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Be not afraid oflife. Believe that life isworth living, and yourbelief will help createthe fact.

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Brent Riberdy, owner of Hidden Trail Escape Rooms, inside one of the rooms Nov. 3. The facility is the second ofits kind to open in Windsor. The first one, Enigma Escape Rooms, opened earlier this year.

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Accessible support for Down syndromeA Leamington woman

would like to see Downsyndrome programs andservices become morecoordinated.Stephanie Segave is a

mother of three and her sonBrady Novak, 5, has Downsyndrome. Segave

volunteers her time at UpAbout Down, anorganization that providesservices to assist those withfamily members affected bythe syndrome.Down syndrome is a

congenital disorder causedby a chromosome defectwhere the individual hasextra genetic material on21st chromosome. It can

cause intellectualimpairment, delayeddevelopment and physicalabnormalities such as shortstature and a broad facialprofile. According to theCanadian Down SyndromeSociety nearly 800 childrenwith Down syndrome areborn every year in Canada.

Up About Down works toimprove the lives of

individuals with Downsyndrome and theirfamilies. They provideaccurate and positiveinformation throughadvocacy and education ofpeople in Windsor-EssexCounty. Up About Downoperates under theWindsor-Essex Down

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Syndrome Association andhas been serving thecommunity for close to 20years.“We provide families with

services like networking.Networking betweenfamilies allows individualsto share information,” saidSegave. “We also haveoccasional classes likecooking and seasonalevents that bring peopletogether.”Segave said these services

are volunteer based and arenot the same as those run bythe government or private

companies. The servicesoffered are meant to bringpeople together and to getthem involved in thecommunity.She said her son does

receive some assistancethrough his school where heattends regular classes andis helped by a learningsupport worker. Novak also receives

occupational therapy withhis fine motor skills, as wellas physical therapy andspeech therapy.These free services are

limited in the support theycan offer. Segave pays foradditional speech therapy

for Novak and a respiteprovider so he can attendactivities like day camp.“There are a large number

of services available in thecommunity,” said Segave.“Some of the services arefunded and some areservices that are paid. Theproblem is the services arespread out. I have to call one place and

then call another then callback to the first place. If myjob wasn’t as flexible as it isI would have to quit. I thinkthat if there was some formof coordination between theservices it might benefitfamilies.”

Brady Novak, 5, and his mother Stephanie Segave pose for a photograph outside theTD Student Centre. Segave makes weekly trips to Windsor to take her son to programsand appointments.

Sagave said she hopes newtechnologies can be used tohelp create coordinationbetween services andinformation. She also hopesinformation about eachindividual’s appointments,nutrition and healthconcerns could be compiledin the same way.She said the Government

of Ontario is currently tryingto help families byproviding them withcoordinators. This service iscalled the Ontario SpecialNeeds Strategy whichoutlines three steps toidentifying children earlierand getting them helpsooner, coordinating serviceplanning and making easiersupport and servicedeliveries.

This plan involves fourministries which areworking with parents, youth,service providers andcommunities to helpchildren with special needs.They are Children andYouth Services, Health andLong-Term Care, Educationand Community and SocialServices.

The plan of the Ontariogovernment is a system thatis coordinated, accessibleand centred on the needs ofchildren, youth, adults andtheir families according tothe Ministry of Children andYouth Services website.

Certain organizations areusing some of these core

ideas in their approach tothis issue. CommunityLiving Windsor is one of theorganizations utilizingsimilar methods to assistpeople in finding servicesthat will fit their desiredlifestyle.Sue Armaleo, a manager of

family support atCommunity LivingWindsor, said the servicesprovided by theorganization help those whoare disabled be moreinvolved in theircommunity. She also saidthe first step for people toget more involved ischanging their view ofpeople with disabilities.

“The language people useis very important and canaffect the way peoplebehave,” said Armaleo.“People do say, ‘here’s aDown syndrome person’instead of ‘here is a personwho has Down syndrome’.They should be recognizedas a person first, a personwho just happens to have adisability.”More information about

support services offered byCommunity Living Windsorcan be found atwww.clwindsor.org orcontact 519-974-4221.

For information aboutservices offered by UpAbout Down visit 519-973-6486 or visitwww.upaboutdown.org

BlackBerry’s last kick at the smartphone can

Photo courtesty of BlackBerryThe new BlackBerry Priv.

Michelle LaramieConverged Citizen StaffBlackBerry has announced

the release of their newsmartphone, the BlackBerryPriv, in November. hoping toregain their customer base for

handheld devices.The Priv will combine the

best of BlackBerry securityand productivity with the ben-efits of the Android platform.It will continue to run on theBB10 operating system which

the company says they willcontinue to develop, with ascheduled upgrade to a 10.3.3version in March 2016. ThePriv offers a hiddenSmartSlide keyboard, DTEKby BlackBerry warning sys-tem, 5.4” dual curved screen,22.5 hours of multi-use bat-tery life with a 3410 mAh bat-tery, a Schneider-Kreuznachcertified camera and sellswithout a contract for $899.

“We are focused on makingfaster progress to achieveprofitability in our handsetmarket,” said Chief ExecutiveOfficer John Chen in a finan-cial release on Sept. 25.

BlackBerry was a leader inthe smartphone market butbegan to slip in the last fewyears when users started

switching to Apple or Androidwhich were upgrading andimproving with the times.They were offering more appsand this appeals to users look-ing for the next best thing.

The release of the Priv islooked at by some asBlackBerrys last kick at thesmartphone can. The Priv willbe offered online at Rogers.caor BlackBerry.ca. The Rogersstore on Tecumseh road will-carry them, but only on specialorder.

“All of our BlackBerrydevices are on special order.We just don’t sell enough ofthem to carry them in regularstock,” said Samuel McLean,who is a customer service rep-resentative for Rogers.

Some people think that it is a

great idea for BlackBerry tofinally catch up and integratewith a new platform but feel itmay be too little too late.

“I think it is great thatBlackBerry is adding theAndroid platform. TheBlackBerry world was prettylimited but I really don’t thinkit’s worth it,” said ShannonDeWit, 36. DeWit was a loyalBlackBerry user until Androidoffered more for less. “I thinkthey have a great idea but Ijust wouldn’t risk spendingthat much money on achance,” said DeWit.

BlackBerry is known for itsown dedicated network forexcellent security as well asthe BlackBerry Hub an aggre-

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newsFunds raised for farmers market via tweet

Following council’s deci-sion on Oct. 2 to not waivean additional $3,000 in feesfor the use of Charles ClarkSquare next summer, oneWindsorite used socialmedia to launch the cam-paign that could help theDowntown WindsorFarmers Market succeed foryears to come.

Jon Liedke of the WindsorIndependent said he becamefrustrated Monday nightwhile viewing Windsor’sCity Council meeting on TVCogeco. Without muchthought or planning he saidhe wrote a tweet inviting 29Windsorites who shared hisview to donate $100 to theDowntown Windsor FarmersMarket just to highlight whata small amount of money itwas.“I want to see them become

sustainable and see them getto a point where they canraise rates for their farmers,

start to pay the city moremoney and maybe get to apoint where they can buytheir own building, thatwould be great,” saidLiedke.

