Terry Telford, Marketing and PR Coordinator for the Kingston base Military Family Resource Centre described the broad range of services offered under this program. Members were interested to learn that it is not fully funded by government and that KMFRC is required to fundraise 30% of their operating costs. Based on Lundy's Lane, they will soon open a satellite office in Kingston.

Among the programs described were support for those in uniform and their families particularly around events like pre and post deployment, and transfers. mebers asked many qiestions, and we were delighted to have the participation of many of our spouses!

Check it out; www.familyforce.ca/sites/kingston

"Slowpoke-2" was the subject of our meeting presentation on 11 January 2012. This is the small (20kw) nuclear reactor at the College and was described by Dr. Paul Chan, professor in the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Dept. and Chair Designate of the Slowpoke Committee. Paul described the structure of the device, the inherent safety features and the value it is to the College and to the DND. It has been in service since 1985 and will need to be refuelled in eight to ten years. About half of the projects undertaken with the Slowpoke are for DND research and testing. It is a valuable tool for undergraduate and graduate teaching and for graduate student research. Paul's talk prompted many questions fielded by Paul, and Club members Lee Bennett (recently retired from the department) and Ron Mann (retired from the department).