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Unions promote home fire safety at hockey game Apprentices from Plumbers and Fitters Local 290 and members of Fire Fighters Local 43 sloshed to a 0-0 tie at the annual “Broom Ball” match held during intermission of the Portland Winterhawks hockey game Feb. 4 at Portland’s Memorial Coliseum. In Broom Ball, contestants don tennis shoes and plastic sticks and try to slap a foam ball into the net. The event is used to increase fire safety awareness and promote residential fire sprinkler safety. Local 290 offers a training program for residential fire sprinkler system instal- lation that is endorsed by the Portland Fire Bureau and the Oregon Building Codes Division. Local 290 owned the Broom Ball Cup (pictured above with team members) going into the Feb. 4 match. Because of the tie, the Plumbers and Fitters retained the cup for another year. Fire Fighters owned the Cup for three years from 2008 FEBRUARY 17, 2012 to 2010. Local 290 team members are, standing from left to right: Evan Sargent, Paul Nadeau, Phil Card, Tyler Kleser, Curtis Larson, Blake Johnson, Nichet Newsome, and Chris Ander- son; kneeling from left to right: Corby Campbell, Zach Wright, and Shane Halifax. Team Fire Fighters (pictured below right) was comprised of Mike Schutz, Shon Christensen, Isaac McLennen, Andy Ligatich, Stu Johnson, Mike Wight, Jeff Ripley, Tom Chips, Zach Parish, Ryan Johnson, and Rob Hartsock. Local 290 is a major season sponsor of the Winterhawks. During the season it awards $100 to a “Player of the Month.” On Feb. 4, goalie Mac Carruth was presented a check by Jed Scheuermann, assistant apprenticeship training coordi- nator, and Shane Halifax, a former Winterhawks player, now an apprentice steamfitter. NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS PAGE 5