Less than 24 hours aftersharing his pitch with theworld, Liedke said hisFacebook, Twitter and emailaccounts were flooded withmessages of support fromlocal media, interested spon-sors and serious pledges. Hesaid he was surprised tolearn a lot of pledges weremade by people in their 20sand early 30s who don’t typ-ically get involved in poli-tics. Still, he said he wasexcited to see the outpouringof support for the DWFMand hopes city council willspend less time arguingabout money and more timefocusing on what they cando to move Windsor for-ward.

“I’m glad it worked and ifthat means we can now startto have a conversation aboutamenities in our city and

whether or not people wantto see these types of thingscontinue I think that’s agreat starting point,” saidLiedke.

Rino Bortolin for Ward 3was one of the four council-lors who supported theDowntown ResidentsAssociation’s proposal toreduce fees again for theDWFM. As a former vendorand current restaurantowner, he believes the mar-ket is a valuable use of pub-lic space and the city shouldwork to develop a directpartnership with the marketin the future.

“It’s adding to the culturalfabric of the city, creatingeconomic developmentopportunities and it’s non-profit,” said Bortolin“I can understand Jon’s and

other people’s frustration. Ican’t believe how manyemails and calls I’ve beengetting asking how the citycan nickel and dime onegroup for $3,000 then turnaround and spend 5 million

dollars more on somethingelse.” Tim Marshall is a returning

vendor and site facilitatorfor the DWFM. Marshallsaid the current $35 perweek fee vendors pay isused primarily to cover thecost of DRA services includ-ing promotion, liabilityinsurance and some salaries.He also said vendors use aminimal amount of the city’selectricity and water inexchange for the manygrowing number of jobs andbusinesses they create yearround.

“I’ve heard some people callit a special interest groupbefore, but I have lots of cus-tomers who come down fromRiverside, Tecumseh andSouth Windsor each Saturdayso I guess everyone who livesin the city is a special interestgroup because we all benefitfrom the market, both thevendors and the people whoshop there,” said Marshall.

Several city councillors re-stated Monday that their main

reasoning for continuing tocharge non-profits like theDWFM for the use Windsor’spublic spaces is because theydo not want to create a “free-for-all” that could apply to allvolunteer-based organiza-tions. Bortolin, on the otherhand, said he would like moregroups to take up the chal-lenge and more Windsoritesvoicing their opinion onimportant council issuesusing platforms like socialmedia.

“If the problem becomes wehave too many groups whoare volunteer driven anddoing great work like theDWFM then that’s a greatproblem to have, especiallywhen we’re talking aboutwaving fees for empty spaceand not handing out grants,”said Bortolin.

As of Wednesday, Nov. 4,shortly before 4 p.m. Liedkewrote another post confirm-ing more than $3,000 inpledges have been made aswell as promises for addi-tional funds in the future.

Photo by Taylor BuschCharles Clarke Square, summer home of the Downtown Farmers Market, is pictured Nov. 5.

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KICK PAGE 2gation tool for messagingmaking them popularamongst business profes-sionals. Some companiesthat supply employees withtheir mobile devices havemoved on to Apple orAndroid phones becausethey have surpassed them

with the interactive multi-media features they offeredand perfected first. FormerWindsor mayor EddieFrancis was an avid user ofBlackBerry.

“Until about a year agowhen I started my new role(Vice President WFCU) andto my devastation they hand-ed me an iPhone… I have

been on an iPhone for abouta year now and I have beenable to move on,” saidFrancis.

Ina Bragiannis, an opera-tions manager at TeamIndustrial Inc. regularly usedBlackBerry for work. “Itwas a very convenient phoneto use for managing the 80plus email interactions

daily,” said Bragiannis. Hercompany decided to changeservice providers and withthat she was issued aniPhone.

“Change sucks,” saidBragiannis. “But you getused to it. It’s just a learningcurve.” Bragiannis is notagainst switching back toBlackBerry but that would

be up to her company.The make or break of

BlackBerry rejoining theworld of handheld devicesseems to be how they marketthemselves towards largecompanies.

These companies are call-ing the shots on what phonesare supplied to their employ-ees.



newsNeighbourhood program needs their CUP filled

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Martial arts benefit children with ADHDParticipation in martial

arts is proving to befavourable for kids livingwith ADHD.

While many alternativesto medication for childrenwho have ADHD come andgo, participation in martialarts does not seem to begoing anywhere. In fact, it isgaining support from parentsand medical professionalsalike.

John Ratey, the associateclinical professor ofpsychology at Harvard, is afirm believer in using martialarts to help children dealingwith ADHD. Ratey haswritten several books relatedto the subject.

“This is not a cure, but itis certainly a usefulintervention,” said Ratey inan article published in theNew York Times.

Sally Armstrong, whoseson was diagnosed withADHD at age seven, said shedid not need a doctor to tellher that martial art classes

exercise stimulatesnorepinephrine anddopamine, the chemicals inthe brain that ADHDmedications target. Thischemical reaction can helpto reduce some of thesymptoms of ADHD, suchas hyperactivity.

Ratey goes on to say thatmartial arts offer benefitsthat extend past those fromsports such as baseball andsoccer because it requirescomplex motor movements.

These extra benefitsinclude helping kids channeltheir energy and practicingself-control in a safe and funspace, according toparenting.com.

It also provides structureand stability in the child’sschedule, which are keyaspects of daily life forsomeone living with ADHD.

Ratey said that martialarts not a substitute formedical treatment forADHD, but a supplementand any medical issuesshould always be discussedwith a physician.

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A municipal committeehas made a decision in favourof funding the city-wideCommunity UniveristyPartnership.

Ward 5 councilor EdSleiman, chairperson of theSocial Development Healthand Culture StandingCommittee, made a motion toapprove the CUP during thecommittee’s meeting on Nov.4. The other four city councilmembers on the committeebacked him up.

Out of the two agendareports that had delegations,only the CUP was discussed.The other item, the MunicipalNeighbourhood LiaisonModel, was deferred.

The CUP is a program cur-rently active in seven commu-nities in the Windsor-Essexarea that connects universitystudents with members of acommunity that are moresecluded or have trouble voic-ing their issues to their land-lords. This can start with

something as simple as chat-ting over coffee in one of theCUP buildings, which leads toa relationship between tenantsand students. This programbuilds trust which allows ten-ants to learn simple life skills,such as the ability to commu-nicate problems to their land-lords.

“Until you identify whatthe problem is you can’t go

City Council member Ed Sleiman takes his seat as Chairperson of the Social Development,Health and Culture Standing Committee before he begins the meeting, Nov. 4.

about solving the problem,”said Jim Steele, chief execu-tive of the Windsor EssexCommunity HousingCorporation.

Steele said the programalso benefits the students byproviding them with a bettercareer image and more respectas well as service hours need-ed to complete their program.This is gained from the hands-

on experience they get fromworking with the tenants inareas specifically gearedtowards their field of study.

