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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 1999-10-06, Page 5News Local men get ice ready for the Leafs By Scott Hif.ndorff Expositor Editor This hockey season, Toronto Maple Leaf fans can see the results of the efforts of two local men at each home game.. . . - In fact. they've helped keep the team in line. Dough Hugill and Graham Nesbitt had a chance to paint the lines and logos on the ice at the Air Canada Centre last month for Jet Ice. a company that specializes in arena ice from the developing the paint used to colour the lines to quality of the ice surface itself. Hugill and Nesbitt. through Jet Ice. paint several arenas in the area.'including Seaforth's, and. Nesbitt received a call from Jet Ice early last month asking for help in a pinch with painting the ice at the Air Canada Centre. the Maple Leafs' new home in -Toronto. "They wanted to know it we could give them a hand." said Hugill. who didn't believe it when Nesbitt asked if he would be able to help out. Nesbitt is a Philadelphia. Flyers fan while Hugill backs thc•Leafs and the two will often joke. around about their favourite teams. _ • • Hilgendorff photo Hugill was sure this .was Doug Hugill had the chance to paint the lines and logos for the Toronto Maple Leafs THE HURON EXPOSITOR, October 6, 1999-5 GUEST HOME - seo4 •Quality Care • Affordable Rates •Horne Cooked Meals ASSIcS 2� CAFE going to 'be a joke of Nesbitt's. . It wasn't. • Hugill found himself going through clearance. entering the back of the centre and on the ice surface painting the lines and face -aft -circles: "It's basically the same thing here in size." said Hugill of the ice surface. Some of the measurements were a little different but the work was virtually the same. Except he was in the home of his favourite professional hockey team. painting the lines and logos his favourite- nlaycrs would .bc skating - over Tor the season. The only logo he didn't get to paint was the actual Maple Leaf emblem. "I would have loved to have painted the actual leaf but they couldn't find it." he said. It was in the plans for him. • to do it that day but a search of the Air Canada Centre and Maple Leaf Gardens. the" team'sformer, home' from last season, :failed. to turn up the template needed to paint the logo. . Hugill wonders: if it didn't disappear into the home of a fan with the move out of. Maple Leaf Garden's last season. A new logo was made that day but wasn't painted _until the next when Neshitt•an(I Hugill were utiasailahlc. Regardless. Hugill said. "It was just good to be .there to do it." ' .He said there was a little extra pressure painting for the Leafs. making Sure he didn't drip any paint or that the lines weren't just the slightest hit out. something ,+ -referee.coitid call a_game over. TV desensitizes children to violence Studies -look at how violence on TV awake. Toddlers are highly influenced by their parents' has an impact on children watching viewing habits From Page 4 children. Children may become desensitized to real life violence.. They may see the world as a mean and scary place or they may expect others to resort to physical violence to resolve conflicts. • The studies also looked more specifically at how different aged children are affected by what they watch. At age two-and=a=half, toddlers begin to - pay attention to the television set and begin to imitate what •they see and hear on television. Since toddlers have a strong preference for cartoons and other programs that have characters who move fast, there , is considerable likelihood that they will be exposed to large amounts of violence. Preschoolers behave more aggressively than usual in their play after watching any high -action television content. but especially after watching violent television. By•age eight. children are more likely to be sensitive to important moderating influences of television content and will not become more aggressive themselves ___.if the violence the see is portrayed as evil. as causing human suffering .or as resulting in punishment or disapproval. • But they are especially likely to show increased aggressionfrom watching violent television if they believe the violence reflects real life. they identify with a . violent hero (as boys often do) or if they engage in aggressive fantasies. One boy described a deliberate attempt to reduce his own fear by using identification. The first time he saw Nightmare on Elm Street. he said. "It was easy..1 pretended, I was Freddy. Kruger. Then I wasn't scared. •Now, that's what I always do and I am never scared." Since identifying with an aggressive hero has a strong influence on increasing aggression. this tactic for 1 • While watching television as a family has positive benefits. itrhas been found hat when most of our family line is spent around tilt clevision, the ncgativc effectsof television increase. Under these circumstances. children watch more violence and have •more faith in -the' reality of. television portrayals. It •has been found hat. when parents do watch violent programs with their children but do -not -discuss he content with them. their :hildren may actually reducing tear is chilling. Children may try to conquer their fears of t vulnerability and victimization by t desensitizing themselves through repeated exposure to horror movies. but to the extent that they desensitize themselves to. violence and fear they arc also very -likely becoming more tolerant of t violence -in the real world. Ab _sed c ildren.watch.. more television than other t children do. prefer violent programs and _ appear to admire violent heroes. become more aggressiVe. it ildren that Children who are both i abused and watchers of a great deal of television are ' t more likely .to commit t violent crimes later in life Since they aremore likely i than other children to perceive television content as accurately reflecting the real world and they may identify. with violent characters. There arc a number of ways parents can limit their chiliiren's exposure to violence. Restricting the amount and types. of programs children watch is probably the most effective approach for children of all ages. . However. there are also strategies -that are -specifically -- appropriate .for children at• different ages. Since toddlers have a strong preference for cartoons there is considerable likelihood that they will be exposed to Targe amounts of violence. 'Limiting such programs is wise with toddlers. who arc at an age when they like to imitate what they sec in life and on television. It is not the violence itself that makes the cartoons attractive to preschoolers but the accompanyingviyid production features. Educational programs that use such features as animation also appeal to toddlers without the negative' effects of violent content. Another important thing parents can do is watch less violent television themselves when their children are nay seem to c heir parents' appear -to he in favour of violent activities if hey watch such actions on he screen and do 'not comment on their nappropriateness. Rather than just watching together. parent's nerd to discuss. explain . and challenge. in particular. older ..children and adolescents 'need to•he encouraged to express their opinions and. to analyze and question telec'isif)n content: This strategy has been found to reduce their fears and aggressiveness. 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