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effidencyG rease is the word at

Copper Cliff SouthMine.

And by the new year, it willbe Division-wide.

Jumbo drill operators,jackleg drillers, foremen andother underground employ-ees at South Mine are sold ongrease lubricators instead ofusing oil.

A year of using grease lu-bricators in a pilot program atthe mine revealed improve-ments in both safety and pro-ductivity.

As a result, regular oil usedto lubricate pneumatic equip-ment is quickly becoming afossilized fossil fuel.

Development miners JukeLeduc and Carl Dewurbavegiven grease their thumbs up.

Both miners are part of ateam piloting the use of greaselubricators on drills, scissor lifttrucks, underground lifts andother equipment.

"The new grease is thicker.It has compounds in it thatdon't allow it to dispersethrough the air or on the plat-form of your truck (scissorlift)," said Carl.

"So you're not slipping andsliding everywhere. You don'tget covered in oil anymore bythe end of a shift."

That cleanliness featurealso has a production-effi-ciency facet to it becausethere's virtually no oil in theore going to Clarabelle Millnow. Oil can interfere withthe flotation process at themill.

Even loading the grease iscleaner thanks to the greaselubricators, with less likeli-hood of any spillage on equip-ment such as a scissor truck.

In underground condi-tions, there's generally achance of dirt contaminotionwhen oil is being poured intoequipment. The dirt can clogthe passage of the oil leadingto excessive wear and shorteroperating lives for drills.

But grease is supplied in plas-tic sochets. One corner is cut offand the grease is squeezed di-rectly into the mining equip-ment, greatly reducing any

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October 1997Ontario Division Vol. 56, No.8

Improyedttention to detaiFcan beprofitable.

Just ask the folks in€1ams Administration.

During a reconciliationprocess to verity the accuracyof the most rent New Experi-mental Experience Rating(NEER) statements submittedby the Workers' CompensationBoard (WCB), claims person-nel noted a number of errors.

When the appropriate cor-rections involving more than$615,000 were made the On-tario Division's 1997 rebateincreased to an estimated $7.3

.. Voisey's

safety nets 7.3 M rebatemillion.

"The NEER program com-pares actual experiences tofront-end expectations," saidGary Hughes, general fore-man of Claims Administration.

The company pays an an-nual Workers' Compensationassessment up-front based onanticipated compensation costsgenerated by the particulartypeof industry, said Gary. BeforeNEER, if the anticipated costswere wrong, the WCB couldnot collect additional funds norcould the company have anyexcess payments returned.

"The NEER system is muchfairer both ways," he said."When the actual costs of yourannual experiences are lessthan the amount paid in up-front assessments you have apotential rebate situation. Ofcourse, if the actual costs runhigher, youwouldOwe the WCBmoney."

Fortunately, Inco has neverfound itself on the losing side ofthe ledger.

"In 1993 our assessmentsran at about $27.5 million withno rebate," said Gory. "In 1996our net costs were $13 million

and in 1997 our net assess-ment is projectedtobe less than$10.5 million after the rebate."

The steady improvement isdriven primarily by two fac-tors, he said.

First and foremost is an im-proved safety performance asmeasured by lost-time accidentand disabling injuly frequencystatistics. The second is an ef-fective injury and claims man-agement system thatminimnizesthe impact of injury by provid-ing suitable modified work andaggressive early return to work

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Grease use improves work environmentcontinued front page 1

chance of dirt contamination.Jake said he wishes this new

grease had been in use in theNorth American mining indus-try some 20 years ago when hestarted working underground.

The grease itself isn't, by anymeans, a new product.

It was developed in SouthAfrica in 1954 and is used insome 55,000 drills at all minesin that country. It is recom-mended by the world's largestmanufacturer of pneumaticdrills.

But South African greaselubricators weren't suitable forthe North American marketbecause of differences inadapting equipment.

Testing of a North Ameri-can application of the greaselubricators began in Sudburyin mid-1994. Testing at SouthMine's 2,050, 3,500 and 4,250levels began in October 1996.

In the year since, employeestesting the grease lubncatorshave noticed an 83 to 90 percent drop in oil mist exposure.

There have also been manyimprovements in overall effi-ciency thanks to the newgrease applications, while lu-bncation costs have remainedequal to using oil.

The grease lubricators havebeen tested on many pieces ofunderground equipment withgreat success, resulting in theSouth Mine team overseeing apilot program which recom-mends that all scissor trucks,jacklegs, stopers, jumbos andBoart drills in the Ontario Di-vision be converted from oil togrease lubrication.

Steve Ball, a South Mineshift boss, said he judges the

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value of the grease by the viewsof the people who use it di-rectly every day. And so farthe opinions have been posi-tive all around.

"My guys have no com-plaints with it."

Those not yet using it areanxious to do so.

Jumbo drill operatorMarcel Lamarche said he'dlike to try it out in his equip-ment.

He explained that it wasmore crucial that jackleg drilloperators try it first.

The mist of the oil used indrills before hasn't been muchof a factor for Marcel in hiswork. JumbopertotS1on'ttend tqet ctted bil mistbecaüs o1 hothir equip-mentotes.

"It was more im* ant tothose guys (jackleg opera-tors)," said the 3O-yiIcoemployee.u Ife 1dhe wel-comes an! ihrovements onthe job.

"I'd like to try the newgrease before I retire just to seehow much better it is." Hisjumbo is next on the list oftrial equipment to use the newgrease at South Mine.

The entire pilot project atSouth Mine was a team effort,said Tom White, quality coor-dinator. "A bunch of us workedon it together."

Also on the team of Incopeople involved in introduc-ir the grease are develop-ment miners Rick Teahan,Marcel Goulét and PierreGoüthier, Bort drII1t BobLorocque, North Mine's Drilland Repair Shop, Occupa-tional Health and the Engi-neering, Department.

ilant claims management finds sa________ contInl from page i those systemic errors, the rec- you've ad

: programs.Another function of effec-

five ckums management is vigi-lance, as demonstrated by therecent reconciliation findings.

"The reconciliation is doneroutinely to see if the WCB fig-ures are correct," said Gary."They do the books but we haveto act responsibly by checkingthe numbers, verifying theclaims being considered andlooking for opportunities.

"If we weren't vigilant itcould cost the company a lot ofmoney. One year we found $1.3million in mistakes. If no recon-ciliation is done, the board ac-cepts our silence as acceptanceof accuracy. The errors havebeen there since day one andcontinue to crop up. Because of

onciliation process is as impor-tant today as it was when weentered the NEER program in1993."

Mistakes generally take theform of claims being includedin the WCB statement whichdon't meet NEER criteria. Addi-tionally, when the presence of asecondaiy or pre-existing con-dition which contributes to orprolongs an injuly is identifiedopportunities arise to apply forcost relief. This relief, whengranted, directly influencesNEER results.

"The whole intent of NEERat the outset was to cause em-ployers to be more aggressive insafety and injury daims man-agement," said Gary. "If you'reon the rebate side of the ledger

vingsiieved some success

in achieving those goals andcan be proud of it."

Gary describes effective in-)ury and claims managementas a combined effort involvingthe cooperation of Occupa-tional Medicine, the UnitedSteelworkers of America, plantmanagement, the injured em-ployee and Claims Administra-tion.

"The process is as strong asthe sum of its parts," hesoid. "Ifone group isn't involved theprocess is weakened. Our suc-cesses are the result of our com-bined efforts.

"At the end of the day ourgoal is dearly the same - to getthe individual back at a suit-able time in a suitable worksituation."

Jake Leduc and Carl Dewar load the new grease into their drliling equipment. Eventhe loading process is cleaner, wfth less likelihood of any spillage on the platform oftheir scissor truck.

