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Brownsburg’s Tyler Kirtz does his version of a “fade-away shot” versus Lawrence Central.
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In this issue...
Vision without execution is hallucination. Unk.
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Swimming/diving
Six Wrestling
Eleven Basketball
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Are You Smarter Than...
How many ducks? There are two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck and a duck in the middle. What is the total number of ducks?
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Publisher’s note - Due to the holiday, this week’s second issue of RR is being published today rather than Thursday. Among the many things for which I am thankful is that I do what I love and love what I do. I hope each of you has a great Thanksgiving. A little Thanksgiving Day humor on page xx by ronnie wilson
read a news story last week that gave me pause. Actually, it irritated me. A federal judge in North Carolina rendered a decision that several locals considered to be erroneous. They spewed their vitriol and disgust by accusing the judge of not applying appropriate Christian beliefs and fundamentals to his ruling. News flash - that is the way secular laws are to be interpreted. Unless, of course, you live in one of the middle east countries where all laws, regulations, behavior and thinking, secular and non-secular, is controlled and mandated by a “omnipotent” clergy and violations can easily be punished by death. If this specific judge, and any others like him regardless of what U.S. Court district they serve, and the judicial decisions that they render, are influenced in any way by religion...then they have no business serving as a judge. The role of a U.S. Judge, regardless of the court they serve, is to fairly and impartially uphold the laws of their given district. There is not a single judge in the U.S. whose job is to interject his/her or any religious dictate or tenet into any of their court decisions. I do not want my government
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making decisions about how I will live my life and interact with others based on religious doctrine. I am not saying religion is a bad thing for some, but it has no business trumping secular law. I am old enough to remember the presidential primary of John Kennedy and Richard Nixon. Kennedy was a Catholic. Much of the uproar from Nixon supporters was that if elected, Kennedy would take his instructions from the Pope. Ultimately, we would be governed/ruled by pontifical fiat not a definite separation of church and state. I wonder where that outrage is now that there is such a loud vehemence toward government action that is not in accord with one or the other religious dictates. From fearing religious control to insisting on it, We are a curious country. I am sitting here trying to find a subject on which to expound, unsuccess-
fully. As is frequently the case, I am playing some music on my large, bulky, antiquated six-CD rotation CD player, with four big-box speakers appropriately distributed around the room. When I increase the volume, I can actually feel the music, OK, the vibrations, but this is the way music is supposed to be experienced. Walking around with multi-millions of songs on a tine electronic device, listening through ear-buds is just wrong. If I were a true purist, I would say the only method to really enjoy music is live. There is some
truth to that. Unrecorded, live music includes nuances unattainable by any recording method, including OLD vinyl pressed records, reel-toreel tape, 8-track tape, cassettes and today’s digital products. Each of those methods has concrete recording limitations, the grooves in the record can be only so deep/wide/ shallow/frequent/infrequent; tape is limited to the amount and quality of the magnetization and digital has very definitive, distinctive and definite boundaries (the recording bit is either a 1 (one) or a 0 (zero), it cannot be 1.5 or 0.3 or anything between 0 and 1. The tonal differences of live music are infinite, recordings are finite. I must concede most of those infinitesimal tonal differences are imperceptible my most humans, but that does not make it any the less superior to recorded music.
This whole music tirade was intended to relate my tremendous infinity for, as Bob Seger would sing, “...I want that old time rock and roll... today’s music ain’t got no soul..” I could not have said it better. I am aware each generation believes its “time” is superior to any previous or and after, but today’s noise, I mean music, is more flash and glitz rather than substance. Before you call and complain about the following, please keep in mind it is a joke. The depiction of the butt of the joke is no worse than many of its ilk seen on television. The joke John and Mary want to determine what the most popular favorite color is of their fellow sophomore classmates. Mary decides to poll 30 of her classmates; John will poll 150 of them. Why does John tell Mary his results will be more accurate? Ans - Because John is male. The following are supposedly the actual questions and creative answers from a student exam. 1 - In which battle did Napoleon die? Ans - His last one. 2 - Where was the Declaration Of Independence signed? Ans - At the bot-
tom of the page. 3 - The river Ravi flows into which state? Ans - Liquid. 4 - What is the main reason for divorce? Ans - Marriage. 5 - What is the main reason for exams? Ans - Failure. 6 - What can you never eat for breakfast? Ans - Lunch and dinner. 7 - What looks like half an apple? Ans - The other half. 8 - If you threw a red stone into the Blue Sea, what would it become? Ans - A wet stone. 9 - How can a man go eight days without sleeping? Ans - Easily, sleep at night. 10 - If you had three apples and four oranges in one hand and three apples and four oranges in the other hand, what would you have? Ans - Very large hands. 11 - How can you lift an elephant with one hand? Ans - You can never lift an elephant that has one hand. 12 - If it took eight men 10 hours to build a brick wall, how long would it take four men? Ans - Zero time, the wall was already built. 13 - How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without breaking it? Ans - Any way you want, Because a concrete floor is very hard to crack. It is reported the student received and “A” for creativity and an “F” as recorded grade.
