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RONNIE’S RAMBLINGS
vol. 01 Issue 48 01.29.2015
PUBLISHED BY Wilson Photography
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Cover photo: Plainfield’s
Kylie Dostin burines a trey versus Avon.
WHAT TO EXPECT
In this issue...
Ronnie’s Ramblings
Four Five
Swimming/diving
basketball
Twenty-four 2
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by ronnie wilson
he end of the winter high school sports season is approaching. Wrestling sectionals begin this Saturday, January 31. Girls swimming/diving sectional competition starts on February 5th. Girls basketball sectionals tip-off on February 10th. Boys swimming/ diving his the sectional water on February 19th. Finally, boys basketball sectionals begin on March 3rd. I am still adjusting to it being a new year, let alone the end of January and sectional seasons starting this week. Time seems to goes faster every year. I am also still trying to adjust to having turned 66 almost eight months ago, let alone hitting the 67 mark much sooner than I would prefer. (I think the most significant of the very limited list of advantages to getting older is that it is significantly more preferable to the alternative.) I have not accepted that my son is 45, my daughter is almost 44 and my granddaughter turned 29 last Saturday. Other than the mercurial passage of time, not much has happened this week other than the typical “week of crazy� in
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Washington DC. There is such a plethora of idiocy I am unable to determine which of the multitude of moronic behaviors is irritating me most that I shall refrain from any political commentary this week I would like to issue an open invitation to any of my readers to reply/respond/comment on subjects appearing in this space. Keep in mind, slanderous, libelous, untruths, length, vulgar language, poor taste, grammar, sentence structure, length and malapropisms will be edited accordingly. No editing will detract from the point of the submission Su b m i s s i o n s glorifying gangs, alcohol, gangs, violence, substance abuse or other subjects the publisher (me) deems inappropr iate
will not be accepted. All submissions must contain a contact name and phone number. Names may be withheld in publication upon request. All decisions relative to editing and appropriateness for publishing will be final. Bet you did not know February is the second month
of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the shortest month and the only month with fewer than 30 days. The month has 29 days in leap years, when the year number is divisible by four (except for years that are divisible by 100 and not by 400 in the Gregorian calendar). In common years the month has 28 days. Leap year birthdays are usually celebrated on the 28th in a non-leap year. Some believe that February originally had 29 days (30 in a leap year), but that idea was invented by Sacrobosco during the Middle Ages.
February was named after the Latin term februum, which means purification, via the purification ritual Februa held on February 15 in the old Roman calendar. January and February were the last two months to be added to the Roman calendar, since the Romans originally considered winter a monthless period. They were added by Numa Pompilius about 700 BC. February remained the last month of the calendar year until the time of the decemvirs (c. 450 BC), when it became the second month. At certain intervals Roman priests inserted an intercalary month, Intercalaris, into the middle of February to realign the year with the seasons. See from Roman to Julian. Thereafter, it remained the second month of the calendar year, meaning the order that months are displayed (January, February, March, …, December) within a year-ata-glance calendar. Even during the Middle Ages, when the numbered Anno Domini year began
on March 25 or December 25, February continued to be the second month whenever all twelve months were displayed in order. February begins, astronomically speaking, with the sun in the constellation of Capricornus and ends with the sun in the constellation of Aquarius. Astrologically speaking, February begins with the sun in the sign of Aquarius and ends in the sign of Pisces. Historical names for February include the Anglo-Saxon terms Solmoneth (mud month) and Kale-monath (named for cabbage) as well as Charlemagne’s designation Hornung. In Finnish, the month is called helmikuu, meaning “month of the pearl”. Many people pronounce “February” with a round ‘u’ instead of an open ‘u’ vowel, which forces the first ‘r’ to be eclipsed, viz. ‘FEB-yoo-wair-ee’ instead of ‘FEB-roo-air-ee.’ That is, it elides into first half of the trailing diphthong. Otherwise, the flanking mid vowel (‘e’) and back vowel (‘u’), combined with the final -ry syllable (front vowel ‘ee’) make the ‘br’ difficult for Anglophones to pronounce in the first place. The problem does not usually arise for Scotiaphones, however. The Scottish names for the month are “Feberwary” and “February,” the latter usually pronounced with a long “ay” vowel in the first syllable.
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Swimming Photos by Ronnie Wilson
Avon’s Kelsie Mothershead swims the backstroke por
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rtion of the Girls 200 Medley Relay versus Zionsville.
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Avon’s Amanda Scanlan begins the breaststroke por
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rtion of the Girls 200 Medley Relay versus Zionsville.
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Avon’s Rylee elder swims the bu
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utterfly portion of the Girls 00 medley Relay versus Zionsville.
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Avon’s Isabelle Seaton swims the freestyle portion of the Girls 200 Medley Relay versus Zionsville.
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Avon’s Garrett Hammons swims the backstroke portion of the Boys 200 Medley Relay versus Zionsville.
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Avon’s Vishaal Mali comes of the block to begin the butterfl
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fly portion of the Boys 200 Medley Relay versus Zionsville.
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Avon’s Jess Partin swims the breaststroke portion of the Boys 200 Medley Relay versus Zionsville.
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Avon’s Gus Moore swims the freestyle portion o
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of the Boys 200 Medley Relay versus Ziionsville.
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Avon’s Hallie Jones swims the Gir
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rls 200 Freestyle versus Zionsville.
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Avon’s Grant Sprout swims the Bo
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oys 200 Freestyle versus Zionsville.
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Avon’s Emily Smith swims the butterfly portion of
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f the Girls 200 Individual Medley versus Zionsville.
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Avon’s Grant Lewis begins the Boys 20
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00 Individual Medley versus Zionsville.
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Basketball Photos by Ronnie Wilson
Plainfield’s Kyndall Spears versus Avon.
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Plainfield’s Kiah Ferrell versus Avon.
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Plainfield’s Riley Blackwell versus Avon.
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Avon’s Camille Vann against Plainfield.
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Avon’s Katrina Hopkins against Plainfield.
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Avon’s Sarah Shelly at Plainfield.
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Brownsburg’s Devin Courtney versus Tech.
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Plainfield’s Samantha Olinger grabs a defensive rebound versus Avon.
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Brownsburg’s Isabella Zoog chases after a loose ball versus Tech.
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Avon’s Lexi Short at Plainfield.
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Brownsburg’s Tyon McKenzie versus Tech.
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Can you say fouls? Brownsburg’s Chazney Jones can versus Tech.
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Life is a journey, not a destination.
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RONNIE’S RAMBLINGS vol. 01 Issue 48 01.29.2015
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