oftwo foot lengths of poplar logs andmortar.

Bark removed and wrapped instandard pink insulation, the logs werelaid in mortar so that their ends wereexposed on both the inside and theoutside of the house. At first glance itappears that the house has a beautifulstone facade, a most striking effect.

The rise of Heiskanen manor was afamily affair. Risto's wife Linda, thenpregnant with her second child,helped with the work until shortlybefore she gave birth to an 11 poundson, Markku.

Linda's mother lent a handbabysitting Markku when Lindareturned to the homestead. Seisa, herfirst born, was content with sitting nearby mother and father and assessingthe quality of various piles of sawdust.Friends often contributed their brawnfor this monument to unconventionalhousing.

Why go through the trouble ofbuilding this type of home? "The stateof the economy says I can't afford toheat a conventional house," repliesRisto matter of factly. "It fits my ideaof being utilitarian. It does the jobbetter than anything else."

Financing his dream home meantgetting $15,000, a seemingly paltrysum in the world of mortgages. Whilehis friendly banker was willing to spothim over $80,000 to build aconventional house, he would not riska fraction of that amount on anunconventional one. Risto turned to acredit union which did lend him halfthe amount he needed. They gavehim the second portion only after theywere allowed to inspect Ristos houseduring construction.

His unorthodox approach amused,to put it lightly, his neighbors. Whenthey saw 30 cords of poplar arrive at

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Comfortably perched on a two foot window sill, Linda reads a book The sill gives an indication ofjust how thick Risto has built the walls which give his family a warm, cozy environment mperviousto blizzards and below zero temperatures.

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the building site they thought "here'ssomebody who got rooked on thedeal."

Poplar is never used in log houseconstruction because of itssusceptibility to rot after exposure towater. Risto assures anybody whoasks, that his poplar will not get wetand that it should last something inthe order of 150 years.

The neighbors, Risto recalls,"laughed real loud" when theywitnessed him build a woodshed thatcould hold only 7 1/2 cords of wood,a relatively small amount of fuel for anorthern winter.

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Using passive solar energy and anoil space heater to supplement thewood stove, the Heiskanen familyenjoys a very comfortable existenceindeed. When the temperature sank to-42 degrees this past winter the homeremained warm.

On his days off and duringvacations, Risto continues working onthe house, building shelves and doorsand installing the electrical wiring.Risto has promised Linda that thehouse will be completely finished byChnstmas of this year.

The Heiskanens moved into theirhome in January, 1981. For a whilethey had to do withotit certain modernday amenities, such as an indoortoilet.

As the completion of this veryunique structure approaches, Ristohas already planned to launch himselfinto another construction project. "Ican't see myself sitting idle after this,"he comments. He has found a hugerock on his property into which hehopes to build another house. Thisone, Risto foresees, will be six sidedwith complete exposure to the south.

If the stackwall house lasts as longas people anticipate then his great-grandchildren will be living in andenjoying the house that Risto built.

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Inco Employees:

25 years of rollingup their sleeves

For over 25 years, Inco employeeshave taken a few minutes out to rollup their sleeves and give the gift oflife either at the Red Cross Centre inSudbury or at the blood donor clinicsheld at their place of work.

Due to poor recording practicesyears ago, it is impossible todetermine the number of units ofblood donated by Inco employees.

It is also impossible to determine thenumber of units Inco employees havedonated at the Red Cross Centresince it first opened its doors.

However, since 1980, Incoites canbe proud of the fact that they havedonated a total of 3,204 units of bloodto the Sudbury blood program. All thisblood was donated at clinics held atthe plant, mine or office where theywork.

The principle aims of the Sudburyblood program are to increase thenumber of donors and to fulfill therequests for blood from the hospitals.The program also involvescoordinating volunteer work schedulesand making donor awarenesspresentations to various schools,businesses and organizations.

Inco has made a significantcontribution to the Sudbury bloodprogram," says Mary Ann Quinlan,director of blood donor recruitmentwith the Sudbury Branch of theCanadian Red Cross Society. 'Thecompany has been most generous inallowing its employees to donateduring company time and, in somecases, providing the refreshments. It isa pleasure dealing with the Incoorganizers who are doing a great jobof promoting and organizing theseclinics."

