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Good Morning Ephrata, NAMES today is Wednesday May 1, Please rise for a moment of silence and the pledge to the flag.

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SILENCE/FLAG VIDEO

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Bio boot camp will be held in the cafeteria next week from 2:45 to 3:30pm Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. All biology students are welcome to attend. You will need your laptop for each session.

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NOW OVER TO ____ WITH THE NEWS

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NEWS INTRO VIDEO

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Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro claimed to have defeated what he called a military coup attempt by the opposition leader, Juan Guaidó. Dozens of National Guardsmen sided with the opposition in clashes on Tuesday that injured more than 100 people. But in a defiant TV address, President Maduro said Guaidó had failed to turn the military against him. Guaidó insists that Maduro has lost control of the armed forces, and that a peaceful transition is at hand. The opposition leader appealed for his supporters to take to the streets of Venezuela again on Wednesday.

In other news,

Officials say US Special Counsel Robert Mueller wrote to the country's top lawyer to express frustration at his summary of the Russia investigation. He wrote to Attorney General William Barr in March to complain about a lack of "context" in his four-page summary of the long-awaited report. Barr's summary said there was no collusion between Russia and President Donald Trump's election campaign. But the report did not exonerate the president of obstruction of justice. 

Today in history, James Whittaker of Redmond, Washington, became the first American to reach the summit of Mt. Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. Located in the central Himalayas on the border of China and Nepal, Everest stands 29,028 feet above sea level. Called Chomolungma, or “Mother Goddess of the Land,” by the Tibetans, the English named the mountain after Sir George Everest, an early 19th-century British surveyor of the Himalayas. In May 1953, climber and explorer Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal made the first successful climb of the peak.

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NOW OVER TO __ WITH LUNCH

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SPORTS INTRO VIDEO

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In sports action, baseball lost 8-2 vs Lampeter Strasburg, volleyball won 3-0 vs Lebanon, girls lacrosse lost 20-6 vs E town, and softball lost 10-0 at Lampeter Strasburg.

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On Tuesday night, the boy's lacrosse team defeated L-S by a score of 14-2 to lock up the 2019 L-L Section Two Championship. Bryson Rhee, Caden Keefer, Kyle Raudenbush, Brock Boyer, and Hunter Mortimer all scored goals for the Mounts. Ethan Moyer, Tucker Parmer, Zach Wanous, Arturo Ramirez, Zach DaBella, and Blake Billingsley played excellent defense to hold L-S to 2 goals. Congratulations to the boys for their accomplishment, and good luck as you head into the post season.

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today, baseball is at Solanco, and softball is home vs Solanco

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NOW BACK TO THE MAIN DESK

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 Juniors, sophomores and freshmen!!!  Please vote today for your class Secretary.    Voting will open at 730AM and be open until 230PM.   On Thursday, you will be voting for Class Treasurer.

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