Jumbo drill operator Marcel Lamarche saId the mIst of theoil used In underground equipment before wasn't a factorfor hIm in his work. "It was more important to those guys(jackleg operators)," said the 30-year Inco employee. Buthe welcomes any improvements. His jumbo is next on thelist of trial equipment to use the new grease at South Mine.

Gary Hughes pores over Information In the NewExperimental Experience RatIng statement provIdedby the Workers' Compensation Board.

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Community honors food drive founderfter nine years and 35tons of food, EdgarBurton was honored

by the city and the region thismonth for initiating the IncoChristmas Employees' FoodDrive.

The Divisional Shops me-chanic received a declarationof "exemplary citizenship"from city council and a com-memorative medallion fromregional council at the city'sOct. 21 council meeting.

Edgar was quick to extendthe credit to Inco employeesand accepted the awards ontheir behalf.

Accompanied by his vifeSharon and daughter Jennifer,Edgar shook hands with Sud-bury mayor Jim Gordon, andin a speech before televisioncameras and council membersdedicated the award to his fel-low Inco employees.

"It's nice to have an awardlike this. I would like to givethis award to all the employees- those people who gave in thelast nine years and the pen-sioners who contributed. Eve-ryone worked together . . . Inever thought it would be thisbig. I'm so proud to be an Incoemployee," said Edgar.

Edgar also gives credit to histhree daughters for helpinginitiate the project. "They camehome from school and asked ifI could organize a food drive atInco. I thought this was a goodidea. I've seen the need for thisfirst-hand. I feel it is importantto help the needy, and the needkeeps gettin9 greater andgreater. I see itin SudburyandI see it all over the place."

The Inco food drive was quickto gaili momentum. In its firstyear Edgar collected 100 lbs., asum that grew each followingyear. "It only goes to show youhow Inco employees care fortheir community. Inco has beengreat towards this food drive. Idon't have to ask twice to taketime off to do this."

The 10th annual food drivewill commence in early No-vember with Edgar distribut-ing 30 wooden boxes evenly toevery Inco mine, plant and of-fice he can find, with the helpof union safety representatives.An account at the CIBC andCredit Union was opened lastyear allowing Inco pensionersto donate funds to the localfood bank.

This enthusiasm for the fooddrive earned Edgar the praiseand thanks of council. GerryMclntaggart, a coundillor andan Inco employee, presentedthe commemorative medallionfrom regional council. "He

makes regional council and citycouncil look good becausethere's 35 tons of food that wedon't have to find."

Gerry, a storeman at theCopper Cliff Warehouse, de-scribed Edgar as a "true inspi-ration to the whole commu-nity," representative of what"one person can do and howthey can impact the commu-nity - especially the needy."

In presenting the region's25th anniversary medallion,Gerry noted the rarity of suchan occasion. "It takes a veryspecial person indeed to receivesuch a medallion," he said,adding that not even he, as acouncillor, has received one.

In addition to the medal-lion, Edgar received a frameddeclaration honoring his uex.emplary citizenship" and de-scribing him as the driving forcebehind the food drive. MayorGordon, in reading the decla-ration, expressed respect andadmiration for Edgar's dedica-tion to the community.

Not only did Edgar earn therespect of both regional andcity council but that of his fam-ily. Following the presentation,Jennifer, the youngest ofEdgar's three daughters, saidshe was proud of her father'sachievement. Never did sheimagine as a young child, sucha request would net such im-pressive results. "I'm reallyproud of Dad, he kept theproject up," she said.

Jennifer found out two yearsago just how successful theemployee food drive bad be-come when her father askedher to help loud the collecteditems onto trucks for distribu-tion.

"I didn't think there wasthis much food here," she saidto her dad at the time. "I'll behere for four or five hours."

Collected food items are dis-tributed to needy familiesthroughout the region by theSalvation Army. Major LarlyBridger of the Salvation Army'sSudbuiy branch calls the an-nual effort arguably the larg-est single company employeefood drive in the country.

"I know of no other 'em-ployee' food drive of this mag-nitude anywhere in Canada,"he said. "The Inco Food Drivehas become a very major sourceof non-perishable food whichis distributed to needy familiesat Christmas but also through-out the winter months. Frankly,without this food drive, therewould be a substantial short-age of food on our shelves andit would not be an easy task toreplace it."

Edgar Burton, with wifeSharon, left, anddaughter Jennifer, washonored by city andregional council thismonth. Edgar received adeclaration of exemplarycitizenship from citycouncIl and acommemorativemedallion from regionalcouncil for his efforts incollecting food for theregion's needy. Edgaraccepted the awards onbehalf of all Incoemployees who donatedto the cause.

Regional councWor and Inco storeman Gerry Mclntaggart, left, presented DivisionalShops mechanic Edgar Burton with a commemorative medallion for collecting 35 tonsof food through the Inco Christmas Employees' Food Drive over the past nine years.

4 October 1997

Pensioner's persistence pays big dividends

p ersistence pays off.Just ask Inco pensionerCharlie Quinn.

Charlie knew there wasmore money to be made atCreighton Mine's No. 3 Shaftwhen he retired from Inco in1976 as a superintendent.

His time as an active em-ployee was up.

But that didn't stop Charlie."At the 1,725-foot level, I

was convinced there was ore,"Charlie recalled in a recentinterview at his south-end cityapartment.

He let it go for a while,figuring he was done mining.

But the nagging feeling hehad left some valuable workbehind wouldn't go away.

So in the early 1980s, dur-ing the annual Inco PensionerDays event at the Caruso Club,Charlie brought up the sub-ject of the ore at No. 3 Shaftwith Menno Friesen, who wasthen superintendent and later

manager of Creighton."I said to the boss, if you

drive a little drift under thatpocket you're going to hit thatore."

Charlie was sure of it.So sure of it that he fol-

lowed up his conversation withMenno with several calls toJohn Kelly, now the OntarioDivision's Vice-President ofMining.

"John Kelly was managerof Creighton at the time,"Menno recalled. "His view wasthat 'If Charlie is this persist-ent about it - it must be worthit.'Once we saw it, we couldn'tbelieve it. This turned out to bea plum."

In fact "Charlie's ore," asMenno called it, enhancedmining production alreadyunderway at the time.

"We were mining in thearea so Charlie's ore improvedNo.3 Shaft's grade quite nicely.It was a bonus for us."

LRSDear Editor.I would like to take this

time to thank Gary Hughes andthe staff of the Inco ModifiedWork Centrefortstkingthe timeto provide members ofthe WCBand Board of Directors with atour of your facility.

The tour was most infirma-tine ana' provided us with agooduna'erstandingofhow Incoprovides work opportunities toemployees who are unable topeiform the duties oftheir re'gu-lar employment as a result ofwork-related injuries or non-compensable rea5ons. TheModified Work centre is clear4a success/he Inco and providesother employers with an excel-lent example ofa program thatis both cost-effictive and posi-tive for employee morale.

The establishment of theMining Sector sets the stage forthe WCBt0 develop a closeraudmore effi'ctn'e working relation-ship with members of the min-ing community. We look for-ward to working wit/i inco andwe app reciate your input as weproceed with this new initia-tive.

The ore was just waiting tobe mined, Menno said.

"The reason it wasn't minedthe first time (some 40 yearsago) is that it was difficult totrOm to surface. And there wasa lot of ore that was easier toget to surface. So we've got togive Charlie credit. He drewour attention to it. It had beenmore or less forgotten."

With a nickel grade of 1.7and copper grade of 1.8 in the120,000 totis that would bemined between 1983 and1984,Charlie's ore was of thesame quality as that beingmined elsewhere at Creighton.

So why was Charlie so Sure?4'It was just experience, af-

ter being the boss in that area,"said Charlie, who spent thebulk of his 40 years with Incoat Creighton until his lost fewyears working as a superin-tendent at Stobie Mine.