According to Steele, therelationship that buildsbetween the students and ten-ants helps change the stu-dents’ perspectives on a stig-ma the rest of Windsor mayhave about that particularneighbourhood.

“We are leaders in this,” saidDebbie Cercone, ExecutiveDirector of Housing andChildren’s Services. “We are avery unique program thatmany communities are theenvy of.”

Cercone said that MaryMedcalf, Coordinator of FieldEducation Programs at theUniversity of Windsor andCheryl Taggart, FieldLearning Specialist at the uni-versity, have presented thismodel in communities acrossthe province.

Cercone credits Medcalfas the visionary for the CUPprogram. It started as a solu-tion to some crime issues inone of the neighbourhoodsand has grown from there.Cercone said she believes theprogram has immense valuefor housing, students and ten-ants.

The request for fundingwill be brought to the nextavailable city council meet-ing where a final decisionwill be made.

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were effective.“The fact that he could

actually sit still after jiu jitsuwas all the proof I needed,”said Armstrong.

Seth Quiring, an

instructor at Ribeiro Jiu Jitsuin Tecumseh, said that hesees firsthand the benefits ofexercise, especially martialarts. He believes in theimportance of the mind-body

connection.“Physical activity is

extremely important forpeople,” Quiring said.

Ratey mirrors that idea inhis books, explaining that

Students at Ribeiro Jiu Jitsu School in Tecumseh listen to their instructor during aThursday night class.


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Fat under the microscopeThere is a well-established link between fat intake and heart disease and stroke risk

Going from bad to good,butter, meat and cheese are apart of a healthy diet,according to an aninvestigative Americanjournalist.

Nina Teicholz, author of thebook The Big Fat Surprise,makes the argument on herwebsite that modern nutritionscience over the past 60 yearshas been wrong about dietary

fat. She is making agroundbreaking claim thatmore, not less dietary fatincluding saturated fat leads tobetter health, wellness andfitness and people shouldwelcome these “whole fats”back into their lives.

But according to Windsorfamily doctor LyndaHammond, there is a well-established link between fatintake and heart disease andstroke risk

“Diets which are rich in

saturated fat and trans fat raiseblood cholesterol level, whichleads to clogged arteries thatblock the flow of oxygen-richblood to the heart and brain,”she said.

Hammond explained thatthere are two type of fats, goodfat and bad fat, otherwiseknown as called trans fat.Good fats are an essential partof a healthy diet and are a greatsource of energizing fuel.Trans fats have no knownhealth benefits and there is nosafe level of consumption.

Hammond also said thatpeople usually do not knowhow much fat should be eaten,or how to avoid artery-clogging trans fat.

“The type of fat you eat isvery important,” saidHammond. “The average1,800-calorie diet should havebetween 40 and 65 grams of fatper day.

Vitamins A, D, E, and K arefat-soluble vitamins, meaningthat fat in foods helps theintestines absorb thesevitamins into the body. Fat alsoprovides essential fatty acidsand keeps skin soft.”

Surjeet Babbar, a dietician inWindsor, said a saturated fat isa bad fat, which is found infull-fat dairy products andmeat. Saturated fat should notbe consumed in more than 10per cent of your total caloriesper day.

“High intake of bad fat canincrease cholesterol levelswhich may risk heart diseases,”said Babbar.

“The main sources of yourdietary fat should be oils, nuts,seeds and fatty fish which isgood fat,” he said.“Unsaturated fat is found inoils like olive, canola,sunflower. It is recommendedto take at least two to threetablespoons of good fat.”

Eating unsaturated fatinstead of saturated or trans fatcan help lower your cholesterollevels and decrease your risk ofheart disease.

Hammond said it isimportant to include good fatsevery day. It is also vital tomeet the daily need foressential omega-3 and omega-6 fats. Omega-6 fat is easy toget since it is found in all typesof oil. A diet should contain

fatty fish, canola oil, flax,walnuts and omega-3 enrichedproducts like milk, cheese andeggs.

Research from the HarvardSchool of Public Healthindicates that trans fats canharm health in even smallamounts. For every two per centof calories from trans fatconsumed daily, the risk ofheart disease rises by 23 percent.

Foods containing fat can bepart of a healthy diet but expertssay to eat the right ones.Monounsaturated fats likealmonds and avocados andpolyunsaturated fats likewalnuts and fish are really goodfor health, whereas trans fatsfound in fast food like fries andpackaged foods like cake mixesshould be avoided at all costs.

According to CBC, peoplemight be puzzling over this newtheory about The Big FatSurprise and rethinking theireating habits. Most experts donot think of the book ascontroversial.

They just think the advice ofthe book advice is flat-outwrong.

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Post-Halloween sugar rushsugar, like pop or candy, isokay in moderation.

“What people don’t realizeis that you don’t have to cuteverything out of your dietyou like,” said Saunders.“Work, play, school, freetime, good food, bad food,exercise, lazy time, evensleep and being awake.Everything has to have itsbalance. Expose children tothese healthy, raw foodswhen they’re young sothey can carry thesehabits into their adultyears but don’t say noaltogether. They’ll want itmore.”

Humans are designed tometabolize glucose, whichgoes everywhere in the bodyand is the preferred sourcefor energy. However, theliver has a tough timemetabolizing fructose, the“bad” sugar. When fructoseand glucose meet, it makes

sucrose, which when refined,makes table sugar. The moreunnatural refined sugars achild is exposed to, the higherthe risk of obesity and otherobstacles associated with it.

Saunders said childrenneed tobe

bettereducated about what is goodand what is bad when itcomes to their bodies andhow to take care of them.

“It’s not about eating leafygreens and never eating badsugars. It might add a fewyears to your life, but it willmake you miserable,” saidSaunders.

There are ways to watchsugar intake over the horrorsof too much candy when

Halloween rolls aroundagain. Before going

trick-or-treating,ditch the giant candybags and opt for asmaller bag,making it fun bydecorating itbefore going out.

The Halloweenwitch could also pay

a visit, which is almostlike the tooth fairy. The

witch (the parent) stealsaway the candy after a week orso to leave a special toy in itsplace.

Kathleen Hearns, a localmother of four, said she goes

by her own rules.“I’ve always done this,

where if my child is five, theyget five pieces of candy thatyear. If they’re over 10, thenwe’ll talk. Just because it’sfun to go out for a few hoursand get candy doesn’t mean ithas to ruin my child’s health,”said Hearns. “After a fewdays, I’ll freeze it. Eventuallythe kids forget about the stashand I can put it in thegarbage.”

Parents can also trygetting their little ones to eatsomething healthy first andthen have candy. Thisencourages children to eatmore healthy food and leaveless room for the sugary junk.And if none of that works, tryand make time to go to thepark. Ten to 30 minutes isrecommended but maybestaying out a little longer toburn off the calories mighthelp too.

Children bouncing off thewalls for weeks afterHalloween is every frazzledparent’s nightmare. But whena child really wants that onelast piece of candy beforebrushing their teeth at night,it might be hard to say no.

However, experts saysugar is not good for anyone,especially children. Toomuch unnatural sugar canresult in obesity, affectlearning at school and evencause pre-diabetessymptoms.

