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ANNOUNCEMENTS/TODAY'S EVENTS
Monday is a reminder that every day is a new beginning, a chance to be happy and make the most out of life, Eagle Nation! Spring sports have kicked off. Make sure to check out the highlights below. There are only four days till Spring Break. We can make it Eagle Nation!!! Reminder that Spring Sport stores close this week, so get your orders in ASAP!
Spring Team Sport shops are closing this week with BSN. Please see the links belowTEAM SPORT SHOPS
Baseball
Softball
Track and Field
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***Some Reminders!!!!***
- 04/01 - Passover Begins
- 04/01 - April Fool's Day
- 04/02 - Jr/Sr. High End of Third Marking Period
- 04/03 - 04/12 - Spring Recess - No Classes
- 04/13 - Jr/Sr. High Start of Fourth Marking Period
- 04/15 - Tax Day
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Softball Highlights
Galway Softball opened its season with a non-league win over Plattsburgh. The Eagles moved to 1-0 on the season as they cruised to a 13-0 victory over the Plattsburgh Hornets. Emma Menge led the Eagles in the circle as she went the distance, striking out 12 and only giving up one hit; she added a single and an RBI at the plate. Kiera Allen ended the game in the bottom of the 5th inning with a walk-off three-run home run over the left-center field fence. Kiera finished the day 2 for 3 with a single, a homerun, a walk, two runs scored, and 3 RBIs. Sadie Stead added two hits and two runs scored. Courtney Smith had 4 walks and 4 runs scored, while Rylie Glenn added a single and an RBI, and Kristina Becker added a two-run single.
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Cows can nap standing up, but sleep lying down. They doze on their feet, but need to lie down for deep sleep. Cows spend about 10-12 hours a day lying down, but they are not great sleepers. They only sleep about four hours a day.
Countdown Clock
- 6 Days till Easter
- 10 Days till the Masters
- 49 Class Days left
- 56 Days till Memorial Day
- 73 Days till the World Cup
- 83 Days till Summer
- 96 Days till 4th of July (250th Anniversary)
Fun fact of the day: Australia is wider than the moon. The moon is 3400 km in diameter, while Australia’s diameter from east to west is almost 4000 km.
Did you know? The core of a golf ball is made of rubber.
On this date in sports:
- In 1929, the Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers, 2-1, for a 2-0 series sweep. and was Boston's first Championship
- In 1984, the NFL Baltimore Colts moved to Indianapolis
- In 1989, the first Soviet hockey players were permitted to play for the NHL.
Today is National Pencil Day!!!!
On this date in history:
- In 2003, a law banning cigarette smoking in all workplaces, including restaurants and bars, went into effect in New York City.
- In 1981, in Washington, D.C., barely two months after his inauguration as the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan was shot and seriously wounded by would-be assassin John W. Hinckley, Jr.
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In 1912, the Treaty of Fès established the French protectorate in Morocco.
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In 1858, Hyman L. Lipman of Philadelphia received a U.S. patent for a pencil with an attached eraser.
- In 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward struck a deal to purchase Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. The decision was mocked as “Seward's folly,” not least because it was well known that Russia had been attempting to sell Alaska since before the American Civil War. Seward's critics were silenced, however, following the Klondike gold rush, in which about $50 million was mined enough to justify the price of the purchase many times over.
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In 1856, the Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Crimean War.
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In 1282, the people of Palermo massacred 2,000 French residents in the Sicilian Vespers, a revolt against the Angevin king Charles I.
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