Charlie learned from oldblueprints that this part ofCreighton had been minedand filled in the 1920s.

The 55-degree angle of theorebody was uneven and"wavy," he noted.

So Charlie knew that themining techniques of the daywould have left pockets of oreall the way up the orebody.

They turned out to be deeppockets.

Between 1983 and 1984,Creighton miners removedabout $6 million worth of ore,said Menno.

Charlie, now 82, sold he'sglad he didn't let that orebodyslip away from him - even inretirement.

"I was also very pleasedthey took my advice and itpaid. It was satisfying."

Yours truly,Glen WrzhrChair, Workers

Compensation Board

Charlie Quinn is happy the company listened when hetold them there was more ore to be had at Crelghton'sNo. 3 shaft.

Menno Friesen recently visited No. 3 Shaft at CreightonMine for old times sake. Menno said he was glad to seepensioner Charlie Quinn's ore add to the site'sproductivity before it was mined out. Ore pockets leftbehind from previous mining methods added about $6million to the shaft's tally in the early 1980s.

The Triangle 5

V0IsEY's BAY PROJECT UPDATE.Inco Limited, the parent of Voisey's Bay Nickel Company Limited, recently announced a delay of theVoisey 's Bay project. We'd like to provide you with some background on the Project and where it stands today.

For the global nickel industry, Voisey's Bay is OTHER PROJECTS Simply put, we remain committed to Voi

one of the most exciting discoveries of recent sey's Bay, and to building partnerships to make it

times, to he sure. Our exploration program in The next few years will see an increase in demand work. We've invested $4.3 billion in acquiring the

the Voisey's Bay area continues to move for- for nickel. But were not alonein trying to meet it. property to date, and we will be making a

ward. We expect to spend over $25 million in In fact, excluding Voisey's Bay, world nickel pro- significant investment in the necessary operating

1997 on exploration in Labrador, and continue

to believe that well find at least 150 million

tonnes of mineral resources. Of the resources

identified to date, the high-grade Ovoid zone of

the Voise's Bay deposit can he easily accessed

by surface mining. We look for exploration

targets which can be mined by these surface

methods since the capital and operating costs

associated with underground mining are sig-

nificantly higher.

duction is forecast to grow by as much as 30% over

the next few years. There are many projects, in

Australia, Indonesia, South America and elsewhere,

moving forward to meet demand. Voisey's Bay

must continue to be seen in the context of the

global nickel industry. It cannot be viewed in

isolation as other projects move forward.

The one-year delay means that other projects

much further along than Voisey's Bay will he

bringing new sources of nickel to market. We

remain committed to Voisey's Bay, but it's impor-

A GLOBAL MARKET A GLOBAL tant for everyone to recognize the global nature of

COMPANY nickel supply as well as demand.

Nickel is an essential element in todays global

industrial economies, with by far its largest

use as a uajor component of stainless steel.

But like a number of indispensable metals, it's

costly to mine and process. And Inco, like

other major mining companies, must plan

carefully and many years into the future to

ensure that capacity is aligned with demand.

Inco is the largest producer of nickel in the

world. However, Inco also buys a consider-

able amount of nickel on world markets to

meet our customer's needs. A healthy global

economy is creating growing demand for

nickel, especially in Asia. In an expanding

market, Inco's goal is to remain the world's

leading nickel producer, to significantly in-

crease our own nickel production capacity,

arid to rely less on outside suppliers.

When we acquired Voisey's Bay in August

1996, it was a major step toward achieving this

goal. We must continue to evaluate other

projects in addition to Voisey's Bay which can

enable us to meet our goal. In fact, last month

Inco announced plans for our Goro project in

New Caledonia in the South Pacific, a project

that could contribute 60 million pounds, and

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UNWAVERING COMMiTMENT

Inco helped to create the nickel industry in Canada

nearly 100 years ago. Today, we stand among a

handful of Canadian companies operating around

facilities and in other areas. The Project continues

to represent a significant asset for Inco. And a

significant asset for the people of Newfoundland

and Labrador, one that will generate new jobs and

training opportunities.

The Voisey's Bay Project, however, faces a

number of hurdles. These hurdles must be suc-

cessfully cleared in order for the Project to move

forward. There are, however, limits to the regula-

tory and financial burdens that it can support. To

move ahead, we need co-operation and partner-

ship, with the Inuit and Innu, with the federal and

provincial governments, indeed with the people

of the Province. As we continue to assess the -

Project and overcome the hurdles we currently

face, we will keep you advised of our progress.

FOR Moiu INFORMATION

We are making available a range of materials for

you to learn more. Call us at 1-888-229-INCO for:

• A reprint of this article inEnglish,Inuktitutorlnnu.

• A video detailing the extensive environmen-

tal baseline study completed at Voisey's Bay by

the Voiseys Bay Nickel Company Limited. Or

visit our website at www.incoltd.com

SUGGESTIONS OR Conrtrrs

Let's continue the dialogue. If you have comments,

please contact our nearest officeor 1-888-293-8880.

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6 October 1997

Workshop asks why accidents happenG ethng people to

examine rootcauses of acci-

dents is the best way toavoid similar ones in thefuture.

That's one of the pn-orities stressed in theupcoming Getting to Zerowrkshopfor all OntarioDivision employees.

Trainers for the sec-ond phase of Getting toZero are themselves be-ing trained this monthto conduct sessions forall employees during thenext few months.

Bill Romas, programcoordinator with Qual-ity and Human ResourceDevelopment, said thisversion of Getting To Zerois designed to continuelast year's popular work-shop.

"We designed thisnew workshop, aimed atgetting to basic causes ofaccidents and proce-dures, to prevent futureacddents," he said.

Basic causes of acd-dents fall into several

The Ontario DivisIon's Seven Safety Principles arethe basis for what Getting to Zero Is all about:

• AU injuries can be prevented.

• Employee involvement is essential.

• Management is responsible for preventing injuries

• Working safely is a condition of employment.

• All operating exposures can be safeguarded.

• Training employees to work safely is essential.

• Prevention of personal injuries and incidents is goodbusiness.

categories, including:• Leadership.• Work standards.• Procedures.• Maintenance by all

employees."You've got to ask

why and get down to theroot causes. And thenyou've got to do some-thing about it," Bill said.

'1Things won'tchange overnight."

But Bill and the othertrainers are upbeatabout the long-termpositive impact of theworkshops.

As evidence, Billpointed out that the mes-sage of improving jobprocedures and follow-ing them is being well-received by employees.

He knows that be-cause evaluation cardsfilled out by employeesduring last year's Get-ting to Zero program wereoverwhelmingly positivewith a clear indicationthat people want moresuch training.

This time around, the

trainers needed a way totake last year's session astep further.

They're doing that byproviding a practicaltool to employees as theywork toward the goal ofzero accidents in theworkplace.

"We're gethng peopleto look at their proce-dures and how to im-prove them. We're alsoencouraging all areas toexamine their criticaltask procedures."

Critical tasks are gen-erally defined as anywork that poses poten-tial health and safetyhazards or risks to pro-duction.

Fred Gervais, atrainer with Steelwork-ers Local 6500, said he'sglad to see Getting To Zeroback.

Last year's programshowed people wantsafety training to con-tinue to be a Divisionalfocus, said Fred.

"So we want to buildon that success."

We can't tell you what Mike Sylvestre Is up to with this contraption,except that it involves safety. The manager of Mines TechnicalServices completed a pilot session of the latest Getting To Zero safetyworkshop. The workshop Involves teamwork and creative thinkingaimed at getting people to determine root causes of accidents.

Tom Thpp, of Quality and Human Resource Development, discussed afew ways to determine what causes accidents during a Train theTrainers session at the Copper Cliff Club.

Local 6500's Fred Gervais, standing, said he found both trainers andemployees keen to take Getting To Zero to the next step of problemsolving to prevent accidents.

