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Jonathon Naylor Editor The days when workers would spend their entire career with a single company are largely gone, but Hudbay continues to buck the trend. Last Friday, Jan. 11, the so-called quarter-century club _ employees with at least 25 years of service _ grew by 45 members as the company hosted a watch party. 'It's recognizing their milestone with the corporation and in a small way, we're thanking them for their commitment,' said Brad Lantz, vice-president of Hudbay's Manitoba Business Unit. Since HBMS _ the now-defunct chief asset of Hudbay _ was established more than 80 years ago, the company has handed out 25-year watches to 2,970 employees. Worker loyalty It's an illustration of strong worker loyalty that continues to this day, as Hudbay's current turnover rate is just one per cent _ well below the industry average of about six per cent. Held at the R.H. Channing Auditorium, Friday's watch party also honoured workers who have gone 25, 30, 35 or 40 years without a lost-time accident. The evening further celebrated the 57 employees who have retired from the company's Flin Flon and Snow Lake operations over the past year. See 'Watches...' pg. 6 Continued from pg. 1 This year's honourees were: 25-Year Watches William Bernhard; Randy Boychuk; David Bungay; Anthony Butt; Colin Campbell; Aaron Chigol; Abram Collins; Scott Davidson; Gavin Dayman; Richard Dram; Calvin Durack; Gordon Frame; Blaine Gogal; Allan Haugerud; Danny Hay; Gerald Haygarth; Olaf Hettrick; Wayne Holmstrom; Edward Jones; Glen Kirby; Michael Korchinski; Daniel Kowalchuk; Gordon Lau; Richard LeClair; Robbie Lengyel; Wayde Lowe; Marshall Manns; David Martindale; Kent McKee; Glen Muench; Scott Nawrocki; Roy Ostafichuk; Carlo Peeters; Wayne Rachuk; Karen Rasmussen; Kent Reid; Michel Roy; Paul Rutherford; David Smith; Kelvin Tessmer; Russ Thompson; Steve Trachsel; David Van Caeseele; Robert Walker; and Kelvin White. 25-Year Safety Awards Wayne Dease; Fredrick Allen; Darrell Lasko; Marty Dedecker; Allan Snow; Bruce Gulliford; Michel Limoges; Sonny Audet; Bryon Chyz; Brian Evans; Wallace Whitmore; Gavin Dayman; Gordon Lau; Kent Reid; Robert Walker; Steve Trachsel; Glen Kirby; Dean Danis; Patrick Fullowka; Hans Hvidsten; Andrew Lam; John Bailey; Gary Fisher; Trevlyn Pickett; Jeff Whitbread; Alvin Kozar; Brad Davidson; Kent McKee; Robbie Lengyel; Wayde Lowe; Aaron Chigol; Marshall Manns; and Karen Rasmussen. 30-Year Safety Awards Darin Kerfont; William Gorrell; Calvin Johnson; Gerald Chaille; Raymond Boudreau; Leon Gryba; Gary Hathaway; Gregory Lewis; Hugh Bettger; Daryl Furber; Roy Pruden; Linda Lane; Gerald Fullowka; and Donald Last. 35-Year Safety Awards Michel Dupont; Larry Duliak; Randy McLaren; Pat Jones; Leonard Richard; Bernie McLean; Dennis Whitbread; Gregory Agerbak; and Kevin Rogers. 40-Year Safety Awards David Kendall; Richard Dansereau Retirees Dianne Antila; Earl Benoit; Paul Bilinsky; Vernon Bittner; Doug Blackmon; Rob Bouteiller; Ken Brough; Roberta Bouvier; Garry Bridgeman; Bentley Busby; Ivan Conley; Dale Connolly; David Duffy; Reggie Dumais; Ken Entwistle; David Etienne; Tom Fagnan; Ian Fairbairn; John Gauthier; Jim Glynn; Tom Goodman; Rocky Gulka; Davie Ireland; Greg Jackson; Edwin Jessup; Lyle King; Lorne Kopeechuk; Les Lengyel; Randy Lundquist; Brian MacDonald; Keith Marvin; James McKay; Bill McLean; Hugh Meikle; Cliff Melnick; Ken Mensch; Dennis Merton; Alen Mymko; Sid Nelson; Allan Patterson; Kelly Peever; David Perry; Randy Petrychko; Philip Ricard; Jim Roman; Gordon Ross; Laurie Schiltroth; Bill Spelliscy; Felix Sullivan; Rick Snell; Bob Thompson; Garth Thompson; Melvin Thompson; Gerry Westhaver; Ron Willey; Stephen Wilson; and Aldwin Woroniuk.
