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RONNIE’S RAMBLINGS
vol. 01 Issue 28 11.03.2014
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Correction - The name of the Avon volleyball player on pages 15 and 18 of the October 29, 2014 issue was
misspelled, the correct spelling is Jordyn Grandolfo. Ronnie’s Ramblings apologizes for any inconvenience this may have caused Jordyn or her family. established Viii-Xiv-mmxiv
Cover photo: Tri-West’s Trevor Waite earned the Mental Attitude Award for class a boys soccer for 2014. With Trevor are his parents John and kathy.
WHAT TO EXPECT
In this issue...
Say What?!
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Ronnie’s Ramblings
six eight sixteen soccer
football
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The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in awhile and watch your answers change. Richard Bach, Illusions Are You Smarter Than... Answers
Maine is the only state that borders only one other state in the United States. Alaska and Hawaii are the two states that do not border any other states in the United States.
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Masthead RONNIE WILSON -
FOUNDER PUBLISHER EDITOR WRITER PHOTOGRAPHER
NOELANI LANGILLE
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- CREATIVE DIRECTOR - ART DIRECTOR - DESIGNER - PHOTO EDITOR - PHOTOGRAPHER column photo, pages 4 & 7
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SAY WHAT?
November edition
Happy Birthday to me! I look fairly good for being 239 years old. OK, it is not really my birthday, but it is the birthday of the United States Marine Corps. The Corps is 239 years old on November 10th this year. The official birth day of the United States Marine Corps is on 10 November 1775. That was the day when the Second Continental Congress established the Continental Marines with the following decree: “That two battalions of Marines be raised consisting of one Colonel, two lieutenant-colonels, two majors and other officers, as usual in other regiments; that they consist of an equal number of privates as with other battalions, that particular care be taken that no persons be appointed to offices, or enlisted into said battalions, but such as are good sea-
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Happy Birthday!
men, or so acquainted with maritime affairs as to be able to serve for and during the present war with Great Britain and the Colonies; unless dismissed by Congress; that they be distinguished by the names of the First and Second Battalions of Marines. ” Tun Tavern, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is regarded as the birthplace of the Corps as the location of the first Marines to enlist under Commandant Samuel Nicholas, though it is disputed if a recruiting drive may have occurred earlier at Nicholas’s family tavern, the Conestoga Waggon [sic]. When the Revolutionary War ended in 1783, the Continental Navy was disestablished, and with it, the Continental Marines. The Corps was reestablished on 11 July 1798, when the “act for establishing and organizing a Marine Corps” was signed by Presi-
dent John Adams. Prior to 1921, Marines celebrated the recreation of the Corps on 11 July with little pomp or pagentry. On 21 October 1921, Major Edwin North McClellan, in charge the Corps’s fledgling historical section, sent a memorandum to Commandant John A. Lejeune, suggesting the Marines’ original birthday of 10 November be declared a Marine Corps holiday to be celebrated throughout the Corps. Lejeune so ordered in Marine Corps Order 47: MARINE CORPS ORDERS No. 47 (Series 1921) HEADQUARTERS U.S. MARINE CORPS Washington, November 1, 1921 759. The following will be read to the command on the 10th of November, 1921, and hereafter on the 10th of November of every year. Should the order not be received by the 10th of November, 1921,
it will be read upon receipt. On November 10, 1775, a Corps of Marines was created by a resolution of Continental Congress. Since that date many thousand men have borne the name “Marine”. In memory of them it is fitting that we who are Marines should commemorate the birthday of our corps by calling to mind the glories of its long and illustrious history. The record of our corps is one which will bear comparison with that of the most famous military organizations in the world’s history. During 90 of the 146 years of its existence the Marine Corps has been in action against the Nation’s foes. From the Battle of Trenton to the Argonne, Marines have won foremost honors in war, and in the long eras of tranquility at home, generation after generation of Marines have grown gray in war in both hemispheres and in every corner of the seven seas, that our country and its citizens might enjoy peace and security. In every battle and skir-
mish since the birth of our corps, Marines have acquitted themselves with the greatest distinction, winning new honors on each occasion until the term “Marine” has come to signify all that is highest in military efficiency and soldierly virtue. This high name of distinction and soldierly repute we who are Marines today have received from those who preceded us in the corps. With it we have also received from them the eternal spirit which has animated our corps from generation
to generation and has been the distinguishing mark of the Marines in every age. So long as that spirit continues to flourish Marines will be found equal to every emergency in the future as they have been in the past, and the men of our Nation will regard us as worthy successors to the long line of illustrious men who have servedBYasNOELANI “Soldiers of the PHOTO LANGILLE Sea” since the founding of the Corps. JOHN A. LEJEUNE, Major General Commandant
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Why? Picayune by ronnie wilson
