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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2017-03-15, Page 1414 Huron Expositor • Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Clinton native on South Korean national hockey team Justine Alkema Postmedia Network Clinton native Matt Dalton has taken a unique road in his professional hockey career. He is currently the goalie for the South Korean national team and will be competing with that team in the 2018 Olympics which South Korea is hosting. 30 year-old Dalton grew up playing hockey in Sea - forth, and he attended C.H.S.S.; his dad, Larry, is still a custodian at the school, and his mom, Karen, works at Huronview. Dalton started playing junior hockey with the St. Nlary's Lin- colns and then in the States in Montana and Iowa. I le was playing «rith a pro- fessional tears in Russia when he met a Korean man in London named Steve Beak who was running a hockey program there and had connections to the South Korean team. Beak knew the team was looking for a goalie and asked Dalton if he was interested. 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It isn't common for the team to look outside of South Korea for their players, though there are three other North Americans on the team with Dalton, two from the States and one from Can- ada. However it is even rarer that foreign players would get citizenship for their par- ticipation on the team. "I think we were the first ath- letes to get citizenship in Korea. It's a pretty important deal for them to make an exception for us. We're pretty lucky." As for his new residency, he said, "Seoul is one of the best cities I've ever been to. Culture wise, it's very different, but it's Contributed photo Matt Dalton will be playing with the South Korean national hockey team in the 2018 Olympics: been a great experience." He said he likes where he is and plans to be in Korea for the foreseeable future. He is there around eight months of the year, and for the rest of the year, he and his wife live at their home just south of Saint Joseph. Besides playing for the national team, Dalton also plays on the Asian League playing against teams in Russia, Korea, China and Japan. With the national team, he plays against Euro- pean countries as well. Of course, hockey is viewed differently in Korea. "Hockey is so new to these guys," said Dalton. "In Can- ada, we're born with it." He said popularity for the sport has been increasing in Korea. School board replacing potentially dangerous glass in schools Justine Alkema Postmedia Network The Avon Maitland Dis- trict School Board is looking to make the glass in their schools safer for students, staff and visitors. The original glass in most schools in the board is wired glass. Not long ago it was the standard glass to use, and many schools and other public buildings across the country have it. This glass was traditionally used as it is considered to be safer in preventing fires. When it breaks in the heat of a fire, its shards are retained by the wires, which can stop the fire from spreading. However since the shards are retained, that also makes it far more dangerous than if the shards were to break and fall away. This creates a haz- ardous situation for if some- one was to collide with the glass and break through it. Also, it is 50% weaker than regular glass making it more likely to break against an impact. Schools all over are realiz- ing the dangers of the glass WI 103 Years Young! • oirthow JEAN LUNN March 18, 2017 From Family, Friends & Neighbours ► 1/,> >Ali ,jr.4:' 1; and there have been numer- ous serious injuries and law- suits in school boards all over the country; in the States, traditional wired glass is being phased out of schools altogether. However Canada has been slower to follow suit. The Avon Maitland school board started fixing their glass around one and a half years ago. Instead of replac- ing the glass altogether, they are putting a laminate safety film over it. It will take a long time to fix all the wired glass in their SEAFORTH LEGION BRANCH #156 FRIDAY, MARCH 17Th, 2017 ST. PADDY'S DAY CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE SUPPER $10.00 PER PERSON ONLY 100 TICKETS AVAILABLE GET YOURS EARLY! ;TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE BAR; ALSO - IRISH MUSIC ea orthhuronex 1 ositor.co schools, but they are doing it slowly according to funding they receive for the endeavot So far, they have ensured all the display cases and mirrors are safe and are beginning to fix the glass in the interior school doors in the high schools. They also are looking at doing the exterior doors. Some work will be done this summer "The majority of doors that have this glass are cross cor- ridor or stairwell door," said Darren Rau, the board's maintenance manager. He said it is important to fix those as kids are more likely to be roughhousing in the hall where these doors are. He said they have nine high schools to do. "It's a slow process because it takes time and money, he said. i'� 1i*1111r�•NIlsr Justine Alkema/PosbnedialNetwork Wired glass in a door at C.H.S.S.