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DISTRICT COUNCIL 39 - ATLANTIC PROVINCES CANADALeader HonoredDistrict Council 39’s newly elected BusinessManager/Secretary-Treasurer Jonathan Gaul (right)presents recently retired BM/ST Frank MacKinnon hisretirement certificate. Brother MacKinnon was initiated intoLocal 1945, Cape Breton Island in 1967. He became the businessmanager for Mainland Nova Scotia and Cape BretonIsland in 1988, and the business manager/secretary-treasurerfor the Atlantic Provinces in Canada when District Council 39received its charter in 2002. He remained in the position ofBM/ST until his retirement in September of this year.On behalf of the members of District Council 39, BM/STGaul would like to thank Brother MacKinnon for his long yearsof exceptional service to this organization. “Frank is a trueunion leader that is passionate about the Trade Union movement,”says Gaul. “He is someone that a young leader likemyself can look to for guidance and aspire to become. I considermyself fortunate to have mentored under the best. We allwish him a long, happy and well-deserved retirement.”DISTRICT COUNCIL 50 - HAWAIIHI-TECH IN HAWAIIPD-2 Apprentice Kyle Hashimoto tries VirtualSpray, coached by instructorCory Tani.VirtualSpray has been added to the PaintersApprenticeship PD-2 class as an advanced methodof spray painting training. This hi-tech toolprovides instant feedback and allows the studentsto correct their technique for best results. As thestudent sprays, data is displayed showing milthicknessand any amount of overspray. It alsocalculates the cost of wasted paint and othervaluable data. The students continue trying toimprove their scores following basic sprayingfundamentals. The result is rapid learning of betterspray technique with zero materials wasted.The VirtualSpray equipment was developed bythe University of Northern Iowa for the Departmentof Defense. District Council 50 purchased theequipment with a generous grant from the IUPATFinishing Trades Institute (FTI). The IUPAT FTIprovides grants to district councils to supportworker training and to increase job opportunitiesfor our members. Thank you, IUPAT, for keepingDistrict Council 50 members on the cutting edge.O C T O B E R - D E C E M B E R2 0 1 0 • J O U R N A L13