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Swimming/ Diving Photos by Ronnie Wilson
Cascade’s Kaitlyn Breeding in the Breaststroke portion of the 200 Medley Relay at Brownsburg.
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Brownsburg’s Kaylee Probst in the Backstroke p[ortion of the 200 Medley Relay versus Cascade.
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Cascade’s Lexi Blackburn at Brownsburg.
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Above - Brownsburg’s Madison Kehr in the Breaststroke portion of the 200 Individual Medley versus Cascade.
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Below - Cascade’s Alexis Browwn at the start of the 200 Individual Freestyle at Brownsburg.
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Brownsburg’s Angelica Brinker versus Cascade.
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Wrestling Photos by Ronnie Wilson
Plainfield’s Tristan Southwood won by fall over Avon;s Levi Hawk at #195.
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Avon’s Lance Meyer won by fall over Plainfield’s Seth Knuckles at #182.
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Avon’s Gunner Lawson won by fall over Plainfield’s Ernesto Mariscal at #220.
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Basketball Photos by Ronnie Wilson
Brownsburg’s Michael Fowlkes versus Lawrence Central.
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Brownsburg’s KJ Walton versus Lawrence Central.
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Avon High School’s Nick Handlon signs his National Letter of Intent to study and play baseball for the University of Indianapolis Greyhounds next year. Nick looks forward to studying Engineering at UIndy. In addition to playing baseball for the Orioles, Nick is a 3 year letter winner in Football at defensive back, 3 year letter winner in Symphony Orchestra on the viola and Academics, a member of National Honor Society and National English Honor Society. Front row Scott Handlon, Nick Handlon, Denise Handlon, and Abby Handlon. Back row Sarah Handlon, Coach Drosche, Luke Handlon.
Photo courtesy of Avon High School Athletic Department
Thanksgiving Day Humor
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num foil and throw them out.” —Nicole Hollander : How much gravy is too much? I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.” —Erma Bombeck : How do Canadians celebrate in America? I’m from Canada, so Thanksgiving to me is just Thursday with more food. And I’m thankful for that.” —Howie Mandel : The best ways to enjoy your veggies? Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.” —Jim Davis
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: How good is Mom’s turkey? Most turkeys taste better the day after; my mother’s tasted better the day before.” —Rita Rudner : What’s the most wonderful time of the year? Even though we’re a week and a half away from Thanksgiving, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.” —Richard Roeper Last - my favorite... : Overdid it? You can tell you ate too much for Thanksgiving when you have to let out your bathrobe.” —Jay Leno
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County Results Basketball - Girls
Avon - DNP Brownsburg - Lost to Hamilton SE, 47 - 35. Cascade - DNP Danville - DNP Plainfield - DNP Tri-West - Defeated Covenant Christian, 49 - 45. Katrinia Headlee paced the Lady Bruins with 15 points.
Basketball - Boys
Swimming/Diving Girls Avon - DNP Brownsburg - No results received. Cascade - No results received. Danville - DNP Plainfield - Lost to Center Grove, 109 - 77. Tri-West - DNP Boys Avon - DNP Brownsburg - DNP Cascade - DNP Danville - DNP Plainfield - DNP Tri-West - DNP
Avon - DNP Brownsburg - Defeated LawAvon - No results received. rence Central, 65 0 58. Bulldog Brownsburg - DNP KJ Walton tallied a game-high Cascade - DNP 33 points. Danville - DNP Cascade - DNP Plainfield - No results reDanville - DNP Plainfield - Lost to Westfield, ceived. Tri-West - DNP 72 - 68. Nathan Mills paced the Quaker scoring with 28 points. * - DNP = Did not play locally. Tri-West - DNP
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RONNIE’S RAMBLINGS vol. 01 Issue 34 11.26.2014
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