And just what happens to the unit ofblood once it has been collected? The

precious unit is sent to the lab whereit is tested, processed and stored.

In one lab department, the blood istested to reconfirm its group or typethe Rh factor and for any traces ofdisease.

In another department of the lab,the blood is processed into variouscomponents, each of which is kept inappropriate storage facilities. Redblood cells are refrigerated topreserve fresh ness. Platelets areplaced in a rotator to cushion thesevery delicate blood components. In

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order to provide nourishment for theplatelets, a small amount of plasma isretained with them. Cryoprecipitate(one of the clothng factors found inplasma) and plasma are both placedin a freezer to increase their longevity.The tested blood is then sent to thehospital when required.

Concluded Mary Ann, "We wouldlike to thank those donors whoactively participated at the Inco blooddonor clinics, ensuring we cancontinue to provide free blood for allCanadians for the continuation ofgood health and life itself."

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Photodrafting:

New technique aids draftsmenInco recipe for photodrafting: take

black and white photo of subject(industrial structures, equipment, etc.),develop, make into an 8 x 10 inchprint, photo copy using transparent,adhesive drafting film paper.

Presto! A transparent black andwhite photo with a peel-off backing.Remove backing and apply to existingdrawing on drafting paper. The photoadds a three-dimensional quality to thedrawing.

Photodrafting is a quick, simple andinexpensive drafting technique whichprovides greater detail on draftingdrawings.

The technique can be used to showparts of structures, equipment andpiping that are to be removed. It isalso used to show the installation ofsmaller items such as pipelines incongested areas which wouldotherwise require extensive measuringin the field and added drafting.

Since its implementation in theengineering department early in 1981,photodrafting has proven to be a verybeneficial tool says Wolf Puersten,superintendent of design in theengineering department.

The threedimensjonal pictureprevents misinterpretation and depictsthe facts and details to engineeringpersonnel and contractors workmen.This technique is just another tittlestep that we have taken in an effort toimprove our productivity.

Sounds and looks like a goodrecipe.

Alberto Vignuzzi peels off the backing of theblack and white transparent photo.

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RIDesigner Loris Bardeggia, left and senior draftsman Alberto Vignuzzi determine where thetransparent photo wi/I go on the drawing.

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From left; Loris Bardeggia, design superintendent Wolf Puersten and Alberto Vignuzzi look overexamples of photodrafting on several drawings.

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in search of goldMickey Prilisauer of Copper Cliff is

slowly, without much fanfare,becoming a Canadian star in a sportthat demands 11 months a year of histime.

The son of Karl Pnlisauer, a designengineer in Copper Cliff, Mickeyplaced sixth overall in the juniordivision at the Canadian figure skatingchampionships in Brandon, Manitobaearlier this year and now is moving upa notch to the more recognizablesenior category.

Prilisauer, 19, was actually first afterthe compulsory figures in Brandon butthen slipped to consecutive sixth placefinishes in the short and longprograms respectively. For theuninitiated, compulsory figures count30 per cent towards a skaters finalmark, the short program another 20per cent and the long program anadditional 50 per cent.

I was kind of disappointed with myshort program in Brandon, saidPrilisauer who won the NorthernOntario sectionals at the SudburyArena.

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'It didn't quite go the way I thoughtit would. It was a perfect, flawlessperformance but the judges didn'tgive me the marks. And the longprogram wasn't a good performance

I was kind of depressed after theshort program.

With his junior eligibility expired,Prilisauer advances to the seniordivision where he will attempt tounseat two hotshots: defendingchampion Brian Orser ofPenetanguishene and runner-up BrianPockar of Calgary.

"My coach, Louis Stong, and I hada discussion after the Canadians andwhat we're aiming for is a placing inthe top six next year in the seniordivision," said Prilisauer.

Born to Hungarian-Austrian parentswho came to Canada from Vienna in1954, Prilisauer continues to performfor the Copper Cliff Skating Club eventhough he has been tutored inToronto for the last three years.

"I have no intention of changing myclub," said Prilisauer. "The problem isthat there is no icetime aroundSudbury. The facilities in the Sudburyarea are very hockey oriented. Thearena where I skate in Toronto isstrictly for skating. There are noboards."

