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Canada
Toronto Raptors put Canada basketball on the map this year
From here to the North
Pole, Canada is promi-
nently known for
hockey. About two hours
from Seaforth is a city not
quite recognized as the
northern most point on
Earth, but more so by a
phrase "We The North" An
expression that lets you know
not just hockey but on the
contrary basketball is more
than alive in Toronto and
thanks to this astral year by
the NBA's only Canadian
team, the whole country is
buzzing over dinosaurs or
should I say Raptors.
It seems as if the orange
ball is outdoing the puck in
Canada. It's weird to think
like that, but with all these
intense NBA Playoff games,
it's hard not to feel that way
with the success of the
Toronto Raptors, by going
on a tare with a 52-26
Column
Shaun Gregory
record for the 2015-16 sea-
son. Which was their best
season I might add. And
what felt like only inches
from the NBA finals, that
too being their best playoffs
performance.
One would think basketball
may have grown here - much
more superior - a long time
ago. Given the fact that an
Almonte Ontarian by the
name of Dr. James Naismith
is the man who invented the
sport.
Nonetheless, it's here and
it's popular as ever.
I don't believe basketball
will exceed hockey, though it
may come close. Hockey is
how we are hereditarily
wired; it's in our
bloodstream.
In the last 50 years, besides
11 players, every single num-
ber one draft in the National
Hockey League pick came
from the maple leaf.
Pretty much from birth, out
of the more than 30 million
Canucks, a huge chunk of the
population can most likely
perform a slap shot. Junior or
senior level, the country
flourishes from hockey.
Canadian -born players cram
the National Hockey League.
In numbers we are 49.7 per
cent of the 680 players that
are on the team's roster for
the first two weeks of play in
the 2015-16
season, according to The
Sports Network (TSN). At this
moment in time, those statis-
tics mean nothing as the
thousands of die-hard
Toronto Raptors basketball
fans screamed "Thank You"
May 27.
The unusual part of the
gratitude is the "We The
North" fanatics were holler-
ing this as the team lost in the
third round series 4-2 to the
Cleveland Cavaliers.
Reaching as far as the Rap-
tors did was a feat in itself.
And those fans recognized it.
With this new success, the
sky is the limit with basket-
ball in Canada, so watch out
hockey.
Signing out from this hot
muggy Seaforth Huron
Expositor office, Shaun AKA
the guy who loves basketball
and hockey.
#WETHENORTH
The outside view is nice
For Such A
if Time As This
Pastor Laurie Morris
VV
e live on the sixth
floor of an apart-
ment building in
Woodstock, in the 'v' where
the two wings of the building
meet at the foyer. Our living
room/dining room/kitchen
area looks out via large slid-
ing doors in a northwestern
view.
We get the most wonderful
sunsets, and on Sunday
evening it was just gorgeous.
First the orange ball was
sitting on the horizon and I
sat in wonder as it worked its
way downward - then the
whole spectrum of the sky
was lit up in orange hues
through the mottled clouds
on the horizon.
It was simply spectacular.
As those who know me at
all know, I am not particu-
larly good at simply stopping
and resting. But the recovery
process from my recent sur-
gery has meant I took a delib-
erate commitment to get bet-
ter which meant not being
my 'overactive' self.
Thus I have been present,
sitting in my lazy boy chair
most evenings the last two
weeks admiring this daily
spectacular in all its various
forms.
I also love being beside
water - it can be a river, or a
lake or an ocean, that doesn't
really matter. Each one has
its own unique charm. But
even when the waves are
roaring and crashing I find
that scenario very relaxing.
Of course looking out on
completely still water at sun-
rise with a coffee in hand is
even more so. [The coffee
isn't necessary but it adds to
the enjoyment!]
I still remember one day
years ago when I was a stu-
dent driving back from my
home in Grimsby Ont. to a
camp I attended on Lake Erie,
and simply spending the day
alone on the stairs that went
down the bluff by the water.
After all these years, that
relaxing and meditating day is
still in my memory banks.
Well, as you know I am a
pastor. One of the things that
I really believe is that
Almighty God has put his
mark on all of creation so
that we can see that there is
order and design. In fact, in
Romans it teaches that God's
invisible attributes are shown
through what He has created.
So it made sense to me, a
long time ago, to discover
who this Author of this mar-
vellous creation was and what
He was really like. It made
more sense to believe in Him
and what He had revealed not
only in creation, but also in
His Word and in His Son
whom He sent to this earth to
show us His very nature.
On evenings like today,
when He paints the sky with
such glorious colours and in
such intricate patterns, that
belief is reinforced.
After all, the Scriptures say:
"the heavens declare the
glory of God, and the firma-
ment shows His handiwork."
Pretty marvellous!
Scoreboard
Seaforth
Ar Shuffleboard
May 25, 2016
Men's high: Arnold Ram-
sey, Harvey Norton and
Hugo Menheere 3 wins.
Ladies' high: Audrey Hoff and
Joyce Matzold 2 wins.
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