The director of Child andAdolescent Services and theNeurobehavioralDepartment at Hotel Dieu-Grace Healthcare, CorySaunders, said while refinedsugars aren’t necessarilygood for you, havinganything with synthesized

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People of all faiths inWindsor are extending a hand

to help the refugees of theSyria, who are struggling withtheir lives inside and outsideof their country.

According to Citizenship

and Immigration of Canada, atotal of 2,563 refugees fromSyria have been resettled inCanada as of 2015 throughgovernment assisted and

privately sponsored refugeeprograms.

The Windsor IslamicAssociation collecteddonations on Oct. 31 forSyrian refugees.

Other local individualsand organizations also havelaunched programs to collectwinter clothes MohammadShamim Ahmed, Windsorlocal, said he had donatedmoney and winter clothes forthose refugees.

“I feel bad when I seechildren over there aresuffering so much. As aparent I can understand whattheir parents are goingthrough,” said Ahmed.

As the Syrian conflictescalates, even people whofled the country are stillsuffering. The season ischanging and winter ismaking everything difficult.People are fleeing to othercountries and risking theirlives to find a safe placewhere they can get shelterand food.

“It is time for theChristians to extend theirhand to the needy people ofSyria. It can be anything,even by praying for thosewho are suffering,” saidBrandon Taylor, pastor of theRiverside Baptist Church.“People are drowning in theocean and kids are sufferingthe most. They need helpfrom us all.”

He said through theirchurch they have collecteddonations so that food andwater can be sent to needypeople. A few people alsodirectly deposited money tothe refugee cause.

The Syrian civil war,which started in 2011 in aprotest against the rulinggovernment of Syria, hastaken many lives. The UnitedNations continues to worktorwards finding appropriateresponses to its effects.

“Even a smallcontribution from people canhelp the refugees of Syria alot,” said Taylor.

A biopsychology student atthe University of Michigan hassaid evolutionary brain patternsmake refined sugars desirable,even though the body cannotmetabolize them well.

Even though Halloween isover, these brain patterns aremaking Canadians consumemore sugar than they should.Why? Historically, people atesugar-dense foods because theyprovided energy and enlargedfat reserves during famines.Over thousands of years, theassociation between sugar andsurvival created mental rewardsystems in humans, makingthem crave it frequently.

This reward system existsbecause sugar increasesserotonin levels in the brain.The release of this chemicalstimulates the dopaminereceptor D2, according to thestudent, Vikrant Garg.

“These receptors tell us thatthese high-calorie energy foods

Have a sweet tooth? Blame brain evolutionare good for us,” said Garg.“They tell the brain to look forthem more and more.”

American physician MarkHyman found some peoplehave fewer D2 receptors thanothers. This causes them torequire more stimulation,prompting increased sugarconsumption. These people arethen more susceptible toproblems such as obesity andType 2 diabetes.

The modern abundance ofprocessed sugars, whichcontain fructose and little fibre,also contributes to these issues.Fructose, a simple sugar foundin plants, can only bemetabolized by the liver. Whenoverloaded, it turns the fructoseinto fat. It is unknown howlong it will take for the liver toevolve to metabolize it better,according to Garg.

“The best answer is that it’shard for me to say,” said Garg.“It’s important to note that a lotof this research also isn’t doneon humans, so even if they dofind evolutionary changes in

rats, those same evolutionarytraits may take much longer toshow up in humans, if at all.”

Regardless, these issues canbe avoided with subtle lifestylechanges. A local physicaltherapist and holistic healthenthusiast said one way is toconsume different types ofsweeteners.

“Not all sugars are createdequal,” said Jesse Chappus,who works at DJC IntegrativeTherapy. “There’s stevia,which comes from a leaf,xylitol, coming from birchtrees. You know, these don’thave the same negative effectson the body. People should beaware alternatives exist.”

Unlike refines sugars, steviaand xylitol moderate insulinlevels and improve dentalhealth, respectively. Stevia alsoacts as an appetite suppressant.

Cravings can also be reducedby taking natural supplements,according to Ohio StateUniversity professor JeffVolek. For example, bymoderating blood sugar,

chromium picolinate lowerspeople’s drive to eat unhealthyfood. A 600 microgram doseover the span of eight weeks isparticularly effective,according to Volek.Chappus said small changes

like these are among the mostimportant steps in alteringsugar addiction.“This sort of addiction can

happen to anybody,” said

Chappus. “This problem ishappening on a chemical leveland it will take time to breakthat addiction. But over timeyour cravings will change if youstart making healthier choices.”

He and Garg said it is unwiseto simply wait for evolution tomake sugar-laden lifestylessustainable.

“This would take lifetimes andlifetimes,” said Chappus.

Jesse Chappus in his office at DJC Integrative Therapy inWindsor.

Photo by Alexandra Latremouille

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Brandon Taylor is photographed in his office at the Riverside Baptist Church on Oct. 14.

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Helping the Syrian refugees



Windsor musicians workingtogether for a good cause

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Photo provided by David ZelkoDavid Zelko is the creator of a local music collaboration project.

Windsor musicians are col-laborating on a new recordand all proceeds will be donat-ed to charity.

Multi-instrumentalist musi-cian, David Zelko, is workingon an album where he willcollaborate with a differentlocal musician on every track.All profits from the projectwill be donated to children inlow income families whocan’t afford music lessons.

Zelko, 24, has been playingmusic in the local scene for sixyears and said he has been tak-ing it seriously for the lastthree years. He is currently intwo bands. Zelko said he cameup with the idea for the recordbecause he feels there is somuch talent in this city. Healso wanted the chance towork with other artists but did

not have the time because ofhis other bands.

“I decided that in order todo this, I would have to tryand create a record where Icould work with each personon a single song and then thatway I can get the satisfactionof working with some of theartists I respect and that haveinspired me so much over thepast years,” said Zelko.

Zelko said he hopes thatthis record will help promotetalent in the local music scene.

Tony Coates, 29, is one ofthe many musicians Zelko willbe collaborating with on therecord. Coates has been play-ing music for seven years andthinks it is a really good ideathat Zelko is using music togive back and strengthen thecommunity.

“It shows that music isn’tjust entertainment and that

we actually care,” saidCoates.

Coates said he cannotwait to hear how the recordwill turn out.

“There’s just so much awe-some talent in this city thatsometimes goes unheard ofor unappreciated and it’sgoing be an honor to be onthe same disc and/or tracks assome of these people,” saidCoates.

Zelko also said they willstart working on the recordthis month once he works outthe studio time. Some of theartists he is going to be work-ing with include Jamie Greer,Tara Watts, Max Marshall andLeighton Bain. He will also beworking with local guitarists,drummers, bassists and othermusicians to help fill out thealbum and create a big collab-oration.

Artists use social mediato self promote

Casandra MalynowskyjConverged Citizen Staff

visual and you’re between theages of 16 to 28, I believeInstagram would be your bestbet,” Brough said. “I waslucky enough to have a inter-national touring artist, such asLights, reblog one of my pho-tos on her Instagram. Just bytagging her in my photo shesaw it and posted it on heraccount of 429,000 follow-ers.”

