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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2017-05-24, Page 1010 Huron Expositor • Wednesday, May 24. 2017 Photos by Justine akema/Chnton News Record Sheridyn Van Altena is tackled while Olivia McCarter is about to hit the ruck to keep possession. St: Anne's girls' rugby WOSSAA champions for 10th year in a row Justine Alkema Postmedia Network The St. Anne's girls' rugby team can now say that for the entire past decade, they have been the WOSAA champions of their sport. St. Anne's hosted the WOSSAA championship game at their school on May 18. They played against South Collegiate Institute from London, winning 64-0 on the blustery day. On top of winning ten years in a row, they have won 12 of the last 13 years. They lost the champion- ship game at WOSSAA in 2007, but other than that, they have gotten first place since 2005. OFSAA is in Ajax from May 29-31. Competition will be tough, but coach Ryan Clancy said they have a chance. "We're going to have to bring our a -game, because every team deserves to be there," he said. "The girls are pretty excited; we have a good team. We'll give it our best shot and see how things go" He expects they will get a decent ranking, maybe in fifth or sixth. Huron County 4-H members form group for IPM Justine Alkema Postmedia Network "Ihe newly formed club "4-111PM County Plowers" will by busy over the next four months planning a tem display for the 2017 IPM. The tent will be filled with games and information about 4-H and agriculture. All members of the group are a part of 4-11 clubs in Iluron County and are all ages 16 and under. "Each [member isi bringing dif- ferent experiences to our county wide club," said leader Jolande Oudshoom in an email. "[They] are super excited to organize this display" Their first meetingwas in Clinton at the OMAFRA office on April 26. They began with some icebreaker games to get to know each other. Then, they held elections. Their new president is Brooklyn f-ien- driks, vice president is Megan Met- ske, treasurer is Austin Bieman, attendance recorder is Alycia Coul- tes and cover designer is Emily Bieman. Youth leaders are Brooklyn Hen- driks and Drew Terpstra. Other leaders include Jolande Oud- shoorn, Marita Oudshoorn, Ursina Studhalter, Monique Baan, Reg Vinnicombe and Don Dodds. They discovered at their meeting that one of their leaders, Ursina Stud - halter, was a past Huron County Queen of the Furrow for 2014. The group will be selling bows as & Associates �ssociaces COMPLETE FAMILY DENTISTRY 55 Main St. S, Seaforth Ont. NOK -1W0 519-527-1370 ea orthhuronex 1 ositor.co • Contributed photo At a recent meeting, leader Don Dodds tells members about his experiences at all five IPMs in Huron County, the first one being held in 1946. a fundraiser to purchase matching shirts to wear at the plowing match. At their first meeting, leader Don Dodds described his experiences at all five IPMs in Huron County, the first one being held in 1946. He had a lot of stories about Wingham's IPM (1978) known as the "Money Match" Port Albert's IPM (1946) known as the "Victory Match, Seaforth (1966) known as the "Mud Match" and Dashwood (1999) known as the "Dust Match': C.H.S.S. using cutting edge technology Justine Alkema Postmedia Network C.H.S.S. is using a couple impressive pieces of technology in their classrooms - a laser cut- ter and performance capture technology suits. A laser cutter is being used across all of C.H.S.S.'s tech programs. This tool uses a laser which is directed through the use of mirrors and computerized mechanical movements to cut and engrave various types of materials. It will be used to manufacture gears and parts designed by students using design software, produce signs and models in all kinds of con- figurations, and create archi- tectural scale models in detail. This cutter will be featured in an upcoming article in the News Record. Their other piece of technol- ogy are performance capture technology suits being used by CommTech classes. Teacher Jac- qui Vercruyssen said almost no other high schools have this type of technology. These suits are new at the school this school year. They come with a price tag of $3000 a suit; C.H.S.S. has two of them. "The suits have neurons which are placed by the body's main movements, so the suit captures what the person in the suit is doing as far as move- ment, and it transfers that to digital," said Vercruyssen. So, a skeleton of the person can be seen on the screen of the per- son as they move. These types of suits were used predominantly in the sporting industry. So, an athlete would wear it to perfect their skills, whether that be a golf swing, etc. They could wear the suit, do the movement, and see on the screen what their motion looks like. More recently, it has been used in the animation and film industry; this is also how C.H.S.S. is using it. It was used in films such as Avatar, where there is a fictional character, but the body movements are human thanks to the suits. For these high budget films, the suits usually cost between $20,000 - $40,000, because it is a full body suit C.H.S.S.'s is mostly straps which go on different parts of the body. Two students, Ethan Kropf and James Leishman, have been using the suits. For months, they have spent every class period figuring out the techonology and programs and creating with it. Leishman has created a gain- ing world on a program called Unity, and Kropf has created an animated character. When Kropf wears the suit, he appears as a skelton on Leish- man's game. When he walks around the room, he can be seen walking through Leishman's gaming world he created, with all his movements correspond- ing on screen. They are working on turning Kropf's skeleton into the character he designed. Vercruyssen said, "It's about providing them with exposure of something at the college level. It's keeping them on the cutting edge."