"I practised the whole year for 10minutes in Brandon," musedPril isauer.

"The compulsory figures take aboutthree minutes, the short program twoand the long four. I'll probably stay infigure skating competitively for twoyears at the most. After I quit skating,I'll be coaching or teaching the sport

wherever there's a good contract."Prilisauer practises 30-35 hours a

week for 11 months of the year. Hegets only the month of June off. In hisspare time, he drives automobiles offrailway cars for a Toronto firm.

Prilisauer, who finished sixth innovice competition at the 1979

Canadian championships in ThunderBay, first learned general skatingwhen he was about six.

"Ruth Phillips wasn't really a coachbut she sort of looked after me .she took me by the hand and tookme around the rink. It was somethingto do one or two times a week at theold rink (Stanley Stadium)," saidPrilisauer.

"Joyce McKenzie really gave memy basics in skating when I was 12and then Allan McPherson coachedme for two years before I went toToronto. I didn't really want to doanything else besides figure skating."

"When I was in grade seven andeight, people used to tease me a lotabout figure skating. By grade 9, theywere envious because I started goingplaces . . like Winnipeg and Halifax."

Prilisauer s still going places. He'dlove to go to the Canadianchampionships again next year andthen follow up with a berth in theworld championships in Helsinki,Finland.

That would be really going places!

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FafflulyAlbuffiFamily Album Photos

If you are an Inco employee and would like yourfamily to appear in the Family Album section ofthe Triangle please let us know by calling 682-5425, or send in your name to the address onthe masthead.

Willy Guy Jr. a maintenance mechanic first class atGarson mine, has been with Inco for 17 years.Willy, his wife Rachel and children from left; Willy I/lwho is 11 years old, Therese, 15, Natalie, 3, andTina, 5, are keen swimmers. During the wintermonths the family members swim at the local pooland in the summer at an area lake where they renta cottage for a few weeks.

Guy Danis, an 18 year veteran at the Port Colborne nickel refinery.works as an electrician in the maintenance department. In his sparetime Guy snowmobiles, motorcycles and coaches a girls' slow pitchsoftball team. Guy wife, Sue works part time in a grocery store Sheenjoys playing softball during the summer months. Debbie, 16. likestravelling as a member of the Lockerview Secondary School HistoryClub. Cindy, 12 attends Humberstone Elementary School. Her nterestsinclude volleyball, skiing and horseback riding.

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Swimming, fishing, camping, cross country skiing and playing hockeyare just some of the activities members of the Levi Perry family enjoy intheir leisure hours. Levi, a driller at McCreedy West mine, his wifeMarion, son Robert, 10, and daughter Tracy-Ann, 11, spend theirsummer vacations visiting relatives and friends in Southern Ontario andNewfoundland A/I the family's recreational act vities include, of course,Rex, the family dog.

Inco Supports HI SteppersThe Port Co/borne Hi Steppers are quickly becoming one of the top twirland drum corps n their divsion and are betng recognized on a nationalieveL The group piaced second n both the 1980 and 1981 CanadianChampionships n The senior qovce div,son. The group performs inmany festivals exhibitions, and parades. Last fall, they travelled toMontreal to take part in the Grey Cup Parade, Thco encourages theiractivity with financal supoort 9nd allows them to use the Recreation Hallat the Port Co/borne nickel refinery tor rehearsals. Many of the HiSteppers are children of lnco employees.

A growing number of Port Colborne nickel refinery employees and theirfamilies are taking advantage of the Wednesday night exercise class heldat the Inco Recreation Hall. The class begins at 7:30 every Wednesdayand includes stretching exercises, calisthenics and running. According toinstructor Wayne Rae, a foreman in the new electro cobalt refinery, thenumber of participants has been growing steadily and the group nownumbers about 30. The objective is to become more physically fit This ismore apparent as nearly all of them stay in the gymnasium to playbasketbali volleyball and badminton after the regular set of supervisedexercises.