Paul Black, a 16-year-oldartist from AssumptionCollege Catholic high school,who primarily uses Instagramto showcase his artwork, saidhe uses the photo-sharing net-work to gain more recognitionand support.

“I have been able to cre-ate a sort of portfolio of myworks and it is great becauseyou can apply tags to eachindividual post in order toensure that your work will beseen,” said Black. “It has beenvery beneficial for my experi-ence, as an artist, I have beenable to network with otherartists both locally andabroad.”

Networking and interactingwith other artists is veryimportant to someone likeBlack, and Instagram has pro-vided him with that ability.

“I have received mostly pos-itive feedback, and my fellowartists often comment withconstructive criticism, allow-ing me to improve even moreso. This has been very helpfulfor me because it allows me tosee other artist’s opinions,which I value greatly.”

Popular social media plat-forms are expanding constant-ly, and for artists looking tobranch out and create a namefor themselves, their greatesttool at hand, besides their tal-ent, is the world of socialmedia.

For many artists, socialmedia has become one of themain platforms for self pro-motion.

Social media is becominga place for artists to syndicatetheir content, create a brandand give access to their targetaudience. According to theSocial Media Examiner, 92per cent of all marketers indi-cated that their social mediaefforts have generated moreexposure for their businesses.

Platforms like Facebook,Twitter, LinkedIn andInstagram are at the peak oftheir popularity and taking theinternet and marketing bystorm, according to authorand social media analyst JeffBullas.

Liam Higgins, a 21-year-old photographer and cine-matographer said social mediahas greatly benefitted him.

“I started using socialmedia as a platform for my artaround a year and a half ago,”said Higgins. “Facebook andLinkedIn would definitely bethe greatest tools I see foradvertising myself becausenot only does it showcase iton a broader scale usingFacebook, but LinkedInallows me to showcase mywork particularly to potentialemployers and those who’reinterested in working on amore professional format.”

For some, Instagram ishaving the biggest impact ontheir work. 25-year-old localphotographer and owner ofZeebrah Media Ryan Broughsaid Instagram has been thebest social media platform foradvertising and himself andhis work.

“If you’re a creative artistor photographer or anything


12ONVERGED CITIZENarts & entertainment NOVEMBER 12, 2015C9

Local filmmakers showcased at WIFF

Photo by Kameron ChausseWriter and director Maria Cusumano acts as the master of cer-emonies at the 48 Hour Flick Fest at the Capitol Theatre onNov 3.

Kameron ChausseConverged Citizen Staff

The Windsor InternationalFilm Festival annual 48 HourFlick Fest was held onTuesday, Nov 3, an event opento local filmmakers that show-cases local talent, creativity,and ingenuity, all under a strict

time limit.As the name implies, the

48 Hour Flick Fest is a cine-matic challenge where agroup must create a short filmin less than 48 hours. Theorganizers also set certainspecific restrictions andrequirements for participantsto include specific props or

lines of dialogue to ensure agroup cannot submit a filmmade outside of those 48hours.

Each film is reviewed bya panel of three judges, andawards were announced afterthe screenings on Nov 3. Theaward for best sound wasawarded to From Within byUncanny Visions. Best editingto Private Inspectors by ThatDarn Squirrell!, Best Storywent to Two Do Today by AsWe Like It. Bob Frapples orHow to Travel onGovernment Dime by SmogTown Films took home theaward for best cinematogra-phy, and its director KenAmlin received the award forbest director. The award forbest acting went to Dan Hyattfor his role in in Halowe’enSpecial by 23skidoo!, whichalso won best film.

“We’ve been doing it forseven years. It’s fun everytime. You don’t get a lot of

From the outside lookingin, most people who walk bythe Windermere building onTecumseh Rd. would see justa normal structure.

But for those who enter thebasement of one of the storeslocated inside it their experi-ences are anything but ordi-nary.

The basement is home toHidden Trail Escape Rooms, anew attraction which openedOct. 13.

An escape room is a roomdesigned with a series ofclues, puzzles or storylinespatrons must decrypt to exitthe room. They can bedesigned to follow a story orsimply be a difficult roomaccording to Brent Riberdy,the owner of the newestescape room in Windsor.

The facility has seen about15 to 20 groups enter therooms at Hidden Trail sinceits opening. It is the secondbusiness of its kind to open inWindsor after seeing popular-ity in other cities such asLondon, Ont. and Toronto.He has seen rooms vary insize, from solo rooms to onesthat can hold 50 people atonce.

“One of the major differ-ences I noticed is that inToronto, nobody complains

sleep but it really pushes youto do something in such a shortperiod of time,” said Kyle VanDongen, who wrote anddirected From Within. “It’seasy to get lazy through theyear so this is really goodmotivation to get somethingdone. This year was standout,start to finish.”

In total, eight films withvarying genres and storylineswere shown at this year’s FlickFest. The main organizer ofthe 48 Hour Flick Fest,Svjetlana Oppen, said she waspleased with this year’s show-ing.

“We always have teamsthat have a great time, they tellus. It’s tiring, it’s exhausting,but they come up with amaz-ing films in 48 hours,” saidOppen. “ We always hope toexpand and popularize itbecause it’s challenging, butpeople who didn’t do it say‘Oh my God, I should havedone it’ when they come and

see [the end result].”The 48 Hour Flick Fest has

been part of WIFF for nineyears with this year beingOppen’s first at the helm.After this year’s success she isalready making plans for nextyear’s 10-year anniversary ofthe program.

“When the Flick Fest start-ed nine years ago, it was agroup of local filmmakers thatwanted to showcase local tal-ent,” Oppen said. “I’d like tobring the originals back and I’dlike to bring the films of win-ners from different years, toshowcase and give props tofilmmakers who come backevery year… I’ll have a year towork on that.”

Oppen shouldn’t have anytrouble showcasing local talent.Those interested in participat-ing in future 48 Hour FlickFests can find more informa-tion atwindsorfilmfestival.com/48-hour-flick-fest/ and at face-book.com/48hff.

about having nothing to doand you could always findsomething to do,” saidRiberdy, a Windsor nativewho moved back to the city amonth ago after living inToronto for two years. “InWindsor, I got that from mybuddies and a lot of familyand they just didn’t knowwhat to do to have fun and toenjoy themselves. I thinkbringing something new toWindsor is important to me.”

The Windsor facilities arepart of a growing trend acrossthe world.

The real-life adventuregame first started in the virtualworld as part of a genre calledroom escape. In 1988, U.K.publisher Zenobi Softwarereleased the first example ofthe genre with a PC gametitled Behind Closed Doors, agame where players weretrapped in a restroom. Theidea soon made it to the realworld in 2007, when SCRAPEntertainment Inc. held thefirst escape room event inJapan called Real EscapeGame. In 2011, escape roomsstarted opening in Singaporeand in other Asian countries.By 2014, there were about 500escape room games world-wide according to the EscapeRoom Directory. As of Nov. 6,that total has grown to morethan 1,100 facilities and morethan 2,500 rooms registered.

There are more than 90 facili-ties in Canada listed on thewebsite.