The Triangle 7

Ceremony highlights Inco/Cambrian project

Heavy duty equip-ment mechanics,industrial me-

chanics and weldershave replaced teenagersin the hallways anddassrooms of the formerRayside-BalfourSecond-ary School in Azilda.

Inco, in a collabora-tive effort with Cam-brian College, WaS.among the first playersin an innovative plan torevitalize the formerhigh school declared sur-plus in 1994.

In 1995 the companyand the college openeda training facility at thesite described by OntarioDivision President RonAelick as "state-of-the-art."

Last month, about100 people attended anofficial re-opening of theschool, now named theTrillium Centre. To-gether with the Cam-brian College/IncoTraining Centre, the fa-cility will house a na-tional boxing centre,along with fitness, youthand conference centres.The town purchased theschool in April 1995 andthe training centre wasthe first project to sup-port the transition of thebuilding.

Both Ron and collegePresident GlennCrombie referred to thetraining centre as aworld-class facility. Aspart of the opening cer-emonies, the pairtouched on the uniqueprogram and partner-ship between the collegeand the company.Crombie explained thecollege and Inco agreedto work together to real-ize a training centre in1995, focused on a goalof providing quality edu-cation. He expressed hispride in the programstating: "This project willbenefit the community

well into the 21st cen-tury."

Ron noted that Incoand the college haveenjoyed a strong, mutu-ally beneficial relation-ship for more than 25years, Including an on-going miningtechnidanand technologist pro-gram where students re-ceive commpn coretraining. Inco is cur-rently the principaltrainer, however, overtime Cambrian wiltgradually assume deliv-ery of the training, saidRon. Inco will continueto be involved in deliver-ing specialized training,developing curriculumand program assess-ment.

The first phase of theproject was initiated inSeptember1995 with theimplementation of theheavy duty equipmentmechanics training pro-gram. The second phasewelcomed the industrialmechanics and weldersin December 1996, andtogether they occupy29,000 square feet oftraining space. To datethe program has pro-vided training to 200apprentice heavy dutymechanics and an addi-tional 400 incumbentmechanics. In addition,about 200 industrialmechanics and weldershave been trained andtested at the facility,along with eight appren-tice industrial mechan-ics and 10 Cambrian co-op students.

Ron said the jointventure continues toanswer a vital need forspecialized and up-graded training in indus-try technology.

The enthusiasm forthe Cambrian/Incoproject was echoed bythe Inco training instruc-tors on hand to greet visi-tors to the centre. For

welding instructor AlVerelli the move repre-sents on opportunity toshare resources withother training programsand eliminate overlap."It's nice to be all to-getbr and collaboratewith the college in the

The CambrianColiege/lncoTraining Centrelocated In theTrillium Centre InAzlida is moreconducive tolearning than pastlocations, says BobHuzij, Instructor!writer.

sharing of resources."The welding training

facility was located in theSmelter Complex threeyears ago and wasmoved to the CopperCliff Copper Refinery thefollowing year beforefinding a home, at theTiUium Centre.

Industrial mechanicinstructor Mike Tuzpikalso sees the move aspositive. His trainingprogram began 18 yearsago m the Nickel Refin-ery. He pointed out theecononuc advantages of

the collaboration withCambrian College."Cambrian has an ap-prentice program for in-dustrial mechanics andso does Inco," he said."This will be more cost-effective. The people thatwe turn out have to fitinto our company asqualified people trainedfor Inco equipment."

Mike shares trainingduties with GarwinPitman, also an indus-trial mechanic instruc-tor.

The belief in the pro-

gram's effectiveness wasreiterated by Bob Huzij,instructor/writer in-volved in developing thetraining program. Theheavy duty equipmentmechanics training cen-tre was operated out ofthe Rolling Mill in Livelyfor five years prior to therelocation, he said. "Thenew location is moreconducive to trainingand education. It's in aschool, which offers amore traditional struc-ture of classrooms. Thereis more space."

industrial mechanicInstructor MikeTuznlk saysgraduates of thetraining programsat the TrilliumCentre facility willbe trainedspecifically for Incoequipment.

Cambrian College President Glenn Cromble and Ontario DivisionPresident Ron Aelick cut the ceremonial ribbon to officially open thejoint tiaining centre. Inco and Cambrian were the first tenants of thenew Trillium Centre.

Welding Instructor MVerellI says the new training centre is moreeconomical for both Inco and Cambrlaflollege.

8 October 1997

Ontario Division completes recwith total planted s

I nco's Ontario Division putmore trees in the Sudburysoil this year than at any

other time in the company'shistory.

So what does that sayabout aerial seeding?

Plenty, says reclamationcoordinator Paul Yearwood.

"The two programs gohand in hand," he said."Aerial seeding opens up landfor us. It establishes a grasscover and in three years or sowe can go in and plant ourtrees. Experience has shownus that if the grass cover is notthere first, the frost literallypushes the seedlings out ofthe ground so there is a highmortality rate."

In its ninth season andaveraging 400 acres treatedper year, the aerial seedingprogram has gotten ahead ofthe tree planting program,admitted Paul.

"We're now playing catch-up."

And catching up led to arecord-setting 1997 with184,000 tree seedllingsplantedand a number of others do-nated to select regreeningcommittees and organiza-tions.

The busiest areas by farwere near Coniston and be-hind the Copper Cliff NorthMine, where 140,000 and122,000 tree seedlings wereplanted respectively. Another15,000 were planted near theold MacLennan Mine site,6,500 were planted at Field-ing Park in Walden and 500on company-owned lots inLittle Italy where the companyintends on returning the lotsto a natural meadowlandstate in keeping with envi-ronmental consciousness.

The sheer number of treesplanted is a testament to thecompany's commitment toland reclamation. The areasin which the trees wereplanted is proof that aesthet-ics are not the only drivingforce.

"It was always part of ouroverall plan to plant trees inthe grassed areas," said Paul."And the areas we've seededare largely remote. In recentyears we've planted trees inthe Clarabelle Mill area, theNolin watershed and aroundKelly Lake.

"Public visibility is not ouronly criteria in planting.We're trying to improve thewater quality wherever we canand establishing plant life actsas a natural filter by stoppingthe heavy metal uptake fromthe soil. It also helps in ero-sion control and other mat-ters. We find that birch andmost other deciduous treescome in on their own in theseareas because their seeds arelight and travel far. Pine seeds,on the other hand, are heavyand don't travel."

The tree planting programstarted on a much smallerscale around 1978 with thecompany buying its trees fromthe Ministry of Natural Re-sources, said PauL The com-pany began growing Its owntrees years later when experi-ence gained growing under-

Paul Yearwood examines a tree seedling (right) planted on newly grassed land on the north side of Kelly Lake.Public visibility isn't the only criteria for planting, said Paul. Establishing plant life helps improve water quality.

ground vegetables - on is-sues such as lighting and fer-tilizer - was applied to treeseedlings.

About five years ago, thecompany doubled its seedlingoutput by going from one totwo crops at its undergroundnursery at Creighton Mineand its surface greenhouse inCopper Cliff.

Today, some 240,000 treesare grown between the twosites. The January crop wasplanted this summer while themid-May crop will spend thewinter getting climatized onsurface outside the CopperCliff greenhouse.

"Coming from a stableunderground environment atCreighton to fluctuating tem-peratures the trees have to beclimatized," said Paul. "Wecontrol their exposure to sunand temperatures and let thesnow cover them where theylay dormant through the win-ter. They will be the first treesplanted in the spring of '98when we're targetting theNolin watershed betweenMurray Mine and North Mine.

Another crop will bestarted In JanuaryOf '98 andit too will be ready for springplanting."