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Exercise Class For P.C.N.R. Staff

Curt Huffman, supervisor of safety and training in the anode departmentof the Port Colborne nickel refinery, looks through slides that are part of asupervision induction program, The program is designed to trainsupervisors and their temporary replacements. It includes several soundslide presentations that point out situations that might occur during a shiftand suggest ways of handling them.

Although the electro cobalt refinery in Port Colborne is still underconstruction, a program of preventative maintenance is already beingstarted Brian Scott a preventative maintenance co-ordinator, takesnameplate data and manufacturers specifications, from newly installedmachinery. This ,nformation s sorted and made into inspection sheetsthat will insure proper lubrication and inspection. The electro cobaltrefinery s scheduled to start operating Jate this year

_1p1Ejj'Best Crew

The some 185 members ofthe maintenance department atthe copper refnery haveearned the distinction ofachieving the best safetyrecord for any maintenancedepartment in the smelting andrefining area in 1981.

The maintenance crewincludes instrument men,electricians, blacksmiths,machinists, welders andcarpenters. Due to the size ofthe crew, the Triangle took asmaller representative groupphoto.

Suggestion PlanReminders

Since the Suggestion Plan wasintroduced in the OntarioDivision, in excess of$1000000 has been paid toemp'oyees in awards,

The only way to win asuggestion award - and thatindudes the $10,000 jackpotis to send in your ideas. Litheideas are as we'come as bigideas, as the company seeksbetter and more economicalways of doing our jobs.

deas resulting inimprovements, such as safety,p'ant housekeeping quahty ofproduction. etc. are alsoeigibe for awards,

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Safety Begins WithTeamwork

Fellow employees andsupervisors at Stobie minehonored recent retiree RayCeaser, for his 33 years ofaccident free service bypresenting him with a framedcopy of his last bonuscontract,

'He's an example to us all"says Nelson Minor, safetygeneral foreman at the Frood-Stobie complex. 'There aren'tmany men Ray's age whohave worked for 33 years inthat job without sustaining aninjury of some kind. Ray stuckto his safety record right to theend."

Luclen Bedard, senior processassistant, process technology,Copper CliffHenry Bielanski, senior processassistant, process technology,Copper CliffOldrich Cajanek, supervisor electricalengineering services, engineering,Copper CliffRodney Cooper, mines researchengineer, mines research,Copper Cliff,

Adds Ray who worked mostof his years underground as astope leader and driller: Theman upstairs had to havebeen looking after me as wellas my fellow employees. Weworked just like a team. We

Ronald Ducharme, senior processassistant, process technology,Copper CliffIrvin Hrytsak, senior processassistant, copper refineryWilliam Kipkie, superintendenttechnical services, processtechnology, Copper CliffHenry L'Heureux, first aid attendant,plant protection, Copper CliffRonald McNair, plant engineer, IronOre Recovery Plant

looked out for each other. Ibelieve that the better therelationship you have with yourfellow employees andsupervisors, the safer it is foreverybody."

Charles Nicholson, supervisoraccounting procedures, divisioncomptroller, Copper CliffDon Pierce, maintenance controller,Garson mineMurray Pierce, analyst, geologicalresearch, Copper CliffFred Stanford, industrial evaluator,industrial engineering, Copper CliffSharon Taylor, senior processassistant, copper refinery

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Members are, back row, from left; Orlie Wheaton, W!lf Collin, Roy Lister, Norm Urwin, Dave Scott;middle row, left; Fred Gignac, Gil Cote,, Michael Paquette, Norman Ray, Charlie Martinu, HeinzRummel, Ted Kaczkowski, Frank MacKinnon; front row, from left; Phil Landty, Fern Aubin, Austin8urns Joe Bulfon, Carl 0 Grady.

Members of Ray's old crew present him with a framed copy of his lastbonus contracL They are, from left; foreman Mike Kinnane, DaveDomonsky, Len Bona, Bob Whissel, Aime St. Pierre, BernieCharette, Bert Blanchette and Pat Courchesne.

1PL1jf1Did you know?That n a penod betweenJanuary and October 1981,26,819 feet of dnfts were dnhledin Incos operating Ontanodvson manes?

That n 189 operating daysbetween January and October1981, 2,714 feet of ramps weredeveloped in some of Incosoperating Ontaro dvsionmanes?