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had several ideas for this week’s Rambling. A couple of them were soap-box tirades, one was incorrect grammar and malapropisms and one was feel-good-deed topic. I may get one or some of those subjects, but first I need to celebrate and vent on the same subject. Carved in granite, absolute, no exceptions rules/regulations should be used few and far between. I know there is a need for such Draconian dictates, but there should also be extenuating circumstances. Extenuating circumstances existed a week or so ago, but the rules were enforced to the absolute letter of the law. In a girls cross-country state championship qualifying race one of the runners collapsed on the route. One
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of her competitors, from another school, saw she was in distress and stopped and helped the downed girl to her feet and assisted her in crossing the finish line, where the incapacitated runner was taken to a local hospital by ambulance. (Fortunately, there was no permanent damage, but that was not known at the time of the collapse.) The assisting runner was disqualified for assisting (touching) another runner. The only word, to come to my mind, to describe that sort of punishment for sportsmanship like conduct is STUPID. One of the proported qualities espoused by most high school sports governing bodies is the development of sportsmanship. Here it was demonstrated at its fullest. Unfortunately, the old adage that “no good
deed goes unpunished” was blatantly evident. Sure, if a competitor makes contact with another student/athlete that either impedes progress or provides an unfair advantage there should be appropriate repercussions. Demonstrating quintessential sportsmanship by helping a fellow competitor in dire physical distress does not does not rise to the level of absolute qualification. I know someone will state something to the effect of, “if we do not strictly enforce the rules, then anarchy will ensue”. To which I respond, keep that in mind the next time you are stopped for driving 15 MPH over the limit and the cop writes the ticked for 10 or lets you go with only a warning, or the next time you fudge on accurately reporting your in-
come and deductions on your tax return, or rolling through a STOP sign and not getting a ticket. Doing the right thing for the right reason should not be punished. Over the years my kids and granddaughter have accused me of overreacting a bit. Which I probably do, on occasions. If I receive bad service or products from a business on more than one occasion, as in several, I am prone to discontinue patronizing that business. If need be, I will do without something before I will purchase their wares. Yes, there are several local/national establishments where I refuse to do business. Sometimes my aversion is enhanced by behavior that is not directly related to the business or its services/ goods.
There are two businesses, one state level and the other national, with which I avoid interacting. Recently, that aversion has been compounded by their lack of knowledge or disregard for the correct use of their native language. (One is an institution of higher learning and should know better.) They both exercise one of my language malapropism pet peeves...the inappropriate use of the word further when farther is correct. Some seem to think using further when referring to a greated distance makes them sound better educat-
ed, however; to my ear, the opposite is true. Further means in addition to, also, too, and, and to a greater degree. If the sentence can be reworded replacing further with any of its synonyms, it is probably the correct use, if it sounds stilted or makes no sense, farther is more likely to be correct. When referencing a distance to travel or traveled, one does not go also, or go too or go and, or go to a greater degree, they go farther. Time to climb down from my malapropisms soap-box.
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Soccer
Photos by Ronnie Wilson
Tri-West’s Luke Rutherford in state championship action against Guerin Catholic.
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Tri-West’s Joey Pfeifer in state championship action against Guerin Catholic.
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Tri-West’s AJ Sallee in state championship action against Guerin Catholic.
Tri-West’s Nick Carlson in state championship action against Guerin Catholic.
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Tri-West’s Quentin Garland in state championship action against Guerin Catholic.
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Tri-West’s Trevor Waite in state championship action against Guerin Catholic.
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Tri-West’s Anthony Kahl in state championship action against Guerin Catholic.
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Tri-West’s Lucas Brown in state championship action against Guerin Catholic.
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Football Photos by Ronnie Wilson
Avon’s Scott Campbell goes airborne and vertical to score versus Ben Davis in sectional action.
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Avon’s Matt Moore makes a catch versus Ben Davis in sectional action.
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Avon’s Brandon Peters makes an off-balance pass, under pressure, in sectional action versus Ben Davis.
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Tri-West’s Matt Dutra encircles a Brebeuf ball-carrier...
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...and forces a fumble, which the Bruins recovered.
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Tri-West’s Colton Jobe takes the handoff from QB Jake Hendersot in sectional action versus Brebeuf.
Tri-West’s Nick Sprecher celebrates after sacking the Brebeuf QB on fourth-down.
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