Somewhere In that secondcrop lies Inco's two-millionth

tree seedling waiting to beplanted, said Paul. The pro-gram currently stands atabout 1.8 million and willsurpass the two million marknextyear-an incredible feat

considering the one millionthtree was planted Just threeyears ago in a ceremony withPrime Minister Jean Chretien.

"We've probably alreadyplanted two million trees as

opposed to grown andplanted," said Paul, referringto the early years when treeswere purchased. "But we'll hitthat mark next year for sure.We're just shy of it now."

Two crops Of seedlings are planted each year at both the undergreimd nursery atCrelghton Mine, right, and the surface greenhouse in Copper Cliff.

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d year for tree planting in '97to surpass 2 million

Tree seedlings planted with their roots surrounded bytiny bundles of peat grow nkely with time in grassedareas where the soil provides a hospitable hostEvidence of that can be seen at top in the more maturestand of trees in the Copper Cliff Tailings Area

-WV- ______________________________Reclamation coordinator Paul Yesrwood, right, explains the process for treating scestablIshIng grass cover and Introducing trees In sections of the Copper CUff TallinArea to an International group of environmental students from Queen's UniversityKingston.

4n international group ofQueen's University

students made Incoits classroom for environmen-tal studies this summer.

"I've gone through class-room lectures on land recla-mation before. But it's goodto se it in action," saidStephen Piedn, of Ghana.

Like most of the nine stu-dents in heone-ofa-lcindpro-gram at Queen's, he wasn'there looking for future em-ployment.

He's already got a job -and a high-profile one at that.

"My job involves monitor-ing mining, health, safety andenvironment. Ill be writingpolicy for my country in goldmining, bauxite, manganese,and diamonds," said Piedn,who is with the mines depart-ment in Accra, Ghana.

The students and KathleenAnderson, director of the Min-ing and Environment Insti-tute at Queen's University inKingston, took in several pres-entations and visited the Cop-per Cliff Tailings Area on atour hosted by reclamationcoordinator Paul Yearwood.

Anderson said it's impor-tant for students in her pro-gram to see how environ men-tal concerns fit into the bigpicture of the mining indus-try.

"You can't make good en-vironmental decisions with-out undestaading all thevariables - the markets, thecommunity and the prod-ucts."

Bringing the students toInco allowed them to see howa major corporation success-fully manages environmen-tal issues.

Paul told the group thatInco is happy to share its ex-perience in environmentalland reclamation.

He told the group howearly mining methods createdthe need for regreening andhow Inco has been successfulat reclaiming environmen-tally-stressed land.

Sections of the Copper CliffTailings Area regreened some20 and 30 years ago are nowheavily treed with many pinesalready at 30 feet in height.

The students saw all stagesof the tailings area, wherenaturally-addic crushed rockfrom mines is set aside.

Having seen barren sec-tions where tailings are stillbeing deposited, those re-cently regreened where grassand shrubs have started togrow in the first year of reda-mation and areas thick-evenlush - with mature trees andvegetation, the students saidthey were impressed by Inco'swork.

"I think Inco is very re-sponsible. I want to draw onthe experience of Inco. Youare doing very well," saidMagda Cwnpos, biologist atthe University of Environmentand Energy in Costa Rico.

"In my country I'm part ofthe team that reviews envi-ronmental assessment of mm-lug. So I dedded to learn a

little bit about mining first-hand."

Paul told the group howInco has learned from dec-ades of land reclamation.

"We used to plant pinetrees early in the reclamationprocess. But we've found thatthe pine needles failing natu-rally from the trees are veryacidic and make the landacidic, which is the oppositeof what we want."

So Inco learned to plantpine trees a little later in therehabilitation process of theenvironmentally-stressed soil,he said.

Land reclamation adds tothe overall cost of producingnickel and copper, he said.

Paul explained that in aglobal market, where manynickel producers don't spendmuch - if any - money onenvironmental concerns, it'snot a level playing field.

"Because right now youhave areas of the world whereother companies don't careabout the environment andare mining for cheap."

But Inco is committed torehabilitating the environ-ment, he added.

"We're a progressive com-pany. We're forward-think-ing."

Fortunately, Paul saidmore nickel and copper-pur-chasing customers have modethe environment a priority aswell.

"Some customers won'tbuy from a company that'snot environmentally sound."

10 October 1997

Emergency Awareness Week remindsstudents, public and employees to ACT

F or one week in earlyOctober, Ontario Divi-sion volunteers gave

ACTing tips to as many Sud-bury region residents as pos-sible.

And the message appearsto be sticking.

ACT, of course, is the acro-nym identified with Inco'sEmergency Preparedness pro-gram telling people what todo in the event of an emer-gency.

• Always go indoors.• Close all doors and win-

dows.• Turn off furnace, air con-

ditioners or other air intakes."It's an important mes-

sage," said emergency pre-paredness coordinator EllenHeale. "We're trying to relaya simple, consistent messagethat people will rememberand I believe we're success-ful."

During the 1997 Emer-gency Awareness Campaign,presentations were made to730 Grades 1 and 2 studentsand their teachers at 10 localschools, a display at the NewSudbury Centre was staffedfor 54 hours and 4,700 lettersand promotional items weremailed to local residents. Aswell, numerous locationswithin the Division held spe-cial safety presentations andemergency drills during theweek, focusing on emergencypreparedness and fire preven-

tion."When we go to schools

and talk to Grade 2 studentswho were in Grade 1 last yearthe retention for the ACT mes-sage is fantastic," said Ellen."It certainly demonstratesthat primary school studentsare very effective at retainingand relaying our message."

Staffing mall displays, vis-iting schools and pulling to-gether promotional items re-quires a great deal of team-work and Ellen said the creditfor a successful campaigngoes to the volunteers for giv-ing their time and their dedi-cation to emergency prepar-

edness."Another aspect we

stressed through this wholeevent is the idea of takingemergency awareness andemergency preparedness

Frank Javor of SulphurProducts and Administrationat the Copper Cliff Smelterwas one of several volunteerswho took turns staffing anawareness display at the NewSudbury Centre duringEmergency Awareness Week.

home," she said. "Every fam-ily should develop a fire safetyplan, smoke detectors shouldbe tested regularly, weatherwatches should be heededand emergency suppliesshould be easily accessible invehicles and snowmobilesshould you become strandedoutdoors."

Among the promotionalitems handed out this yearwere decals to highlightswitches and taps that mayneed shutting off in an emer-gency. It's important thatfamily members andcaregivers are familiar withwhere these are located, saidEllen.

Another initiative duringthis year's Emergency Aware-

ness Week was a draw for twotypes of emergency kits thatattracted more than 1,000 en-tries from ballots in the In-contact newsletter and at themall display.

John Dandenault of Cen-tral Mills and Sherry Schmidtof Garson won Traveler's Au-tomotive Safety Kits whileJack Parry of the Nickel Re-finery and Ed Lahti of Livelywon Emergency Survival Kits.

Although another success-ful awareness week is over,the education and planningprocess is ongoing.

"The Joint Emergency Pre-paredness Task Force is nowlooking for the best mecha-nism to measure the effective-ness of what we do," said Ellen.

Rob Fleming of the Copper Refinery seeks answers to emergency preparedness questions from Grades 1 and 2 students at Copper Cliff PublicSchool. During Emergency Awareness Week, presentations were made to 730 students and their teachers at 10 local schools.

Grades 1 and 2 students at Copper Cliff Public Schoolpay close attention to a video on what to do in theevent of an emergency. The video, produced at inco,reminds students to follow the ACT message.

Inco supports fire safety program___

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Sudbury is a Learn Not To Burn communityProtégezvous. du feu est une devise de notre.communaute

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earn Noturn® AGENT Ethier Marketing Inc. l-800918-8868

Artists silhouettedagainst thereflective whitesign apply the Incowordmark duringsign construction.