Mitt safetyBiD Carlyles steady day shift

has distinguished itself at theClarabelle mill by going nearlya year and a half without anyreported injuries.

According to Bill, this shift isthe only one at the mill thatcan claim such an excellentrecord.

Bowl for MilUonsThe Big Brothers Association

of Sudbury held its annualBowl for Millions tournament atNotre Dame Bowl and HolidayLanes in February.

Representatives from leaguebowling teams, business andthe media participated inCelebrity Days, a two dayaffair which concluded theweek of bowling for the BigBrothers Association.

Pledges for Celebrity Daysalone totalled approximately$15000. Inco MetalsCompany, represented byTeam Inco. contributed $250

Did you know?fl tne 189 roducton daystetween Januar nd October1981 44655 on of ore perda ere puUed out of tnecomnanys coeratng Ontarocson

to the Big BrothersAssociation.

Big Brothers would like tothank all teams for participatingin the Bowl for MillionsCelebrity Days, said RonBabin, vicepresident of theBig Brothers Association ofSudbury, and a processsupervisor at matte processing.Without the support of league

bowlers, the media, andbusinesses such as IncoMetals, who has participatedannually in this event, BigBrothers would not be able tooperate efficiently.

Team Inco consisted of PatMcNamara from technicalservices, process technology,Claude Kerr and Ron Santala,both from central utilities,Karen Curry from publicaffairs, Dick Bontinen frommetallurgical data, accountingdepartment, and Laura Mitchellfrom the Copper Cliff nickelrefinery.

Team Inco emergedvictorious over the team fromFalconbridge Nickel MinesLmited.

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Members of the Clarabelle mill steady day crew are back row, from left; Kirk Lldstone, JullanConstantineaux, Ivan Kumar, Marvin Aho, Roger Godin, Eddie Lemieux, Ray Gervals, Rusty VanExan, Clarence Cuthbertson, Bill Carlyle and Larry Gallpeau. Front row, from left; Rolly Daoust, LarryRochon, Edgar Lecoutier, Stan Janakowski, Harry Meilleur, Joe Paulaitls and Harold Cameron.

Members of Team Inco were in fine form for the Celebrity Daystournament They are, back row from left; Pat McNamara, Claud. Kerr,Ron Santala; front row from left; Karen Curry, Dick Bontinen, LauraMitchelL

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Ti' A[From left, Aldo Malchlor, Donna Somers and far rght, Ted Latrelile,look on as Len Andrews records the scores.

"Fun Spiel"Close to 170 employees of

the copper refinery curled totheir hearts content at theCopper Cliff Curling Club Feb.1213 during the refinerysathletic association curlingbonspiel.

The annual event, which hasbeen going on for over 25years, was organized bycurling committee membersCarl O'Grady, Brian Rogers,Bob Miller, Len Andrews andDonna Somers.

The bonspiel or fun spiel"

as its to known to many,concluded with a dinner andthe presentation of prizes to allparticipants.

"It was a real good do,"says Bud Eles, secretary-troasurer of the athleticassociation and an analystatthe copper refinery's main lab.'We had no problem filling the

rink,"The team of Brian Rogers,

Joe More, Don Burke and BillWhittaker swept up theprestigous curling title.

Cowboy Wayne Wilcocks keeps a keen eyeon the line as he delivers the stone.

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Walter Arpln, right a driller at Shebandowan, accepts his Wise O'4Club award from Bem!e Cadleux, a recently retired safety supervisor.

Wise OwlSafety glasses saved the

eyesight of Shebandowandriller Walter Arpin and earnedhim his induction into the WiseOwl Club of Canada.

While working in anexploration drift Walter tried topull a drill steel from thereamer hole. The steel refusedto budge so he used bothhands.

His left hand slipped off themachine and hit the throttlehandle causing the air to blowthe cuttings out of the hole.The cuttings struck Walter'sface with epough force toshatter the 'lens of his safetyglasses and Walter credits hisglasses with preventing anyserious damage to his eyes.

