LET THE GAMES BEGIN : BROWNIE GRIT PUT TO TEST.Byline: Michael Coit Daily News Staff Writer From the opening parade to the closing ceremonies, there was little rest for the young girls who competed in the Brownielympics at Simi Valley High School Simi Valley High School is a secondary school located in Simi Valley, California which was established in 1920 as the first high school in the valley. It nestles in the Santa Susana Mountains and is adjacent to the San Fernando Valley, part of the city and county of Ventura. on Saturday. Kira Conley and her teammates from Troop 286 of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. were an energetic bunch along the track where they ran the 240-yard relay dash. As she stretched her legs, Kira said she likes to run with her teammates. ``We won a medal last year,'' she said proudly. Teammate Christi Crews, 7, said she did her part to prepare for Saturday. ``I practiced. I ran around the house five times.'' For mothers leading troops, energy expended by their charges during the nearly seven-hour series of competitions has one ultimate benefit. ``It's a long day. They'll be sleeping good tonight,'' said Linda Rogers Linda Rogers (born 10 October 1944) is a Canadian poet and children's writer. She was born in Port Alice, British Columbia. A past president of the League of Canadian Poets and the Federation of BC Writers she lives in Victoria, British Columbia. , a co-leader for Troop 286. The Brownielympics is one of the most popular events for girls in more than 50 troops across Simi Valley and Moorpark. Some 650 girls in first, second and third grades vied in the 12th annual festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. Saturday. Organizers make the girls feel like champions before the competition, tying red, white and blue balloons around Bob Jacob Memorial Stadium and flying flags from nations around the world above the stadium grandstand. The spirit of the day is marked by the event's slogan: ``Every Brownie goes home a winner.'' The day opened with a parade of teams, wearing colorful and creative matching T-shirts and shorts. The day ended with each Brownie receiving a medal for participating. In between, girls competed in individual events such as the softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' throw and obstacle course obstacle course n. 1. A training course filled with obstacles, such as ditches and walls, that must be negotiated speedily by troops undergoing training or participants in an obstacle race. 2. and team events, including potato sack, soccer ball and inner tube relays. Troop 401 from Moorpark was typical of the participating troops. The 14 girls each participated in a combination of individual and team events. ``The obstacle course was fun. I liked walking through the inner tubes,'' said 8-year-old Anessa Humes. Teammate Abby Gerke, 7, liked the running events. Wearing wrap-around sunglasses sunglasses A tinted pair of glasses used to ↓ light arriving at the eye, which are labeled according to the amount of UV light blocked; nonprescription glasses are classified according to use and amount of UV radiation blocked Sunglasses and a blue warmup jacket, she was dressed for the part and it brought good results. ``I got a medal in the 40-yard dash,'' she said, displaying the gold medallion dangling from a ribbon around her neck. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1--color) Nicole Jackson, 6, of Simi gets high-f ives from mom and dad after a sack race at the Brownielympics. (2--color) A bevy bevy a flock of birds. of Brownies sprint in the 40-yard dash event during Saturday's 12th annual Brownielympics. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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