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. _ Africa was the last place Jim Stephenson ever expecâ€" Mr. Stephenson is a coâ€" operative ; enginâ€" véersity of Waterioo who is now in his second year. Every four months the coâ€" op students at the UW stitch from studies on campus to work in fields related to their course. > Last January Westingâ€" house of Canada Limited, in udtosgcnd' aâ€"work term. Mr. Stephenson is a Hamilton, accepted Mr. Stephenson to work in their turbine division for his secâ€" ond work term, even though they had been looking for a third year student. . On his first day of work, Westinghouse asked him if he would consider going overseas for his work term then tWwo weeks later they At the beginning of Februâ€" ary, Mr. Stephenson found himself in the middle of the desert 500 miles away from any settlement in Libya. % Mr. Stephenson was there, ‘along with six other persons from Westinghouse and a crew of eight Libyans, to work on ‘the installation of cholera shots and to get his passport in order. . _ o_ u_ _A WESTMOUNT PLACE Ee SHOPPING CENTRE Westmount Rd. & Erb Street *\ Waterioo Phone 578â€"0290 below Smitty‘s Pancake House ~ and Tavern §A 4 _ Reservations for FATHER‘S DAY SUNDAY, JUNE 15 now being taken Phone 578â€"0290 ROAST BEEF including salad bar, and hot french bread Tuesday and Wednesday Order one dinner at the regular price and get a second dinner for only 1c Tuesday and Wednesday only. The King of Roasts $4.95 â€" $5.95 â€" $6.95 servings Served Nightly from 5 p.m, ‘featuring prime rib‘ Licensed Under L.L. B.O. ) * Waterloo student spent work term in desert _ three huge turbines which would power wells bringing water from a lake deep beâ€" low the desert for irrigation. He said that each turbine would drive 30 wells, each of which could irrigate 100 acres of desert sufficiently enough to support a wheat crop. A maximum of 17 megaâ€" watts of electric power could be produced from each of the three 80â€"ton turbines. A couple of years ago during zero degree Fahrenâ€" heit weather in Winnipeg, one similar machine working at full capacity supplied power for the entire city for several hours. An English firm was in charge of the installation of the wells and sprinklers. Mr. Stephenson said that a few were in operation with temâ€" porary power when he left and thie experiment seemed to be successful. ‘When I got there the wheat was about two inches high; when I left, less than three months later, it was above my knees and starting to turn yellow,"‘ He said. "A lot of the guys. were anxiously counting the days until the end of the work term but then a few days A4 o# had never seen a turbine work before and added that it would have been interestâ€" ing to stay and see the reâ€" â€" sults of the various tests that they would be running . on the turbines. An agreement which was made between Westingâ€" house and the Libyan govâ€" emment prevents Westingâ€" _ house to bring any of their equipment back to Canada, _wanted to go or not." _ Mr. Stephenson said he really felt a sense of accomâ€" plishment when he left. He before â€"leaving. we really for example the four new trucks which they had sent over, Stephenson said. The desert is very flat in Libya. said, ‘"‘but the closest one to us was 70 miles away. The closest town was 500 miles away. We were just out there and that was it." He said that it was not alâ€" ways hot; during February and March it was about 60 degrees Fahrenheit at noon, and 40 degrees in the early morning and at suppertime. In April however, the morâ€" ning ard evening temperaâ€" ‘"‘There was the odd sandâ€" s20%, > STOCK INVENTORY â€" ‘Storewide‘ _ â€"â€"â€"â€" ..z anca a«k looeo0]] :: . 74" ; repuction |*"L7% SALE â€" TUNERS e RECEIVERS e AMPLIFIERS TURNTABLES e SPEAKERS If you haven‘t already visited the new SYNTHESIS II may we suggest you do so. You‘re in for a ‘SOUND EXPERIENCE® WESTMOUNT PLACE SHOPPING CENTRE, WATERLOO â€" 579â€"5650 AND SYNTHESIS I!I, 8 MARKET VILLAGE, KITCHENER â€" 579â€"4990 SYNTHESIS ture was 60 degrees, and at noon it went up to 120 or that it is supposed to be quite a bit hotter there now and expressed some sympaâ€" thy towards his friends still on the job. There was not much to do besides work he said. They worked 10 hours a day, seven days a week and tried not to get bored. would have to stop working for a few hours in the afterâ€" "It was really hot. The steel and stuff, you couldn‘t even touch the tools.‘‘ : They built a swimming pool and since the nights were chilly, the water stayed quite cool. «000 Some of the crew planted grass seed in front ofâ€"their camp that spellied out Welâ€" come to Westinghouse for something to do to pass the Sale Held at Both Locations spent But he said they soon reâ€" gretted it because the grass grew so eapjckly. One of the men tried to keep it short with the aid of scissors but added that it was quite a fuâ€" tile attempt. There were flights from (Except IMF Speakers and Records) crew _ Weterloo Chronicle, Wednesday, June 11, 1975 â€" Page 7 Benghazi twice a week which brought the men food and mail. Thereâ€" w which could be used in beâ€" tween the regular flights. One of the Canadians from the camp along with two other men were lost in the desert for three days with only one small bottle of waâ€" from the camp and Mr. Stephenson said that if you got on the wrong side of ‘them you would miss the camp which is exactly what happened to the men. The men had gone to the airstrip 70 miles away for some â€"supplies. There was some sandâ€"dunes 30 miles He added that he felt that was the most memorable experience he had there. Since there were not many engineers at the site, Mr. Stephenson did a little bit of everything. Most of the time he worked with the electrical engineer wiring lights, turâ€" â€"bine controls, motors ‘and He spent his first work term in his father‘s welding shop in Allanburg, Onatrio so he was able to assist the mechanical engineer with &4Q* away was running. The other two should be running by Septâ€" ember and then the irrigaâ€" tion project will be in full operation. Hydro meet Sept. 17 the welding of pipes and varâ€" ious other jobs. . Mr. Stephenson discovered to his surprise that two of the Canadians there were graduates of UW. Dave Gilâ€" roy was the chief electrical engineer, and the mechaniâ€" cal engineer was Graham Bayes, These men are still in Libya working on the proâ€" Don Meston and Buck Uffelman, two Hydro comâ€" ‘missioners, have been apâ€" pointed to a committee for the Ontario Municipal Electrical Association‘s district convention schedâ€" uled to be held in Waterloo on Sept. 17. ~ left the site late in April, About 100 delegates from an area bounded by Guelph, Stratford and Goderich are expected to attend the conâ€" .