Did you know?Most of the blasting done underground at Inco's mines in theOntario division is done with a blasting agent known as Amex IImanufactured by OIL. It consists of a free flowing, carefullyblended, plant mix of ammonium nitrate prills and oil whichincludes special ingredients for reducing the generation of staticelectricity during pneumatic loading operations and to preventsetting-up of the blasting agent when in storage. One rule ofthumb that people in the explosives business go by is that it takes1/2 a pound of Amex II powder to break a ton of rock. Imaginethe amount of ore that the nearly 10,000,000 pounds purchasedby the company last year could break up.

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CIL ElectionsThe Sudbury Branch of the

Canadian Institute of Miningand Metallurgy held its annualelection night meeting inJanuary

Members elected GeorgeNorman, senior metallurgicalengineer, and DennisHepworth, mine planningengineer, both of FalconbridgeNickel Mines Limited, to thepositions of chairman andtreasurer respectively. JimAshcroft, manager of lncos

Frood-Stobie complex, waselected vice-chairman.

During the meeting, EncKossatz, Inco Metals' vicepresident of mining, introducedguest speaker Hugh Ferguson,training supervisor at Frood-Stobie complex, whodiscussed Inco and theUnderground Miner"

In his presentation, Hughoutlined Inco's modulartraining program at thecentralized training facility atFrood-Stobie complex.

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Transportation safetyRecently the transportation

department held one of itsperiodic safety demonstrations,this time dealing with theproper method of slinging pipefrom a mobile crane.

Marshall Duffy of thetranpsortation department gavethe demonstration while thecrane was operated by EarlDorey. Members of the yardservices section took in thesafety demonstration.

Did you know?That 1289668 feet of longholes were drilled in Incosoperating Ontario divisionmines in a period of timebetween January and October1981?

Between January and October1981 260871 feet of in thehole was drilled at IncosOntario division.

Ski patrol competitionThe team from the

Algonquin zone (SudburyNorth Bay and Espanola)displayed winning form n theCanadian Ski Patrol OntarioDivision First Aid Competitionheld at Nordc Ski Hill nFebruary.

For the first Ume theAlgonquin team clinched theoverall trophy earning thehighest overall score from allevents in the competition.

The ten teams, eachconsisting of four members,were judged on their first adexpertise as well as their on-hillprocedures such as the propertransport of victims down thehill.

At press time, the Algonquinteam was honing its ski patrolskills for the Canadian SkiPatrol National First AdCompetition to be held nToronto in late March,

Judges (background) examine the frst aid ski/s of Algonquin teammembers Kim Kuchma, a MacDonald-Ca rtier S€condary School student,and Mike Roger, a senior process assistant at the Copper Cliff nickelrefinery, as they assist an injured skier.

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New C. I. M. executive members are, from left; Dennis Hepworth, JimAshcroft and George Norman.

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Marshall Dully, lef! listens to Joe Fraulin 'S analysis of what is wrongwith this particular method of slinging materials.

Suggestionplanawards

A total of $12485 was awarded this month.

$3,060 A twosome from Copper Cliff South mine, Hector Poulin and Henry Komar, won thismonths largest suggestion plan award for redesigning the sandfiH drainage box. Their designehminated the use of al four inch fittings in connecting the drainage system. The new system isnot on'y cheaper but it a'so provides better drainage.

$1,710 Recently Nunzio DiMtteo Qf Port Colborne was awarded $270 for his suggestion of movingthe sca'e for packing uti'ity nicke' shot inside the packing room by aftering the chute to fiH thebags on the sca'e inside the packing room. Nunzio has now received an additiona' $1,710 forhis aborsaving idea.

$1 ,020 Finding that the eight aging load ceHs on the tipp'e weigh sca'e were about to be rep'aced bybrand new ones, Royal Gaudrault and Lauri Karl of the Clarabelle mill, recommended thatthe od ones be rewound. When they did this the ceHs were found to be effective and Roya'and Lauri were given an award based on the money this suggestion saved.

$645 A proposal to bypass the sewagepump house at the I.O.R,P. by means of direct gr'avity flowprevious'y brought Albin Tychowecki an award of $210 as it improved working conditions.Since then the merits of this suggestion have brought Abin an additiona' $645.

