Page 13 it has perpetrated on the slab of gran ite These calibrations and evaluations will be used to determine the King Northern Jackleg Queen Northern Jackleg and Mayor Northern Jackleg The hole must be drilled evenly so that the dynamite can be placed cor rectlytoo much speed and the angle may be of fof course there is noth ing wrong with being fast and accu rate but you got to be darn good to accomplish that consistently In the mayoral competition last year s winner Councilor John Curley from T immins did not compete This year T immins T om Laughren took up the cause on behalf of the City W ith a Heart of Gold W ere going to give the win to Al Spacek said Laughren with a twin kle in his eye prior to the event Indeed Mayor Spacek from Kapus kasing ended up taking home the lau rels for being the 2013 Mayor Jackleg champion A new Queen Jackleg champion was crowned in 2013 The feld for the 2013 Queen Jackleg was wide open as the 2012 Queen Jackleg Elsa Nielsen from Goldcorp did not defend her ti tle and neither did the second or third place fnishers M i n i ng E ngi ne er i ng T e c h n i c i a n T e c h n o l o g y A ppl y no w f or f all 2 01 4 c am br i anc oll eg e c a m in in g O n t ar i o s on l y n a t i on all y a c c r e d i t e d Min in g E n g ine e r in g p r o g r am T ina Pellerin an executive assistant with Aecon Mining in T immins won the 2013 Jackleg Queen on her frst ever attempt at us ing a jackleg drill to drill a hole in solid rock It was fun and ex hilarating T ina said of winning the Queen Jackleg con test in her frst try Sylvie Beaulieu sales manager Le Loup Radio fn ished second I loved it she said and will defnitely return next year Both women received a specially de signed trophy by sculptor T yler Fau velle of a female under ground miner cash awards and shopping cards The men s feld was flled by last year s King Jackleg Nicholas Pozdyk a jumbo drill operator from Dumas Contracting last year s second place fnisher Joe Michaud from Brigus Gold and veteran Paul Remillard a past winner of the event This year s Boart Longyear North ern Ontario King Jackleg trophy was Contd from pg 12 Cochrane Councilor Rey Brisson L T immins Mayor T om Laughren Centre and Kapuskasing Mayor Al Spacek R release balloons just prior to Jackleg Competition awarded to Paul Remillard who won his second King Jackleg contest tro phy in three years Remillard s drilling was just slightly more precise than that of fello w jack leggers Nick Pozdyk Albert Durand and Joe Michaud the 2013 Second place fnisher from Brigus Gold who also fnished second in 2012 Marcel Dubois from Lake Shore Gold placed third The three men were presented with a giant jackleg driller trophy also designed by Fauvelle Paul Remillard winner of the 2013 King Jackleg Drill Competition his second in three years Paul Remillard wins 2013 contest Contd from pg 12