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ANNOUNCEMENTS/TODAY'S EVENTS
You've already made it through Monday; Tuesday is your opportunity to shine, EAGLE NATION! It looks to be nice, but more rain is in the forecast for tomorrow, along with some chilly nights coming up. Farming isn't something that can be taught. Each plant tells its own story that has to be read repeatedly. The Varsity Girls' and Boys' Soccer teams got their Sectional Seedings yesterday. Make sure you come out to support them.
The Girls' Varsity Soccer Team is the #11 seed in the Section 2 Class C Sectionals this year. They'll travel to the #6 Seed Maple Hill on Friday (10/24) for a 3:00 p.m. start at Maple Hill HS.
The Boys' Varsity Soccer Team is the #14 seed in Section 2 Class C Sectionals this year. They'll travel to the #3 Seed Cairo-Durham on Thursday (10/23) for a 7:00 p.m. start at Cairo-Durham HS.
Make sure to get out to support the Eagles as the Fall Sports season is coming to an end. Check out the schedule below.
Registration for JV and Varsity Winter Sports is open. Please see the link below.Remember, keep it classy, Eagle Nation!
JV & Varsity Winter Sports Sign-up registration is open.
Fun fact of the day: Onions are a natural remedy for clearing a blocked nose. The sulfur content in the vegetable is thought to draw mucus out of the body.
Did you know? Until 1936, the jump ball in basketball took place at center court after every single made basket.
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On this date in sports:
- In 1905, in the early promotion of soccer in America, the England Pilgrim Association XI beat All New York XI 7-1 at the Polo Grounds, New York
- In 1964, the MLB Milwaukee Braves asked the NL to allow them to move to Atlanta, Georgia
- In 1964, the American men's 4×400 m relay team of Ollan Cassell, Mike Larrabee, Ulis Williams, and Henry Carr beat Great Britain by 0.9 seconds to set a world record of 3:00.7 and win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
Today is National Apple Day!!!!!
***Some Reminders!!!!***
- 10/22 - Wear Orange for Unity Day
- 10/23 - Wear Pink
- 10/24 - Superintendent's Day - No Classes
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10/31 - Halloween
On this date in history:
- In 2018, American actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who starred in such sitcoms as Seinfeld and Veep, was officially awarded the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the highest award in comedy.
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In 1966, A landslide of mining waste destroyed a school in the Welsh village of Aberfan, killing 144 people.
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In 1964, the American musical film My Fair Lady, starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn, had its world premiere, and it later won eight Academy Awards, including that for best picture.
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In 1940, American novelist Ernest Hemingway published his classic novel For Whom the Bell Tolls; it was later adapted into an acclaimed film.
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In 1833, Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite and other more powerful explosives and who also founded the Nobel Prizes, was born in Stockholm.
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In 1805, A fleet of 33 ships (18 French and 15 Spanish) under Admiral Pierre-Charles-Jean-Baptiste-Silvestre de Villeneuve fought and was defeated by a British fleet of 27 ships under Admiral Horatio Nelson in the Battle of Trafalgar (combat was waged west of Cape Trafalgar, Spain).
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In 1797, the Constitution, one of the first frigates built for the U.S. Navy, was launched in Boston. It became known as “Old Ironsides” after it carried U.S. sailors to victory over the British in a naval battle during the War of 1812.
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In 1520, explorer Ferdinand Magellan and three Spanish ships entered the strait later named for him, sailing between the mainland tip of South America and the island of Tierra del Fuego toward the Pacific Ocean.
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