$525 Three emp'oyees at Levack mine, Rene Bradley, Marcel Castonguay and John McDonaldimproved working conditions in two oading pockets by asking that muffler hoses be connectedto a sing'e pipe with an exhaust eading up and out of the rock pass. This, it was found, cutdown on oi mist and reduced noise eves. t a'so e'iminated the need for ten mufflers.

$490 An award of $490 was presented to Antonio Fragomeni of the Copper Cliff copper refineryfor additiona' savings. His suggestion deaft with modifications to a ade hookup.

$365 The two end tuyeres on copper converters #13 to #19 in the sme'ter were too dose to the endwaHs, noticed Claude Degagne. E'iminating these tuyeres wou'd end waH washouts, esseningthe possibi'ity of eaks and extending the ife of the converter, he observed.

$300 An idea that brought matena savings was set forth by Frank Fava of the smelter. Often hotmeta' wou'd run out of the end of the Garr gun onto ts hose causing it to burn. Herecommended rebcating the hose back further underneath the gun where it is safe from spiHs.

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$3, 060Henry Komar and Hector Poulin

$300 Raymond Poulin of Garson mine and former employee Norman Buchy shared an award forrecommending that manufactured sleeves known as Speedi-Sleeve be bought and used inrepairing worn ring gear cover seal faces. This type of sleeve can be installed in two or threeminutes, a significant reduction in labor if one considers that the old sleeve was machined andpressed on. The Speedi-Sleeve is made of stainless steel so that the problem of rusting is alsoeliminated.

$190 Vito Silvestri of the Clarabelle mill came up with a method of repairing standard head shaftnuts on the job site rather than having them removed and sent out. This saved on labor anddowntime.

$150 While the manually operated fan in the compressor cooling tower at South mine worked well inthe summer it allowed water that was too cold to enter the compressor in the winter. RobertRosset offered an acceptable solution to this problem with his suggestion of installing atemperature control apparatus in the compressor cooling tower.

$150 Wolfgang Bauer of Levack mine made a device for machining skip and cage sheaves thatreduced machining time and gave a better finish to the side of the sheaves.

$145 To save on motor oil pan breakage and related problems of broken studs and housings ondiesel locomotives, Mel Ferris and Oscar Potvin of Creighton mine suggested strengtheningengines by installing double motor mounts.

$140 Roy Manning of central utilities advised the installation of a separate relay with its own powersupply and switch on the Dezurik valves in the oxygen plant. This would allow an operator tobypass a malfunctioning - main switch and permit the continued operation of the plant.

$140 Wilbert Spencer of the locomotive shop was awarded an additional $140 for a suggestiondea'ing with the remachining of the pinion end of the armature shaft on traction motors.

$140 Savings in material and labor resulted at the Copper Cliff nickel refinery with Robert Bray'smethod of half strapping automatically with the vertical strapper.

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$1020Royal Gaudrault and Laur Kari

$1710Nunzio D,Matteo

One, two, three strikes you're out inthe old fastball game.

The last bank of snow will havebarely melted away when members ofthe Copper Cliff Men's FastballLeague start limbering limbs inpreparation for another campaign onthe diamond.

Last summer four teams fromdifferent areas of the company tradedstrike for strike, run for run in a duelfor league honors. In the end, thecrew from the General Officemanaged to take the crown in theface of competition from the CopperCliff nickel refinery, the Copper Cliffsmelter and the Iron Ore RecoveryPlant.

League organizers would like to seeother areas represented in the league.Games are played every Tuesday andThursday under the lights at CambrianCollege field, Commented one official;"It doesn't matter who they are aslong as they represent a surface plantor a mine and as long as they canplay at night"

Anyone interested in entering ateam in the Copper Cliff Men'sFastball League should contactMurray Edward at 682-5449 or LarryJacques at 682-0651.

LeagueInvites Applications

Action from last year's championship series. Tom Mercier of the General Office waits for the rightpitch as Bob Gravestock performs the catching duties for the 1.0. R. P. squad

General Office catcher Ben Higgins guns down an 1.0. R. P. runner attempting to pilfer secondbase during a game in last season's finale. Looking on are umpire Ray Newman and 1.0. R. P.batter George Chomitsch.