Riberdy, who also workson concepts with other escaperooms in California and Texas,had spent about a monthbuilding his room in the base-ment of a local gaming loungewith a majority of the timegoing towards building thewalls for the escape room anddesigning the puzzles.Overall, Riberdy spentbetween $4,000 and $5,000 onthe project. Riberdy saidHidden Trail’s room isdesigned to be “a little moretowards the difficult end” andhas a 15 to 20 per cent successrate. He said he recommendsparticipants have six to 10people in a group for his room.Riberdy also said he prefersnot to give many details aboutthe room to participantsbeforehand to keep its clues asurprise.

“I think most people oncethey’ve kind of gotten the feelfor an escape room, they canbe pretty simple, but a lot ofrooms are developing suchthat they’re a little more diffi-cult … But, a lot of rooms areeasy too,” said Riberdy.“Usually you want to have agood range (of difficulty).Windsor has some pretty diffi-cult rooms (right now).”

Meanwhile, near the inter-section of Dougall Ave. and

Tecumseh Rd. W. is Windsor’sfirst facility, Enigma EscapeRooms. The differencebetween the two facilities canbe seen quickly. While HiddenTrail focuses on a horror-themed design, Enigma focus-es on a calmer environment.The facility, owned by A.J.Miller, started with a profes-sor’s office-themed room afew months ago as a way totest out the difficulty and chal-lenges of them. Today, he’s inthe process of building twoadditional rooms to create atrilogy for people to gothrough. Overall, more than 100 groupshave the challenge of trying toescape the office.Miller said he doesn’t seeother escape rooms as compe-tition but rather as beingsomething where people cango from one room to the next.He feels it is important thatother places have the samestandard of quality for theirrooms.

“They’re not really compe-tition,” said Miller. “It’s aninteresting market where peoplecome and complete the profes-sor’s office and the immediatething what most of them say is‘I want to do another one.Where can I do it?’”

Drake Baird was part of oneof the first 20 groups to enterEnigma’s escape room. He hadfound out about the room from

his girlfriend and decided to goin with seven other people. Hesaid he learned how to changehow he thinks in certain situa-tions.

“It made me look at every-thing a little bit differentlybecause anything can be a clue.Anything can be used to findthe next riddle or find the nextpiece of the puzzle,” said Baird.“It was fun to go about it in asystematic way of looking ateverything just a little bit differ-ently.”

Both Miller and Riberdy saidtheir rooms have seen a smallprofit so far. Riberdy said hiscurrent basement facility is onlya temporary location and hopesto open a larger facility withfour to seven rooms in the nearfuture. Miller said Windsorshould be able to support two tothree escape rooms and said it’shighly likely he’ll expand his tosix rooms.“So far, I have not seen agroup not just constantly talk-ing about how awesome thatexperience was,” said Riberdywhen asked why peopleshould enter an escape room.“I think it’s just mostly some-thing new and it’s creative andif you haven’t tried it, tryingsomething new is great, butit’s mentally challenging, it’s alot of fun and it builds team-work.”

about having nothing to doand you could always findsomething to do,” saidRiberdy, a Windsor nativewho moved back to the city amonth ago after living inToronto for two years. “InWindsor, I got that from mybuddies and a lot of familyand they just didn’t knowwhat to do to have fun and toenjoy themselves. I thinkbringing something new toWindsor is important to me.”

The Windsor facilities arepart of a growing trend acrossthe world.

The real-life adventuregame first started in the virtualworld as part of a genre calledroom escape. In 1988, U.K.publisher Zenobi Softwarereleased the first example ofthe genre with a PC gametitled Behind Closed Doors, agame where players weretrapped in a restroom. Theidea soon made it to the realworld in 2007, when SCRAPEntertainment Inc. held thefirst escape room event inJapan called Real EscapeGame. In 2011, escape roomsstarted opening in Singaporeand in other Asian countries.By 2014, there were about 500escape room games world-wide according to the EscapeRoom Directory. As of Nov. 6,that total has grown to morethan 1,100 facilities and morethan 2,500 rooms registered.

There are more than 90 facili-ties in Canada listed on thewebsite.

Riberdy, who also workson concepts with other escaperooms in California and Texas,had spent about a monthbuilding his room in the base-ment of a local gaming loungewith a majority of the timegoing towards building thewalls for the escape room anddesigning the puzzles.Overall, Riberdy spentbetween $4,000 and $5,000 onthe project. Riberdy saidHidden Trail’s room isdesigned to be “a little moretowards the difficult end” andhas a 15 to 20 per cent successrate. He said he recommendsparticipants have six to 10people in a group for his room.Riberdy also said he prefersnot to give many details aboutthe room to participantsbeforehand to keep its clues asurprise.

“I think most people oncethey’ve kind of gotten the feelfor an escape room, they canbe pretty simple, but a lot ofrooms are developing suchthat they’re a little more diffi-cult … But, a lot of rooms areeasy too,” said Riberdy.“Usually you want to have agood range (of difficulty).Windsor has some pretty diffi-cult rooms (right now).”

Meanwhile, near the inter-section of Dougall Ave. and

Tecumseh Rd. W. is Windsor’sfirst facility, Enigma EscapeRooms. The differencebetween the two facilities canbe seen quickly. While HiddenTrail focuses on a horror-themed design, Enigma focus-es on a calmer environment.The facility, owned by A.J.Miller, started with a profes-sor’s office-themed room afew months ago as a way totest out the difficulty and chal-lenges of them. Today, he’s inthe process of building twoadditional rooms to create atrilogy for people to gothrough. Overall, more than 100 groupshave the challenge of trying toescape the office.Miller said he doesn’t seeother escape rooms as compe-tition but rather as beingsomething where people cango from one room to the next.He feels it is important thatother places have the samestandard of quality for theirrooms.

“They’re not really compe-tition,” said Miller. “It’s aninteresting market where peoplecome and complete the profes-sor’s office and the immediatething what most of them say is‘I want to do another one.Where can I do it?’”

Drake Baird was part of oneof the first 20 groups to enterEnigma’s escape room. He hadfound out about the room from

his girlfriend and decided to goin with seven other people. Hesaid he learned how to changehow he thinks in certain situa-tions.

“It made me look at every-thing a little bit differentlybecause anything can be a clue.Anything can be used to findthe next riddle or find the nextpiece of the puzzle,” said Baird.“It was fun to go about it in asystematic way of looking ateverything just a little bit differ-ently.”

Both Miller and Riberdy saidtheir rooms have seen a smallprofit so far. Riberdy said hiscurrent basement facility is onlya temporary location and hopesto open a larger facility withfour to seven rooms in the nearfuture. Miller said Windsorshould be able to support two tothree escape rooms and said it’shighly likely he’ll expand his tosix rooms.“So far, I have not seen agroup not just constantly talk-ing about how awesome thatexperience was,” said Riberdywhen asked why peopleshould enter an escape room.“I think it’s just mostly some-thing new and it’s creative andif you haven’t tried it, tryingsomething new is great, butit’s mentally challenging, it’s alot of fun and it builds team-work.”

