Life is a journey, not a destination.
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RONNIE’S RAMBLINGS
vol. 01 Issue 11 09.18.2014
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Cover photo : Brownsburg employs a 1 - 2 defense of (1) Ally Beyers and (2) Mackenzie Harless.
WHAT TO EXPECT
In this issue...
Say What?!
Four Ronnie’s Ramblings
Six eight twelve Fifteen Soccer
Volleyball
Tennis
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Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years. - Richard Bach, Illusions
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SAY WHAT?
September edition
René Descartes steps onto a crowded bus. One of the passengers asks, “Would you like a seat?” Descartes replies, “I think not,” and promptly disappears. (The French philosopher’s most famous line is “I think, therefore I am.”) Punnies? Did you hear about the mathematician who’s afraid of negative numbers? He’ll stop at nothing to avoid them. Why do we tell actors to “break a leg?” Because every play has a cast. Did you hear about the actor who fell through the floorboards? He was just going through a stage. Helvetica and Times New Roman walk into a coffee shop. “Get out of here!” shouts the barista. “We don’t serve your type.” Yesterday I saw a guy spill all his Scrabble letters on the road. I asked him, “What’s the word on the street?” Once my dog ate all the Scrabble tiles. For days he kept leaving little messages around the house. Hear about the new restaurant called Karma? There’s no menu—you get what you deserve. A woman in labor suddenly shouted, “Shouldn’t! Wouldn’t! Couldn’t! Didn’t! Can’t!” “Don’t worry,” said the doc. “Those are just contractions.”
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What is in a name? detai by ronnie wilson
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have been asked on a few occasions recently why I decided to call this publication Ronnie’s Ramblings (RR). Why not continue with Sports & More? first, as much as I loved Sports & More (SAM), it no longer exists. It died a quick, yet painful death. Attempting to revise/revive it was not worht the effort. I published SAM for 17 years. In thnose 17 years it did not once show a financial profit. I lost a significant anount of money every week. The financial loses were not due to the publication itself, but to my inbility to be a good salesman. i was horrible, at best, at being an advertising salesman. Upon its demise, I did not want to continue fighting that uphill sales battle. Although, SAM is dead, I continue to use the “Published by Sports & More” tag line on the front page of so readers know RR is not some new upstart publication, but has a lineage of 17 years. Before too long the “Published by Sports & More”tag line will be eliminiated. The only current expenses of RR involve driving around Hen-
dricks County to cover events some gas money. Since I rarely drive anywhere else the gas expense is negligible. There are no printing costs, no dellivery costs, no proof reader costs, greatly reduced graphics design costs and the elimination of seven hours of delivery time/driving on Monay mornings is not missed in the least. RR is different than SAM was, both the hard-copy and the online version, thus it needed its own name. I mulled several potential names that incorporated high school sports, feature articles and other high school extracurricular activites. Other than Sports & More nothing seemed appropriate. Then I had an epiphany. Writing my Deliberate Divarication (DD) column each week in SAM was a love-hate relationship including a bit of confusion. i loved writing it, I hated finding a new topic each week that would be interesting. Usually, I was successful, but there were a few occasions when my writing
was at best pedestrian. The second problem with DD was that I was frequently asked what does “divarication” mean how is d-i-v-a-r-i-c-a-t-i-o-n pronounced? I wanted/needed a less obscure naming convention. My love of words and vocabulary needed to be included in the new name, but it must be somewhat less obvious. After much consternation, a tripleendentre ocurred to me - “Ramblings”. This feature I write rambled (divaricated) in the past and will continue ot do so here, I ramble around Hendricks County covering high school sporting events and the schedule of publication of RR is a bit aimless, (ramling), (it is;published one to three times per week, depending on the amount of content I have). Considering the above three conditions and I am the owner, Ronnie’s Ramblings seemed appropriate. I have a bookkeeper who comes to my office, usually, monthly to ensure my check book balance
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is correct and that all of my business expenses and deposits are properly recorded. About a week ago, I had a strong suspician my calculatiions were significantly in error. to confirm my fears, I asked her to come to the office sooner than we had anticipated. Unfortunately, my suspicions were correct I had made significant errors, (I added a fairly large deposit twice and forgot to record a sizable expense.)
Correctly, according to the bank and my bookkeeper my actual balance was approximately $6,500 less than my check register. it looks like I may need to do a comnsiderable aout of belttightening for awhile. If I could just get that metaphorical belt-tightening to apply to my waiste line. Some things are rediculous to expect.
If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest. Publilius Syrus 1st Century BC, Roman Writer 7
soccer boys
Photos by Ronnie Wilson
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Upper left - upper right - lower left - lower right. Tri-West’s N
Nick Carlson literaly follows his shot into goal versus Lebanon.
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Tri-West’s Jaret DeGolyer must be feeling a little pain - oof!
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Tri-West’s Trevor Waite is tripped by a Lebanon defender and is awarded a free-kick.
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volleyball Photos by Ronnie Wilson
Brownsburg’s Rylee Cookerly versus Greenwood.
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Brownsburg’s Kayla Knox versus Greenwood.
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Brownsburg’s Claire Hathaway versus Greenwood.
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Tennis
Photos by Ronnie Wilson
Avon’s Drew Langford versus Ben Davis.
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Avon’s Ryan Lingle versus Ben Davis.
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Avon’s Evan Zolcak versus Ben Davis.
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Life is a journey, not a destination.
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