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Member Shows Off<br />

Harley Davidson<br />

Local 700 (Windsor, Ontario)<br />

member John Collins entered his<br />

2002 Harley Davidson V-Rod (Stainless<br />

Steel) in the Toronto Bike show<br />

in April of 2011. The bike used to belong<br />

to Detroit Red Wing hockey player<br />

Bob Probert, who passed away last<br />

year and then belonged to his teammate<br />

Darren McCarty.<br />

John was an apprentice competitor<br />

representing <strong>Iron</strong>workers Ontario<br />

District Council in the Outstanding<br />

National <strong>Iron</strong>workers Apprentice<br />

Competition in St. Louis in 2006. He<br />

is now local apprentice committee cochair<br />

for <strong>Iron</strong>workers Local 700.<br />

Putting Skills to Use<br />

Douglas Craig, retired member of<br />

Local 721 (Toronto, Ontario), put his<br />

welding skills to good use in retirement<br />

on Vancouver Island.<br />

Restoring a Classic<br />

Local 377 (San Francisco) retiree<br />

Eddie Garza stands with his<br />

1936 Ford pickup after the frame<br />

off restoration.<br />

Enjoying Retirement<br />

Bob Ribby, Local 25 (Detroit), enjoys<br />

driving his Harley-decorated<br />

hearse in local cruises and riding in<br />

poker runs that benefit the SPCA.<br />

Enjoying His Retirement<br />

Long time member and great guy<br />

Mike Popoff, Local 97 (Vancouver,<br />

British Columbia), his enjoying his<br />

retirement on a trip to Egypt.<br />

Called to Active Duty<br />

A member from Local 229 (San<br />

Diego), David Galindo is being called<br />

to active duty with the Department<br />

of the Navy. Brother Galindo is willingly<br />

going to put himself in harm’s<br />

way for our nation’s safety and freedom.<br />

Local 229 is proud to support<br />

our soldiers, sailors and airmen,<br />

who work long and hard, spend vast<br />

amounts of time away from their<br />

families, miss watching their children<br />

grow up and rarely have the<br />

opportunity to do the things that we<br />

so take for granted so that we can<br />

enjoy freedom, independence and<br />

happiness. For this, Local 229 is<br />

eternally grateful.<br />

Deployed in the Middle<br />

East<br />

U.S. Army soldier<br />

Cody Jones<br />

with his mother<br />

Prestine and father<br />

Joseph Jones,<br />

a retired member of Local 44 (Cincinnati),<br />

is deployed to the Middle East.<br />

Cody Serves in the 1204 Airborne of<br />

the U.S. Army.<br />

28 THE IRONWORKER

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