S ome 27,500 vehiclestravel a stretch of RegentStreet north of Loach's

Road each day.Earlier this month, the

landscape for those motoristschanged considerably.

A large 10 foot x 20 footsign promoting the Learn NotTo Burn program was installedduring Fire Prevention Weekearlier this month. The firstsuch sign unveiled in Ontario,and the first of several slatedfor the Sudbury region, thesign is intended to raise publicawareness of a program that'sproven to save lives.

The most visible aspect ofthe neon reflective sign is aneight-foot high Sparky, theLearn Not To Burn mascot,but there in the centre is thefamiliar Inco wordmark, indi-cating the company's supportof the program.

"Learn Not To Burn is avaluable public education pro-gram with a proven trackrecord in Sudbury and acrossCanada," said Ontario Divi-sion President Ron Aelick."Our support of the signagecampaign is a natural exten-sion of our own emphasis onsafety and our existing part-nership with the Sudbury FireDepartment. For six years now,Inco has sponsored Fire Pre-vention Week in Sudburywhich runs concurrent to ourDivision's Emergency Aware-ness Week."

The Learn Not To Burn pro-gram was created in 1979 bythe U,S,-based National FireProtection Association and the

curriculum has been used inmore than 50,000 schoolsworldwide.

The curriculum was intro-duced to Sudbury elementaryschools in 1991 and by 1993all Sudbury schools and theSudbury library had the com-plete package. Registered day-care centres were providedwith the pre-school version.

Proof of the program's ef-fectiveness locally was dem-onstrated in June of 1996when Liunne St. Pierre, 7, ofGarson managed to save her-self and her dog when an out-door propane barbecue ex-ploded, shattering the patiodoors and igniting the kitchen.

As the kitchen filled withsmoke, Lianne dropped to thefloor, crawled to the front door,called her dog and left thehouse. She then went to aneighbor's house to call forhelp.

Asked about her actions,Lianne responded: "Sparkysaid that if there is smoke youmust get down low, crawl tosafety and go to your secondexit."

It's that kind of story thathad officials at the sign un-veiling praising the programand thanking those who spon-sor it;

"Corporate sponsors areessential," said Sudburymayor Jim Gordon. "We can'thave signs up all over ourcommunity without them.These are people who careabout our community andtheir employees - and thisdemonstrates that."

Sudbury MPP RickBartolucci, who was intro-duced to the program by localfirefighter and program cham-pion Fern Bourque during hisyears as an elementary schoolprincipal said what started asa dream is now a reality.

"Today, children are learn-ing to live Learn Not To Burn,not learning the program: Ifcorporate sponsors wonderwhether their dollars are be-ing used wisely, I'll tell you,children in Sudburyandacrossthis country are learning this."

Richard Morris, Chaimianof the Board with the NationalFire Protection Association,said from 1983 to today therehave been 50 documentedcases of young children whoselives were saved by actionslearned through the Learn NotTo Burn program. "And thatdoesn't even take into accountsituations that didn't developbecause kids knew what to do,"he said.

Morris, who travelled fromRichmond Hill for the unveil-ing, said he was proud to bepart of Ontario's first signlaunch.

"In my opinion, educationis our greatest weapon in pre-venting fires," he said. Eachyear in Canada up to 5,000people die in fires unnecessar-ily. We have to educate themon the dangers of fire and whatthey need to do when fire hits.

"It's wonderful to see Sud-bury doing such a wonderfuljob of teaching Learn Not ToBurn in the schools. Fire safetyeducation does save lives."

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Sudbury Fire Chief Don Mclean and Sparky the fire safetydog dropped by Inco during Fire Prevention Week to thankOntario Division President Ron Aelick for the company'ssupport of the Learn Not To Burn sign campaign.

Ontario Division President Ron Aelick is flanked on the left by Sudbury MayorJim Gordon and Rkhard Morris of the National Fire Protection Association andon the right by Sudbury Fire Chief Don McLean and John Braney of the OntarioFire Marshal's Office. All were on hand for the unveiling of a promotionalbillboard on Regent Street, north of Loach's Road.

12 October1997

Shad grads enjoy Inco experience

From the wonders of na-ture to the marvels ofmodem technology, In-

co's latest pair of Shad Valleygraduates sampled the min-ing industry from vastly dif-ferent perspectives.

Shad Valley is a uniqueeducational experience forhigh school students offeredat different university cam-puses across Canada. The pro-gram consists of a four-weekacademic component fol-lowed by a five-week workterm at the student's sponsor-ing industry.

For Julye Huggins, 18, aGrade 13 student at CollegeNotre Dame and the daugh-ter of Stobie developmentminer John Huggins, fiveweeks in the Ontario Division'sEnvironment department ex-posed her to a different side ofmining and changed her ca-reer goals in the process.

"I found my work term veryexciting and extremely en-lightening," said Julye, whospent the academic portion ofher Shad experience at Wa-terloo University.

"It changed my views onwhat! want to do with my life.I originally wanted to be apsychiatrist, but now I'd liketo study Ecology at Guelph oreven Cambridge in England ifI can get there."

During her time at Inco,Julye was introduced to allaspects of environmental workfrom land reclamation, watersampling and ministry regu-lations to weather forecasting,waste audits and buildingaquatic habitats.

"I really enjoyed workingwith the Environment groupand was amazed by theamount of environmentalwork carried out at Inco. Mycareer goal would be to gradu-ate, come back and help re-store the Sudbury ecology -hopefully with Inco."

Tilik Dutta, 18, would alsoappreciate a future career withInco, although his five-weekforay into mining took a dis-tinctly different path.

A Grade 13 student atLasalle Secondary School andthe son of Basudev Dutta, areactor assistant in the IPC

plant at the Nickel Refinery,Tilik spent his work term map-ping the industry's future inthe Mines Research depart-ment.

There, he participated inan ongoing diamond drillautomation project and sum-

pled the latest in computersoftware, remote technologyand robotics.

"Overall my work term wasincredibly challenging andenjoyable as well as extremelyeducational," he said. "1learned as much about how

big companies like Inco arerun as I did about the technol-ogy of the mining industry.

"The people at Mines Re-search were very helpful. Evenafter putting up with all myquestions; they were alwayshappy to show me how some-thing else worked or some-times why It didn't work prop-erly. I'll miss every one of those

people and would love to goback and work at Mines Re-search some time in the fu-ture. It's not often in industrythat jobs allow you to use asmuch creativity as this depart-ment allowed me to. I thinkthat I did as much as I couldhave but I wish my work termhad been longer so I couldhave gotten more done."

Ihco academic award winnersListed below are the Inco Proficiency Award winners from St. Charles College for the 1996-97 school year. The awards were

presented during an assembly at the school last month.

Grade 9- Vivien HoangGrade 10- Phong NguyenGrade 11 - Colleen Langdon

Grade 12- Stewart HoskinsGrade 13- Gabriel Hanna

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Julye Huggins, 18, of College Notre Dame, examines tree seedlings at the CopperCliff greenhouse with Melissa LeBorgne, right, of the Reclamation department.

Tilak Dutta, 18, of Lasalle Secondary School, looks overdiamond drill parts with Inco's Paul de Vlugt, aresearch engineer, behind him. Paul is holding a drillbit, while Tilak has the core barrel, which retrieves therock sample.

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Inco Tour winner pursues golf careerdarn Evershed will miss

Sudbury.But he admits he'll

be glad to leave the cold rainbehind when he goes to col-lege in Florida next year.

This year's top player in

Idylwylde golf pro TonyEvershed watches his sonAdam, 17, of Lo-Ellen ParkSecondary School, practicehis putting before playinghis round on the seventhand final stop of the IncoJunior Golf Tour thissummer. Adam ended theseason in top spot amongjunior male golfers.

