3 things you should know for November 16: Dodgeball, Basketball Meeting, Chick-Fil-A
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1. Dodgeball Tournament
The Annual Thanksgiving Dodgeball Tournament is back this year! The tournament will be held on November 24th. Teams will consist of eight players, four boys and four girls. Each player must pay $5 to compete, with a total team cost of $40. Stop by Mrs. Bushey’s room, F312, to pick up a team form. Forms and payments will be due by Wednesday, November 17 to Mrs. Bushey in F312.
2. Basketball Meeting
There will be a meeting for all girls planning to play basketball in the library Tuesday during homeroom period.
3. Chick-Fil-A Meeting
There will be a Chick-Fil-A meeting on Thursday, November 18 from 4th period through homeroom.
LUNCH TALK
(NFL) – The MRI on T.J. Watt‘s hip and knee injuries provided positive news for the Pittsburgh Steelers pass rusher.
NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Monday on NFL NOW that there is little, if any, structural damage to Watt’s hip and knee, per a source informed of the situation.
Rapoport added that Watt is sore, and if there were a game today, he wouldn’t be able to play. But the good news from the tests suggests Watt might be able to play this week against the Los Angeles Chargers, and if he has to miss a game, the absence should be brief — as little as one game.
TODAY’S QUOTE
There will be disruption
(Yahoo!) – Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told Yahoo Finance Live supply chain bottlenecks at the country’s major ports will likely persist for the foreseeable future.
“We are definitely seeing some immediate impacts of the immediate steps that we have taken, but the honest answer I can give you, as long as the pandemic continues, there will be disruptions,” Buttigieg explained.
The supply chain bottlenecks triggered by the pandemic continue to have multiple effects on the U.S. economy.
For one is the straight consumer angle, where shoppers may be unable to find what they want when headed to a retailer. That could become even more acute for the approaching holiday shopping season. But the other aspect is the inflationary aftermath on shoppers as companies raise prices to offset their higher costs — notably for shipping.
TODAY’S NUMBER: $0
(WTAE) – Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh has announced that all families who sign up for a child vaccination receive free admission to the Children’s Museum and MuseumLab for one child and one adult on both days of the clinic.
A spokesperson for the Children’s Museum told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that AHN, Highmark, and Gateway Health are hosting a number of vaccination clinics for the 5-11 age group, and the museum was “thrilled to be one of their upcoming locations.”
For the clinic at the Children’s Museum, the first dose will be given Sat., Nov 20. The second dose will be given Sat., Dec 11.
AND FINALLY…
This spider broke the web.
(CNN) – A massive funnel-web spider with fangs capable of piercing human fingernails has been donated to an antivenom program in Australia, sparking an appeal for its anonymous donor to come forward.
Nicknamed “Megaspider,” the arachnid measures 8 centimeters (about 3 inches) foot to foot, with fangs 2 centimeters (about 0.8 inches) long, the Australian Reptile Park said in a statement Friday. With a body measuring 5 centimeters (1.9 inches), it’s the largest funnel-web spider the park has ever seen, it added.