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ONVERGED CITIZENarts & entertainment NOVEMBER 12, 2015C10

Windsor International Film Festival kicks off

Photo by Jordan CascheraA man walks into the Windsor International Film Festival’s box office at the Capitol Theatre, Nov.3.

Jordan CascheraConverged Citizen Staff

The Windsor InternationalFilm Festival kicked off itsweek-long festivities at theCapital Theatre on Nov. 3.

WIFF is back with morethan 90 films from around theworld. The many films fea-tured include multiple genres,some of which won’t bereleased in elsewhere inCanada. WIFF showcasesCanadian, local and interna-tional feature films of artisticand cultural significance.

The festival is growing inpopularity and the box officeis proving it by already sellingout most of the films for theopening day and the days fol-lowing.

WIFF is a non profit organ-ization who celebrates the artand international films andfilmmakers. The festival is in

its eleventh year and accord-ing to executive director,Vincent Georgie, it’s onlygrowing in size.

“We have 90 films this year,thats nine-zero,” said Georgie.“we’ve got comedies, dramas,documentaries, horror films,we’ve got action films…we’ve got everything thisyear.”

Georgie’s says, WIFF ben-efits everyone by creatingtourism incentives to helpdowntown businesses.Georgie said with films from25 countries, crowds arebecoming more diverse.

“These films are comingfrom around the world, someare upcoming blockbustersbeing released well before2016 and some are hiddengems from other countries.”

Though the number offilms has increased over the

years movie fanatics likeDonita Desrosiers are find-ing it difficult to get ticketsto desired films.

“This is my third yearattending WIFF and it’sgrowing and growing,” saidDesrosiers.

Attempting to buy justtwo tickets for two separatemovies, Desrosiers said shesuggests buying ticketsonline for future films.

The festival is growing insize and the future of the fes-tival is looking bright saidGeorgie.

“It’s really about quality oflife for everyone who liveshere, thats why we do this,”said Georgie.

WIFF will be showingfilms at the Capitol Theatreuntil Nov. 8 and tickets canbe purchased at the boxoffice or online.

Entertainment round up

Supergirl ratings not so super

Following record-breaking ratings in its first week, CBS’sSupergirl has lost some of its momentum, according to

Entertainment Weekly. The show’s premiere was seen by 8.9million viewers. However, this may have been due to it beingthe follow-up show to The Big Bang Theory. After the first

episode of Supergirl, The Big Bang Theory moved toThursday nights. CBS reported a 29 per cent decrease in theratings of Supergirl but project it will grow by about 65 per

cent through DVR viewings in the next week.

Adele is rolling in the dough

Singer Adele recently released her first single in three yearsand it had the biggest sales week for a single in 15 years,

according to Entertainment Weekly. The song, “Hello,” soldover one million copies in the span of one week, becoming

only the second song in history to do so. The only other songto do this was Elton John’s tribute to Princess Diana,

“Candle in the Wind.” “Hello” is also the first song in histo-ry to reach one million downloads within one week. Adele’s

newest album, 25, will drop Nov. 20.

Tarantino boycott

Police officers across the U.S. have been boycotting QuentinTarantino films for the past month, following a rally against

police brutality that the director spoke at. Tarantino hasrecently spoken out for the first time to defend himself and

said he “won’t be intimidated,” according to BBC News. Onthe topic of the boycott, he is quoted as saying “It is to shutmy mouth and even more important than that, it is to send amessage out to any other prominent person that might feel

the need to join that side of the argument.”

J.K. Rowling going back to her roots

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling may soon be going back toher roots as a children’s author, according to EntertainmentWeekly. The author has been writing adult fiction since her

Harry Potter series ended but has since returned to the worldof witches and wizards by penning a play and the screenplayfor Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Now, she maybe ready to go back to writing children’s novels, she said

in an interview with BBC host Simon Mayo. “I havewritten part of a children’s book that I really love,” she

said. “So there will be another children’s book.”

Rhiannon LotzeConverged Citizen Staff



Ryan BlevinsConverged Citizen Staff

The University of Windsormen’s soccer team has gonethe duration of a nationally-ranked season without gainingmuch interest from many localsports fans and media.

The Lancers soccer teamfinished their season Sundaywith a 12-2-2 record in confer-ence play, good enough forsecond place in their division.After this record setting sea-son where the Lancers defeat-ed the number one rankedYork Lions, the Lancers foundthemselves in the CanadianInteruniversity Sport’s nation-al top 10 rankings. This wasthe Lancers first time in thetop 10 rankings since the finalweek of the 2013 season.Being ranked as high as thirdin the CIS national rankingsthe Lancers looked to gain fansupport on a regular basis butwere unsuccessful.

The Lancers received whatuniversity officials believe tobe the largest crowd of theseason in their first OUA play-off game Sunday when an esti-mated 1,000 fans cheered onthe men’s soccer team.

Windsor Lancers secondyear center-midfielder ChrisAl-Youssef said he believesthe team deserved more recog-

nition from fans“You see teams like the girls

basketball team. They get a lotof recognition, they obviouslyearned it…. that’s how itshould be. You should earn itand I thought this year we def-initely earned the right to getsome recognition,” said Al-Youssef.

An estimated 1,800 fans ofthe University of Windsor’swomen’s basketball teamfilled the St. Dennis Centre fortheir home opener Nov, 4.Tickets for the game were $10and was free for students. Ateam with such national suc-cess was able to draw fans in,but on a nightly basis the thirdranked Lancers soccer teamplayed in front of a mostlyempty stadium.

University of Windsor dir-ector of the division of athlet-ics and recreational servicesMike Havey said he hopes toexpand the teams brand to gar-ner more fan support in thefuture.

“With all the digital plat-forms and social media that isout there we’ve never had anymore control over our ownbrand than we have right now.Before you would be nearly100 per cent reliant in tradi-tional media to cover yourteams. Now with Facebook,

Sports round upLancers get rings and a win

The Windsor Lancers Women’s Basketball team receivedtheir CIS Championship rings before their game Wednesdayagainst the Laurier Golden Hawks at the St. Denis Centre.Cheyanne Roger led the way with 24 points as the Lady

Lancers topped the Golden Hawks 85-80.In the night nap cap the men’s team beat Laurier 88-77. Alex

Campbell scored 30 points and 11 rebounds and Windsornative Isiah Osborne had 21 points and 10 rebounds.

Express bring in Raptors 905In NBL and D-League ex-hibition action the Express fell tothe newly formed Mississauga Raptors 905 117-114 in their

inaugural game. The Raptors 905 were formed after theNational Basketball League of Canada’s Mississauga Power

was absorbed into the NBA’s D-League in the offseason.Adrian Moss was the Express player of the game posting 38points and six assists in the losing effort. 905 players Axel

Toupane and Scott Suggs scored 20 and 19 points respectively.This was coach Terry Jones first game as interim head coach.

Kentucky BasketballCatholic Central grad Mychal Mulder scored six points in nineminutes of action for coach John Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats

in a 117-58 exhibition win against the University of Ottawa.Fellow Canadian Jamal Murray put up 22 points, 12 rebounds

and nine assists, falling one short of a triple-double.

