5 MIN FILLER

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INTRO

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Good Morning Ephrata NAMES today is Friday January 8, 2021. Please rise for a moment of silence and the pledge to the flag.

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SILENCE/FLAG VIDEO

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Congratulations go out to 12th grader Nicole Trethewey for her artwork submission for the 2021-22 Educational Planning and Course Selection guide book.  Her design will be featured on the cover of next year’s booklet.  Special thanks to all of the students who submitted entries and congratulations again to Nicole.

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This is a quick announcement that the gay straight alliance will be meeting today in room 112 until 4. We hope to see you there

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And now over to ____________ with the news

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NEWS INTRO

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In today's news, Elon Musk has officially become the richest man in the world. His net worth has crossed $185 billion which beats out Jeff bezo's $184 billion, who had held the title since 2017. For the first time ever, Elons car company, Tesla, had hit a market value of $700 billion dollars. That makes the car company worth more than Toyota, Volkswagen, Hyundai, GM and Ford combined. Elon reacted to the news on twitter by saying "How strange. well back to work...".

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Now to the juniors with the lunch

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LUNCH VIDEO

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SPORTS INTRO

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 Winter sports are finally underway today! Bowling is at Dutch Lanes against Lebanon and basketball faces off against E town. The boys are home and the girls are away.

NFL playoff games also are on for this weekend. There are 3 games Sat and 3 games Sunday. You'll have to wait for Sunday night to see the rematch between The Browns and the Steelers - this time with QB Ben Roethlisberger back on the field.

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Now back to the main desk

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The Mountaineer Media Center Café is NOW open daily for Breakfast and during the 2nd half of each Lunch period.  Serving Hot breakfast sandwiches in the morning, and a variety of other breakfast meal choices…. Including Freshly baked glazed Donuts and Cinnamon Rolls and even poptarts.  During the lunch periods we are serving a variety of drinks and simple snacks, including Kickstarts, Fresh baked cookies, Chips, Fruit snacks, rice krispie treats and other goodies.  Stop in quick for your morning meal and your afternoon “pick- me- up” snacks.  If you have any questions feel free to ask any of our Cheerful Cafeteria staff and they will be happy to help you!

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Today marks 6 days remaining in the first half of the school year.

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Have a great day Ephrata!

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