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18 - October 5, 2005 • The Huron Expositor
Jennifer Hubbard photo
Seaforth Public School students Niki McIntosh, Jessica Menary, Katie Arts and Emily Lansink are in the centre of the pack as
the intermediate girls begin their race during last week's cross-country run at Hullett Central Public School.
All 30 NHL teams ready to hit the
ice after eventful past few months
The puck finally drops tonight,
when all 30 teams hit the ice in
the return of the National Hockey
League. (NHL).
I'm sure . I'm speaking for many
when I say, "it's about time."
I assumed once the lock -out was
settled back in the summer it would
be smooth skating up until now.
Instead, fans have had to put up
with endless distractions, beginning
with the league's new advertising
campaign, which I admit, isn't too
spectacular.
The commercial shows a generic
player being suited up by a scantily -
clad woman. She asks him "Are you
ready."
The ad sparked protest from
woman's rights advocate Martha
Burk, and although I believe any
media attention is good attention, I
would much rather have been hear-
ing about the action on the ice, not
off.
Burk said, "When she asks the
player if he's ready, it's a double-
entendre in my view. She's in the ad
as a groomer, a sex object."
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman
defended the aid saying, "It cele-
brates the return of hockey, and
honours the values, tradition and
emotion of the game we all love."
When did sex become part of the
NHL's values and tradition?
Hopefully the NHL realizes what
is going to sell their game back to
the fans who have lost interest.
The players.
Run commercials advertising your
young talented stars like Jarome
Iginla, Martin St. Louis, and Sidney
Crosby.
Show them what they're going to
be missing, not a actor they're never
going to see again.
In case this was not enough of a
distraction, the league has had to
face criticism over hitting during
the pre -season, most notably in
Los Angeles, where Jeremy
Roenick was laid out by Phoenix's
Denis Gauthier on Sept. 25.
The hit left Roenick with a
concussion.
This sparked a few days of discus-
sion on sports shows about whether
it's right to hit players during pre-
season.
That was until Roenick's team-
mate Sean Avery took the spotlight
and criticized Gauthier and his
background saying, "I think it was
typical of most French guys in our
league with a visor on, running
around and playing tough and not
back anything up."
Avery has since apologized for his
remarks.
Which brings us to today.
Some how we've made it through
and are ready to watch hockey,
where the players get to do the talk-
ing, with their game, on the ice.
It's about time.
Seaforth
Public School
finishes first at
annual cross-
country meet
With five first -place group
teams and five first -place run-
ners, Seaforth Public School came
first in the annual cross-country
meet at Hullett Central School
Londesboro last Wednesday.
"It was absolutely fantastic,"
says SPS coach Georgina
Reynolds. "Last year we only won
by one point but we had far more
runners in the top 10 this year."
SPS's first -place teams included
the midget girls, midget boys,
intermediate girls, senior girls
and senior boys.
First -place runners included
Tabitha Arts, midget girls; Paul
Doig, midget boys; Nicole
McIntosh, intermediate girls;
Alison Rowntree, senior girls and
Jon Shepherd, senior boys.
Of the 68 students involved in
the meet, 22 finished in the top
10.
In the novice girls' category,
Natasha Arts came sixth.
In the midget girls' category,
Melissa Glanville came fifth and
Farren Goos came eighth.
In the midget boys' category,
Ben Bakker came second,
William Ringgenberg came third,
Joe Geneau came sixth and
Spencer Gibbs came 10th.
In the junior girls' category,
Brianne Higenell came sixth and
Andrea Rowntree came seventh.
In the junior boys' category,
Zack McLean came 10th.
In the intermediate girls' cate-
gory, Katie Arts came second and
Emily Lansink came fifth.
In the intermediate boys' cate-
gory, Jordan Currie came 10th.
In the senior girls' category,
Alex Zaple came sixth and
Sammy Robinet came ninth.
In the senior boys' category,
Brandon Sallows came fifth and
David Bolton came sixth.
Huron Centennial Public
School came fourth in the meet.
From Huron Centennial, Carter
Burt came third in the novice
boys' category, Jordanna Murray
came second in midget girls' and
Shannen Murray came first in
junior girls'.