WECSSAA hoops roundupThe Girls Maranatha Panthers defeated the UMEI Lightning48-27 behind 17 points from Mya Mailloux of Maranatha.

Emma Bedal had 15 points for UMEI.In other WECSSAA girls action, the Kingsville Cavaliers took

down the Villanova Wildcats 40-26.

Blue Jackets recall RychelKerby Rychel of Tecumseh was recalled by the Columbus

Blue Jackets on Nov. 4.Rychel is leading the Lake Erie Monsters in scoring with 10

points this year.

Spits find way back into rankingsThe Windsor Spitfires are now ranked 10th in the CHL rank-ings with a 10-4-3-0 record after their loss to the Niagara Ice

Dogs.Windsor is ranked for the first time since week four. They willtravel to Erie Saturday to take on the number one ranked Erie

Otters.

Junior BManny Silverio netted a hat trick for the Lasalle Vipers in

their 5-3 win over the St. Thomas Stars at the Vollmer Centre.Paolo Battisti had 35 saves.

The Leamington Flyers dropped their game against theLondon Nationals 5-2. Luke Sanko and Colin Moore each

posted goals for the Flyers.

Junior CThe Lakeshore Canadiens took a 4-3 overtime loss againstMooretown Wednesday. Aaron Moore, Jack Bartlett and

Parker Boyle scored for Lakeshore.In other Junior C action, Wallaceburg beat Amherstburg 5-2.Ryan Holzel put up both goals for Amherstberg in the loss.

Ryan BlevinsConverged Citizen Staff

web, Twitter, webcasting...(we are) getting our brand outthere,” said Havey.

In 2014 the OUA partneredwith Stretch Internet to createOUA.tv, a free live streamingservice that allows fans towatch basketball and footballgames from home. Regularseason soccer games are notcurrently broadcast online.Even with this limited serviceit isn’t always easy for teamsto gain coverage. Currentlythere is no charge for soccergames at the University ofWindsor’s home stadium,Alumni Field.

University of Windsor direc-tor of soccer operations SteveHart attributes the lack ofattendance to being unac-knowledged in certain mediaoutlets.

“The Windsor Star some-times leaves me disappointed.I wish they would cover moreabout soccer. We give infor-mation to them, it does notalways hit the paper but it’snot uncommon for them to notput stuff in,” said Hart.

Nov 1 the Windsor Lancersmen’s soccer team concludedtheir season with a 1-0 loss tothe McMaster Marauders inthe quarterfinals of the OUAplayoffs ending their storiedseason without a championship.

Windsor’s best team nobody’s talking aboutWindsor Lancers Centre Midfielder Chris Al-Youssef poses for a portrait.

Photo by Ryan Blevins


ONVERGED CITIZENsports & fitness NOVEMBER 12, 2015C12

Christian BouchardConverged Citizen Staff

Despite winning a SuperBowl, LaSalle native andSeattle Seahawks tight endLuke Willson has not forgot-ten about his local roots.

St. Thomas of VillanovaHigh School has not forgottenhim either. The NFL SuperBowl committee and NFLFilms has created the HighSchool Honor Roll initiativeto recognize players andcoaches who’ve made it to theSuper Bowl over the last 50years.

Nov. 6, Willson returned tohis former high school topresent the golden football.Awaiting his arrival was agymnasium packed with stu-dents, friends, family and for-mer coaches.

Willson said it felt amazingto return to his alma materand be able to present thegolden football as a token ofhis appreciation.

“To be one of 15 Canadiansto play in a Super Bowl isawesome,” said Willson. “It’sa special feeling and Icouldn’t have done it withoutmy time here at Villanova andthe people around me.”

The third year NFL tightend suffered what he is call-ing an “unfortunate injury”during the end of theCowboys game in Week 8.While Willson is still goingthrough minor rehabilitation,

as soon as he got the greenlight to fly back home to pres-ent the ball he took the oppor-tunity.

Tim Maitre, Willson’s for-mer high school football coachat Villanova, said Willson is acommunity man who hasn’tforgotten how to give back.

“He brought the school oneof their only championships,”said Maitre. “For him to comeback and still remembereverything that went on here,it’s outstanding. He’s a pro-moter of this school and he’s apromoter of LaSalle and EssexCounty. Everyone should beproud of him.”

Along with the golden foot-ball, Willson also brought a“12” flag for the school to

hang up. As 11 men are on thefootball field per team at atime, the Seahawks use the“12” to symbolize their fan-base being the 12th player onthe field. He said he made surethe school got a flag becauseit’s a major part of the world-wide fan base. While theschool has continuouslyshown him support throughouthis career, Willson said theflag makes things official.

Willson spends a lot of histime in the offseason helpingbenefit his community, headded it never gets olds return-ing home where he feels likefamily.

“Villanova was a large partof my upbringing as a personand as football player,” said

Home is where the heart is

Willson. “I developed my pas-sion for football here.”

After appearing in two SuperBowls in his first two seasonsin the NFL, Willson continuesto remain humble saying howmuch of a pleasure it is to beplaying alongside the likes ofJimmy Graham rather thantreating it as a competition.

Willson is now enjoying a

successful career in the NFLhoping to appear in a thirdconsecutive Super Bowl.While staying remaining trueto himself and his communityare things Willson said hetakes pride in, he is also stillcontinuing to inspire.

“I watch him every time heplays and he still amazes me,”said Maitre.

Luke Willson (82) presents the golden football to his former high school, St. Thomas of Villanovaon Nov. 6, 2015. Willson is one of 15 Canadians to appear in a Super Bowl in its 49 years of exis-tence.

Photos by Christian Bouchard

Luke Wilson waits to be called into the St. Thomas ofVillanova gymnasium to present the Honorary GoldenFootball.

LaSalle native and Seattle Seahawks Luke Willson poses withthe St. Thomas of Villanova football team and the HonoraryGolden Football.

St.Thomas of Villanova High School students gather inthe gymnasium for the presentation of the HonoraryGolden Football.


ONVERGED CITIZENsports & fitness NOVEMBER 12, 2015C13

Keanau Post of the Raptors 905attempts a lay-up against theWindsor Express Nov. 5.

Scott Suggs of the Raptors 905 attempts alay-up against Papa Oppong (11) of theWindsor Express Nov. 5.

Axel Toupane (6) of the Raptors 905 takes a shot againstthe Windsor Express Nov. 5.

Michale Kyser of the Raptors 905 takes a shotagainst the Windsor Express Nov. 5.

Shaquille Keith of the Raptors 905drives to the basket against theWindsor Express Nov. 5.

Axel Toupane of the Raptors 905 drives tothe basket against the Windsor ExpressNov. 5.

The Windsor Express hosted the Raptors 905 at theWindsor Family Credit Union Centre Nov.5. The Express,part of the National Basketball League of Canada and the905, part of the NBA-Development-League made history.The game marked the first time two teams from eitherleague have played each other. The Express fell 117-114 tothe 905 after a close fourth quarter comeback.

Photos by Jordan Caschera

Express host Raptors 905


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