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has leqrned from practice inthe Into-sponsored events,held at golf courses through-out Northern Ontario, highschool play and from his fa-ther Tony Evershed, a golfpro himself, to the Stateswhen he enrolls at BevardCollege.

It's a good place to startin serious golf, Adam said.

PGA champion PaulAzinger came from BevardCollege. "Hopefully. I'll fol-low in his footsteps."

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Adam said he'll be backto visit his family in Sud-bury and even play a fewrounds.

He's Just hoping hedoesn't get too spoiled byFlorida's weather.

But he may not soon for-get his golf training. North-erners like Adam love theirgolf in any weather.

After all, 130 playerscame out for that cold andrainy last Inco tour event atthe Idylwylde.

Brandon Chrlsto, 12, of New Liskeard, winds up and lets fly on the fairway at the ldylwylde Golf and Country Clubduring Inco Junior Golf Tour action.

the most senior category ofthe Inco junior Golf Tour hasconsistently been at the headof the pack for a few years.

He finished first in theInco tour after playing inthe last and soggiest eventheld at the Idylwylde Golfand Country Club at the endof the summer.

"I won't miss rainy dayslike that," he chuckled in arecent interview.

Adam's score, taken fromhis best six events of the to-tal seven on the Inco tour,placed him ahead of rivalsJude McConnell of Sault Ste.Marie and Kyle Whiteheadof North Bay in the Juniorscategory for 17 and 18 yearolds.

Even outside of the Incogolf events, Adam was un-beatable.

He was No. 1 in competi-tion among 19 Sudbury re-gional high schools.

"I had a good battle inhigh school competition thisyear. It felt good to win."

After he graduates fromGrade 12 at Lo-Ellen ParkSecondary School this year,he will continue pursuing hisgolf career.

He plans to take what he

.Top GOLFERS -

:JUfliQfs (ages lltol8)1 Adam Evershed ofSudbury's idyiwylde Club2.Jude McConnell of SaultSte. Marie3. Kyle Whitehead ofNorth Bay4. Frank Kucher of SaultSte Marie5,. Rob Hause of Lively

juvenile (ages 14 to 17)1. Virmie Tagliabraci ofSault Ste. Marie2. Kyle Kauppi of Lively3. Steve Morris of theIdyiwylde4. Michael jacob of Sud..bury's Cedar Green GolfClub5. Mike Wellandof NorthBay

Banto.m (ages 14 andunder)1. Caleb llaxey of SaultSte. Marie2. jeff Rainville of HuronPines3. Phil Parkinson of SaultSte. Marie,4. Rebel Kennedy of EagleLake5. Tyler I.e Bouthiller of ValCaron

Frna1e (oil ages)1 Sarah Howard of NorthBay2 Bonnie Luttrell of Lively3. Kelly Walker of theIdyiwykie4Sara Kennedy of Eaglelake5Josee Paradis of NewLiskeard

Top Teams1. Sault Ste. Marie2. lJvely3. North Bay4. Huron Pines5. Cedar Green, Sudbury

Name Date of Birth Date of Death Years of Service Name Date of Birth Date of Death Years of Service

Lee Alexander 0 1-24-19 09-25-97 38 janko Madjeruh 10-08-06 09-16-97 32.6Eugeniusz Bar 04-05-27 09-21-97 31.5 Michael Martyniak 09-01-21 09-03-97 30Normand Belanger 08-10-42 09-25-97 31.5 Ilano Perinot 06-09-30 09-14-97 23.5Lawrence Desrosiers 04-17-40 09-29-97 27.5 Joseph Pilotte 07-04-18 09-09-97 22.5Joachim Hryb 09-15-19 09-16-97 33.5 John Powell 11-25-23 09-16-97 33Bronislaw lwanowski 11-09-11 09-20-97 26 Lauri Puro 04-21-18 09-18-97 47Kojo Janjic 03-11.14 09-10-97 28 Lorne Rollins 10-29-18 09-26-97 42.5George Kelly 11-26-12 09-21-97 31.8 Edmond Sauve 01-22-02 09-20-97 19.9Marcel Lafortune 0742-52 09-22-97 21. . Stanislaw Sliwa 05-05-15 09-04-97 27

Michel Lalonda- 05-30-44 09-10-97 . 17.5 Edna Wolberg 08-25-32 . 09-17-97 17Gaston Latourelle 03-08-29 997 31 . Antonio Zariutto 11-11-05 09-12-97 34

Tory MacNeil, 11, of Massey, takes a swing down thefairway during the rain-soaked last event on the IncoJunior Golf Tour. Megan Ambeault, 16, of Sault Ste.MarIe waits for her turn behind Tory.

14 October1997

Owl adrekindlesfondmemories

Who says advertising doesn't getnoticed?

Veronica Marr of Deep River, On-tario was so taken by Inco's efforts tohelp protect the burrowing owl that shesent back a magazine copy of the ad atright accompanied by the followingletter:

"Thank you Inco,These dear little birds nested under

the steps in front of my teacherage (sic)door at Old Richmond School nearBurstall, Sask. On sunny days while theparents searched for food they came upfor air. They were quite at ease as! talkedto them and stroked them until motherarrived on the scene and gave vent to ascolding about their trusting humans.

In the end, she relented and becamequite accustomed to find me sitting onthe ground with her babies and protect-ing them from hawks, crows and theFranklin gulls.

Beautiful, trusting little creatures- Ido hope they make a comeback."

The mining company.

And the owl that lives underground.

Meet the Burrowing Owl.

A curious little creature

that spends more time

under the ground than It

does above it.

Endangered Species.

Which is why inco,

a world leader in nickel

production, is pleased

to be a part of World

Veronica MarrDeep RiVer

Its preferred habitat is abandoned ground Wildlife Fund's ongoing efforts to protect it.

squirrel burrows. Unique perhaps, but unfortu- And the BurrowThg Owl isn't the only one

nate. Because agricultural cultivation and the use that benefits. Through our involvement in this

of pesticides have taken a devastating toll on the and many other environmental and community

owl's reproductive capabilities, programs, we end up a little wiser for our efforts.

Today, there areonly 2,000 left in Canada.

In fact, this prairie bird is on Canada's List ofInco

STRONGER FOR OUR EXPERIENCE

irr1 r',\ I rr ri \:rv Standards existto',_) . . :

with Ron Rafuse prevent injuryHow ninny tiities have we all heard this At Inco we have developed what we all know as the Seven Safety Principles

\ "We really have to be careful doing this Job We don't want anybody hurt " They aret Or how about th1? • All &'Diive carefully there are lots of police on the road tonight" • , j7Ual, Both on andoffthejobwe have people reminding others to be careful with • Ma' t is -'ble fbr reventin IrI'UtIeS.the motive being you may getcaught or get Into trouble If you do not follow the •

w] a'idItion Jempioyment.proper procedures, •All ""tin '- can be sa''uarde4How many of us follow rules, standards and procedures in whatever we do • ri i " to woi* sarei essentioand always ensurethatevezythlngwe do Is done the best way we know how? Dj • The rentIOnOf I in' and incidents is bucines4 weaoensurethotthingsundusaredoneproperiybecuusewedon twant ' 1UFYan occident or incident that will result In tnny t ourselves or someone else7 What do these mean in the everyday life of our industry? Simply, nianc*ge-

Or do we do things right only to avoid getting caught and punished for not ment will provide the time tools and training to do work the best way we knowfollowing the proper way ofdoing things? howondwllltoleratenoshortcuts Wewillalsolookforbetterwaystodothework.

Mostofthe procedures, rules standardsand practices were developed because Each of us has to believe that with the proper attitude and behavior in theof an accident that caused injury or damage Some were developed by teams of workplace all Injuries can be prevented This must be our goal each and everyexpenencedpeoplewhosetbestprachcesandsafestandardsoihowtooperate day and the foremost reason to follow the rules, standards and workplaceprocesses and eqiMpment to avoid process xpsets or damage and Injury cousd proceduresby operating outside the established guidelines

These are all In place to protect us from workplace acddents It Is a proven The time of year has arrived when kids are excited about Halloween andfact that 90 per cent of acddents on the lob are caused by the actions of people dressing up and going out for treatsEach o1 us must decide to follow those standards because we believe in doing Each yeur this event Is marred by some type of tragedy Please take time totasks the right way - not because of the fear of being caught follow these safely tips

This Is called behavior and It Is the behaviotofpersons in the workplace that * Dont let small children go out unsupervisedmakes it a safe place to work Some time ago we talked about the fact that the • 'Ensure costumes have good visibility with reflective markmgworkplace itself is not safe - It is the people doing the work and working in the • Ensure masks fit properly, allowing for good visionworkplace that make It safe • Ensure the rules for Crossing streets We followed

There are large pieces ofrnachlneiy, hot metal explosives movrng parts and • All treats should be Inspected by an adult.ot1ng equlpmentlnrnuny ofourworkareas To ensure that inlury oracodents Forthose of youwhowlllbe dtivlngthc*t evening, please use extreme cautiondo not occur thistotalprocess mustheinanaged by operating only one way the Remember, the laws ore In place to pmtect, so follow them for that reasonproper way, each and eVery time

Ron Rafase is erindendent of Safety in the Ontario Division

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ADD: If you are:2 Female4 Thinly-built maleS Average-built male6 Stockymale10 Bald, stocky mule

DiabetesPeople with diabetes or a family history of diabetes have a higher than normal

risk of heart attacks. Since diabetes tends to run in families, count grandparents,parents undsiblings in figuring your family history.

ADDt If you have:0 Noknownhistoiyotfamilydiabetes3 One relative with diabetes5 Two relatives with diabetes6 DIabetes, beginning after age 608 Diabetes, beginning between ages 20 and 4010 Diabetes, beginning before age 20

Family historyA family history of heart uttuk.s or strokes increases a person's chances of

suffering from hardening of the arteries. Count grandparents, parentsand siblingswhen figuring your family history.

ADD: If you hove:0 No known family history of heart

attack orstroke 12 One relative with heart attack orstroke 4

aftrage604 Two relatives with heart attack or5troke

after age 606 One relative with heart attack or stroke

before age 608 Twrelutives with heart uttack arsiroke

before age6O10 Three relatives with heart czttadc. or

stroke before aye 60

SmokingCigarette smoking is the tnor preventable cause of

disobili nddeath from heart attoi.ks. Smokers have tourtimes. msxe risk of heart attacks and strokes than non-smokers. Even more smokers die from heart disease than

. fmrnh.mgcancer. No matter how leny you've smoked, yourooznriazyrlsk factor goes down as soon as you quit smoking

ADD;. ., If you smoke:0 Not atoll2 Cigar or pipe4 Under lOdgarettes perday.5 l1-2oqgarettesperday6 21.a0dgarette perday

..8 314Ocigaettesperday.10 Morethan4O cigarettesperduy

Exercise .. . .

Exercise that stimulates the heart and twigs for long periods of time is. essential to preventing hardening of the arteries. fl keeps downcholesterol,

burns calories and increase the i fticiency of the heart Runmng swimmingcycling, jogging, walking and ilaying tennis or squash are exampks ofexercise that benefits the heart, Regular exercise is the best investment ingood health ...• . .

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ADD: lfyoudo: .

0 Hard occupational and recreational exeidse2 Moderate occupational and recreational exercise4 Sedentary work and recreational exercise

Sedentary wart and modest recreational exercise6, 8 . . . Sedentary work and light recreational exercise

10 Uttle or no regular exercise

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Many factorscontributeto heart disease

Personality typeResearch has shown that certain types of personalities are more frequently

associated with heart attacks than others. For example, a hard-driving, aggressiveperson is more prone to suffer heart attacks than an easy-going type.

ADD: If you are:0 Always relaxed and low-pressure2 Relaxed, low-pressure most of the time4 Often impatient and watching the clock6 Highly competitive at work8 Blindly ambitious, always in a hurry10 Hard-driving and unable to relax

Blood pressureIf you don't know your blood pressure, ask your doctor what it is the next

It is taken. If you have recently passed an employment or insurance physical,blood pressure is probably below 140/90. The blood pressures below refer to Iat around age 40. Blood pressure can be lowered by medical treatment.

ADD: if you have:0 Blood pressure of 110/70 or less2 Blood pressure of approximately 120/804 Blood pressure of approximately 130/856 Blood pressure of approximately 140/908 Blood pressure of approximately 160/10010 Blood pressure of approximately 180/120

16 October 1997

Gunsmithing a passion for pensioner

George's basementwall s a showcasefor many of hshandcraftedweapons.

C ould acciden-tally shootingoneself in the

foot at the age of 13 bethe trigger for a life-long passion of fixingand building sportingweapons?

It was for GeorgeWalli.

By the time he hadrepaired the faultytrigger on the gun thatinjured his foot, he hadtaken his first step tobecoming a gunsmithand a craftsman.

From match andflintlock guns of yoreto modern guns andbows, George, 58, aformer senior analystwith Central ProcessTechnology who re-tired in 1992, has col-lected, fixed, built andfired these pieces.Gunsmithing is one ofGeorge's hobbies, andhe takes great care andprecision in all thework he does. It is themating f the woodand meta' that createsa precise sportingweapon," he says.

Working with woodholds great appeal forGeorge. it takes muchdevotion and patience totransform a piece of wal-nut, maple or cherry intothe finely crafted stockof a gun. it involves pre-cision cutting, shapingand hand-rubbed oil fin-ishes. Choosing qualitywood is crucial for a well-crafted stock. Thefiddleback grain" of

woods also has its owndurability and uniqueappearance. Georgeemphasizes that thechoice of wood is impor-tant because it must beable to resist weather androt.

Working with metalproduces a preciselymade weapon that willbe completed with a rust-blueing process. "Rust-blueing gives a depth tothe metal's shine, notjust a sheen," explainsGeorge. This will alsogive the gun the highestresistance to rust. It isthe best blueing methodin the world, and hotchemicals, hours of boil-

ing and hand polishingare essential in perfect-ing this method, he says.

Every detail of thewood and steel is care-fully attended to and it isthis atttention to detailthat makes George's art-istly unique. He also uti-lizes natural materialssuch as moose horn topersonalize the butt plateof certain pieces he workson.

George's collection ofhand-made weapons ishis personal treasure.Among his many prizepieces, George has madea shotgun/rifle combina-tion piece that allows forexcellent close and farrange accuracy. Thiscombination piece lendsitself well to huntinglarger game.

He has also trans-formed military pieces tosporting pieces by cus-tomizing the calibre anddeveloping a cartridge.George cuts the chamberdeeper in order to makea magnum rifle and thistransforms a militaryweapon into a service-

able sporting weapon.Other prize pieces areGeorge's"WWGreener", a 12-gagemade by London Best in1867, a "Whitworth"Target Rifle - muzzleloader and a "Martini"

Target Gun. He has ac-quired and made match,flintlock, caplock andshotguns.

Like most craftsmen,George is as meticulousabout safety as he isabout quality. He prac-

tices safety proceduresin the process of mak-ing, repairing andstoring his sportingweapons so he cancontinue his pensionhobby and artistrywithout mishap:

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Publications EditorCorv McPhee

The Triangle is putmsnea moxlLluy nd pensionersof the Ontario Division of Inco Limited. Produced by the PublicAffairs Department, members of the International Association ofBusiness Communicators.

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George Walil stands with hs crossbow and hs prized fintlock. This carefully crafted flintlock was filed and created enthely by hand.